The record-union., 1896-02-20

Right Hon. James Bryce; Practical
Politics" " by the Governor of Massachu-
sets; THE Increased Production of
Gold" Edward Atkinson; rs the HUI
man Race Deteriorating?" NJ. G.. Null
hall, f. S. s.: THE Study of War;" Cap
tain H. c. Taylor; 'sFolies and Horrors
of War;" the Bishop of Albany; How
War Begins" George Parsons La
throp; Disconnected Women" Amelia
E. Barr; Does the Ideal Husband Ex-
ist?". Mary A. Livermore; 'sThe Newest
Telescope" Professor c. A. Young;
Lake Nemi's Mysterious Wreck Ro-
dolfo Lanciani; The Future Life and
the Condition of Man Therein" by the
Rt. Hon. w. f. Gladstone; "Our Uncle
Sam and His I. o. U.s." Pliny T. Sex
ton; "A Woman's Views of christian
ity's Milestone, Maud Nathan; New
York's Opportunity for 1900," c. NJ.
Skinner.
From G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York,
we have another of the Heroes of the
Nations Series'-a series of highest
and first value one we have frequently
commended. The present volume is on
Charles XII. and the Collapse of the
Swedish Empire"-the dates 16S2-1119.
1t is by r. Nisbet Balm, author of Gus
tavus III. of Sweden 1t is not claimed
to be anything like an exhaustive biog-
raphy of Charles XII.-a perfectly ade-
quate treatment of so large and COM
plex a subject would demand many
volumes. But it does claim, says the
author, and he is right, to at least sug-
gest the lines on which such a biog-
raphy should be written; it processes
to present the leading facts of the he
rCic monarch's career in the light of
the latest Investigations and it endeav-
ors to dissipate the many erroneous
notions concerning THE Lion of the
North for which Voltaire's brilliant
and attractive work, "Histoire de
Charles XII" is mainly responsible.
Says Mr.. Balm:
1T is a question, I think, how far
original documents should be consulted
in the compilation of a short sketch of
this kind, or even whether they should
be consulted at all. For the use of
original documents necessitates, gen
orally speaking, the addition of notes,
appendices and other literary impede
menta which are almost out of place
in popular book of so small COM
pass as the present one. Neverthe-
less, have endeavored, somewhat re-
luctantly, to steer a middle course by
following the best available Swedish
monographs in the purely historical
and political portions Of this book
while going to original documents for
the private conduct and personal char
acter of my hero"
The Catholic Quarterly Review" for
January March (Charles A. Hardy,
Philadelphia) has these papers: The
Moral Aspects of the Question of An
glican Orders" A. F. Marshall; "The
Relatively of Political Economy" Rev.
Francis w. Howard; Modern Theories
of Society,"" Rev. John J. Ming, S. j.;
Explorers in the Middle Age-Marco
Polo" Rev. Reuben Parsons, DID.
"Balfour's Philosophy" Professor ST.
George Mivart; Episcopal Elections. .
Rev. G. Peries, DID; Frederick Ba-
raga Among the Ottawas," Richard R.
Elliott; "a Hero of Our Day B. J..
Clinch; Catholicism in Thackeray and
Dickens A. NJ Grange; Poetic Prose
Versus Proasic Poetry Rev Hugh t.
Henry; Scientific Chronicle" Rev
Thomas J. A. Freeman, S. ]. The price
of the review has been reduced to 81.
The Monthly illustrator and Home
and Country CNew York; is richly il
lustrated for February and profusely
Among it's many papers are these:
Cupid on the Alert (Bouguereau)
frontispiece; Eminent Living Artists
1. Jean Leon Gerome,' Rufus r. Wilson
From Cuxhaven to Constantinople, .
G. w. Alters; 'fL0Fe's Messengers"
(Chaplim; Saving the Children Ed
ward Hildane; New Faces and an Old
Book of Beauty Elizabeth Steele
Hicok; "The Lost Creek Literary Club, .
Captain Jack Crawford; 1.-THE Coquette, .
from painting by Jan Van Beers:
THE Pottery of the North American
Indians w. j. Hoffman. M. D.; "U. S.
S. Columbia" (poem), Minna Irving;
Something About Muffs." Anna Hin
richs.
Most persons are interested in the
mysteries of stage scenery, of which a
descriptive account by w. J. Hender-
son, fully Illustrated can be found in
"Harpers' Round Table for February
18th. In the same number an article by
]. Parmly Paret gives a satisfactory
idea of the restoration of the once fa-
nous elephant Tip. A series of pictures
accompanying the article shows how the
frame was built upon which Tips skin
was finally placed. "The Little Cor
poral," by Juliana Conover, and "The
Skating Brigade" by Elizabeth S.
IIickok, are two stories that lend inter-
est to this excellent number.
The "School Review for February
University of Chicago has these pa
pers: Correlation of Science Studies
in Secondary Schools" j. NJ. Coulter;
Modern Methods in High School Geom-
etry," E. c.. Goddard; THE Difficulties
and Discoura gements in the Early
Stages of the Latin Course" E. J. Good
win; Ratio Of Men to Women in the
High Schools of the United States
from material collected by A. f. Night
ingale; 1.-The Associated Academic Prin-
cipals Of the State of New York." F. II.
Howard; book reviews, current educa-
tional literature, new publications.
The number of .'Harper's Bazar'' is
sued on February 10Th was distin-
guished by premonitions of the chang
ing season. Early spring fashions were
given in great variety, and a concession
to the lingering winter made in a pretty
fur trimmed costume, suitable for
March, and drawn by Sandoz from a
model by Felix. Mrs. Candace Wheeler
continues her articles on needlework,
and the approach of Lent is recognized
by a special article, showing what New
Workers do when the Lenten season ar
rests gayety. An article on Fancy
Skating will please girl readers.
The ''Bookman" (Dodd, Mead & Co,