The record-union., 1896-07-11

eau; "a Man About Forty" by Grace
S. Brown; THE Mountain Brook Qllus-
trated), by T. H. Farnham; Art in the
Public Library" by C. P. Longwell;
'Wanted-An Idea,'' by Arthur Somers;
1.-The Executives of This Nation" part
I'D, by Joseph w. Kay; 'Tweedledum,
Tweedledee," by Henry Rogers Wood.
"Donohoe's Magazine for July (Bos-
TOM has these papers, with many il
lustrations, beside the usual depart
ments: Coronation Day at the Vati-
can," Marie Donegan Walsh; Celtic
Art in Modern characterization. Fred
T. Hodgson; Mary Stuart, a Saint?"
Bernard Morgan; 1.-The Violin's Story"
Alan Adair; "Augustin DAILY" John
Talbot Smith; Recent Legislation and
Individual Rights" Hon. William Sui
zer; "a Hundred Years of Robert
Burns" Thomas OHagan, NJ. A, Phi
D.; Dyke and the Yankee Captain-a
War Story" Sophie Hammond; "The
Fan in Church History" Annie G. Muir
ray; Trinity College w. f. P. Stock
ley, M. A; "Perils of the Shop Girl'
Can Protestants Prove the Bible In
spired?" Rev. p. Gritty; 1.-The Indepen-
dence Bella Vision," Margaret NJ
Halvey; Sophie" Mary F. NJ Nixon
''The Engineering Magazine and In
dustrial Review for July (Times
building, New York; has these leading
articles, many of them illustrated "The
Cause and Remedy for Business De-
preston" Edward Atkinson; "The
Turning Point in Railway Reforms" ;"
NJ. E. ingalls,; 1.-THE Filtration of Mu-
nicipal Water Supplies Rudolph Her
| ing; "The Utilization of Anthracite
| Culm," Edward H. Williams, Jr.: "The
Direct Production of Electricity From
Coal" G. H. Stockbridge; Increased
Economy and Certainty in Ore Treat
ment, H. M. Chance; "The Important
| Problem Of Tool Equipment" Horace
L. Arnold; "The Architecture of Home
making" c. e. Benton: "Japan's Inva-
| sion of the Commercial World" A. r.
| Foote; "a Practical Exposition of Elec-
trio Lighting" w. A. Anthony; a IRE
view of the Engineering Press and
| these departments: Architecture and
| building, civil engineering, electricity
| industrial sociology, marine engineer
| ing, mechanical engineering, mining
and metallurgy, municipal engineering
railroading, scientific miscellany, books
of the month, improved machinery.
| The School Review for June Oni-
versity of Chicago Press, Chicago came
| late to hand. 1t is practically double
number, giving the full report of the
| Committee on College Entrance Re-
| quirements, with papers on Buffalo and
| it's attractions, illustrated, Require
| ments in Natural Sciences in Foreign
Languages; in Latin; in German; in
| French" etc, book reviews and pro-
gramme of the National Educational
Association, with still other interesting
| matter.
t'Littelfs Living Age" issued weekly
by Littell & Co., Boston, is the Oldest
eclectic magazine in the world and the
best. 1t is the only weekly eclectic mag
azine. 1t presents nothing but the
cream of the reviews and magazines
of the first order. 1t is, in short, the
highest attainment in magazine work in
presenting the best of foreign current
literature. There is no magazine oc-
cupying such field as the Age" has,
and has so long filed.
"Harper's Weekly for July 18th will
be largely devoted to the Democratic
Convention city, and will contain four
pages of characteristic views and build
ings, including ful-page picture Of
the convention hal. A notable feature
Of the number will be the attention
given to the meeting of the National
Educational Association at Buffalo, in
cluding the text of Professor Brander
Matthew's paper on American litera-
ture, an article by Professor Nicholas
Murray Butler, and a. page of portraits
of leading members and speakers.
Popular Astronomy for July
(Northfeld, Minn.) has, with charts,
pictures and diagrams, these papers:
David Rittenhouse, LII. D., 3. r. S."
Herman S. Davis; 1.-The Study of Varia-
BILE Stars. H." Paul s. Yendell: Some
Calculating Machines Herman S. Da-
Wis; Physical Aspect of Jupiter in
March, 1896" Henry P. Griffiths; 1.-The
Approaching Total Eclipse of the Sun, -
A. Fowler; THE Planetary Ephemeris," :"
]. Morrison; "Spectroscopic Study Dur
ing the Approaching Solar Eclipse"
1.-THE Planets and Consultations for
July, 1896" H. C. Wilson: comet notes,
queries with short answers.
Salt was first boiled in this country
at Syracuse. N Y, in 1881