The record-union., 1896-10-04

Leslie Osborn; The Evolution of
Money L., James Denton Hancock.
THE Gold Money Fallacy, a STUDY of
the Financial Question j. C. Elliott.
The Civic Outlook" American Insti.
tute of Civics,' Good Citizenshin A.
tivfties."
'Harper'S Round Table" p1blished
September Doth, gave it's rea Jers q nun-
Der of very entertaining articles and
stories, among which the following may
be specially mentioned: THE Attack of
Torpedo Boat No. 81 by Yates Stirling
Jr., U. S. N. Mr.. Stirling thoroughly nm
derstands his subject and he ,oncl,t-
sively proves the value of the tornelo
beat in modern naval battles ARMY
Maneuvers, by V. Grbayedoff This
Il fully illustrated by excellent nhoto-
graphs. and treats in a succinct manner
a subject that is interesting to coun-
try. Camping and Hunting" This is
a subject that is always interesting to
lovers of outdoor life. and the article
gives many valuable hints. There are
| installments of three serial stories: "A
Virginia Cavalier" by Molly Elliot Sea-
ell; The Voyage of the Rattletrap," by
Hayden Carruth, and In the Old He4-
rick House." by Ellen Douglas Deland.
There are more than thirty contribu-
tions in the October number Of st
Nicholas New York;. This is the last
issue of the twenty third volume, and
two Of the serials. "The Swordmaker's
Sem and "Sindbad, Smith & Co" are
brought to a conclusion. The days in
the merry greenwood are recalled in
hI-
Caroline Brown. The wild fig tree ot
| the West Indies is described by Eustace
B Rogers as "A Vegetable Ogre. +" "The
Fire on the Water" by Charles G. y.
Roberts, is an exciting experience on
Canadian railway Historic Military
Powder Horns are described by j. L.
Sticht, u. S. n. Noah Brooks. in The
True Story of Marco Polo,' has reached
the point in the great Venetian trav-
eier's history that tells of the building
of the wonderful pleasure palace OF
kublai Khan. A true story from the
Russian, 1.-The Kindhearted Bear" is
translated by Miss Isabel F. Hapgood.
"St. Nicholas has offered a number of
prize puzzles to its readers, and this
month they take the form Of fifty cha
rades by Carolyn Wells. They ale very
hard to guess, but the crisp new bills
offered as prizes will stimulate the boys
and girls to make their best efforts.
Among the contents of the October
Century (New York; are several ar
ticles bearing upon topics that are now
prominently before the public. "A Study
of Mental Epidemics," by Boris Sidis.
IS a scientific and suggestive paper Of
Contemporaneous interest. Another ar
ticle of immediate interest is a paper on
John p. Hale. "A Presidential Candi-
date of 1852" by his associate On the
Free Soil ticket, the Hon. George W. Ju-
liam. A paper About French Children
their education, training, manners and
nature. by TIL. Benton (Mme. Blanc,
is profusely illustrated by the noted
delineator of children, Boutet de Mon
vel. Professor Sloane brings his life Of
Napoleon to a conclusion in strikingly
illustrated chapters on the battle OF
Waterloo and the exile to st. Helena,
| and the Hon. John A. Kasson in open
| Letters" places a high estimate on the
| character Of the work. "Glave in the
Heart of Africa" is the third paper from
the journals and photographs of the late
Z. j. Glave, and is devoted to the better
known region between Lakes Bangwe-
olo and Tanganyika. where he had the
rougheSt experiences and witnessed the
beleaguerment of the last SlaverS'
stronghold in the territory of the Congo
Free State. Mrs. Humphrey Ward con-
cludes her serial, "Sir George Tressady"
and Mr.. Howells four-part "Ifyl Of
Saratoga" AN Open-Eyed ConspiI-
acy," is brought to an end, as is also
Mrs. Amelia E. Barr's tragedy of Shet-
land called Prisoners of CONSCIENCE
The short stories of the number are A
Little Fool" by the author of Our
Tolstoi Club" Agnes Baker Poor. and
Sonny Keeping Company" by Mrs.
Ruth McEnery Stuart Jacob A. Rlis
offers a sea enigma. What Became of
Dennis Martin" based upon two old
paintings which he found during re-
cent visit to his birthplace in Denmark.
The poems of the number are contrib
uted by Clinton Scollard, Julie NJ Lipp-
man, r. e. Johnson, r. w. Glider and
in Lighter Vein,' by A. w. Cotton @.
o. Percy, Robert Bridges, Irene N. Nc
Kay and H. G. Paine.
1.-THE Black Cat" for October (Short
Story Publishing Company, BOSton) has
these complete and high-class stories:
THE House That Jack Built" Harold
Donovan Hilton: In the Garden of
Villa" r. George Smith, Jr.: "A Peg
Leg Ghost" Wellington Vandivert
How the Rum Was stopped Richard
Stillman Powell; My Friend Walker
Geraldine Meyrick.
No more valuable, dispassionate or
accurate work on the silver question has
appeared than that just issued by Geo.
P. Putnam's Sons New York, as one of
the volumes of the Questions of the
Day" series. 1t is entitled The War OF
the Standards" 1t is by Albion w.
Tourgee, the famous author of "A Fools
Errand'' and Bricks Without Straw"
1t is not the purpose to analyze the
work. 1t is scarcely susceptible of 1t
within the limits of this department..
The volume we look upon an one of high
value, as cool, sensible and invuinera-
BILE argument upon the subject, Coin
and Credit VS.. Coin Without Credit
The little volume ought to he read by
governmental economics and political
economy.
The Macmillan Company, New YORK,
has issued a work of high value in the
form of an historical essay 1.-The Law Oh
Civilization and Decay" by Brooks Ad-
ans. 1t is a second edition OF Worh
that met with favor at the outset. 1t is
so free from dogmatism, preconcelVeu
bias and so fair, cool and lucld that
respect for the author and his melnods
is inspired even in those VINO may uh-
fer with him. The book is ,nVa'uacie
to readers of history and to historical