The record-union., 1896-12-13

Problem of Aridity." c. Nj. Harger;
Our Trade with South America Theo-
dore C. Search, President of the National
Association of Manufacturers; 'Curfew
for City Children Mrs. John D. Town
send: What Shall be Done About
Cuba?" Mayo w. Hazeltine: Reform OF
the Currency" by the Presidents of the
indianapolis Board of Trade and the
Chamber of Commerce of New Orleans
and San Francisco; 1.-The Repeopling OF
Ireland" George Henry Bassett;
Women as Centenarians," William
kinnear; obstacles to Business Princi-
pies in Public Affairs" Clinton Rogers
Woodruff.
Table Talk for December Philadel-
phia) has besides the regular and full
departments in the household and culin-
ary authority, THE Road to Christmas, "
"A Hard-Times Diet Some Chatting
Dish Recipes" poem, 1.-The Pumpkin
Pye," Mexican Pottery" christmas
Dinners in Many Lands" THE New
Bill of Fare" The Golden Wedding, -
Ancient Customs of the Yuletide,' I'm
Woman's Line, ''To the Children, - "The
French Christmas" Novelties for Hol-
iday Gifts when We Make Merry at
Christmas, Entertainments" House
keepers Inquiries "a Bluegrass Din
ing Creole Recipes" New Menus
for December Some Seasonable Re-
Dawn Of Another Year." Winter Fash
ions and Fads," Holiday Facts and
FancieS.'
''The Book Buyer" (Chas. Scribner's
Sons, New York;, for Christmas came
in new and artistic cover and with
many added pages and attractions and
host of choice half-tone and outline
pictures. The contents are, aside from
the departments, by w. c. Brownell on
Modern French Masters" William NJ
Sloane on THE Real Washington, Rus
sell Sturgis on "A Panorama of italian
Fine Art" Robert Bridges on Harris
Tales of the Domestic Jungle" John c.
Van Dyke on "Grimm's Michael Ange-
To-" Frank r. Stockton on Mrs Dodge s
Classic" VIII H. Low on the Holiday
Art Books" Hamilton w Mabie on
Books of the Holiday Season." Noah
Brooks on Holiday Books for Young
People"
The Municipal and Engineering
Magazine" for December Indianapolis
Ind.,) is of high value. Among its lead
ing papers, which should be read by
all city and town officials, are: "Use-
fulness of Various Kinds of Stone for
Highways" Robert Grfnshaw; "DeveI-
opnent of the American Portland Ce-
ment Industry" Frederick H. Lewis;
Forms of Clip and Briquet for Tensile
Tests Of Cement L. c. Sabin; 'Inves-
tigation of Quality Of Water for Public
Use" A, S. Tuttle Assistant Engineer
Bureau of Water, Brooklyn, n. Y;
Sand Filtration Of Philadelphia Water
Supply; specifications for Repair Of
Asphalt Pavements." Then follow the
exhaustive departments ON machinery
and trade paving, sewers, bridges,
parks, water works, water publication,
etc.
The Review of Reviews for De-
cen1ber New York; is unusually pro-
fuse Of fine portraits of notables. The
Progress of the World" treats of all
current important topics. Chief among
the subjects treated in distinct papers
are: Foreign Politics in Caricature, -
with reproductions from European
journals; Professor Haupt and the
Polychrome' Bible" by Clifton HARDY
Levy; Child Study in the Training OF
Teachers, by E. A. Kirkpatrick; New
York's Great Movement for Housing
Reform; THE SundaySchools- Their
Shortcomings and Their Great Oppor-
tunity,' by w. L. Hervey, A. NJ; "The
kindergarten Age" by Hezekiah But
terworth "Some Estimates Of the
Years Literary Output Fiction,
Poetry and Belles-Lettres,' by Hamil-
ton w. Mabie; 2-''The Years Advance
in History and Political Science by
Albert Bushnell Hart; 3-"The Popular
Science of the Year." by Ripley Hitch
cock.
The December plans for Harper S
Bazaar" include Christmas features.
Stories by Mary E. Wilkins and Ella
w. Peattie, entitled respectively "An
Unlucky Christmas" and "a Shylock of
the Sandhills," will be begun, with IL
lustrations by Keller and De Thulstrup.
A play entitled "One Disinterested
Friend" by Caroline Ticknor, and a
variety Of papers telling of Christmas
dinners, Christmas gifts and Christmas
pleasures in general, will round out the
year
The Christmas number of Harper s
Weekly" viii be dated December 18th,
and will contain short stories by How
ard Pyle, Captain Charles King. John
kendrick Bangs, and others, with Illus
trations by Howard Pyle, c. S. Rein
hart, Frederic Remington, Peter New
ell, Lucius Hitchcock and A. I. Keller.
The Christmas Life and Letters" by
w. D. Howells, will be illustrated by
Edward Penfield. During the month
Colonel George e. Waring, Jr., will
continue his papers on street cleaning
in European cities. The number of De-
cember 18th will contain a striking Sc
ries Of illustrations Of the recent strike
riots in Colorado. With the first num-
ber of the new volume two new serials
will begin: Jerome, a Poor Man." a
novel of New England life by Mary E.
Wilkins and THE Pursuit of the House
Boat" by John Kendrick Bangs, a Sc
quel TO his amusing story THE House
Boat on the Styx"
Some of the principal features of
"Harper's Round Table" published De-
cember Sth, We're: The first installment
of short serial story by w. 0. Stod-
dard, entitled The Boy Wreckers"; a
story by G. B. Burgin, entitled "a
Stilted Contest; descr tion of the
famous cavalry charge a. verify Ford,
by Richard Barry; an article by John