The record-union., 1897-05-30

| Very largely the object of the work will
be. says Mr.. Sherman, to portray the
| characters and labors of those eminent
brethren of the craft whose patriotic
sires fought at Bunker Hill and
through the Revolutionary War under
Washington and his revolutionary COM
peers, and who brought the light of
Masonry across the Sierras and Sc. up
its affairs upon this coast; likewise the
history of the Grand Lodges will be
fully treated. and of many subordi-
mates, and of the Knights Templar,
Royal and Select Masters, Lodges of
Perfection, etc. etc.
The June Ladies' Home Journal"
(Philadelphia) presents an infinite vari-
ETY. of strikingly interesting, timely and
practical features. 1t opens with an ar
ticle by William George Jordan on
What Victoria Has Seen" Coming on
the eve of the Queens jubilee it is espe-
cially timely. The establishment of
Methodism in America is told by Rev.
w. j. Scott, 3D., on when John Wesley
Preached in Georgia Uncle Sam S
Confessional describes how money is
paid into the conscience fund of the
United States Treasury.
Edward w. Box makes an appeal
that the poor children of the cities be
given an outing in the country. He de-
| nounces THE Offense of the Colored
Shirt; also discusses the Itch to be
Seem" Lovers of fiction will read with
delight Ella Higginson's short story
"One O. Them Still, Stubborn Kinds,
and Alice S. VOLTS romance, Her At
ter-Fame.' Charles Dana Gibson S
drawing, THE People of Dickens most
interestingly pictures Mr.. and Mrs.
| Micawber, David Copperfield and Trad
dies, and page of Mr. Woolf's waits
gives a most touching insight into what
summer means to the children of the
poor in cities. A song, Wake Up! Gu
pid," by Willard Spenser, author of
THE Princess Bonnie" The Little Ty-
coon," ETC., will be welcomed by every
lover of music. Dwight l.. Moody's con-
| tribution to his series of Bible class ar
ticles discusses Hope in the evangel-
| lists characteristic, lurid manner, and
| "Droch" chats of "Humor and the HUI
morsts." Along the more practical lines
are Mrs S. T. Rorer's Cooking Lessons"
on vegetables and their preparations; "A
Simple Way to SWIM; 'The Back Yard
as a Summer Retreat; Lamp Shades
for Summer Cottages; THE City Wom-
ans Garden; For Wear in Summer
Travel; What to Expect From a
| Young Man." by Ruth Ashmore; arti-
cles on dress, needlework, etc.
"Harper's Magazine" for June (New
York; has these special features: "A
New Switzerland" with thirteen illus
trations, by Edwin Lord Weeks; Me
| neurological Progress of the Century"
ten illustrations, by Henry Smith Will
Jams, NJ. D.; AN Elder Brother to the
Cliff-Dwellers, illustrated, by T. Mitch
| ell Prudden, M. D.; Henry Gladwin and
the Siege of Pontiac" illustrated by
| Frederic Remington, by Charles Moore;
''The Celebrities of the House of Com
mons" illustrated by Paul Renouard,
by T. P O'Connor, M. p; White Mans
Africa" Part Wild. The Dutch Feeling
Toward England. illustrated by r. Ca
ton Woodville, by Poultney Bigelow;
THE Editors Study" by Charles Dud-
| ley Warner. Frank r. Stockton's latest
novel, THE Great Stone of Sardis," a
romance of twentieth century inven-
ton, illustrated by Peter Newell, begins
in this number; and The Marian, -
George du Maurfer's last novel, reaches
its ninth installnient. The short stories
are: within the Eyesof Honor" by
George Hibbard, Illustrated by c. D.
Gibson; and Grandmother Stark" by