The record-union., 1896-10-11


late Enoch Pratt, Lincoln and Douglas;
Current Politics in Caricature," with
reproductions from American and for
eign journals: THE Three Strategic
Chiefs of the Presidential Campaign
Marcus A. Hanna, by Murat Halstead; ;
James X. Jones, by Willis J. Abbott, and
Marion Butler, by Carl Snyder; The
Rise of the National Democracy: The
Movement for the Gold Standard and
the Indianapolis Convention by Eli
bridge Gerry Dunnell; Princeton After
One Hundred and Fifty Years, by
Winthrop More Daniels; Jules Simon,
by Baron Pierre de Coubertin. The plen-
titude of portraiture in this number is
very great
The contents of the October "Ev'ry
Month are half literary and hal1
musical. the former consisting of four
short stories by Madeline S. Bridges
Ludovic Halevy, Santander Mark and
May Goddard. together with some
straight from the-shoulder editorials
by the Prophet. a snappy literary re-
view by George c. jerks, and an art
paper by the well-known critic Arthur
Hceber The music portion comprises
galop, "Sheridan's Ride" by Eduard
Hoist: two songs, "Once She was
Mothers Girl by Charles Graham, ana
Trusting Only YOU" by Gussie l..
Davis, and a "SDook Dance" exceed
ingly clever by J.W. Lerman. Through
out the entire number beautiful repro :
ductions of paintings and of photos OF
men ard women now prominently be-
fore the people are distributed. Niow-
ley, Haviland & Co. New York;
SO far as we know, the National
Magazine" is the only illustrated
monthly magazine that has made 1t
consideration. of exclusive attention TO
devote it's pages chiefly to articles treat
ing of American topics and American
events. 1t is truly national magazine
for the American people, magazine
that reflects the things Of paramount
Importance that transDlre in the west
ern Continent.
The timeliness of its matter IN the
October number is shown in the leading
article, which is an interesting account
by Edmund S. Hoch of the great Chi
cago Fire" Another timely sketch,
owing to the approaching political con-
test is Gold and Gold Mining. with
illustrations by w. d. Van Blarcom,
Jr.: ..Dr. Jackson's Discovery of Ether,
by William Barber, furnishes yet addl-
tional testimony in the once Famous
.sanesthesia controversy. THESE artl-
cles are profuSely supplemented py
photographs, as is also the contflpu-
ton from S. s. Peters, entitled Inc
First Homestead in the United states
descriptive sketch of the anoua
Snorting Grounds of the Northeast,
with Illustrations of forest and stream
is an appropriate subject. The Adlron-
dacl< the Maine and the Lake St John
regions are treated. The short stories
of the number are THE Ante Mortem
Condition of George Ramon, by George
=. McCutcheon; "A Lost Address, py
Frank Il. Sweet: ''Schmidts lnsplra-
ton" by E. G. Wilson, and The raise
hood of Solomon Craley, by Ehrna
Howard Wright. Two short and heavier
topics are those under the ute Oh
.Marvels of Memory" and THE 'Evolu-
tions of the Family" The living fash
ion plate department photographs OF
stvIish autumn wear in coats and mllll-
nerv complete a publication that o1rers
much for ten cents. QBostonian Publish
ing Company Boston.)
1.-THE Bookman'' for October Oodd,
Mead & Co., New York is freely illus
trated. It's leading features are:
"Chronicle and Comment, American,
English, Miscellaneous" with portraits;
Wonderland Qllustrated), Harry
Thurston Peck; THE Gospel Of Love" >"
Virginia Woodward Cloud; Lullaby.
Paul Lawrence Dunbar; The Chart"
Louise Inogen Quincy; The Quest"
John r. Tabb; Emily Bronte," Robert
Nla,, Cr~aY mo-
Between the Lights at Sea-" Katharine
Pearson Woods; johanna Ambrosius, )"
with portrait, Frank Sewall; The Cen
tleman in American Fiction" James
Lane Allen: THE New England Prim-
err" with fac-similes of title pages, al
phabet and alphabet verse pages and
illustrations, Paul Leicester Ford;
Kate Carnegie" Ga noveD, Ian Macla-
ren: London Letter." W. Robertson
Nicoll: Paris Letter." Robert H. Sher-
ard; reviews Of new books and novel
notes.
Romance" for October GA Lafayette
Place, New York; is in its new and en-
larged form, quarto, a great improve
ment that digniies this short story
monthly. Her Last Poem," by S. p.
Otis: Designs of Will Brady (and pa
peri; Florida" a story by Lizzie H.
Neff: "Notes on Art" with illustra-
tions; "Origin of Some of Longfellow's
Poems," with Illustrations; Amateur
Photography; American Golf Links;
can Operation at the Ecole de Medi-
cine,' by G. S. Hartmann; Campaign
Anecdotes; "In Masquerade" are the
leading features.
valuable economic study on the eff
fects of Uncertainty as a Factor in
Production" has lately been issued by
the American Academy of Political and
Social Science (Philadelphia). The au-
thor is Professor Edward A. Ross of
the Stanford University. Taking up in
turn mining, farming, fishing, breeding,
transportation, manufacturing and the
like, the author shows the irregularity
in the product Of like eXertions or iden-
tioo1 rvooeccac or In the aycho value