The record-union., 1896-03-21
new PUBLICATIONS.
Magazines, Reviews and Papers Of
the Day.

Ihe outh'S Companion" Tor the
spring of 1886 perry Mason & Co, Bos-
tom presents such a cheerful, helpful,
joyous face that one wants to thank the
editors and publishers in person for
! bringing so much of the cheerful and
helpful into literature for the young
people. We are considering now eight
numbers in a group, including that
beautiful Washington's Birthday edi-
tion, with its patriotic cover, and the
number for March 18th, in its illumi-
mated cover in pale blue tints, and its
haIf-tone pictures and clear and beauti-
full type and print. In variety, cleanli-
ness and interest we commend the
Companion as a model. 1t gets down
to the thought of the young people; it
neither shouts over their heads, nor
treats them as little children needing
pap In short, our examination of
the text of the eight numbers gives us
satisfaction. .convihcas US that informa-
ton, fiction, instruction, appeals to
fancy and Imagination, to love of sport,
to studious disposition, to all tastes and
desires that are clean and good among
youths, may be employed in one journal,
and so adroitly as to win the respect of
all. It is too often the endeavor of
writers for youth to pull the readers up,
to fairly lift them by the hair to the
level of the ideal of the author. The
Companion" is clearly conducted along
the line of the level of the average taste
and desire of youths, but not without
regard to elevating and refining their
tastes and quickening in them laudable
ambitions, and, above all, we are graft
fed that we find in none of the papers of
these eight numbers. any mawkish SEN
timent, any sickly pleading or anything
of the namby pamby order It all seems
to be strong, crisp, manly and cleanly,
spirited and vigorous. In the number
for March 18th there is an especially
happy paper about Peculiar Children"
by Max O'Rell; another on how to make
a tent, another in narrative form on
astronomy by Professor c. A. Young,
another on Adventure in the Lumber
Regions Of Maine" and a helpful adj
visory story for girls, besides variety
of notes of information and entertain
ment
/, The March number of the american
Historical Register" (Philadelphia), the
monthly gazette of the patriotic-hered-
ANctA SOC1CNiCo VI Tie AAS1o,
other features, these: Account of Gen
eral Lafayette's visit to Baltimore in
1924, Illustrated by Lewis r. Harley;
an article on Fries Rebellion" by
John N Lewis; chatty "Reminiscences
of Annandale, n. Y' The account of
the Howell family of Pennsylvania and
New Jersey is concluded. The chief
feature of the number is a detailed ac-
= h. olI
United States Senate Chamber, in the
building in Philadelphia occupied by
Congress, 1790-1S00, with many illus
trations, which is supplemented with
accounts of Washington's Inaugural
ton in the Senate Chamber and Adams
in the hall of the House of Representa-
tives. The old Senate Chamber has
been loaned to the Pennsylvania Soci-
ETY. of Colonial Danes of America as a
meeting-room, and it is at their ex-
pense that the room has been restored
to its original appearance. In the de-
partment of Proceedings and Celebra-
tions" is a detailed account of each
days proceedings of the Congress of
the Society Daughters of the American
Revolution in Washington City, Feb
ruary 18th to the 22d, and reports of the
February meetings and banquets of the
State Societies of the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion, Daughters of the
Revolution, Sons of the Revolution,
Sons of the American Revolution, War
of 1872, Foreign Wars of the United
States, Colonial Wars, Indian Wars,
etc There also fifteen pages of Notes
and Queries"
The Lee of Virginia" series of illus
trated articles is continued in the April
number of Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly" (New York;. The present
chapter, the third of the series, is de-
voted to the early life of Robert E. Lee
his boyhood, his West Point training,
his marriage with Mary Randolph Gus
tis, residence at Arlington, and over
thirty years service in the United
States army, including the brilliant cam
paign in Mexico, where he won rapid
promotion and the cordial admiration
OF his great commander, General Win
field Scott The illustrations and por-
traits accompanying Lee of Virginia"
are especially interesting this month.
A charming personal description of
Nile. Emma Calve, the queen of the
opera season, is given, together with
some of her Paris. portraits, never before
published, and numerous snapshot
glimpses of her farm life at Cabrieres,
in the south of France. Other illus
trated articles are "Feasts of Labor
4Touraine and It's Castles, Man and
the Animals Birds of Paradise"
THE Lake-Dwellers of Venezuela" and
"Air Ships" The new serial novel of
New York society. by Margaret Lee,
opens brightly in this number. Amongst
the short stories is a delightful one en-
titled The Bride" by Mrs. Launt
Thompson. The poems are by Ella
Higginson, Alfred Austin, Clinton Scol-
lard and Henry Tyrrell.
Current History has undisputed
possession of its field While not the
only current event periodical in exist
ence, it is the only one primarily design
ed as a permanent work of reference,
and in this respect it can justly claim
to be without a peer. With the present
number Of 246 pages, which completes
volume ;. is given a thirty-eight page
double column analytical index cover
ing the events of the entire past year
Each number is abundantly illustrated
and the yearly volumes viii be found
among the most interesting and the
most frequently consulted books in the
library. Among the hundreds of top
les covered in the current number are:
The Venezuelan and Armenian ques-
tions in full; Oriental situation; finan-
cial problem and political situation in
the United States, Canada. Europe and
the Far East; Transvaal crisis; Ashantee
war; Cuban revolt; work Of the Fifty
fourth Congress; Atlanta Fair; Mani
toba school ouRSfiop. copyrioht o11eS