The record-union., 1896-01-31

paper on Unclaimed Estates" He
gives minute and most interesting in
formation in regard to the large Euro
pean estates which are supposed to be
awaiting American claimants. Further
contributions by Gilbert Parker, Brad
ford Torrey, Henry D. Sedgwick, Jr..
and others. exhaustive book reviews,
comment on new books, and the Con-
tributors' Club complete this readable
issue.
The Sanitarian" (January) is at
hand from the editor-in-ch Dr. A. n.
Bell, Brooklyn. This leading sanitary
technicalist of the day presents these
popers, among others: Venice and It's
Climate and Sanitary Conditions" G.
W. Chancellor; t'The Most Suitable
American Climate for Consumptives,
4. H. Stewart; Food Infection With
Toxogenic Germs" Y. G.. Vaughn and
G. ID. Perkins; Behring's Diphtheria
Serum" f. J. B. Cordeiro; Sewerage
and Street-Cleaning of Vienna" Mark
Judd; "A Practical Point in the Use Of
Disinfectants and Antiseptics," A. G..
Young; Treatment of Pneumonia With
Digitalis," M Naegale Sekerblom;
Treatment of Pneumonia in Children,
C G.. Jennings, D. c.. Lowenthal and
others; Treatment of Diphtheria With
Tincture of Myrrh," NJ Miloslavsky;
Treatment of Headaches of Extra
Cranial Origin Frank Woodbury.; ITO
Check Substitution
The electrical World, established
in 1874, the pioneer journal of it's class
in America, is at hand for February
(New York;. 1t is of forty-four reading
and ninety-two advertising pages, and
the claim is laid for an edition of $4,000
copies. Among the many papers, large
number of which are illustrated, we
make special note of these: "The Man
ufacture of Carborundum," by Orrin e.
Dunlap, illustrated; Electric Arc
Welding" by William H. Handy, illus
trated; "a Novel Electric Brake by
Frank M. Ashley, illustrated; "A Sys-
tematic Treatise on Electrical Measure
ments,' by Herschel G. Parker, illus
trated; "The Compound Dynamo" by
George F. Sever, illustrated; Synopsis
of Current Electrical Literature" by
Max Osterberg; Henry Electrical
Club; protection From Dangerous
Electric Conductors illustrated;
'Ironclad Generators and Stationary
Motors" illustrated.
Popular Astronomy" (Northfeld,
Mimi for February has these valuable
papers: Frontispiece, Perrine's Comet
as photographed by A. l.. Cotton; "A
New Theory of the Surface Markings
of the Moon" E. Miller; Comet c
1895 (Perrine), C. D. Perrine; Planet
ary Photography with a Rejecting Tel
escope" with a plate), ]. NJ. Schaeberle;
"Micrometric Measures of the Diameters
of Mars, Giving Besides the Size and
Ellipticity of the Planet Apparent Evi-
dence of a Twilight Are" Percival
Lowell: "Almanacs,' R. w. Mcfarland;
"The Graphic Construction of Eclipses
and Occultations-II Solar Eclipses, y
illustrated, William F. Rigge, S. J.;
Practical Suggestions THE Con-
slant of Gravitation,' William A. Rog-
ers; 1.-The Planets and the Constella-
tions for February" II. c. Wilson;
comet notes.
"Godey's Magazine" New York; for
February is handsomely illustrated. 1t
gives more good matter for 81 a year
than any magazine of which we have
knowledge Among the more notable
articles in this number are: The
Franks of Nature Marmaduke Hum
phrey; Studio Life in Paris" L. Jer-
reid and A Hornblow; Great Singers
OF the Century" Albert L. Parkes; 20
Rare Gene Field" Cleveland Moffett;
"The Dumb Speak" Lillian A. North;
Talks by Successful Women" Alice
Severance; What the Bicycle Does for
the Muscles" Horace Edwin Morrow;
Artists in Their Studios w. A. Coo
per; "Music in America" Rupert
Hughes.
The Quarterly Journal of Econom-
les" for January, published for Harvard
University CO II. Ellis, Boston), has
these contents: '"The Positive Theory
OF Capital and It's Critics-III.," /" conclu-
sion. E. Bohm- -Bawerk; 'Dissociation
by Displacement-A Phase of Social
Selection" Carlos c. Closson; :" Coin
and His Critics. Willard Fisher; Some
Unpublished Letters of Ricardo" J. H.
HoIlander; Social and Economic Leg
islation of the States in 1895" William
B. Shaw; "Recent Publications Upon
Economies; "An Eighteenth Century
Record of the Evils of Depreciation,
c. w. Mixter.
'CasseIl's Family Magazine" for Feb
ruary (Casse1I Publishing Company
New York; is freely and handsomely il
lustrated. There is a charming paper
en- Mr. Gladstone's home life, a short
story by Max Pemberton, entitled. "The
Sword and Three" There is a very in
teresting paper on the Thames police.
Frank Barrett's serial, "a Missing Wit
ness" continues. 1.-THE Gatherer' is
full of scientific interest, descriptive of
yachting in the Mediterranean and
useful paper on country cooking, beside
music, short stories and wit and hui
NOR in art.
The "Hesperian Quarterly Febru-
ary- April. st. Louis) has these papers:
"Alexandre Dumas. Fills William
Wetmore Story" STORY: His Genius,
His Home" Northampton House and
Dumbarton Castle" king Olaf's
Lilies "The Literary Wayside."
For bronchial and asthmatic COM
plants, Browns Bronchial Troches
have remarkable curative properties.