The record-union., 1897-03-21

Raphoe. William O'Brien. John E. Red
mond. Michael Davitt. p. J. Timmins,
NJ D.. O'Brien j. Atkinson and p.
O'Neill Lar1in. Other timely papers
are "England's Robbery of Ireland" an
able exposition of the taxation ques-
ton, by George McSweeny, Is. L., Dub
lin, and Senator Walcott's European
Mission" by Pierre Humbert, Jr Mar
tin McGillicuddy imparts valuable in
formation on THE FranciScanS in
America. Profuse illustrations add
much to it's interest. New Orleans, in
time of war. and in time of peace. is
presented by William Pearl and j. Tor
rey Conner. respectively. Patsy Boy"
runs pleasingly through another chap
ter, and the short stories are happily
selected. Henry Coyle contributes
charming poem, Sweet Isle of
Dreams and DR.. Gallagher honors the
memory of Emmett in a lengthy eulogy.
The departments are well supplied;
the engravings excellent, and the whole
number shows careful study of the
wishes of readers, and the publishers
desire to crafty them.
''McClure's Magazine New York;
for April will contain a series of unpub-
lished letters written by General Sher-
man to a young Lady between whom
and an army officer the General under
took to re-establish a broken romantic
relation. The letters embody story as
good as any piece of fiction. and ex-
hibit Sherman in very charming way
A story of Western life by Octave Tha-
net, q Drumtochty story by Ian Mac
laren. a group of true railroad stories
by Cy Warmdn. a romantic sea story
and installments of Robert Louis Ste
venson's last novel, st. Ives" and of
Kipling's fine tale of the Grand Banks,
are promised. Will H. Low, himself
distinguished latterly in decorative
printing, will have an article on the
three greatest decorative painters of
the present time. The article will be
illustrated with fine reproductions of
celebrated mural paintings. The mag
aZine will contain series of life por
traits of Alexander Hamilton and his
wife, and a study of Hamilton's life and
public services by his chief biographer,
the Hon. Henry Cabot Lodge. The
story of Grants life as a farmer and
business man in Missouri, after he had
resigned from the army and before the
civil war, will be related by Hamlin
Garland. A considerable part of it viii
be personal recollections of Grant by
Mrs. Boggs. in whose house he lodged
for a time and whose husband was his
partner in the real estate business in
st. Louis.
An Vt al hut ha 10 TO
scribing some of the new conditions in
Central Africa, and especially the dawn
of civilization between Lake Tangany-
ika and the Congo, will appear in the
April Century" 1t will also contain
the first of several articles by Colonel
George f. Waring, Jr., the Street
Cleaning Commissioner of New York,
describing his wheeling adventures in
the Tyrol last summer
The Lotus for March is at hand
(Kansas City, MOI, with a new cover
and more pages than ever before. The
Lotus" presents the most interesting
budget of fiction every month of any
periodical in the country of its order.
In its fiction department it gives more
than many magazines. and all the
other features are added. Its stories
are not cut after any conventional
fashion. They are not made on a car
penter's bench like those of the old
fashioned domestic magazines They
are written by virile young writer's to
please themselves. They are printed as
written as good literature They are
not for the young person exclusively.
They are romantic realistic, fantastic,
impressionistic, grotesque according
to the moods of the writer's. There is
no index expurgatorius for any clever
writer with ideas
THE American Journal of Sociology"
for March is full of interest both for
general and technical readers. The con-
tents are: A Day at Hull House Gllus-
tratedD, DR.. Dorothea More; "A Sketch
OF Socialistic Thought in England" Pro-
fessor Charles ZuebEin; Principles of
Public Charity and Private Philan-
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