The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-12

ler's Literary Recollections; Francis de
Pressunse on the Cretan question; Les
lie Stephen on Gibbon autobiography;
and reply by Sir Frederick Pollock to
the article on the hidden dangers of
cycling which appeared in a March
number of the magazine The first
April issue being also the first number
of a new volume, the 213th, anu a new
year, the f1fty-fourth, offers ar excel
lent opportunity for the beginning of a
new subscription.
The subscription has recently been
reduced to SO year.
The article of the Hon. David A.
Wells (of his series on taxation) in the
April number of "Appleton's Popular
Science Monthly (New York; is de-
voted to the question How Can the
Federal Government Best Raise its
Revenues" In it the author shows
that q higher tariff will not be true
revenue measure, and proposes. in
stead of it. the taxation of a few spec
ial articles which he mentions, the
burden of which will not be seriously
felt, and which will yield within a small
margin the amount Of additional rev.
enue needed. Prof. William Z. Ripley's
paper on The Racial Geography of
Europe" IL devoted to the distribution
of blondes and brunettes In Rever-
sions in Modern Industrial Life" Mr.
Franklin Smith considers the trades
union organizations of the present time
as movement of return toward the
gigantic and oppressive corporations of
the middle ages. The discussion is to
be continued. Prof. c. F. Hodge con-
cludes his interesting account of ex
periments-made upon puppies-On
The Physiology Of Alcohol In
Spencer and Darwin" Mr.. Grant AL
len defines the relations of those two
great philosophers to the doctrine of
evolution. Mr. A. f. B. Crofton dis
cusses The Language of Crime"
President Jordan's paper on The Sta
bility of Truth is concluded. Inter
esting shorter articles are observations
by NJ. Jansen, the French astronomer,
respecting Life on the Planets and
ANTS as the Guests Of Plants" by
I rof NJ Helm. A biographical sketch
and portrait are given of Father
Stephen J. Perry, the distinguished
English Jesuit astronomer The num-
Der is very fully illustrated.
"Donahce's Magazine" for April CBos-
tom has an interesting table of con-
tents Joan of Arc" is the subject of
a beautifully illustrated paper by Beat
rice Sturges, forming the initial num-
Der. Or. ]. J. Mangan writes most en-
tertainingly of James Clarence Mangan,
and the Rev D. F. McCrea gives a
graphic sketch of the Giants Cause
way" Investigating the Trusts" is
discussed by James E. Wright. Car
dinal Feschs career is told of by
James GARRISON Fine portraits of the
bellish the text. Another interesting
paper is "Romes Monument to Leo
KILL" by NJ. r. Taylor People in
Print presents number of Catholics
prominent in public life. The short
stories and etchings are unusually
good, "Maruelita," Easter Lilies and
The Legend of the Byzantine" notably
SO. Father Twomeny's poem THE
Easter Lesson and Albert DOyle's
An Easter Vision" appear. The de-
partments contain a large amount Of
instructive, entertaining matter, the
Catholic Question Box and Book Re-
views being of special interest. Full
page illustrations are numerous, and
add much to the attractiveness Of the
Eastern number.
Romance" for April GAO Broadway,
New York; has these papers: Contrib
utors' Ciub-"The Red Cross" Gran
vile Sharpe; "A Most Remarkable
Duel,'' Enrique H. Lewis; The 1ndeli-
BILE Image" Jas. Young Simpson; The
Rose on the Wall" Dean Rice:
Twins Nina Eta Messer Romance
Prize Stories-"A Coal Magnate,"
Mrs. G. We're Tyler; "The Bike
and the Redskins" A. M. Pierce. Ro-
mances of Real Life-"One Wom
ans Way to Train Husband" Alice
Marchant: THE Second Epistle Of
john" Walter Beverley Crane: The
End Of the Toboggan," Aimee Hercht-
Neil; The Princess and the Forbidden
Cigarettes" ellison Willets. Romance
Serials-'1he Last Confession" Hall
Game; THE Dolls Tragedy" Miss NJ.
E Braddon
Home and Country Magazine for
April (66 Centre street, New York; fully
and handsomely illustrated has these
leading features: "Fructidor," G. Van
den Bos: Ultima Thule Hugh H.
Lusk: Whist and It's Masters, y
r. Frederic Foster; With the
Artists Charles H. Israels; "On
the Yoevil Road" Frances E. Clevy;
Easter Week in Three Holy Cities y
Rufus r. Wilson; Flashlights of For
eign Travel" Mrs Blanca Adams Mil
Ter; "Carita: A Cuban Story" Louis
Pendleton: The Era of Irrigation
Joel Shoemaker; For Her Own King, -
Howard Markle Hoke; The Drama, -
Robert Stodart; Between Two Cow
ers," Clifton Hardy; Notes of the
Opera" Alice B. Clark; 1.-The Home
Corner" Mrs. Lillian Marshall; Chan
sonnette p'Amour," T. H. Farnham.
The Month" for April (2S7 Fourth
avenue, New York; is at hand. 1t is
a magazine of literature, art-life and
cultivation. 1t is freely illustrated and
is admirably edited by Joseph 8. and
Jeanette l.. Glider. The contributions
in this number are by General A. w.
Greedy, w. l. Fletcher, Eugenia Jones
Bacon. Frederick Keppel. James Her
bert Morse, Emerson Clifford Taylor,
Gerald Stanley Lee and j. L. Glider.
But there are other papers, many notes
of criticism and much department mat
ter. There are portraits of Captain A.
I. Mahan, Lord Byron, Henrik Ibsen
Robert Taber, Julia Marlowe, Francis