The record-union., 1897-09-27

upon demand" The roll of members
includes the names of highly educated
women, college graduates, ministers,
foreigners, school teachers, young men,
and mothers. AS the writer says, This
statement shows how universal was the
need for special studies, and indicates
how few We're the avenues through
which it could be obtained. As we all
know, parents have often neither the
inclination nor necessary knowledge to
supervise and direct the reading of
their children: teachers are too crowded
with school work to give time for post
graduate direction, while the large
classes without scholastic connections
are completely without guidance
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"Appletons' Popular Science Monthly
for October contains a well-llustrated
article on ''Franklin's Kite Expert
ments With Modern Apparatus" Alex
der McAdie, the author is widely
known through his meteorological ex-
periments with kites, and his views re-
garding the possibilities of this ap-
paratus in scientific experimentation
and for commercial use are of great
interest. It contains new contribu-
ton to the new psychology, under the
title "The Psychology of Belief. w.
B. Parker the author, former pupil
of Professor James of Harvard, treats
this somewhat difficult subject IN
clear and comprehensive manner. In
view of the agitation regarding the just
valuation of real estate for purposes Of
taxation, David A. Wells paper on
Existing Methods of Taxation" will
be of interest An article describing and
illustrating science teaching in the
University Of Chicago occupies a prom
inent place. Professor Frederick Starr
is author. Perhaps the most import
ant paper, from a purely scientific
standpoint, is the review by Professor
G. Hanford Henderson of new book
entitled Some Unrecognized Laws Of
Nature" The work consists Of crit
icaI consideration of the so-called law
of gravitation and its various depend
encies. The authors seem to have
made out a very good case against the
universally of gravitation, and accord
ing to Professor Henderson the book
is destined to attract wide attention
and provoke warm controversy.
"Godey's Magazine" for October
(1New York; is one of the strongest and
brightest numbers of the year. It's
frontispiece is a fine art conception of
the head of "'Lucifer," drawn by H. w.
Phillips. 1t is accompanied by an ap-
propriate selection from the Paradise
Lost" The first installment of -Four
Months in Paradise" by John r. Mus
ick, appears. "The Coming Dramatic
Season." by Beaumont Fletcher, fore
casts the winters drama. Helen NJ.
North tells the story of THE Abbey of
Vale Crucis,'' one of the loveliest ruins
in England charmingly, and Thomas
NJ. Prentice writes of "Old Nantucket
in a vein that cannot fail to interest.
One of the most unique and pleasing
articles is Nancy NJ. Waddles DAY
With the Marsh Princess" which tells
of the singular ways Of plants that eat
animals A brilliantly illustrated con-
tribution, "Some Virginia Beauties"
with many beautiful portraits, adds
piquancy to the contents, and with this
is an article on the Evolution of
Woman in the South that will inter
est and instruct the reader. Music is
who treats of the orchestra work of
several American composers, and the
book review is upon "The Southerners
of Opie Read" The fiction of this is
sue is crisp and strong and comprises
four different tales, no two of them of
like character. Two choice bits of