The record-union., 1896-09-13

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| Believing that much of the increasing
neglect of family worship is due to the
difficulty encountered in hastily select
ing passages of Scriptures of a suitable
devotional character, Sylvanus Stall,
d. D., careful Bible student and the
author Of several valuable books, and
an editor Of the Lutheran Observer
Philadelphia), has prepared a volume
| OF 800 selections from the Bible for
daily devotions, and the Funk & Wag-
nails Company of New York will pub
| lish the same in a few days in a neat
| dollar volume. The selections are also
for use in the chapel services of col
leges, the opening devotions in the pub
| lie schools, and for the daily use of
Christian Endeavorers and members of
other societies Of young people.
John Langdon Heaton, the literary ed
| itOr of the New York Recorder" is to
have his verses published under the I'll
tie of THE Quilting Bee, and Other
! Poems" The first part of the little
volume is to be devoted to dialect poems,
| some of which have been compared with
those of James Whitcomb Riley. An
| other section is headed THE Patter of
Park Row. The Typography of the
book is to be unusual and attractive,
| with original treatment as to Orna-
! mental initials, headings, etc. Mr..
| Heaton is one of the famous Lanthorn
Club, whose home is in the oldest house
| in New York, said to have been occu-
pied at one time by Captain Kidd.
Sir Walter Besant's "The City of
Refuge is to be published in the early
autumn. 1t deals with the supernatu-
/ raj to some extent, and its chief incl
dents occur in community situated
| near the city of Aldermanbury, New
York The heroine is said to be a young
| girl Of great beauty, who is a member Of
| the community and who has the power
of conversing with the dead. A young
| EngliShman of high social position, who
has pursued his enemy to this commu-
nifty, is the hero Of this remarkable tale,
| which goes into a new field for this au-
| thor, and should make a stir because Of
| the commingling of charming love story
with the ghostly occurrences touched
upon.
Among the theological books an
nounced by the Macmillan Company
| (New York; is an interesting volume by
the Rev. j. z. c. Weldon, d. D.. enti-
| tied THE Hope of Immortality" 1t is
not intended, however, especially for
| theologians, but on the contrary. is for
those who without such pretensions
| have deep thoughts and feelings about
| religion, and a desire to face the facts
Of human nature and life. Such will
recognize in simple honesty the vital
| Importance of the doctrine for which
DR.. Weldon pleads, and his argument
| conscientiously addressed to them will
| be sure of conscientious consideration
| in their hands.
| Some Women and a Man. is a new
novel by w. J. Locke, author of "At the
| Gate Of Samaria." 1t is sub titled "A
| Comedy of Contrasts" 1t is a novel Of
modern life. well charged with human
interest and distinguished by good die
tion and originality of design. F. Ten
nyson Neely, New York. publisher)
Free Silver and the People-Silver
VS.. Gold the Campaign Handbook" 1t
/ contains all the free silver and BRYAN
arguments. 1t is by G. NJ Stevans. au-
thor of Bryan and Sewall" 1t is from
the press of F. Tennyson Neely, New
York.
Sound Money and Solid Money" is a
volume containing conclusive argu-
metns by Whitney, Depew, Elkins. Ho-
bart, Hill, Wheeler, Villas, Sherman.
Bayard. Mckinley and many others. 1t
| is a collection of letters, speeches and
essays that presents the anti-free coin
age argument at it's best. The volume
| has been prepared to the order of F.
Tennyson Neely, publisher, New York.
John La Fargo will be the subject Of
| the next Portfolio Monograph" the
author being Miss Cecilia Waern. The
volume will be fully illustrated from the
artists designs for church and house
decorations and from his water-color
drawings, made in Samoa and else
where.
Anon the new features in this years
| edition of The Statesnens Year Book"
are maps showing the frontier arranged
! between France and England on the
Mekong, the Pamir delmitation the
| disputed boundary between British
Guiana and Venezuela, and the new ar
rangements with respect to Bechuana-
land. The sections relating to the ma
v:es of the various States have also
been entirely reconstructed so as to
show the precise present condition of
each fleet.
Canon Anger has undertaken to pre-
rare an annotated edition of Hoods
poems on the same line as his selections
/ from Lamb. The work will form two
volumes of the Eversley Series the first
containing all the serious, and the sec
ond a selection from the humorous pO-
| ems. The poems will be prefaced by a
| biographical and critical Introduction,
and the serious poems will, for the first
time be arranged In chronological
! order.
| Houghton, Mifflin e Co, Boston, will
publish Immediately Tennyson's Ian
celot and Elaine, and Other Idylls of
the King" volume nine Of Rolfe's Stu
| dents Series. Cloth. seventy-five cents;
| to teachers. fifty-three cents, net. This
| book has been edited with the usual
care of DR.. ROlfe, and is equipped with
notes which include the history of the
poems the various readings and ex
plantations of all obscurities, allusions,
etc. It contains all the Idylls which
| are not included in volume eight of the
| same series, THE Coming of Arthur,