The record-union., 1896-04-27

The illustrated Lee or virginia
series is continued in the May number
of Frank Leslies Popular Monthly
New York; with paper by Henry
Tyrrell, relating to General Lees part
in the momentous events of the years
1259-1S62. These events include the
John Brown raid at Harper's Ferry,
the secession of the Southern States
and outbreak of the civil war, General
Lees resignation from the United
States army, and appointment to the
command of the Confederate forces OF
Virginia, his campaign in the West, the
establishment of Jefferson Davis at
Richmond as President of the Con-
federacy, the first battle of Bull Run,
and General McClellans invasion of
Virginia by way of the Peninsula and
advance upon Richmond. Akin to this
subject there is a charming sketch
written by Mrs. jefferson Davis, de-
scriptive of life in the white House
of the Confederacy" during the war.
Mrs Roger A. Pryor adds an interesting
chapter and an exquisite portrait to
her Ancestry of General Lee Other
notable features of the number are the
illustrated articles upon: Cuban Non
combatants,'' by Frederick A. Ober;
''The Prince of Wales on American
Frairies.'' by Mrs. J. Leduc; "Sons and
Daughters of Feudal Sires," by Nine.
Barbara MacGhan, and 'Vagabond
Wanderings in Guatemala" by Thomas
r. Dawley, Jr.
The Forum" for May (New York;
has for it's leading article a brilliant
analysis of .The Political Situation
by E. L. Godkin, editor of the New York
Evening POST Mr.. Godkin declares
that the two problems which at present
constitute the sum total of our politics
are the tariff question and the currency
question. With regard to the latter he
thinks that what the champions of a
gold standard really demand ''is not so
much the gold stanard, as assimilation
in currency matters to the other great
commercial nations and the absolute
abandonment of the currency question
as a political issue" That we shall Sc
cure these things at one election he
does not consider likely, but ''the elec-
ton of a President on a sound-money
platform will be a step toward it and
a great one" The Forum contains
valuable article by William Salo-
mon, a leading International banker of
New York City, entitled "a Salutary
Mandate to the National Conventions. +"
rs the Power of Christianity Waning?
MOI" is by DR.. H. K. Carroll; A. S. Van
de Graaff of Alabama has a notable
paper, the result of many years study
and investigation, entitled "The I'm
aided Solution Of the Southern Race
Problem" There are two papers on
Modern Norwegian Literature" by
Rjornstjerne Bjornson. Senator Henry
Cabot Lodge has stirring article en-
titled Our Duty to Cuba" painting in
dark colors the story of Spanish tyran-
ny in Cuba, and advocating the recog-
milton of Cuban belligerency. In the
same number Professor John Bassett
Moore, Professor of International Law
and Diplomacy, Columbia University,
New York, contends that the Cuban
insurgents are not entitled to belliger-
ent rights There are two valua BILE
papers Better Homes for Wage Earn
ers." by Miss Clare de Graffenreid, and
''The Cultivation of Vacant City Lots,
by NJ A Mikkelsen, describing the
successful results in New York of this
novel plan for relieving the unem-
ployed.
"St Nicholas for May Century Com
pany, New York; is a charming num-
Der, richly illustrated and full of inter
est for young folks. Among leading at
fractions are: His Fathers Price" by