The record-union., 1896-04-26

| will be given in two beautifully illus
trated papers. Jacques de Morgan, the
Psychologist, describes his important
discoveries in a paper called The
Dashur Explorations" The develop
ment of Washington during his early
manhood is the subject of paper by
Professor Woodrow Wilson, called
"At Home in Virginia" with effective
illustrations from drawings by Howard
Pyle, and from photographs and old
prints. Poultney Bigelow on The Ger
man Struggle for Liberty treats OF
the battle of Leipsic and the resulting
retreat of Napoleon from Germany. IL
Illustrations by r. Cation Woodville add
interest to the authors stirring recital.
Brander Matthews contributes a paper
entitled 1.-THE Penalty of Humor. The
number is strong in fiction. The con-
Guiding chapters of Mr.. Blacks "Bri-
seis'' are given, with Illustrations by
W. T. Smedley. Under the title Little
Fairy's Constancy," Julian Ralph tells
a Chinese love story, with illustrations
by c. D. Weldon. "The Bringing of the
Rose" is the title of modern ghost
story by Harriet Lewis Bradley, illus
trated by Albert E. Sterner. Mary f..
wilkins, in Three Old Sisters and the
Old Beau" sketches an old-fashioned
phase of New England. The poems are
by z. D. Underhill, Lulah Ragsdale
and Mary Allen. Mr.. Warmers sug-
gestive comment maintains the high
character of the Editors Study" and
the Editors Drawer is introduced
| with a farce, First Aid to the In
jured," by W. c. Van Tassel Sutphen,
with illustrations by Edward Penfield.
Macmillan & Co. will publish in the
| early autumn another volume In the
American edition of their elementary
Classics Series: Selections From Cor
nelius Nepos," by ]. Edmund Barss of
the Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, Conn.
| 1t will contain, beside "Seven Lives"
and the ''Praefatio," notes. maps, special
vocabulary. word groups and exercises
based on the text for translation into
Latin These last will all be in the form
&C continuous prose, carefully graded,
and the grammatical notes on each por-
ton of text will be especially full with
reference to constructions to be used i'll
the corresponding exercise. The notes
have as their especial object the train
ing of the pupil in the difficult act OF
idiomatic English translation, by free
comment on peculiaritieS of Latin eX-
preston and suggested translation in
cases when the pupil. by himself, would
almost certainly fall into the barbar-
isms of school boy atin-English. Long
vowels will be marked, and references
given to the grammars Of Allen and
Greenough, Bennett, Gildersleeve-
| Lodge and Hardness. The text will
have the topical headings characteristic
of the series.
lie Francais," a magazine which
numbers many sincere admirers among
the students of French in this country,
makes it's appearance for the month of
April with a generous amount of mat
ter, both entertaining and instructive.
Rerlitz & Co., West Madison Square,
New York, are the agents. A glance at
the summary of contents shows that
time can be profitably spent in it's Pc
rusal: lie Veux," by Ed Gondinet;
''Pourquoi," by Edouard Pailleron;
La File du Colonel" by Rene Loz;
"AuDela-Dans Mon Pays" by Hughes
Lie Roux; "Variete," La Negation, -
'Cours de Literature Franchise" Eek
ercises,' Moroccan Traduire en- Fran
cais,' "Poesie Traduire en- Vers An
glais," ''Traduction de la Poesie Publiee
dams lie no de Fevrier &c." "Corrige des
Exercices du Precedent Numero," IL
American en- Voyage"
A waltz arrangement of Paul Ores
ser's song, Just Tell Them That You
| Saw Me-" has been made by Theodore
| F. Morse the well-known composer, and
will appear in the May number of
| 'Ev'ry Month" a East Twentieth
street, New York; The song has reached
wide popularity throughout the East,
where it was first published in one of
the earlier numbers of the magazine
| Eduard Hoist, whose name is familiar
to every pianist as a composer of a vast
number of beautiful instrumental
pieces, has recently, after a ten years
residence in the United States, left per-
manently and will reside for the future
in Denmark. A number of his best I'M
published manuscripts have been Sc
cured by "Ev'ry Month"; and will be
published in that magazine from time
to time during the present year.
! "Harper's Round Table" for April Dist
| contained story by Albert Lee, en-
| titled "The Battle of Brick Church,;
two very interesting articles on WIN
| ter Maneuvers of Great Armies" and
| Discoveries Along the Congo River"
(the latter contributed to the Round
Table by Cyrus c. Adams, the Ameri-
can authority on Africa; a story by
Captain Howard Patterson, entitled "A
Plucky Young Tenderfoot"; an INSTALL
ment of Marion Harlands new and
sprightly serial, IAN Old School
Girl: and an installment of Kirk
Munroe's serial story, Rick Dale"
|
'Harper's Weekly" for April 25th had
an excellent portrait of Gladstone from
the painting in ST. Deiniol's library at
Hawarden. There was also a full-page
portrait of Cardinal Satolli, by John w.
Alexander. Among the. noteworthy ar
ticles We're an illustrated descriptive pa
per on Egypt and the Soudan, with ref
erence to the present Anglo Egyptian
advance against the Dervishes. and a
continuation of Timothy Pitkins' i'm
portant articles on the governing classes
in Turkey
Pending Problems for Wage Earn
ers' will be discussed in "Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly" for Nav by
A E. Outerbridge, Jr., who has had ex-
ceptional opportunities for seeing both
the employers side of these problems
and that of the employees. He warns
| wage-earnerS to beware of socialism,