The record-union., 1897-03-05
new PUBLICATIONS.

Considering it's size. st. Nicholas"
| tNew York; seems to hold the most of
any of the magazines Here for in
| stance, is the March number-it finds
room for six serials in addition to all
its wealth of minor features and its
| two departments. Here is Laurence
Hutton's account of the life of "A Boy
Knew, that is, of himself in New
York City during the time of the vol
| unteer fire department: and that re-
| markable story of the war of the re-
bellion, told by w. III. Shelton-artist,
author and soldier and Master Sky
lark by the delightful Jack Bennett
of Chillicothe"; and Miss Baylor's
sketch OF the spoiled child Nina Bar
| row.; and Noah Brooks retelling of
Marco Polos adventures; while
"June's Garden" by Marion Hill, is a
| delight to children. But, besides serials,
| there is still enough. Being the March
number. in a Presidential year there
| is an excellent account of the inau
guration ceremonies; a Century of
Presidents, set of interesting prize
questions about United States history;
a Western story, "Jed's Windmill For
practical articles, the magazine offers
| Charles Rawson Thurston's "Harbor
| Defenses." 1t shows what Gustav
| kobbe has to say about Queer Craft"
| Then, too, Animal Tracks in the
Snow as described by Mr.. Hoskins.
will open new page in natures book
to many youngster. For verse the
| March number has no reason to dread
comparison with its fellows.
A feature of the Round Table" (New
York; of February 23d is the first in
stallment Of a new serial, "The Painted
! Desert" story of the Bad Lands of
Arizona, by Kirk Monroe. one of the
most popular of the American writer's
for boys. This numbers includes also
two short stories "Artin, the Kurd."
| by G. b. Burgin, and an incident of the
| late war between China and Japan;
articles on Hunting Grizzly Bears"
by Caspar w. Whitney, and on The
Inauguration of a President" by A.
Maurice Low, and a poem on Washing
toms Birthday, by Mrs. Margaret e
| Sangster.
| 'Bread-winning Occupations for Wo-
men in Unfamiliar Lines" is the sub
| ject Of an article by Glare Bunce, in
| "Harper's Bazar' of February 27th
Other articles include: The Mothers
Congress in Washington" by Christine
| Terhune Herricl1; 1.-The Function of
Flowers in Society" by Anna Went
worth Sears, and Private Theatricals
| for Children" by Helen Jay.
| The immense difference between a
sea story told at second hand, however
| ably, and the story of the life and ex-
ploits Of a sailor who is spinning his
| own yarn, is demonstrated in a most
| telling way by the reception given to
"On Many Seas" published a few days
since by the Macmillan Company (New
| York;. The book was sent out in it's
| second edition within a week of publi-
| cation, and there is every indication
that third will be speedily called for.
| The book is, as a critic in the New
York Tribune says, destined to be
remembered. 1t is throughout equally
unaffected and forcible, equally pictur-
esque and Enthusiastically genuine"
Professor D. G. Hogarth of Oxford
| University, author of "A Wandering
Scholar in the Levant," has in press
with the Scribners (New York; a vol
ume of rare biographical interest 1t
| is entitled Phillip and Alexander of
| Macedon," and is said to surpass all
| the traditional biographies in convinc-
| ing lifelikeness. 1t is written in the
most modern spirit from original
| sources, and the portraits of Philip and
Of Alexander are drawn with vigor and
in style that will place the work in
the class with Forsythe's Cicero and
the few other really classic biographies.