The record-union., 1895-08-30
new PUBLICATIONS.

|
sion received by Richard Harding Davis
during recent overland journey in Hon
duras, undertaken for Harper's. Inc
title is Three GringOs In Central Amer
ica," and the paper is attractively Illus
trated. Owen Wister, in 1.-The Evolution
of the CowPuncher," traces the gene
alOgy of the American cowboy back to
the Saxon Crusades and the Cavalier.
| illustrations have been made for the artl-
| Gle by Frederic Remington. In IN otes
on Indian Art" Edwin Lord Weeks
shows that the artistic spirit Is still vlgOr-
GUS among the HindoOs, and that the best
traditions OF workmanship are carefully
preserved. Seventeen illustrations by
Mr.. Weeks accompany his text. Mark
Twain relates some curious experiences
in an article called mental Telegraphy
Again." The third paper in Poultney
BlgelOw's German Struggle for Liberty,
series describes the decentralization OF
Prussia through the cowardlce and
treason of the mobiles, the revival
of patriotism among the people
through the efforts of Nettelbeck,
| Schill, Gneisenau and Scharnhorst,
ana the famous conference at Erfurt, at
which Napoleon alternately dazzled and
insulted the Gar and the German
| princes. In The Story of a Song"
| David Graham Adee gives the history OF
''Malbrouk sen va-t-en guerre," the song
that Trilby sang at her Paris debut. "A
| Fifteenth Century Revival" by Rev. DIR.
| j. II. Hobart, Is an estimate OF the awak-
ening of Florence under the influence OF
Savonarola. In thoughtful paper on
ARABIA, Islam aud the Eastern Ques-
| tion," DR.. William ii. Thomson max es
| clear the reasons for the anomalous posi-
ton of the Turk in Europe, and shows
that the peril of the Armenian is not the
result of local or temporary hatred, but
| i'll,
has characterized the MOSlem from the
beginning. beside generous installments
of the personal RecollectiOns of Joan
of Arc' and MIR. Hardy's "Hearts In
surgent," the number includes two short
stories. Jamie" by Ian Maclaren, and
'Petey Burke and his Pupil" by Julian
| Ralph. The EDITORS Study" contains
comment on current events by Charles
Dudley Warner, and the Editor )
Drawer" short story by John Kendrick
Bangs.
"Compulsion in Child Training" is the
sabject which the Rev. Charles II. Park
hurst, ID. d., discusses wisely in the Sep
tember Ladies' Home JournaP (Phila-
delphia.) His article is ably supple
mented by Edward w. Bok's editorial on
''Our Schools and Our Teachers" The
Woman Who PAINS Cats'' is the striking
| title Of full page devoted to Madame
SuiiSlI6 1tOHdcly SuC CtloOldt6U CdI
painter. The Men Who Write Our
Comic Operas" are represented by por-
traits and sketches of "The Composer of
| Wang" "The Composer Of Robin
Hood" and The Composer of Princess
Bonnie'" Graceful in theme is Robert
Coverley's song, Loves Reflections" ;"
Grace Greenwood writes Of The Man
Who Most Influenced Me"A melia E.
Barr of "Conversation at the Dinner
To bta - nd k'rapk II Stnck krnpfc al nv
Before Break tast' comes TO conclusion.
Mrs. Mallon's The Early Winter Bon
nets' and "Silk and Woolen Bodices"
are illustrated, as are PARTY Dresses for
Children" by w. Granville Smith. and
The Early Autumn Coats" by Frank
O. Small. Women who love dainty
needlework will be delighted with Helen
Mar Adams "Greek Em mbroidery De-
signs'' and Mrs. Barnes -Bruce's "A
Bridal Table Set" This autumn's brides
will find much practical advice in Mrs.
Hamilton Motifs article on This Au-
tumns Wedding Etiquette" j. Harry
Adams writes OF ''Soine Artistic Door
ways" and several bright women give
some charming ideas for "Beautify-
writes of "Cultivating the Lily" and
Emma NJ. Hooper of Dressing the
Young Girl" Altogether this is an at
tractive issue. and goes out with cover
especially designed by c. d. Gibson.
| The September Century" New York;
has as a frOntisplece portrait OF Talley-
rand. "The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte"
begun in November is continued; The
| Cup of milling" is by Mary III. foote;
September in the Laurentian Hills" by
| William w. Campbell; Hunting Gus
toms OF the Omahas" Is by Alice c..
! Fletcher; 1.-The Noon Flower" is by Julia
Scnayer; 1.-THE National Military Park !"
| em mbracing the Chickanauga and Chatta-
nooga battlefields, is by ii. V. Boynton;
Life in the Tuileries Under the Second
Empire" by an inmate Of the palace, is
the first of the papers by Anna l.. Bick-
nell; Aquatic Gardening" is by J. H..
Connolly; "All My Sad Captains is by
Sarah Q. Jewett; Tho Constitutions
Last Fight" is by James J. Roche; IRE
collections Of Henry Clay" is by Made
line Mcdowell; "a Morning Vision,"
American Artist series, is by Henry 0.
Walker; "Fiemish Old Masters" David
Teniers, the younger, is by Timothy
Cole; "The Princess Sonia' is concluded;
Together Against the Stream" is by
Will Ii. Thompson; "On the Writing of
History" is by Prof Woodrow Wilson.
Topics of the Time include 1.-THE Doom
of the Spoils System" The Prejudice
Against Learning Among Undergrad
ates." Art On the Battlefield" !" "Hope
| for the Forests" Open Letters are on
New Light in the Black Belt" by J John
G. Speed; III. 0. Walker" by W. Lewis
Fraser. In Lighter Vein includes "The
Gum Swamp Debate" by Harry S. Ed
wards. The number is richly and very
profusely illustrated.
The current number of the "Review of
| Reviews New York. presents us a
charming issue of the only truly inter-
national magazine. The editor COM
ments, in the Progress Of the World"
| department, upon the selection Of George
w. Smalley by the London Times as its
| American correspondent and pointing
out the results likely to follow from the
new policy on the part of great London
daily OF admitting to its columns some
real American news. says: He also proves
| that he is first of all au American. for he
| points out as one of the most significant
utterances of the last month the speech
made by NJ. Hanotaux, the French Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, at the Independ-
! ence Day banquet of the American Cham
ber of Commerce in Paris, which, evil
IDENTIFY inspired by Minister Eustis, was
| a brilliant and intelligent tribute to the
| United States Of America as the foremost
of modern nations. Jacob y. Riis, the
author of "How the Other Half Lives"
tells the dramatic story of ''The Clearing
! OF Mulberry Bend"-the rise and fall OF u
| typical New York slum. The IMAM of
the month" selected as the subject of the
leading character sketch is Theodore
| Roosevelt, the intrepid Police Commits
sioner of New York City. The writer Of
the sketch is JuliansRalph. Mr.. Stead's
sketch of the new British Ministry is u
clear-cut analysis of the makeup of the
! third Salisbury Cabinet. A complete
record Of the Rosebery administration is
/ also given.
! OF the manuscripts left unpublished by
Robert Louis Stevenson at his death mot
many. by the way. the first TO reach the
| the public is a collection of very original
! al,cf Atoxa ka, llar If