The record-union., 1896-09-27


1885, by A. Taylor Innes. At least one
short story and selections of recent po-
etry appears in each weekly issue. In
formation regarding new features about
to be introduced, with special offers to
new subscribers. may be obtained by
application to the publishers.
The American Historical Register"
for July, August and September, in one
number. is in better typographical form
| than we have ever seen ii take on
This is one of the few magazines de-
voted wholly to patriotic history. 1t
is the gazette of the Historical, Military
and Patriotic Hereditary Societies of
the Nation, is richly illustrated and is
filled with matter Of profoundly inter-
testing character. Some of the leading
features of this number are: Flag OF
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery
Company of Massachusetts" frontis-
ipiece; Three Times Three" with illus
itrations, William Nelson; Personal
Recollections of an Early Philadel-
phian," with portrait; The Battle of
Bunker Hill Considered from a Military
Standpoint" F. N. Scott; Visit of the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany of Massachusetts to London, ="
with illustrations; The Uniforms of
the American Revolutionary Army
A. w. Clark; Historical Societies, =
notes; Military Societies" reports:
Society of the Cincinnati" Medal of
Honor Legion Military Order of the
Loyal Legion of the United States, =
Society of the War of 1872 Naval
Order of the United States;" Patriotic
Hereditary Societies." notes of: 'Socie-
ty of Colonial Wars National Socia-
t. of Colonial Danes OF America" so
ciety Daughters of the American Revo-
luton" Society Daughters of the Rev
olution,' Sons OF the Revolution, .
Pennsylvania German Society,"" Mis-
i cellaneos items on historical subjects;
historical and genealogical notes, que
ries and replies.
The magazine has recently changed
managerial hands and is now issued
from Boston and is edited by General
Jos. Grant Wilson, LII. D., Frederick
Bacon Philbrook, General Charles A.
Darling, A. NJ, Henry Hobart Bella,
LII. b., and Franklin S. Frisbie, IL. b.
1t is magazine that ought to be read
in every home in the land
The Arena" for October Boston)
has these features by these writer's
United States Senator ]. T. Morgan on
| 'Silver-A Money Metal' Rev. c. d.
Coleman on The Religion of Jesus
Christ in It's Relation to Christianity
and Reforms; VIM. Howe Tolman. Ph.
D., on Municipal Reform; United
States Senator j. p. Jones on What
the RECOMMENDATION of Silver Would Do
for the Republic; j. II. Hastam on
How Prince Edward Island Settled It's
Land Question" Mrs. Z. O. Norton on
| Dual Suffrage; B. Q. Flower on The
Peril of Encouraging the Prosecuting
Spirit" Ernest w. Clement on Japan
esque Elements in the The Last Days
of Pompeii' -; Professor Frank Parsons
Oh Free Silver VS.. Free Cold; War
ner Willis Fries sketch of Three
Travellers" Sophia McClelland on The
Question of Genius; Rev. j. H. Muel-
| Ter asks Are Our Christian Mission
aries in India Frauds?"; Mary S,
Lockwood on THE Divine Aff1atus of
the Etruscan Gold Spinners"; John f.
Clark on Soul Evolution; Mrs. Calvin
Kryder Reifsnider's serial, Between
Two Worlds; books reviews and notes
by the editor.
'Lippincott's Magazine" for October
Philadelphia) has these papers: The
Crown Prince of ReXania," Edward S.
Van Zile; .'Englands Indian Army" d.
G.. Macdonald The Last Resort in
Art" Ellen Olney Kirk; Jim Bowers
Hoss." Sydney Reid; Russian Girls and
Boys at School," Isabel F. Hapgood ;
"Humanity's Missing Link" Harvey b.
Bashore; "Bullwinkle," Eliza Gold;
The Need of Local Patriotism" Will
lam Cranston Lawton; The Quays of
Paris" Alvan F. Sanborn; Some odd
Clubs" George H. Westley; Before the
Dawn" Elizabeth Knowlton Carter;
Fashions in Names" William Ward
Crane; "Shakespeare's Old Saws" Will
lam Cecil Elan.
The September Kindergarten Maga-
zine" (Chicago) gives full measure well
pressed down, in nearly hundred
pages of important and readable mat
ter A complete account of the methods
pursued in the Boston public kinder
gartens opens the programme, followed
by a full report of the annual kinder
garten department meeting held dur
ing the national congress at Buffalo;
the opening chapter of "A Twentieth
man, and the 'Mother-Play Study Sc
lies conducted by that able educator
Susan E. Blow. DR.. John Dewey dis
cusses in an able article imagination
and Expression"
"The Penny Magazine" for October
Philadelphia) has these completed snort
stories and all good: "A Fisher Man,
Maria Louise Pool; THE Reversed Wis
ion," Cleveland Moffett;" A Willy-Nnilly
Bride" +. NJ. F'lagler; "Life's Grey,
L. H.: THE Ghoul Ship of Guysboro,"
Percie W. Hart; THE Tryst," Charles j.
Rockwell; Sans Merci," Christine Ter
hume Herrick; and a song, Alfred Stod-
dart and a poem, October" Charles
Blancke
The "Magazine of Art" for October
(The Cassell Publishing Company, New
York; is richly illustrated and presents
these varied and interesting features:
I'm Memoriam; Sir John Everett Mil
Iais Bart. P r. A. by NJ. H. Spiel
mann with portrait of Sir John Millais
at the age of "a, and fifteen illustra-
t;ons: "a Reverie.' by Sir j. e. Millais,
frontfspiece; Edinburgh Castle From
the Canal Basin" by Sam Bough; Sam
Rough. R. S. A." by Robert Walker,
with eight illustrations; Art in the
Theater-The Limitations of Scenery"
bv William Archer, two Illustrations:
.Silver Plate by Mr.. Gilbert Marks,
bv Frederick S. Robinson, seven Illus
trctions: sport in Art-Engraved Ant
lars" by W. A. Raillie-Grohman, twelve
Illustrations; THE Exposure of South