The record-union., 1896-11-15

appearance of her last volume). is but
barely disrupted. Reproductions of
some of the masterpieces of Franz
Halls, Vandyke, Rubens, ETC., are in
cluded in the many illustrations.
Tales of Our Coast is by S. r.
Crockett, Gilbert Parker, Harold Fred
eric, W. Clark Russell and O." 81 %.
Dodd, Mead Go, New York. The
popular names of the authors of the
five stories collected here are enough
recommendation and also are strong
specimens of the authors powers. The
editor of The Idler," in which maga-
zine they first appeared, must be one
who knows what good sea story
means. They are full of the magic of
romance which dwells on the sea, but
which few writer's have the magma
ton to grasp and render it in a strik-
ing and picturesque manner as is done
successfully in these stories.
my Long Life" an autobiographic
sketch, by Mary Cowden Clarke, author
of THE Concordance to Shakespeare :"
THE Girlhood of Shakespeare's Hero
ines" ETC., Svo., cloth, gilt tops. With
photogravure portraits, 50: Dodd.
Mead & Co., New York Mrs. Clarke,
the author of Concordance to Shakes
peare" and many other books, is the
daughter of the celebrated musician
Vincent Novello. She was born in 1869
and married to Charles Cowden Clarke
in 1928. Her recollections include so
many of the notable literary and musi-
cal people of the last century that
every page of the volume is full of
lively interest The anecdotes and the
reminiscent stories are told in a charm
ingly artless manner which is alto
gether delightful. Among the more
noteworthy characters with whom she
came in contact we note the Princess
Charlotte, Sir Henry Bessamer, Rich
ard Golden, Coleridge. George Cruik
shank, Charles Dickens, James G.
Field, DR.. Horace Furness, Charles
Lamb, Leigh Hunt, Fanny kemble
Madame Ristori, Sarasate, Celia Thax-
ter and Cardinal Wiseman The book
must be classed as one of the more i'm
portant contributions to Autobiography
ical literature of the season
Kate Carnegie" by Ian Maclaren
author of Beside the Bonnie Brier
Bush" I'm the Days of Auld Lang
Syne," etc, etc. The volume has up
wards Of fifty illustrations by f. c..
Gordon. 12mo., cloth, 81 80. Dodd
Mead & Co., New York. This is Ian
Maclaren's first long novel, for it is
hardly fair to class Beside the Bonnie
Brier Bush" as a novel. The scene Of
this story is 'Drumtochty' and many
of the characters in the Bonnie Brier
Bush and the Days of Old Lang
Syne" reappear in its pages He tells
the story of the strong and simple love
of Carmichael, a covenanting minister,
and Kate Carnegie, a girl of Jacobite
descent. and the stress between their
mutual love on the one side and their
political and religious differences on the
ether, furnishes material for a story
full of delightful situations in which
the authors power to move the readers
sympathles and to appeal to his sense
of humor is as great as ever. Those
however, who come to it expecting
story or a novel, will be disappointed
for it is really nothing more than a Sc
ries of most delightful sketches of the
characters in Drumtochty, but as such
is noteworthy contribution to litera-
ture. In it the authors power to de-
pict the humorous, the whimsical and
the pathetic is, we think, as great as
in any of his other works The novel
as serial has had wide attention and
but appetized the public desire to have
the work in book form.
From the author we have 'The New
Brew March," written out of compli-
ment to the Buffalo Brewing Company
of Sacramento by j. S. Becker and dedi-
Gated to Fl. I. Seymour, manager of
the company. 1t was played by Cas-
sasa's Exposition Band at the State
Fair of 1896. In it's present form it has
also been arranged for brass and string
instruments by George B. Franz.
The Kindergarten News (Spring-
field, Mass) for November has thirty
nine distinct articles. Nearly all are
leading and only few minor, and all
relate to kindergarten work, history.
experience, advice and debate There
are departments, too, for mothers and
the home. The atmosphere of the mag
azine is elevating, refreshing, stimu-
lating, and the journal is a leader, if
not the leader, in its field
The American Catholic Quarterly
Review c.. A. Hardy, PHILADELPHIA
has these leading papers: THE Sails
bury Government and the Educational
Problem John ]. O'Shea; Doctor
Holmes Life and Letters DR.. James
Field Spalding; The Attribute and
Note of Sanctity IN the Church." Very
Rev. Augustine F. Hewitt, D. D.; "The
Jesuits and New France in the Seven
teenth Century F. w. Grey; BAL
four's Philosophy" part Iv). Professor
st. George Mivart F. r. s.: s'The Fic-
ton of Corporate Reunion" A. f.
Marshall, B. A. (0xon); "a Daughter
OF the Doges," Anne Stuart Bailey;
'The Events and Causes Which Led
to the Invasion Of England by William,
Duke Of Normandy" Michael Hennes-
sy: THE Bull of Pope Leo XIII. OH
Anglican Orders; THE Conversion of
London" Amy NJ Grange.
The Youths Companion" Boston)
art calendar for 1897 is the handsomest
work of its kind the Companion" has
ever sent out. 1t is a souvenir of the
seventy-fifth birthday of this famous
paper for American youth. The cal
endar is a very handsome piece of
color work. Both as calendar and as
a gem of the photographers art, it is
SO attractive that it becomes a valu-
able addition to the mantel or center
table of any room. It is given free to
all new subscribers at 81 - TO the
Companion" for the year 1897. who re-
ceiYe also the naner free from tfn.a ti1,,a