The record-union., 1896-06-28

speak Of them in detail. Anyone of them
would give text for extended criticism
or review. But really, while we have
read most of them from time to time,
and some for the first time in this vol
ume, we find so little that is needful
of criticism that to say we stand with
Professor Jordan in most of his posi-
tions is to express our estimate of this
scholarly volume. The book, a large
octave, is from the press OF the Whit
aker & Ray Company, San Francisco.
From Thomas Groggan & Bro, pub
fishers, Galveston. Houston and Austin,
Texas, we have new sheet music as fol-
lows: 'I Think of Old Times Tonight.
or Memories of the Past" Song and
chorus, by w. X. Marriott; price forty
cents 1t is a beautiful melody, well set
to pleasing words, which convey both
singer and audience to scenes in times
gone by. Also, Signal Service March"
and two step, by o. c.. Bruce. Key G and
A, forty cents. This will rank amongst
the captivating new style marches and
will be popular. 1t was specially writ
ten for the Weather Bureau. and is
dedicated to the officers of the Weather
Song and chorus. Key of c, by H. c.
Sherrod; forty cents. A very good song
by the author of My Sweetheart Ger
the DELL He wrote it as a tribute to
the memory of one of his dearest friends
whom he saw buried at sea off the coast
CT San Salvador Also, go Pretty
Rose" Key of A. D sharp to G, by O.
r. White; forty cents. The name of the
writer of this song is sufficient to indi-
cate that it possesses more than or
dinary merit and will be as successful
as some of his other songs. 1t is dedi-
Gated to Miss Helen Petre, the we'll
known vocalist.
'Lippincott's Magazine" for July
(Philadelphia) has these papers: "A Ju-
dicial Error" Marion Manville Pope;
"Decadence of Modern Russian Litera-
ture," Russian; "A Twenty-Dollar
Bill" Algernon Tassin; Might | Re-
turn poem) Florence Earle Coates;
Pennsylvania and Her Public Men,
Sydney G. Fisher; My Rural Expert
ences,'' Hjalmar Hjorth Boyesen; THE
Rector's Game-cock," Gillian w. Ford;
Mary Stuart" (poem), Jenny Terrill
Ruprecht; "The Southern IDEAL" An
ME Steger Winston; "On Being Fond of
Ones Thoughts" John Sheridan Zelie;
"An Old Story Jean Wright; Yankee
Doodle Caroline T. Bansemer
The July number of "Harper's Maga-
zine.'' nicely and profusely Illustrated,
opens with a paper on General Wash
ington and the period of the Revolution,
by Woodrow Wilson. Rarely has
historic parsonage been made SO real
and human as Washington here ap
pears, in camp and on the battlefield.
In commemoration of the century of the
settlement of Cleveland, the number
contains an illustrated paper on the dis
tinctive charta of Ohio, by
President Charles F. Thwing. A piquant
description of English elections, by
Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge, gives the re-
suit of some personal observations in
England Laurence Hutton contributes
an attractive article on Literary
Landmarks of Venice" The number is
very strong in fiction. There are the
opening chapters of 1.-TWO Mormons
from Muddlety," a three-p part novel
ette, by Langdon Elwyn Mitchell.
John Kendrick Bangs humorous ro-
NO'A
cluded. Julian Ralph contributes
Chinese romance, ''The Love-lAtters of
Superfine Gold,'' illustrated by c. d.
Weldon "The Cabinet Organ a short
story of the Middle West, by Octave
Than'et, is given, with Illustrations by
Clifford Carleton; also, a humorous
story of American artist life abroad,
"a Fool to Fame by E. A. Alexander,
with pictures by John w. Alexander,
and a story by W. E. Norris, called
The Dowager's Companion" THE
Wedding Gown" a charming poem by
Alice Archer Sewell, appears with four
page illustrations. Other poems are "a
Wayside Grave" by Margaret E. Sang
ster, and "Orbis Terrae." by c. II.
Goldthwaite. Archibald Lampman con-
tributes an essay on Happiness" and
Charles Dudley Warner in the Editors
Study discusses a popular belief that
everybody is an undeveloped author.
The Editors Drawer opens with an
amusing lecture, by Kate Douglas Wig