The record-union., 1896-06-21


THE Real Problems of Democracy" are
defined and discussed by E. L. Godkin.
apropos of Lecky's Democracy and
Liberty" Hon. e. J. Phelps, formerly
Minister to England, treats Of "Our Re-
fations With Great Britain showing
what we may hope for from arbitration
and what must always be left for diplo-
macy. A somewhat startling article is
by Professor George B. Adams of Yale,
who maintains that the world domt-
nance in Government must have its
center in the United States and not in
England. George w. Cable tells in
very attractive fashion-or pretends to
tell-the secrets of the y-teller's art.
However, little the practical knowledge
the amateur may get from the article,
every reader will get entertainment
with good deal of philosophy to boot.
"a Virginia Cavalier" is the title that
the author Molly Elliot Seawell, has
given her new serial story of the boy
hood days of George Washington Its
first chapter appeared in "Harpers S
Round Table" June 10th, and Miss Sea-
we'll, who has made a study of the early
surroundings of Washington, weaves
into her story many interesting facts of
that period of his life. In the same
number of the Round Table" is an article
by Mary Taylor Bissell, entitled "a Girl
IN Training; also an article by Cyrus
&. Adams, the American author on
Africa, entitled "a New Water Route to
Genital Africa" Mr. Adams pictures
in graphic way the savage natives and
their country, and the intrusion of the
white man with his modern Inventions
There is an installment of Kirk Mum
roe's serial, entitled "Rick Dale" and
among the many short stories, one en-
TITLED Mary Kent on Deck" by w J.
Henderson, which is a tale of a girls
heroism.
"McClure's Magazine" CNew York; for
July VIII contain fine series of por-
traits of Longfellow, most of them from
rare originals furnished by Miss Alice
Lcngfellow, the poets daughter Rud-
yard Kipling, as ne showed himself to
his intimate friends just before he be-
came known to all the world, will be
the subject of a paper by the man with
whom kipling was associated in the
editorship of a newspaper in India.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps will publish
her recollections, which are very inti-
mate and interesting, of Longfellow,
Whittier and Holmes. There will be an
illustrated paper by Cleveland Moffett,
showing the exact status, at the present
moment, OF the horSeless carriage, and
indicating the immense revolution
that impends in travel and traffic, now
that the horseless carriage has practi-
cally passed the experimental stage.
Lincoln as a Lawyer" an illustrated
paper made up mainly of "reminiscences
and anecdotes from men who practiced
with Lincoln at the bar will be one of
the features. "a Coast and Capture -
a very lively bicycling story, will appear.
There will also be a humorous love story
by Robert Barr. One Of the few women
who have made the ascent of the Mat
terhorn-an ascent always requiring the
utmost strength of muscle and the ut
| most certainty of nerve-will tell the
story of her experience.
Many very attractive and beautifully
illustrated articles are given in Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly" for July
(New York;, and also several excellent
short stories. The leading feature is a
description of General Robert E. Lees
part in the battles of Fredericksburg
and Charlottesville. by Colonel John ].
Garnett, forming the sixth paper in the
magazines great Lee Series" The
article is profusely illustrated In "a
Glimpse of Dungeness'' Frederick A
Ober describes the burial place of
Light Horse Harry" Lee Another
feature is an article OF. Colonial Homes
of Virginia" by Virginia Cousins Mayo,
with more than a dozen pictures
There is THE Fotheringay Tragedy
in which A. Oakley Hall tells of the last
days Of Mary, Queen of Scots; Professor
Sulzbache writes of the University of
Heidelberg; a paper on Canine War
riors'' shows the service rendered by
| dogs on the battlefield; the Isle of Man
is described in an interesting article;
Mrs. A. A Stowe chats entertainingly
of the Lick Observatory; there is a
splendid department for young people,
containing short stories and poems,
and the continuation of serial by
Horatio Alger, Jr.,; and there are sew
eral other attractive features.
'Harper's Weekly for June Goth is a
Republican Convention number, and
contains a picture of the convention
hail. portraits of the prominent dele
gates, candidates and party mana gers,
| together with typical Illustrations of the
uninjured portions of st. Louis-in all,
| five pages of illustrations. Other prom
| inent features are THE Coronation of
the Czar," THE Philadelphia Horse
Show" and "The cuban Insurrection. !"
The June number of Every Month"
the beautifully illustrated quarto pub
lished by Howley, Haviland & Co. (New
Yor). has these features: Reflections .
The Prophet; THE Admiral Waltzes," ,"
Richard H. Barker; Decorative
Notes" The Artist; Come Cuddle Your
Head on My Shoulder" Qullaby), by
Ella Wheeler Wilcox; music by Au-
gusta Preston Bedell; Dramatic" S.
]. White; THE Proposal" (caprice).
Charles Miller; Literary Notes." Ed.
ward Al; ''If They Write That I'm For
given I'll Go Home" song and chorus,
Gussie L. Davis; Angus" short story.
b. McCord; "A Daughter of Eve, .
short story, Allan Hail.
The June number of the Monthly
| illustrator and Home and Country
tNew York; which is profusely and very
handsomely illustrated, has these lead
ing features, besides the regular de-
partments: Heroic Statue of Gibbon,
Now in the Congressional Library;
Eminent American Artists" by Rufus
K. Wilson; America modelled by Cy-
rus Cobb; From Cuxhaven to Constan-
| tinople." by C. w. Alters; THE Mont