The record-union., 1896-11-08

condensation of an article on the
Higher Schools of France Under the
| Third Republic The usual depart
paents of book reviews, educational
the journal. every page of which is full
| OF suggestiveness and value.
|
| The Medical Record Weekly for Oc-
tober 31st (i5 East Tenth street, New
York;, like its predecessors, is filled
with matter of first interest to the med
ical and surgical fraternity. only this
number is fuller, has more pages than
any one we have seen. The Record"
we esteem one of the most valued OF
our many scientific exchanges, as 1t
assuredly is the leading weekly journal
of medicine in the country. In the cur
rent number there is an illustrated ar
ticle on bicycle posture as related to
spinal affections that is of high value,
end teaches much wisdom as TO the
proper position of the handle bars and
saddle. This article should he read
outside of the medical profession gem
orally.
THE Critic" (New York; of October
views, ,an account of the esesquicentenary
at Princeton, with list of those hon
ored with degrees and portraits of five
of the six men of letters who received
the title of Doctor of Letters honoris
causa professor Baird, Richard Wat
son Glider, Professors Lounsbury and
March. and Horace E. Scudder and
| Charles Dudley Warner; a view of
| George du Maurier's new house at II
Oxford Square, London; a portrait Of
the late Cyrus w. Field, accompanying
a review of his daughters biography of
him: an account by Dr. Howard Horace
Furness of The Town of Trilby." in
Florida. From this number We learn
that M. Ferdinand Brunetiere, the well
known French critic and editor of the
| Revue des Deux Mondes'' is to de-
liver course Of lectures on French
poetry at the Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity, Baltimore, in March next,
|
'The National Magazine" (Boston)
| for November contains the opening
chapter of a remarkable serial Christ
and His Time" by Dallas Lore Sharp
| illustrated from the famous religious
paintings. The table of contents. Rail
way Collisions to Order" an illustrated
description of Americas latest form Of
amusement. A. Edwin Rood, conductor
and interpreter of the famous Hindoo
fakirs recently seen in this country,
contributes an article entitled "The
Secret of Hindoo Jugglery'' The Naval
| 1r1 1Ya Of Unit ta1
States" is by Philip Andrews, u. S. n.
A sketch dealing with Chickasaw In
dian aged Ill years, whose husband
was honored by Andrew Jackson, is en-
titled "A Souvenir of the Red Mans
| Day" There are six of the most read
| able short stories: His Trencnant
Pen" by Mary E. Cardwill; only an
Army Baby" by Kate Tannatt Woods;
In the Morning of the Wears Life"
| by Arthur w. Tarbell; (which Was the
Princess?" by Minnie Moffatt "a Mon
| ochrome," by Ella H. Johnson, and a
story from the Persian. The regular
Living Fashion Plates" giving de-
scriptions and designs of stylish furs
for winter wear and the literary col
umn, complete a notable number.
! The November number of the Amer
lean Journal of Sociology (Chicago) is
attractive both to general and technical
readers. It's contents are: Abstract
and Practical Ethics by J. H. Muir
head of the London Ethical Society;
'The Working Boy" by Mrs. Florence
! I.elley, Chief Factory Inspector of Illi-
rois: Immigration and Crime" by Fl.
| H. Hart, General Secretary of the M
tional Conference of Charities and Cor
rections: Methods of Determining the
Economic Productivity of Municipal
Enterprises" by Professor Walter F.
Wilcox of Cornell University; "Superi-
GRITTY and Subordination as Subject
Matter of Sociology" Second paper, by
Dr. George Simmel of the University of
Berlin; Religion as a Means ot Social
| Control" by Professor E. A. Ross Of
Leland Stanford University; Christian
Sociology" Conclusion of the series),
by Professor Shailer Mathews of the
University of Chicago; "The Purpose
of Sociology" by Professor Lester f.
W ard of the Smithsonian Institution.
=
"Harpers Weekly" dated November
7th contains the first chapters of a new
| short serial of Scotch life, entitled
Lady Love-" by S. r. Crockett author
of THE Gray Man" and "The Raiders"
There is a four-page article, profusely
illustrated, on historic New York
houses. Bostons subway, by whicn
the street car traffic in the business
portions of the city is to be put under
ground, is described in text and pic
lures. The great naval sound money
parade in New York Harbor is depicted.
The issue of "Harper's Bazar'' for
November 9TH contains an article byAn-
ME Nathan Meyer, entitled THE New
Home for Barnard College," with pic
| true of the building and diagrams of
some of the principal halls. There is
also an article descriptive of Mount
Holyoke, with an illustration of the hall
soon to be erected at South Hadley by
the New York Alumnae of the college
Redfern fashions for autumn will inter-
est women about to purchase new
gowns.
The issue of "Harper's Round Ia
ble," November Sd, begins a new vol
ume of that periodical. The first INSTALL
rnent of a new serial story entitled "a
Loyal Traitor" by James Barnes, opens
the number The story deals with the
adventures of two boys during the war
OF 1912 Paul Du Chaillu contributes an
article on hunting in Africa, under the
title Adventures With Friend Paul"
There is football story, Till the Game
is Done" by Seeley Bryant, and another
story, entitled Striking Pay Dirt" by
Annie Hamilton Donnell. The first pa
per of a series by John Kendrick