The record-union., 1897-10-15

VI llIt East, one the typical 1uIhlSl hS-
ure, and the other the Circassian, the
latter being the source drawn upon by
Hiram Powers in his Greek Slave,
which really occasioned the renaissance
of sculpture in America nearly half
century ago. Other pictures are "Au
Bord de Ia Mer' (On the Seashore),
showing nearly a dozen nude female
figures, dancing on the sands of the
seashore at low tide; Aurora" most
exquisite figure study; THE Planet We
nus" depicting a nude figure of Venus
relieved against the new moon; THE
Assumption of Mary Magdalen," that
ever popular subject to good Christians
everywhere 1t is one of the finest art
periodicals extant. Earl Marble, the
we'll known art critic, writes the de-
scriptive text. Published by The White
City Art Company, Chicago, Ill.
THE Anti-Phiistine" is a new
monthly magazine and review of bellies
lettres issued by John and Horace Cav
ley, Granville House, Arundel street, w.
o., London 1t has a subtitle, "A
Periodical of Protest" There have ap-
peared thus far four numbers. 1t is
compact little journal octave and OF
about 140 to 150 pages per issue, sharp
in criticism, sarcastic often, witty fire.
quently and addressing general as well
as refined tastes. Among its contrdbu-
tors are several American authors and
some of them Californians. With each
number there is a loose sheet with
well executed portrait Of a distinguish
ed writer 1t must be confessed that
in some Of its criticisms this magazine
is more than searching; it is scorching.
! 1t goes" for evils shamS and follies,
and for Phihstinism with a two-edged
sword welded without fear and re-
gardlass Of the niceties of expression.
There is no poverty of imagination in
this magazine, and no failure to call
things by their plain, English names.
Foul and immoral books and writing
the magazine spares not; it smells out
offense unerringly and drags to light
cheat in writing and decent in logic
and reasoning.
The Forum CNew York;, edited by
| DR. J. N. Rice. for October, has these
papers: England, Turkey and India"
Thomas Gibson Bowles, NJ. P; No
table Letters From My Political
Friends Senator Justin S. Morrill,;
! Our Need of Merchant Vessels" Hon.
Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, United
/ States Commissioner of Navigation;
! The Protective Features of Section
/ %" DR.. Joseph NimmO. Jr.; The
/ impending Deficiency of Breadstuffs,
! c. Wood Davis; Statistics versus So
cialism." Hon. w. T. Harris, United
( States Commissioner of Education;
The Heredity of Acquired Character
istics," Professor Cesare LombrOso;
International Bimetallism': Bimetal-
lism a Necessity" Edward Tuck; "A
Single Standard Inevitable" Hon. w.
Morton Grinnell; Universities and the
Higher Education of Women" Oscar
Browning, lecturer on history at Cam
bridge University; Naval Warfare
Present and Future Fred T. Jane;
Paul Verlaine," S. C. de scissors.
THE Engineering Magazine" (New
| York; for October, besides the many
full departments, has these papers:
Electric Power for Trunk Line Rail
ways" Professor George Forbes;
Modern Wharf Improvements and
Harbor Facilities Qllustrated), Foster
CrowelI; THE Enormous Possibilities
and J. S. Williamson. illustrated; Cost
Keeping in Machine Shop and Foun-
dry" Henry Roland; The Industrial
Awakening of the Russian Empire"
F. J. Guyon; Exploring and Exploit
ing 4 Gold Country" Albert Williams.
Jr; Progress in the Perfection of the
Rack Railway" Z. L. Corthell Gllus-
trateO; District Distribution of En-
/ ~ t. 30
Treatment Of Engineering Work. H.
! Heathcote Statham; "Ericsson's First
Monitor and the Later Turret Ships"
George L. Fowler Gllustrated).
THE Living Age Roston), which
J has appeared with never falling regu-
+ larity for nearly two generations, re-
/ fleets IS faithfully as ever the age in
which we live. It is composed of the
! best articles of the best periodicals, re-
produced without abridgment The lat
est issues contain papers by the best
! known writer's, experts in the subjects
! treated: In the House of Commons
/ Half Century Ago." by Sir c. Gavan
! Duffy: "A Reminiscence of Tennyson, -
! by William Knight; 1.-The Antiquity of
Man" by Sir John Evans; Contempt
I
! Of Europe and What That of Spain
! Should Be-" from the Spanish of the
! late Senor A. Canovas del Castillo;
"Europe's New Invalid by John Fore
man; "Old Fiction" by Augustine Bir-
rell; THE Superstitions of Shakes
! peare's Greenwood - by George Morley:
France, Russia and the England of
! the Jubilee" by Francis de Pressense:
/ The New Sayings of Christ by M.
! R. James: "A Trappist Monastery in
| Natal" by Carlyle Smythe; Ethics
! and Science" by Julia Wedgewood;
! The Works of Robert Louis Steven
! SON. Unpublished Letters of George
| Canning etc, etc. In fiction, besides
an occasional short story, there is at
I present running a quaint and sugges-
/ tive story entitled In Natures Wag-
! gfsh Mood" translated from the Ger
man by Paul Heyse for The Living
| Age. The publishers announce that
to I'll new subscribers for the year 1898.
the weekly numbers of 1897, issued af-
! ter the receipt of their subscriptions,
! viii be sent free.
Mrs. Frederick Schwatlza, widow of
the great Alaska explorer, and her
/ husbands companion in his explora-
tions, has a finely illustrated article
in the October Midland Monthly Des
! Moines). entitled, Around about Alas
ka's Metropolis" with several fur-page
pictures. A beautifully illustrated
sketch Of life in Cairo, Egypt, is given
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