The record-union., 1896-03-29

Verhaeren, with portrait of Reps and
six Illustrations of his works; "Mr.
Humphrey Roberts Collection-The
Water Color Drawings" by F. G. Ste
phens, with eight Illustrations; 1.-The
| Late Lord Leighton, P. r. A, 1878
1896" from a portrait by G. T. Watts,
r. A; IAN Artist in South Africa"
with three Illustrations; Sport in Art
| Falconry-IL," by J. E. Harting, F. L.
| s., with five illustrations; Some Rivers
of Lakeland" by E. Rimbault Dibdin,
with six illustrations; ION the Influence
70 Architectural Style Upon Design
H." by Walter Crane with nine illus
trations; THE Late Lord Leighton, P.
f. A." by NJ. H. Spielmann, with
| twenty-five Illustrations.
The April number of "St Nicholas"
| (New York; opens with an article
About Flying Machines" by Tudor
jerks. A feature of the article is
number of diagrams of simple flying de-
vices that can be made by any clever
boy or girl. Thomas Edwin Turner
contributes an episode of the war of the
Rebellion, Lieutenant Harry" A
story for girls is Marbles Experience"
by Kate Dickinson Sweetser. 1t falls to
to the lot of few photographers to catch
the image of a whale upon their dry
plates. Charles Frederick Holder got a
snapshot at one at close quarters. He
tells of his experience and his pictures
are reproduced in How the Whale
| Looked Plea SAINT" Antoinette Golay
tells a quaint and amusing story, "A
Dare" Stalled at Bear Run, :" by
Thomas Holmes is an account of a rail
| road experience. Particularly appro-
pirate at this time, in view OF the inter-
national athletic tournament soon to be
held in Greece, is an article by G. T.
Ferris on THE Olympian Games" One
of the serials that has met with the IA
yor of the readers of the magazine
Teddy and Carrots" by James Otis, is
concluded in this number. There are
also installments of the other serials,
."The Prize Cup" by J. T. Trowbridge;
"Sindbad, Smith & Co." by Albert
Stearns, and 1.-The Swordmaker's Son."
by w. o. Stoddard. Poems and verses,
most of them illustrated, are contrib
uted by Laura E. Richards, John Vance
Cheney, Charles Love Benjamin, Tudor
jerks, Garrett Newkirk and other writ
ers.
The Cosmopolitan for April (New
York; is at hand and is very rich in
half tone pictures. The magazine has
colored frontispiece accompanying
new California story Then comes "A
Word About Golf in England and Scot
land" "Vicissitudes of the Dead" with
| grewsome pictures, but not the less
interesting; paper by Major Pond on
The Lyceum" follows, with portraits,
and one on Development of the Over
land Mail Service by ex-Postmaster-
General James; a new story by Frank
r. Stockton, Mr. Cliffs Yacht, fol-
lows, and then these papers: "Hilda
Strafford-A Californian Story" by
Beatrice Harraden; AN Imperial
Pleasure Place." by Isabel F. Hap
good; Honest People" Paul Heyse;
Terra Incognita," Agnes Repplier;
What the Angels Think" by W. J..
Hampton; notes in the world of art and
letters; notes in the progress of sci
ence, and some examples of recent art,
with beautiful half-tones.
/ The opening chapters of new serial
story by Horatio Alger, Jr, are given in
the April number of Frank Leslies
Pleasant Hours for Boys and Girls"
lCNew York;. 1t is called ''Gerald's Mis-
sion," and was written especially for
this bright magazine. A girls serial,
entitled AN American Princess" by
| Evelyn Raymond, also begins in the
April number, which contains several
other attractive features. There are
short stories by Sophie SWEET, William
Murray Graydon, Judith Spencer, Lieu
tenant Thomas H. Wilson and Lurana
w Sheldon; an interesting paper on the
methods of work of Thomas w. Knox,
Frances Hodgson Burnett, William O..
Stoddard and Noah Brooks, in the Sc
ries "Favorite Story-Writers for Young
People," by Frank Lee Farnell; the sec
ond paper on Young People OF the
White House." by Joanna r. Nichols;
the EDITORS valuable talks on the new
books for boys and girls; several illus
trated poems, some prize puzzles and
many pictures.
Paving and Municipal Engineer
ing' for March Qndianapolis) is a
splendid number. What a pity it is
that this veluable magazine is not read
by all legislative and executive muni-
cipal officials. If it were and its ad-
vice and the knowledge communicated
|
and more economic city governments.
Among leading papers in the March
number. are these: Production of AS
phalt in the United States" Brick Paw
ing from Start to Finish. " Paving
Next to Street Railway Tracks-The
Finishing Touches" M Nicholson, c..
E.; THE Contractors Fair Profit" j.
I'll. Burnham; Cleaning and Watering
| A IL
well; Essential Features of a Park
System; Paving of Country High
ways" Captain W. S. Williams; Sew
age Disposal in England; Cement and
its USE Allen Hazen.
The March number of Electric
Power" is filled with interesting read
ing matter A. J. Wurts, who has been
working with lightning arresters, gives
the results of his experiments made
during the summer of 1895. The lay
reader will also enjoy reading Reginald
Gordon's paper on Electro Static In
duction," in which he explains the use
CT certain Instruments, all of which
can be made for a small outlay. En-
| gineers and station men find food for
thought in various papers by Professor
r 3. Crocker, George F. Sever, F. M.
Peterson, who write en- practical sub
iects, such as mechanical connections
between dynamos and motors, dynamo
| design ana construction of dynamo
fields The scientific reader will find
Or Fred. Bedells paper on the mag
netic circuit of considerable interest.
The editorials deal with the Roentgen
rays, with storage battery applica-