The record-union., 1896-09-13

;, SEPIEM BER 10. 1896.
the great changes which have taken
place in the position of women, and
which have rendered possible the wide
expansion both of her responsibilities
and her influence in this last decade of
the nineteenth century.
The September Monthly Illustrator
and Home and Country" (6S Center
street, New York; is handsomely illus
trated, treats of Seriousness in Art,
Wild Flowers of the Rocky Mount
AIMS" whist and It's Masters,
"Glimpses of Samoa stanton. the
Southland Singer" and presents poems,
stories, sketches and serials. 1t is
capital number in variety and quality.
"Ev'ry Month";" the woman's maga-
zine, for September is at hand. (Howley,
Haviland s. Co., New York; 1t has
many pages Of music, much fine por-
traiture of distinguished people and
beautiful women, stories, essays,
sketches art articles, decorative notes,
criticisms, poems and songs.
The campaign number of "Gunton's
Magazine" issued by the Political Sci
ence Publishing Company of New York,
is issued Of the September date. It's con-
tents are: THE Crime of 1885, Pro
feSsor Gunton'S Address, "FallacieS
About Gold and Silver" Some Ques-
tions on Silver Answered" "Macaulay
on American Institutions" "England's
Free Trade Jubilee - Swiss Banks of
ISSUE Gross and Crown Morality"
editorial .crucible, economics in the
magazines, book reviews.
The leading article in Current His
tory" Second quarter, 1866 is a re-
view of the Presidential campaign of
1896 containing a wealth of interest
ing and timely information, arguments
for and against the positions taken by
the various parties, the arrangement of
States according to their platforms, full
proceedings of the various conventions,
statistics of currency systems of the
world, biographies and portraits of the
leaders of all parties, the progress of
international bimetallism, the reciproc-
ity policy, etc. There are 269 pages of
reading matter and sixty-eight por-
traits. Among the hundreds of other
topics fully treated are: Venezuelan
question. Cuban revolt, South African
situation, campaigns in Abyssinia and
Soudan, Armenian question, revolt in
Crete, situation in the far East, Con-
gressional proceedings in full, general
elections in Canada, British politics, Ia
Dor movements, Hungarian millennial
celebration, coronation of the Car, re-
vived Olympic games, progress of sci
ence, including production of light with
out heat, electricity directly from car
bon, latest about X rays, ETC.; religious
conventions, book review, full obitu-
aries Of prominent men, etc. etc. (Buf-
falo, n. ": Garretson, Cox & Co., pub
lishers.)
The Kindergarten News" (Spring-
field, Mass) for September has much of
interest to parents and teachers. There
is full report Of the Buffalo meet
ing Of kindergarten workers, four able
editorials, a talk by DR. Burnham on
hygiene and other interesting papers.
The Review of Reviews" CNew York;
for September, literally and graphi-
caly illustrated, has no less than thir-
ty-seven articles in the department
Progress of the World" There are
besides these departments and papers:
Lord Russell of Killowen, Lord Chief
Justice of England" with portrait;
Record Of Current Events" with por-
traits; Current History in Carica-
ture;" ''The Three Presidential
Candidates and What They Repre-
sent" by Theodore Roosevelt; THE
Populists at st. Louis" by Henry D.
Lloyd THE Outlook Upon the
Agrarian Propaganda in the West" by
Newell Dwight Hills: Would Ameri-
can Free Coinage Double the Price Of
Silver in the Markets of the World?"-
1. The affirmative view, by DR.. Charles
B. Spahr of New York; 2 The negative
view, by Professor ]. Laurence Laugh
lin Of Chicago; John Brown in the
Adirondacks,' by Albert Shaw, with
portraits of John Brown and Miss Kate
Field, and other Illustrations; 'The
Lord Chief Justice on Arbitration"
Leading Articles of the Month";" Pc
riodicals Reviewed." THE New Books
Notes from the London correspond
ent-Some volumes of verse; Contents
of Reviews and Magazines; Index to
Periodicals."
''Cassell's Family Magazine" for Sep
tember (Cassell Publishing Company,
New York and LOndon) is at hand. 1t
has many handsome pictures, fine sto-
RES, serials, poetry. the always val
liable "Gatherer," notes of new in
ventions, fashion news, music, needle
work, historical and geographical
sketches, novelettes, etc. Among the
lower priced magazines there is no
superior to Cassell's and no magazine is
cleaner or purer in tone and style.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine" (New
York; for September, richly illustrated,
has these leading features: Granada
ard the Alhambra,' H. G. Chatfeld-
Taylor; William Wetmore Story" Mrs.
Lew Wallace; "A Summer Outing on
Northwestern Waters Robert E. Stra-
horn: 'The Wonderful New Eye of Sci
ence" Camille Flammarion; Bellies
Reaux," Frances Courtenay Baylor;
THE Neighborhood Rooster" Maurice
Thompson; "Some Samples of Recent
Art" Edward j. Poynter, r. Asmus,
Carbon Studio, l.. Perrault, J. w. God
ward, r. B. A., Seymour Lucas, James
SAINT, r. A.; THE Routing of a Ghost
John ]. A'Becket; "The Three in Green"
Gertrude Hall: "'TiS He That Striyeth