The record-union., 1897-08-09

shell Wild Cat" by william H. Ballou,
illustrated; "Anthropology a Univer-
sity Study" by Professor John S.
Flagg; Stones in the Head" by Dr.
A. Cartaz, illustrated; "A Lilliputian
Monster" by Robert Blight, illustrat
ed; Number Systems by Professor
Edwin S. Crawley; ivory: Its Sources
and Uses'' by n. B. Nelson; THE Par
adox of Diderot." by M. Alfred Binet;
Sketch Of James Croll' with portrait;
age and Suicide" Early Production
of Alcohol Christian Science and
Science" THE World AS 1t Is "Scien-
tific Literature Fragments of
Science"
The American Review of Reviews"
for August (New York; is freely illus
trated and with more than the usual
number of half-tone pictures. Besides
Editor Shaw's review of the worlds
activities, the record of current events,
current history in cartoon, reviews
and extracts from articles for the
month in the leading magazines. These
are the following features: Hon. Will
liam B. Allison, portrait portraits Of
Beardsley, Hon. John Russell Young,
Professor A. S. Hardy, Hon. Bellamy
Storer, Michael Ratchford, William P.
De Armitt. and Mr.. Chamberlain and
the colonial Premiers, and maps and
other Illustrations. THE Anatomy of
the New Tariff" by Charles A. Conant;
''The Two Republics of the Southern
Cross" by Francis F.. Clarke, d. D.,
with portrait of President Kruger and
other illustrations; Hawaiian Island
Climate" by c. F. Nichols, NJ D., with
Illustrations; "A Rose Carnival on Pu-
get Sound" by Bernice E. Newell. with
illustrations; Continuous Sessions of
Schools" by Professor E. A. Kirkpat
rick: Vacation Schools IN New York"
by William H. Tolman.
We are accustomed to regard Hawaii
as a pivOt-point of intrigue, a possible
storm center of contending ambitions,
rather than as an earthly paradise,
famed by soft trade-winds pembow-
cred in fragrant flowers, scene of sim
pie, joyous existence and constant feast
and festival. This is the aspect of it
which Reginald Potts describes in
'Harper's Weekly of August 7th Wv
idly contrasting with this will be more
scenes from Klondyke and pen-pictureS
of Seattle, that crater of seething tur-
moil, whence the lava-stream of hu-
manity is pouring to the Yukon. Spec
ial artistic features will be reproduc-
ton of Rembrandt's portrait of his
father, and another of -Gaudens'
Logan Monument at Chicago. The
most important literary item is a short
story, AN Arrogant Maid" by Eva
Wilder Brodhead.
"Harper's Round Table" is always
spread with good cheer; stimulating
dishes of romantic adventure, solid
plain fare of facts, and plentiful sup
ply of kickshaws, dear to youth, and
which make US old boys wish we were
young again. The issue of August Sd,
in addition to the serials-"The Rock
of the Lion by Molly Elliot Seawell,
and Corporal Fred's Commission" by
Captain Charles King-and the usual
departments devoted to Interscholastic
sport, stamps, bicycling, the Camera
Club, etc, contains the fourth of Cap
tain Howard Patterson's instructive
papers, How a Ship is Navigated,"
two short storfes-respectiv THE
Red Shoes" by Margaret Deiand, and
The Sign of the Serpent" by G. T.
Ferris-and an interesting article by
E. c. Kent on THE Black Bass" de-
,scribing his domestic habits and the
mysteries of "still-fshing, trolling, and
skittering."
"Harpers Bazar," always a glass of
fashion" is none the less a mirror
of intellectual matters; witness the Sc
ries of "Clubwomen and Club Work, y
by Margaret Hamilton Welch Special
features for August 9th are a three
act play of amusing situations hinging
on mistaken identity, by Margaret SUIT
ton Briscoe; French Economy" in
which Katharine de Forest contrasts
the delicate frugality of Partisan
menage with the spendthrift methods
of American housekeeping; and a Sec
ond of Helen Everston Smiths Meis-
sonier-like Miniatures of Colonial
Homes and Life" entitled "A Huy-
svrouw of New Amsterdam" in which
the writer draws upon old correspon-
dence preserved in her family.
THE North American Review (New
York; has this table of contents for
August: General Grants Letters to
a Friend" with an introduction and
notes by General James Grant Wilson:
Ten Years of English Literature" Ed
mund GOsse; Has Judaism Future?''
Professor Abram S. Isaacs: Our Inter
est in Samoa" the Hon Henry c. Ide.
late Chief Justice of Samoa; Shall the
Civil Service Orders be Amended?'
General Green 3. Raum; THE Prairie
States" by NJ. G. Mulhan F. S. s.;
THE Progress of British Warships' De-
sign Admiral P. H. Colomb, r. N;
Quarantine Methods" DR.. Alvah H.
Doty, Health Officer of the port of New
York; 'Theosophy and Ethics,' E. T.
Hargrove; The Export Bounty Prop
osition," Alex r. Smith; Speaker Reed
and the House of Representatives, NJ.
w. Hazeltine; The Menace of Legis-
lation," by the Comptroller of the Cur
rency; Pooling Railroad Earnings" J.
A Latcha; How the Red Cross Society
Works" Jane Marsh Parker; THE OPP
portunity of the Girls Private School,"
Charlotte W. Porter.
From the publisher J. Bell Los An
geles, we have a valuable pamphlet
compilation entitled The Mining Laws
of the State of California from 1919
to 1897" by Frederic Hall, author of
Halls Mexican Law" 1t contains also
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