The record-union., 1896-07-31
new PUBLICATIONS.


(Houghiton, Mifflin & Co., Boston) has
these papers: Days With Mrs. Stowe"
Mrs. James T. Fields; Present Condi-
tions of Literary Production Paul
Shorey; 1.-The Spirit of an Illinois Town"
Ca three-part story, Mary H. Gather
wood; Barnard and McCosh, and Pres
emit College Problems" President D. c.
"A Holiday With Montaigne,"
Henry d. Sedgwick, Jr.; ''The Old
Things" CXIV.-XVI), Henry James;
About Faces in Japanese Art" Lafca
dio Hearn; Poetic Rhythms in Prose-"
E. Hale, Jr.; "A Literary Mod
el," NJ. B. Sheldon; judith and Holo-
Thomas Bailey Aldrich; ID. G.
Rossetti's Letters" (concluded, DR..
George Birckbeck Hill; "Athenaise' Ca
story in two parts), Kate Chopin; crit
ical articles: Eugene Field and His
Work" -Four New Novels Com
ment on New Books" and the contrib
utors' club.
'The Critic" of July 11th contains a
portrait of Mrs. Stowe, printed above the
which she declares it to be the photo
others. Mr.. Lang and the Ethics of
Reprinting' is the title of a discussion
of the propriety of literary piracy. In
the same paper, the publication of a new
book of poems by joaquin Miller is
made the occasion of a leading essay,
claiming more consideration for this
poet than the American critics have
ever given him. The Indifference with
which he has always been regarded
here, even when his English vogue was
greatest, is cleverly explained. There
is also a sl2etchy portrait of the poet
composing a poem in bed.
"Lippincott's Magazine" for August
Philadelphia) has these papers: THE
Great K. and A. Train Robbery" Paul
Leicester Ford; "a Summer on the Gulf
Coast" Francis Lynde; 'An Aeolian
Harp" Edith M. Thomas; I'm Louisa
County" Clarinda Pendleton Lamar;
Immigration Evils" Rhoda Gale;
Ante Mortem," Clarence Urmy; "The
Federation of Australia" Owen Hall:
"A Narrow Escape" George Montbard
THE Blessed Bees" James Knapp
Reeve; "Golden-Rod and Asters," Meth
RCy &c, IlCI didIy III AlIltllCSts EuStHt
Zieber; ''The Druid" John B. Tabb
''The Devils One Good Deed" Evan r.
Chesterman; Universal Silence" (qua-
train), Arthur w. Atkinson; "The
Woman Question in the Middle Ages
Emily Baily Stone; THE Editors In
cubus," Irving Allen.
"Cuba's Struggle for Liberty is the
subject of fully illustrated article in
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
August (New York;. 1t is written by
Fidel G. Pierra, one of the leading spir-
its of the Cuban delegation in New
York, and contains portraits of Gomez,
Maceo, Marti, Garlic, Sanchez, Garcia,
Rodriguez and Palma, and some inter
esting views. There is an article on the
Christian Endeavor Society by Rev
Francis e. Clark, It's President and
founder. The great Lee series is con-
tinued with the first two papers ON Gem
eral Lees part in the battle of Gettys-
burg, by Colonel John j. Garnett. Con-
federate artillery. ''The Making of a
President, by Rufus r. Wilson, tells
about nominating conventions, cost of
electing a President, etc. There are pa
~,
bury and Wells Cathedrals, and a par
ticularly well-illustrated article on
Nashville and the Tennessee Centennial
by Charles Thomas Logan. The fiction
in this number is particularly good, as
is also the department for young people,
which contains contributions by Hora-
ito Alger, Jr., Edward S. Ellis, Minna
Irving and others.
''McClure's Magazine" (New York; for
August is a midsummer fiction number.
with stories by Octave Thanet. Stephen
Crane. Clinton Ross, E. w. Thomson
and Annie Eliot. Stephen Cranes story
exhibits the hero of his successful novel.
THE Red Badge of Courage" grown an
old man, but still capable of a fine act
of bravery; Clinton Ross will deal with
Perry's historic fight and victory on
Lake Erie; and Annie Eliot's will depict
sprightly love episode In a Yale and
Harvard boat race. The magazine opens
with a paper ON "Mr. Gladstone at
Eighty-six." by w. T. Stead the one
writer of personal studies of eminent
men who never fails to get at the real
parsonage. Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
contributes some "reminiscences of lit
erary Boston, drawing especially on her
acquaintance with Celia Thaxter Lucy
Larcom, Lydia Maria Child and Phillips
Brooks. A paper tells for the first time
the true story of Lincoln's meeting with
Stanton. They met in the trial of the
famous McCormick-reape patent right
case, under circumstances that were
very humiliating to Lincoln, and many
w n I4S hax haa fol- Of
ing. The exact facts of it are now given
by two men who were associated with
them in the trial, and who are probably
the only persons now living who know
all about the matter.
''Cassells Family Magazine" for Au-
gust 1st (The Cassell Publishing Co.,
New York; is freely and vividly illus
trated. 1t treats Of the English army.
past and present; of the homes of 1.-TWO
Commons Leaders,; Of pictures in this
years Academy; of Lord George Sam
gers circus and of home dressmalSing.
There are beside several superior stories
and the always Interesting "Gatherer,"
department of new inventions, dis
coveries and curiosities.
In the issue of "Harper's Round Ia
BILE" published July Dist there is a story
by William Drysdale entitled "Timid
Cousin Vic The scenes are laid in
Cuba and ON the Florida coast. dealing
with the Cuban insurrection. The same
issue contains a paper ON Magic. and
How 1t is Made" by Professor Henry
Hatton, and an interesting story of the
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