The record-union., 1895-09-14
NEW PUBLICATIONS

1t is no empty boast on the part o f
"Litteps Living Age' (Boston) that while
it is the oldest high-clsss literary publi-
cation in the country, it also stands at the
head in regard to the quantity of the
matter given its readers yearly, and in
the uniformly high character of it's con-
tents. 1t is a magazine in fact which no
reader who desires to know what is pass
ing in the world of letters can afford to
do without. A glance at the following
partial table of contents of the August
mum bers will easily bear out this state
ment. The range OF subjects embraced
in ono months issues is remarkable.
Recent Science" by Prince Kropotkin:
1.-The Letters of Coleridge," by Andrew
Lang; "The Grave of the Druids," by
Harrison Barker; "Unconquered NTH
ras," by Thomas II. b. Graham;
"Glimpses of Some Vanished Celebr-
ties" by f. NJ. +. Skene; "a Drive from
Paris to Nice" by E. Johnson; "Color
Music" by VIM. Schooling; intellect
ual Detachment" by Sir Herbert Max
well; England and France i'll the Nile
Valley" by Captain f. d. Lugard; "Mr.
VIM. Watson's Serious Verse;" by Lau-
rie Magnus; "Formosa, by Native of
that Island" by Harry Jones; "Lsbra-
dor,n "Our Last War with the Mahsuds,"
by S. S. Thorburn; Ireland Re-
visited" by Lord Houghton; Lord
Camelford." by Charles Bruoe-Angier;
Robert Burns" !" "Old Italian Gardens"
River" by Archibald Forbes: "Religi-
Gus Movements in india" by Banda
Khuda; Crawford Souvenirs" by Bea-
trix l.. Tollemache; mental Work."
from the French, by Guillaume Ferrero,
and many short stories.
In the September number Of Paving
and Municipal Engineering, L. C..
Sabin, of the American Society of Civil
Engineers, in an article on Paving
Drawing Specifications" gives some
valuable new Information. +. a. Hummer,
G, f.. tells "How the Streets of New
York are Cleaned" The great Sheridan
road, which Chicago people are building
for distance of 250 miles along the lake
shore, is also fully described in very
interesting article. freely illustrated.
Among other articles are important
Facts Regarding Cement and Its Uses,"
"tiltration of Municipal Water Sup
plies" Preparation of Standard Specifi
cations for Paving Brick" 'Rules and
Regulations for Cutting Into Street
Pavements." Asphalt Paving Over Cob
blestones," etc. The answers to ques-
tions give some helpful information on
technical subjects, and in the news de-
partments the magazine covers it's field
fully and admirably. Municipal Engi-
neering Company, Indianapolis and
New York.
The Century Magazine" for Septem-
Der New York;, copiously illustrated
and richly. has among other papers, with
poetry and serials. these leaders: Portrait
of Talleyrand; Life of Napoleon Bona
parte," William M. Sloane; September
in the Laurentian Hills" William w.
Campbell; Hunting Customs of the
On,ahas Alice c. Fletcher: s'frhe
National Military Park" III. V. Boynton;
"The Ballad of Chiokamauga." Maurice
Thompson; "Life in the Tuilleries Under
the Second Empire" Anna L. Bicknell
Aquatic Gardening" J. ii. Connolly;
"All My Sad Captains" Sarah o. Jewett;
"The Constitutions Last Fight" James
j. Roche, "Recollections of Henry Clay"
Madeleine Mcdowell; "A Morning Vis-
ion," Henry 0. Walker; Flemish Old