The record-union., 1896-12-27

illustrations: Lord LeightonS Sketch
es," by Alfred Lys Baldry. ten illustra-
tions: The Revival of Lithography In
PRODUCTION: Its Rise and First Decline,
by NJ. H. Spielmann, six illustrations;
"Adolphe Artz.' by Richard Heath,
seven illustrations: The Renaissance
of Miniature Painting" by Alfred
Praga, three Illustrations: Notes on
the Work and Life of William Morris
by Walter Crane; THE Art Movement:
Novelty in Decoration at the Trocadero
by Mr.. G. Z. Moira and Mr.. F. Lynn
Jenkins with portraits of Mr.. Moira
and Mr.. Jenkins by Laurence Koe and
ten illustrations; Pewter Work" by
Henri Frantz. with five Illustrations;
New Sculpture" with five illustra-
tionS; illustrated Volumes two illus
trations; Notes and Queries three IL
Illustrations; The Chronicle of Art"
eight illustrations; Edward J. Poynter.
P. r. A" seventeen illustrations.
'McClure's Magazine" (New York; be-
gins in the January number a series of
Life Portraits of Great Americans"
with reproductions of all the existing
PoA - VI IociiJdiiIiii
are fifteen such Charles Henry Hart.
probably the highest authority on early
American portraits is collecting and
editing the material for the series.
There is also a paper on Franklin by
Professor Treat of the University Of
the South. Ida Rose McCabe will tell
the story of the celebrated Martha
Washington Casa case which en-
gagged a number of lawyers of national
! reEown. Morgan Robertson, a new
writer whose stories have been remark
ably for their power and originality,
has story of derelict, after rowing
the seas deserted for fifty years. sub
dued modern man-of-war. Grants
life as a cadet at West Point is the
subject of paper by Hamlin Garland.
A description of the making and laying
of an Atlantic cable with pictures il
| lustrating all the interesting points, is
feature. The number introduces a
new writer with a true story of a boy
Lieutenant's trying and dramatic ex-
perience in getting command in tough
Bowery regiment that had conspired TO
run him out.
THE Lotus (Kansas City, steadily
improves in its literary range and quail
ity, with Walter Blackburn Harte.
journalist, as editor. The December
issue disarmS the criticisms of frivolity
leveled at the majority of the bibelots.
| There is nothing perfunctory or flip
pant in it, The Lotus" to-day stands
for the efforts of the younger writers,
who have not hitherto been focused as
they are in its pages. The number
opens with "a BaHade of the Tenth
Muse" by Edward w. Barnard. "On
the Tantramar Dyke" by Charles G..
D. Roberts, the most famous of Cana
dian poets and story writer's. Hubert
H. Davies contributes a story of COM
mon sense Christmas. John Northern
Hilliard writes a strong study in mod
ern consciousness called "A Realist"
Miss Lulah Ragsdale's "The Dream
Woman is of artistic touch. A bit of
good stirring verse is Frank Mark
wards The Rovers Stave," and
Claude F. Bragdon gives a glimpse of
the hereafter. Walter Blackburn Harte
contributes estimate of Richard lie
Gallienne's genius in his prose works.
Other contributors are Post Wheeler,
Ethelwyn Wetherald. William Reed
Dunroy and S. B. koons.
Specia featuresof "Harper's Weekly"
for December 26th are: "A Sioux Indian
Episode" by Colonel Guy V. Henry
L. S. A, illustrated by r. F. Zogbaum
a paper by Timothy PItl<ins on Turk
ish Grievances-The Blood Tax;
dou ble-page illustration by w. T. Smed-
ley, entitled "A Plantation Christmas
fore de War; a third paper on Street
Cleaning in Europe" (Berlin), by Col
onel George z. Waring. Jr., with illus
trations; and an illustrated article by
r. G. Skerrett on the Torpedo Boats
of the United States Navy"
The January number of "CasselFs
Family Magazine" New York and
London, is larger and fuller number
than any issue of the admirable maga-
zine in years. 1t opens a new volume.
Among the features are sixteen full
page, fine half-tone Illustrations from
Dickens works, page of new music, a
chapter on fashions of the season, notes
in the garden, views in London, the
Pirate in Fiction and in Fact" por-
traits and sketches of distinguished peo-
pie, horses of the Princess of Wales, the
evolution of woman, tales, short and
serial stories, chat about the Sultan, etc.
The Christmas or holiday issue of the
San Francisco Wasp" is a charmingly
illustrated number, and in text as spicy
and bright as the most exacting could
wish. The Wasp is an original; in
IFS nacllliar fold nf roa "a
bold criticism it has no superior upon
the coast; in fact, it is alone in its
method and style.
The San Francisco News Letter" for
the Christmas week comes to US with
enlarged pages and illustrations, and
with great addition to crisp critical and
entertaining text. The News Letter" is
vigorous and critical weekly journal
and does good deal of practical work
in the way of illustrating its pages with
views of San Francisco and Of Califor-
MIA scenery.
A Cambridge edition of Lowelrs COM
plete poetical works will shortly ap-
pear in uniform style with Cambridge
eulliOIlS VI l<OHSltllOW, w nltCler, Holmes
and Browning.
Thoreau's Cape Cod" in it's holiday
edition is spoken of as an unusually
attractive work. especially the hundred
illustrations in color by Miss Amelia NJ
Watson.
"A Second Century of Charades," by
Mr.. Bellamy, Of course, will appear very