The record-union., 1897-01-03

| lex Saunders of the Astor Library" the
eldest American librarian), by George
j. Manson; Poems by Charlotte
Bronte on the Deaths of Her Sisters
Emily and Anne; Upon Impulse" Ca
story, by Hamlin Garland; 'On the
Naturalization of Foreign Words by
Brander Matthews; rs The Bookman'
Misogynous?' by Kate Stephens; MY
Literary HeresieS, by Andrew Lang
Reviews of New Books and the US
ual departments.
With the number bearing date JAM
uary I'd, The Living Age" (Boston)
begins its two hundred and twelfth vol
ume. This sterling magazine loses none
of its interest or value, but rather
grows in excellence as It's years in
crease. This is emphasized by the ad-
vanced step it has just taken. If any
thing more were necessary to make it
an idisal magazine, especially adapted
| tC the needs of the American reader,
then the additions of a monthly supple
merit devoted to readings from Ameri-
can periodicals, readings from new
books and a list of books of the month,
is that thing. The general reader is put
| under further obligations to the ''Liv-
ing Age" for giving them, in addition
to what has heretofore been presented
and the above mentioned supplement,
tranSlationS from the periodical press
of Continental Europe. Hitherto this
wide field, containing much of interest
and profit to the American public, has
haQn To a
favored few. The first number of the
new year has the following table of
contents: THE Olney Doctrine" by
Sidney Low; The Duel of the Period
in France" by James Pemberton-
Grund; "Bandi Miklos," from the Hun
garian, by Selma Gage; "A Modern Mo-
rality," by Jules Lemaitre, from the
French; The Puritan in History" by
Principal Fairbairn; 'Recollections of
Coventry Patmore'; Catholic Mystics
of the Middle Ages and "A Winter S
Walk With poetry and fiction.
Some change of appearance will be
noticed in the January Arena" The
relative place and size of type of the
authors names and of the titles of arti-
cles in the table of contents on the front
cover are exchanged, the effect being to
make the subject prominent rather than
the writer, as before The January one
is the most interesting number that has
appeared in many months. 1t is of Spe-
cial interest to legislative bodies, ply
sicians and lawyers ON account of the
article ON "a Court of Medicine and
Surgery" written by A. B. Choate, the
prominent lawyer, at the request of
leading physicians. This is the opening
shot of campaign that will be waged
from the Arenas" pages by leading
physicians, surgeons and jurists in the
near future, and that will be carried be-
fore the Legislature in Minnesota and
elsewhere this winter. We have heard
SO much of late years about heredity
that to many the word has become but
another name for fate-unescapable. A
more hopeful and cheerful view of the
matter, however, is taken by DR.. ]. j.
Morrissey in his learned and suggestive
! article on Hereditary Influences and
Medical Progress" In Restore Metz
to France with map that wellknown
naturaliZed American citizen born a
subject of Prussia who chooses to call
himself Pan Aryan" makes the start
ling proposition that Germany celebrate
the opening of the twentieth century by
making a free gift to France of the
speaking portion of Alsace-
[ crraine. He says it would be 'the no.
blest act in history" His paper is ex-
ceedingly we'll written.
"Harpers Magazine" for January
(New York;. richly illustrated and pro-
fusely, has these special features:
Portuguese Progress in South Africa, ="
by Poultney BigeloW "A Century s
Struggle for the Franchise in Amer
ioa,' by Professor Francis n. Thorpe;
Science at the Beginning of the Cen
tury," by Henry Smith Williams, M. D. !;
Fog Possibilities" by Alexander Nc
Adie; Literary Landmarks of Rome, ,"
by Laurence Hutton; English Soci-
ety." by George w. Smalley. Besides
the fourth installment of the Marian, y
by the late George Du Maurier, the fic-
ton of the number includes Indian
Gfver.' a comedy by William Dean
Howells: THE Prize Fund Beneficiary"
story of a Paris studio, by E. A AL
exander: In the Watches of the
Night" the romance of a trained nurse,
ny anu olic botu
Time" a tale of New England and New
York by Mary E. Wilkins. John Muir
rell and His Clam is an account of the
re mantle career of the most noted of
our border outlaws, by Martha McCul-
loCh-W illiams. The Editors Study"
by Charles Dudley Warner, discusses
| tie Yellowstone Natinoal Park and the
Editors Drawer" introduced by a
short story by Ruth McEnery Stuart,
contains humorous anecdotes, verses
and pictures.
AS January is the month of the birth
of DR.. Henry Barnard, the pioneer
American educator, the January
kindergarten Magazine (Woman's
Temple, ChicagoD devotes considerable
space to the recognition of the great
educator. who, in his white hairs and
beautiful old age, is to receive the hon-
age of the school world on his eighty
sixth birthday. January "A, 1897. The
New Year Kindergarten Magazine"
has froutispiece portrait of DIR. Barn
ard and contains a tribute TO him by
one of his warmest admirers, James l..
Hughes. the School Inspector of To-
| ronto: also. an article on ''Dr. Barnard
and the Kindergarten" by Professor
VIII S. Monroe. Aside from the central
thought of Dr. Barnard, this number
also mas 6 sketch of Miss Sarah Stew
art. the founder of the International
KindeIgarteG X Union. by Virginia
| Graef: an address to the Michigan
Kindergarten by Professor Boone of
| Ypsilanti; and a valuable list of works
of art for schoolroom decoration.
The Atlantic Monthly" for January