The record-union., 1896-12-07

The american Magazine of Civics"
New York; for November is late ait
hand. But it is not the less important
that readers should know of the inter-
eSting subjects which this magazine
contains, that is doing such splendid
work for the good of mankind. The
leading papers are: How Shall we
Elect the President?' Samuel M. Da-
Wis; AN Unfeigned ISSUE" George Bry-
an; "The Fundamental Reform w. ii.
II. Wakefield; Bribery and the Law,
Margherita Arlina Hamm; "The Prob
lem of the City," Clinton Rogers Wood
ruff; Capitalization the Cure for Po-
litical Corruption" l.. z. Gratacap;
"Obligations of Citizenship" Wilmot II.
Goodale; "Womans Part in Political
Sins,'' Florence A. Burleigh; The
American Institute of Civics"; Cen
denary of Washington's Farewell !;
''Good Citizenship Activities; Civil
Socialism,; Reclamation of Grimm
ais; Joseph Chamberlain on Wash
ington"; Economics in Good Govern
ment''; Suffrage Qualifications" THE
Rise and Decline of Strikes.
The Engineering Magazine" (New
York; for December is a fat and a
beautifully illustrated number of one
of the most valuable periodicals of the
age. Aside from the departments OF
Architecture and Building" Civil En-
gineering" ELECTRICITY Industrial
Sociology" Marine Engineering"
Mechanical Engineering, Mining and
Metallurgy,' Municipal Engineering,
''Railroading," Scientific Miscellany"
and Improved Machinery" it has
these among other valuable papers:
The New Era of Prosperity; Labor
Riots and so-called Government by In
junction." Leonard E. Curtis; six
Examples of Successful Shop Manage
ment,' Henry Roland; Three Phases
of American Railroad Development H.
G. Prout; "The Cost of Iron as Related
to Industrial Enterprises George H.
Hull; Railroad Building and Mangan-
ese Mining in Colombia" Eduardo j..
Chibas; 1.-The Economy of the Modern
Engine Room,'' E. J. Armstrong; THE
Examination of Corporation Accounts
by Auditors" Thomas l.. Greene; Are
Electric Central Stations Doomed?'
Max Osterberg; "F'ire-Proof ConStruc-
tion and Recent Tests" A. L. A. Him
melwright; English Practice in Trans
mitting Power in Mines" by staff
writer.
"Lippincott's Magazine for Decem-
Der Philadelphia) has these articles,
the first being a full novel complete in
the number: The Chase of an Heiress,"
Christian Reid; Shutting Out the
Sea-" George Ethelbert Walsh; 1.-TWO
Old Boys Pauline Shackelford Colyar;
AN Open Secret" (couplet Emma c.
Dowd; "The Land of Taffy.' D. c. Mac
donald; Thanksgiving (poem), Grace
+. Pennypacker: AN Old Virginia Fox
Hunt" David Bruce Fitzgerald THE
Whipping of Uncle Henry Will N.
Harden; Fame (poem), Elizabeth
Crooks; Filtration as a Fine Art, :"
Jean Wright; "Beyond?" (poem) Ar
thur D. F. Randolph: Our First Silver
Nine" George J. Varney; 1.-THE Evolu-
fion of the Poster" Agnes Carr Sage;
How Timmy Saved the Piece" Liv-
ingston B. Morse; "Anagrams," Arthur
Inkersley.
The December number of "Cassell's
Family Magazine" (31 East street, New
York; has the always interesting
'Gatherer," a department in which late
novelties in invention are Illustrated
and described paper on Punch"
caricatures and cartoons, continuation
of the serial, "A Puritan'S Wife," a
household paper, several examples of
fine art in paper on pictures of the
Orient, paper on the making of porce-
lain, two short stories, several poems
and "Castaways of Spitzbergen'' by
Sir William Martin Conwan. The mag
aZine is handsomely illustrated
'The Culver" for December (The Cas-
all TpYrl1 1,clat
is freely illustrated and we'll filled with
Sunday and general reading. OF all
the cheaper magazines for the family
we know of none the superior or the
equal of 'The CULVER" Without being
sectarian it is religious: it gives fiction.
poetry, Bible lessons. helpful advice,
descriptions of voyage and discovery,
etc. The current number has a. s1IppIa>