The record-union., 1896-11-15

Electricity for Power Transmission"
n. w. Perry: six Examples of Sue
cessful Shop Management" Henry Ro-
| land: Invention and Design as Re
lated to Mechanical Progress c. l..
| Redfield; THE Absence of a Standard
IN Battleship Design Ridgely Hunt.
The Book Buyer for November
(Charles Scribner's Sons. New York;
comes IN new tint cover and is richly
Illustrated with fine half-tones and
frontspiece etching. The leading ar
tieies are ''Rudyard Kipling." a sketch
A klpling photography" The Seven
Seas, h. c. Stedman; "A Talk With
j. NJ. Barrie; Review of Sentimental
Tommy" by Joel Chandler Harris:
Impressions of George du Maurier and
William Morris; "A. B.Wenzell and
His Work.; Alice Brown SKETCH
the latest literary news.
The School Review" for November
Chicago University Press has these
papers. in addition to the departments:
History in the School" S. s. Laurie
Greek and Latin in the Higher Schools
of Germany" James Z. Russell: THE
Dangers of Examinations ". 3. Ja-
cobs: The Reaction in the study Of
English" S. B. knowlton: THE Sal
aries of Women Teachers; Outlook
Notes." c. H. Thurber
The Monthly illustrator and Home
and Country for November (6S Exeter
street New York; has a beautiful face
in tint upon it's cover and on the in
side many rich examples in reproduc-
tion OF recent art, as we'll as scenes in
Hawaii views from the stage. pictures
of noted cats and illustrations of
stories and poems, and a curious col
lection of Graeco- Egyptian portraits,
with an accompanying article.
The Youths Companion" (Boston)
makes announcements for 1897 that in
clude among it's contributors such
names as Speaker Reed. Henry Cabot
Lodge, Secretary Harmon, General
Wilson, Elizabeth Bisland, Andrew Car
negie, Dr. Austin Flint, Hon. Carroll d.
Wright. Mrs. Burton Harrison, Rudyard
kipling, Ian Maclaren, Hall Caine.
Stephen Crane, Hamlin Garland, Theo-
dore Roosevelt, Carl Schurz, Lady
Jeune. Secretary Herbert Frank P.
Stockton, Lieutenant Peary. Charles
Dudley Warner, George W. Smalley,
w. Clark Russell, Harold Frederic,
Alice Longfellow, Madame Lillian Nor
dica DR.. Edward Everett Hale DR.. Ly-
man Abbott, and many others.
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An important feature of "Harper's
Magazine (New York; for several
months TO come will be Poultney Bige-
lows series of papers on the white
A f-,x h. -
original and striking way the new con-
tinent recently opened up in European
exploitation. The first paper, in the
November number. will give a novel
view of Jameson's raid from material
placed in the authors hand by an Eng
lish physician and a Boer official-thus
presenting both sides of this remarkable
episode The series is the result of a
journey to South Africa undertaken
by Mr.. Bigelow for ''Harper's Maga-
zine and is illustrated from photo
graphs specially made for the pur-
pose.
During November some interesting
and characteristic features in the prog
ress of the political campaign will be
shown in pictures by T. de Thulstrup.
who has made special trip to the
rational headquarters in the interests
Of ''Harper's Weekly (New York;.
Princeton's sesqui-centennial will be
fully treated by the Weekly" in illus
tration and text; and Robert Reid's
decorations for the Congressional Lii
brary will form the subject of an at
tractive paper
''Harpers Round Table, published
November 10th. contains, beside its
many interesting short stories. arti-
cles and the usual departments on in
terscholastic sport. bicycling. photo
graphy, stamps, etc, the following spe-
cial features: A short story entitled
"Recaptured," by Captain Charles
King, Z. s. A; an article by Paul Du
Chaillu, the well-known African trav-
eler, VINO describes in many graphic,
exciting passages an elephant hunt in
Africa the first of a series OF articles
on Typical English Schools" by John
Corbin; story of the sea, entitled "a
School of Sharks by Charles Lewis
Shaw: and an illustrated article on the
marine parade that took place in New
York Barbor on Saturday night, Octc-
Der 24th.
The Macmillan Company New York;
announces a work which is the result
of statistical investigation based on a
belief that, although much had been
written about servants little serious
study has been made of domestic sery-
ice. After obtaining as many facts as
possible by a distribution of schedules,
Miss Lucy NJ. Salmon, Professor of
History in Vassar College, has made
them the basis OF discussion in a book
entitled Domestic Service" of some
economic questions involved in the oc-
cupation.
''St. Nicholas for the new magazine
year CNew Yorh), beginning with No
vember promises a feast Among other
features there will be: A story of Shake
speare's time, Master Skylark," by
John Bennett illustrated by Birch: a
great war story for North and South.
The Last Three Soldiers" by William
H. Shelton; a serial for girls "June's
Garden, by Marion Hill. George Ken
ran is to have three exciting stories.
Walter Camp will have a stirring ac-
count Of bicycle race, and J. L.
Trowbridge will contribute a story of
the sea.
The Century (New York; for 1897
VIII, according to announcements, be
notable issue every one of the twelve
months. Among the features are: A
great novel of the American revolution.
the serial feature and the masterpiece
or It's author, DR.. S. Weir Mitchell;
Campaigning With Grant" by General