The record-union., 1897-08-22

nina II, the IRON morse OF l1OQSTn clNli-
lzation is pushing across the 6,400 miles
that separate St. Petersburg from Vlad-
livestock. It IS the most stupendous un-
dertaking of the kind that has ever
been achieved, and is being carried out
with thorouhgness that VIII defy
time What ii win mean 10 Russia,
what it viii impart to the rest of the
world, and more especially to us, IS
beyond the pale of present conjecture;
but that the youngest empire of the
world-and that the most autocratic or
monarchieS-should become the neigh
Dor of the oldest and most perfect OF
modern republics is a fact of extraordi-
nary fascination and incalculable sig
nificance. Now that our eyes are turn
ed in this direction, there is a peculiar
timeliness in the series of articles. COM
mencing in 'Harper's Weekly of Au-
gust DIST, by a member of the World s
| Transportation Commission, in which
the writer describes his travels over the
route of the Trans-S Siberian Railway.
| That beauty in girls is a much deep
or matter than complexion. hair, and
/ eyes-that its beginnings are in char
. acter, and that environment greatly af-
| fects it; in word, that, within certain
| limits, it may be cultivated-is the sub
! ject of an article by Katharine de Forest
| in ''Harper's Bazar" Of August 21st.
| The same number contains a paper on
| Japanese textiles, especially brocades
! and grapes. written by Eliza Ruhama h
| Scidmore, the well-known traveller, and
| the author of "Jinrikisha Days" In
The Out Door Woman Miss A. *.
Brainerd discusses golf. with special
reference to driving" in which she
! considers women are weakest, and also
speaks of women bicyclists, mentioning
certain perils and mistakes into which
| the wheelwoman easily falls.
| A very animated scene is presented
on any fine Sunday morning in summer
| by the Round Pond in Kensington Gar
dens. London, for this sheet of orna-
mental water is the Larchmont of the
Model Yacht Club. At first it caused
| much surprise and merriment that mid
dle-aged city men should join with the
| youngsters in what used to be consld-
cred a boys pastime. But we are get
| ting more and more scientific in these
| days, and it is recognized that in sail
| ing a model yacht there is much sci
| entific skill needed and a great deal Of
| interest to be obtained. 1t is a fine
! thing to own a good model yacht, but a
much prouder one to be your own build
er, owner and skipper. How TO achieve
| this is very lucidly explained by Dudley
D. +. Parker in a capital paper in "Har-
pers' Round Table" for August 11th.
I Andrew Lang in the same issue contrib
utes sketch of the boyhood of Bonnie
Prince Charlie. 1.-The lad that is gone. P"
W. J. Hendersons old sailor" spins an
other of his excellent yarns, and Annie
Hamilton Donnell supplies a story en-
titled THE General" With a continu-
alton of the two special stories. and the
regular departments on interscholaStic
| sport, photogra aphy. stamps, bicycling.
| etc. this number will be found a very
entertaining one.
| The Atlantic Monthly for Septem
| ber (Boston) presents table of contents
which is a striking combination of i'm
portant literary, scientific. and sOcio
logical discussion. The opening article
| is by Theodore Roosevelt upon MUM
cipal Administration; the New York
helpful chapter in the story of admin
istrative reform. The much asked ques
ton. Are the Rich Growing Richer and
| the Poor Poorer" is answered in an ar
ticle by Carroll D. Wright, Commits
sioner of Labor, who says that while the
number of rich men is increasing, the
relative number of poor men is decreas-
| ing. Professor Ira n. Hollis of Harvard
/ e ,@F& tod
States navy, writes on "A New Organl-
zation for the New Navy" Henry
Childs Merwin contributes a paper on
''The American Notion Of Equality" He
makes a we'll directed effort to determ-
mine to what extent the American idol
of equality has been realized. Professor
B. L. Gildersleeve contributes a charm
ling paper entitled, "A Southerner and
| the Peloponnesian War" He draws
some interesting parallels between our
/ civil war and the more ancient conflict.
Professor Woodrow Wilson of Princeton
University writes a literary essay of
unusual interest and charm. Under the
title 'On Being Human he attempts
to define the subtle charm in literature.
There is a second installment of Swift's
letters. edited by George Birbeck Hill.
Bradford Torrey writes Of a naturalists S
studies and rambles in the delightful
mountain region of North Carolina, and
Mabel Loomis Todd tells of the expert
ience of the American astronomical ex-
petition to Japan to witness the total
eclipse of the sun in '96. Eiction is rep
resented by the conclusion of Frances
Courtenay Baylor's Virginian story
| (Butterfield & Coz, and there are two
short stories of unusual quality, After
the Storm by Ella w. Peattie, and "A
Second Marriage" by Alice Brown. A
sketch by Guy H. Scull entitled "A Man
and the Sea- and poems by Martha Gill
bert Dickinson and Lucy S. Conant COM
plete the issue.
The tenth annual educational number
of oThe Outlook puts side by side per-
Isonal sketches OF two great educators,
with unusually fine portraits of the two
| men. One of the two is an American
! the great scientist, Joseph LIE Conte,
who has been the ablest American ad-
vocate of the theory of evolution as
! being in unison with the doctrine of
Christianity. The other is the famous
and eccentric English scholar and Ok
ford Professor. Benjamin Jowett, and
! the sketch is based on the recent biog
raphv which has attracted such wide
attention. There are half a dozen or
more other articles relating to timely
educational topics: refined love story
by Margaret Sutton Briscoe. an i'm
Intensely interesting installment of JUS
tin McCarthy's story of Gladstones
Life touching upon the Alabama ques-
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