The record-union., 1896-02-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The official organ of the Military Or
der Of the Loyal Legion, Society or the
Cincinnati, Society Sons of the Ameri-
can Revolution, Society of Colonial
Wars, Colonial Danes, etc, the Amer
lean Historical Register (l2O ;. Sixth
street, Philadelphia), has a particularly
attractive table of contents for its
February number, besides very much
news about the patriotic societies The
frontispiece is a fac-simile of the inslg-
MIA of the Society Daughters OF the
Revolution in colors. Story of Lafay-
cites visit to the United States in 1874
%, illustrated, is continued. A bio
graphical sketch is given, with por-
traits of John Steele, who commanded
Mrs. Washington's bodyguard, and was
officer of the day when the British sur
rendered at Yorktown. suggestive
rather than exhaustive article on The
Origin Of the Surnames Brown ana
Browning; Episodes of the French
Spoliation PERIOD; Colonel Aaron
Burr's Order Book" are the titles OF
ether articles In the Some Colonial
Families" department some new lnfor-
nation is given about the Lawrence
family of New York. The portrait and
letter in the autograph department IS
of Najor-G General Thomas Mifflin- The
only known portrait of Governor John
Fenwick of New Jersey is also repro
duced. All the illustrations in this
charming monthly are beautifully done
by the photo engraving process, and on
the whole the Historical Register"
does great credit to the members Oh
the patriotic hereditary associations.
The lay reader, the engineer, the sci
entist-all find that which is of interest
to them in the February issue OF
Electric Power (New York;. Ober-
lin Smith demonstrates clearly that
small electric motors will take the place
of large shafts and belts which nova
days cause so much noise and many ac-
cidents in factories and workshops.
This able writer finds eleven reasons
in favor of electricity in factories.
Messrs Thompson and Decker continue
their interesting paper on Automatic
Telephone Exchange Systems" Such
systems are peculiarly well adapted
fer small towns. Resistance Meas
urement," by Mr.. Parker; a scientific
rote on "Condensers," by Professor
Harold B. Smith, form the purely tech
nical part of the issue. Two popular
lectures which were delivered before
workingman's club, one on "Arma-
lures" by w. H Freedman, and one
by Francis b. Crocker on Methods of
Connecting Dynamos and Motors,
form the last of the formal papers. The
editorials deal with the questions of
the day: Roentgen rays, sensational
ism and the overproduction of electri-
cal engineers are the subjects for that
department. The synopsis of technical
literature includes over 100 articles.
The February "Bookman" CNew
York; completes the second volume of
this increasingly interesting magazine.
IN its chronicle and comment columns
we have new portraits of Hamlin Gar
land, Stephen Crane, George Meredith,
portraits of the late George Augustus
Sala and the new Poet Laureate, two
fine early portraits of Tennyson and
Browning and other illustrative feat
ures. There are papers on Marcel Pre-
Nost"; "Shall and Will Again. by Rich
ard Buron, a reply to Robert Bars
whimsical letter in the December
''Bookman''; a critical estimate of r. H.
Hutton, editor of the London 'tSpecta-
tor" and of Mr.. Godkin of the Evening
Post" by Professor Harry Thurston
Peck. The writers who have contrib
uted to the reviews of new books make
quite a solid and impressive appear
ance, among them being Professor
George E. Woodberry, who reviews
Matthew Arnold's letters; Professor
Marcus Dods, on "St. Paul. the Trav-
eler and the Roman Citizen; II. B. Mar
riott Watson, Theodore Roosevelt and
w. P. Trent. This number also con-
tains the second installment of "Kate
The number of pages has also been in
creased, and excepting the Christmas
number, the present one is the largest
yet issued.
The North American Review" for
February (New York; has these papers:
THE Venezuelan Difficulty" by An