The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-04-18

Of the Johns Hopkins, President Dwight
of Yale President Schurman Of Cor
nell, President Morton of the Stevens
Institute, Henry Thurston Peck of Co
lumbia, Bishop Potter and others of
the most distinguished men of both the
United States and Europe, is begun in
the April Cosmopolitan" (New York;
by radical inquiry into the educa-
tional problem along the lines of Her
bert Spencer President Gilman will
follow in direction almost equally
searching. Altogether there is prom
ised the frankest possible expression of
opinion, and it seems probable that it
will be the most thorough comparison
ever made of educational methods with
the needs of everyday life at the close
Of the nineteenth century.
The school Review for April CUni-
versity of Chicago Press has these
papers: Secondary Education in the
United States" Elmer E. Brown;
What Studies Should Predominant in
Secondary Schools ?" A. F. Nightingale;
Higher Education in the North Cen
trail States" c. X. Adams; discipline
VS.. Dissipation in Secondary Educa-
ton Paul Shorey; Outlook Notes."
C. H. Thurber; THE Holiday Confer
ence of 1885," F. D. Boynton; "The
Psychology of the Diagram F. A.
Barbour; Change in Entrance Re
quirements to vassar College" J. M.
Taylor; notes and new publications.
The International Studio for April
is at hand. 1t is the second number of
the American volume. 1t is an illus
trated monthly magazine of fine and
applied art. 1t is edited by Charles
Holme, and is published by JOHN
Lauld, 40 Fifth avenue, New York.
We look upon this art periodical as one
OF the most important ever issued. 1t
moves not in a new field, but in a new
way in an old field. 1t is at once a
critic and a teacher, mentor and an
assistant. Its plates of studies are ex-
quisite works of art, and give us re-
productions of some Of the best works
of the world in sculpture, painting and
engraving. In portraiture it is especial
ly prominent and in wood engraving,
decorative art, study of book plates,
pencil, chalk and crayon studies it is
notably rich In this number we have
les of Cats" by Mrs. w. Chance; Pic
torial Book Plates by Gleason White;
"Decorat tive Art Movement in Paris"
by Gabriel Mourey; portraits of artists
painted by themselves, by Lionel Gust;
Mural Decorations in Scotland" by
Margaret Armour
"Harper's Bazaar" of April 18th con-
tains an article entitled Directions to
Travellers, by Emma ]. Gray. giving
practical suggestions to make easy the
path of the novice who goes abroad.
Other features are Funeral and
Mourning Costumes by Anna Went
worth Sears, an Easter poem by Mary
Lowe Dickinson, and the new depart
ment Club Women and Club Work,
conducted by Mrs. Margaret Hamilton
WEIGH, containing valuable information
for the club world
The Easter number of ''Harper's
Round Table" published April 18th,
has a cover in colors Among it's con-
tents are short stories by Marion Dick
inson and by w. ]. Henderson,; four
panels of the seasons, by AlmaTade-
ma, with poems by his daughter, Miss
Laurence Alma-Tadema; an article on
How to Come to New York and Study
Law" by James Alfred Parker: and in
stallments Of the two serial stories,
The Painted Desert" by Kirk Munroe,
John r. Spears.