The record-union., 1896-03-29


april philadelphia brings the CRATE
Iui atmosphere of springtime, Albert
Lynch'S painting, '"The Flowers of the
f1eld," nodding graceful welcomes to
one OF his characteristically sweet,
spirttuelle women-a cover of artistic
beauty. 1t embalms some fond memo
ries of Louisa May Alcott, who in
Series of letters to five little girls, writ
ten at intervals from 1872 to 1886, re-
veafs herself in a. most interesting and
tovable way. General A w. Greelys S
second and concluding paper upon "The
PERSONAL Side of Washington" appears
General Greely concludes, after show
ing Washington IN new light that ne
was the very foremost American. John
Gilmer Speed contributes timely artl-
Gle ON how to organize and conduct
Village Improvement Society. Ex-
PRESIDENT Harrison's This Country OF
Ours" article discusses ''The Enforce
menIt of the Law" and shows with nice
distinction the duties and jurisdiction
of the President. Lillian Bell discusses
The Philosophy of Clothes" and
Nancy Mann Waddle talks of the lily
A short story, "a Change of Heart,
by Sarah Orne Jewett, supplements, IN
fiction, 1.-The Violet" which is drawing
TO a close. Rev. Charles Fl. Parkhurst,
In ''The Young Man Entering Life,
points to the difference between reso-
luton and achievement. Dress, the
household, gardening, Easter cards ana
plans, with details, for building "A
$4,000 Dutch Colonial House" and the
usual departments, are all Of value and
interest. A conspicuous feature Is a
musical composition, 1.-THE Colonial
Danes Waltzes," by John Philip Sousa-
There Is an abundance of illustrations
and pictures of historic interest repro
duced from photographs and portraits.
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'McClure's Magazine" (New York;
for April has for frontispiece an excel
lent portrait Of Professor Roentgen,
and the leading article is almost the
first account yet given of Professor
Roentgen, as seen in his own labora-
tory. "Roentgen Rays in America" by
Cleveland Moffett, supplements it. The
new Anthony Hope romance, begun IN
this number, is by the fruitful author
OF 1.-The Prisoner of Zenda." The open
ing chapters are usually little Slow
moving but here interest is fully
aroused almost from the first. One OF
its authors best achievements also is
the new Kipling ballad, Soldier an
Sailor Too" An account of Lincoln s
courtship and marriage, based on the
testimony of intimate friends of his
still living, completely disproves a
shameful story, accepted by some of the
best biographers, that Lincoln once
subjected the lady who afterwards be-
,f1 ruff fn fhn r1nSnQakQhlA hI1-
initiation of absenting himself, without
warning or explanation, on an occasion
appointed for their marriage. Along
with this Is given am account OF a de-
bate, with passages from little known
speech of Lincoln's, wherein he had
Douglas for an opponent twenty years
before the historic debate of 1898. Tne
pictures are abundant and opposite.
Cordt, Rosseau and their fellows OF the
"Barbizon'' school of painters, receive
interesting treatment, with reproduc-
tions of their best work. elizabeth
Stuart Phelps tells how she produced
the best known of her works, The
Gates Ajar" There are good stories
by 90" and Mrs. E. V. Wilson
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'rhe Century" plays two of its best
cards In the April number, namely,
Cole and Castaigne, the frontispiece be-
ing a beautiful engraving by Cole after
George De Forest Brush's painting en-
titled Mother and Child" and Mr.. Cas-
taigne furnishing the illustrations for
a timely article by Professor Allan Mar
auand of Princeton on ''The Old Olym-
pic Games" apropos of the revival OF
the Olympic festival at Athens. Pro-
fessor Sloane's Napoleon" is part1c-
11larly rich in illustrations. He treats
OF Napoleon as the assailant of nation
alfty. of the Spanish campaign, and OF
the rise of Germany under the lead OF
Prussia A notable article by Victor
Louis Mason, an attache of the War De-
partment, is entitled -Four Lincoln
Conspiracies, and makes the record OF
the three attempts to murder and one TO
lidnap, and includes new particulars OF
the flight and capture of the assassin.
The illustrations are chiefly from
archives of the War Department-foT
the most part unpublished. An anus
ing article on subject of current in
terest is D. P. B. Conkling's article on
Japanese War Posters" with four IL
lustrations. Mrs. Schuyler Van Rens-
relaer, author of English Cathedrals,
contributes a paper on "The Churches
of Perigueux and Angouleme," with a.
Illustrations by Joseph Pennell, and the
series of stories and sketches by the
painter vibert comes to a CONCLUSION
with three diverting examples, includ-
ing q one-act comedy There is a lib
eral dnstallment of "Sir George Tres
sady.' Mrs. Humphry Wards novel,
xwhich carries the story into very inter-
esttng fields.
sThe Overland Monthly" for April
fSan Francisco is very profusely and
very handsomely illustrated Mr.. Wild
man is presenting better half-tone work
sn illustrations than many of the more
nretentious magazines. Among the
Seadfng papers are these: Frontispiece,
"By Balboa's Sea-; frontispiece, Ne
vada." Alice Gray Cowan; frontispiece,
tsLny," painting by Henry Raschen;
erontfspfece, "a Samoan Village, Tapo,'
nafnting by J. d. Strong: las Talked
In the Sanctum," by the Editor; original
sketches by San Francisco painters,
"Henry Raschen," Pierre n. Boeringer;
sarrue Tales of the Old West, XII, Uncle
Roche's WILL" James HI. Lawrence;
sJimtown's Bride, E. A. Robinson;
sCaIifornia's Exhibit at the Atlanta
Exposition," J. A. Filcher; "Of Death
Refore Maturity" Francis E. Sheldon;
ga Wayside Harvest" L. B. Bridgman;
s.The Quicksands of Pactolus," book IL,
x-xi.. Horace Annesley Vachell; Butte
county and the Northern Citrus Belt,
8 G. Wilson, illustrated; international
R;metallism," John J. Valentine: 1.-The
study of History" Thomas R. Bacon;
sEpigrams," Charles p. Nettleton; De-
<o,do,-s of the Union" Frank Elliott