The record-union., 1897-05-24

ital city; Our Fellow Citizen of the
White House. by G.. c. Buel: 'Inaug-
uration Scenes and Incidents" by
Joseph B. Bishop, and The Nations
Library" by A. r. Spofford and Will
liam A. Coffin. Three papers by Cap
tain Alfred T. Mahan deal with Lord
Nelson in the battle of the Nile, Co
penhagen and Trafalgar. There are
the usual number of papers on purely
artistic and literary lines.
THE Sanitarian" for May (Dr. A. W.
Bell, Brooklyn. N. Y.) has among many
Others these valuable papers: Dan
gers of Sanitary Neglect of Watersheds
of City Water Supplies" Professor w.
P. Mason: The War with the Mi
crobes." E. A. De Schweintz, NJ. D.;
The Bubonic Plague Germ E. H. Will
son, M. D.; ''Indistriminate Slaughter of
Cattle for tuberculosis" Professor Jas.
Law; Milk Pollution" DR.. Huff. Milk
Inspector; "Boric Acid as a Food Pre-
servative," w. Y. Wenzell, NJ. D.. chem
ist; New York Sweat Shops" State
Factory Inspector O'Leary's report;
Building Material" Messrs. Denis,
u. H.,
"Incandescent Fire Mantel," t. E. Pye,
London; Free Public Baths" Edward
M. Hartwell, NJ. D.; ''Sanitari for the
Treatment of tuberculosis, HI. Bryn, Nj.
D.; THE Caisson Disease" New York
Sun; "The Study of Crime and De-
generation from a Medical Standpoint"
W. S. Anderson, M. D.; Infectious Ery-
thema," NJ. l.. Galliard; ''Bacteriology
in Searlatina," NM. Merry and Lorrain;
.'Bacteriological Researches in Measles, y
NJ. H. Barber; Variable Influence of
Bacilli with Age" NM. Teissier and Gui-
nard.
The story that won the first prize in
the recent competition for prizes offered
by "Harpers Round Table" entitled "a
Little Violinist," by Charlotte Curtis
Smith, appears irf the number published
on May 18th. Other contributions are a
hunting story by the Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt; a descriptive article on
Typography, with diagrams by ]. Harry
Adams; "A Ballad of Tripoli Town." by
Rowan Stevens an installment of The
Painted Desert" by Kirk Munroe, and
the concluding chapters of "A Back
woods Boy Afioat," by John r. Spears.
The June number of "Harper's Maga-
zine will be distinguished by the first
installment of new novel by Frank r.
Stockton, THE Great Stone of Sardis, "
dealing in the humorist's most whim-
sical vein with events in the twentieth
century, including a submarine expedi
tion to the North Pole. Among the
other features will be the first of two
papers on the British Parliament, The
Celebrities of the House of Commons, -
by 7. p. OConnor, and an installment of
THE Martian," with drawings by Du
Maurer, one of which will be given, as it
was left, unfinished. The illustrators
will include c. d. Gibson, Frederic Rem
ington and F. H. Lungren.
The Cheap Book (semi monthly is
at hand for May 1st Chicago, H. S.
Stone & Coz with literary supplement-
AS a literary critical journal, wit and
and essayist, the Cheap Book is a
model of sharpness, frankness and
vigor. 1t is reviewer of notable abil-
ity.
''The School Review" for May Oniver-
sity of Chicago Press is at hand with
these leading papers: History and Geo
graphy in the Higher Schools of Ger
many" James E. Russell; Secondary
Education in the United States Elmer
E. Brown; ''The Development of the
Powers of Pupil E. L. Harris; High
Schol programme Without Greek" w.