The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-02
new PUBLICATIONS.

w I'LL tne November century Tie
magazine sets out on the second twenty
five years of its career. The event is
celebrated by special artistic cover, q
new dress of type of individual cut, al
| editorial aprOpOS of THE Century
Quarter of Century," and a table OF
contents indicative of the aims of the
magazlne as an encourager of literature
and art, and as an advocate of progress
| Mrs Humphrey Wards new story. "Si1
George Tressady," is begun. One of the
characters prominent in the story is
| Marcella, the heroine of Mrs. Wards
carrier book. Bret Harte is represented
by a short story of Spanish character
and California scenes. The Tragedy
of the Comedy is by Chester Bailey
fernald, new writer. Appropriate &c
! the election season is a discussion OF
/ The Issues of 1896" in which the Re
/ publican arguments are put forth by
theodore Roosevelt, and those of the
/ Democratic party by Ex-Governor Will
| lam 81. Russell. Professor James Bryce
NJ p, discusses THE Armenian Cues
| ton" A brief letter on the same sub
ject by the Duke of Westminster is also
/ presented. Professor Sloane's Life OF
| Napoleon" reaches the period of the
/ creation of the empire. An essay by
/ w. d. HOWells is devoted to Equality
as the Basis of Good Society" There is
a study of the Italian actress FIeonora
| Duse, by J. Ranken TOwSe, and Mrs.
! Schuyler Van Rensselaer, has a consid-
Grafton Of Robert Louis Stevenson and
| His Writing" with reproduction of the
| striking bas-relief of Stevenson made
| by his intimate friend Augustus st.
Gaudens In the line of art their is a
paper on Mural Decoration in Amer
ica," by Royal Cortissoz, with repro
| auctions of the work of La Fargo, John
| ,. Sargent, Abbey, Simmons, and Dew
| ing, and a brief and characteristic bit
OF autobiography by the French genre
painter, Vibert. The poetry of the num-
| Der is by James Whitcomb Riley. w. G.
Richardson, Reginald Gourley and r.
w. Glider
The Popular Science Monthly" for
November ID. Appleton & Co, New
| York;, has these papers: Principles
OF Taxation by David A Wells
''Primigenial Skeletons, the Flood
ana the Glacial Period" by II. p.
fitzgerald Marriott, Illustrated;
Recent Tendencies in the Education
Of Women, by Mary r. Smith; Con
sumption Considered as a Contagious
! Disease, DR.. a. l.. Benedict The
Past and Future of Gold" by c. S.
Ashley; Judge and Lawyer" Herbert
! Spencer; The Aims of Anlhropology. -
Professor Daniel G. Brinton; Recent
Recrudescence of Superstition" by
Professor e. P. Evans; Evolution in
Folklore, Colonel a. B. Ellis;
Studies of Childhood" Professor
James Sully; Sketch of Alexander
Dallas Bache," with portrait CORE
| spondence, editors table, the scientific
literature, and fragments of science.
In the next instaIlment of THE Day
OF Their Wedding" w. d. HoWelTs new
| serial story now running in HARPER
Bazar, the scene is laid in Saratoga on
| a fair summer day Its slightly
mUrmUrs Lorenzo. zee, it is assents
Aithea. The young couple whose day
II IS are Shakers, who for love of each
other have elected to leave the com.
| mUnaI family in which they have lived
from childhood and to become a part OF
| the world outside" that until now they
| have only known from hearSay. They
| lay aside their Shaker garb for the
| conventional habiliments of fashion
able life. They strive to suppress the
quaint wee" and nay that leap Sc
tieacherously to their lips. They want
| to conform to the world outside" Mr.
HoWell's delineation of their naive ex-
| FerienceS in such alien surroundings is
! Infinitely amusing.
The November issue of St Nicholas
! (NeW York; begins a new volume and
gives foretaste Of the features pro-
Vided for the coming year. The fronts
piece is a beautiful portrait of child
drawn by Cecilia BeauX. "A Famou;
| French Painter" by Arthur Hoeber, is
sketch of the career and the personal
| ity OF j. L. GerOme, several of whose
| pictures are reproduced in the article
Fanny L. Brent has a pretty story
Riches Have Wings, telling of {
young girls effort to secure an artistic
training. Reading the Book of Fate,
by Louise Willis Snead, describes for
tune telling and flower games
Launching Great Vessel is a deeI
problem in mechanics, as the reader
will learn from the interesting article
or the subject by Franklin Matthews
Princeton, a Modern Puss in Boots,
by Minnie 3. Sheldon, is a story of {
cat, and, incidentally, of a football con
test. The concluding part of ':Ya-
moUd, by Henry Willard French, give,
a picture Of desert life. Laurence Hut
ton writes Of his Three Dogs" Two
papers, written by Helen HarcOurt anC
blanche l.. Macdonnel, describe the ode
habits and the curious home of the trap
door spider Two poems that will bc
read with interest by the children ar,
Down Durley Lane" by Virginis
Woodward Cloud, and THE Vagaries
Of Queen Peggy" by Emma A Opper
illustrated. There are two new serials
both by favorite Juvenile writer's. 9TH,
SWOrdmak erS Son, by w. .. StOddard
is a story of life in the Holy Land dur
ing the time of Christ. THE Prize Cup.
! by J. T. Trowbridge, as the name would
Indicate, is q story of boy life Jane.
Otis serial, TEDDY and Carrots" i:
continued and grows in interest
THE Holiday Dance at Worrosquoy.
aclle" is the title of Mrs. Burton Har.
risOn's latest and best short story
twO-part novelette-which opens mos
delightfully."- in the November Ladies
Home Journal philadelphia. i
deals with New York fashionables-firs
al the Horse Show and subsequently il
Virginia. DR.. Parkhurst's paper or
1.-THE Fathers Domestic Headship'' lu-
cidly, and with fine discrimination, de-
fines a fathers duties and responsible
ties. An interesting description Of
"GirlLife in Modern Jerusalem" is
by United States Consul Wallace, illus
trated. Thomas Wentworth Higginsor
selects for "a Young Girls Library
100 hundred books by American auth
ors Ornamental and decorative uses
of crepe paper are detailed by Emma
II. Heath. Another particularly useful
paper treats of the Potato as a Daily
Diet" Edward W. Box editorially dis
cusses the brutal and demoralizing side
OF upto-date football games. Two bio
graphical articles present near and init