The record-union., 1897-05-31

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1.-The Century for June has as its
high-lights the subjects of queen VIC
toria, appropos of the celebration OF illi9
month, and the work of the Sculptor o'.
Gaudens, apropos of the dedication VI
the Shaw Memorial in Boston he
most complete pictorial record OF inc
work of ST Gaudens yet made is mere
published in a group of papers py Eo-
ward Atkinson w. a. Coffin ana l. W.
Higginson Besides three fuil-page re-
productions of the Shaw Memorial, there
are twenty-nine pieces of sculpture ny
St Gaudens shown in the articles lhere
is also a sketch of the life or ColoIiei
Shaw by the editor, and an edltorlai on
the sculptor. The material relating to
Queen Victoria comprises trlpute py
the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, an artlcle
NV Florence HAYWARD on Queen Voc
toria,s coronation Roll, a" here repro
duced by her majesty's special perInls-
sion, and four portraits OF the queen at
different ages, the frontisplece being the
Princes Victoria at the age OF four "A
third article of Spcial and curious inter-
est in an illustrated account by Eugene
P. Andrews of How Riddle OF the
Parthenon was Unraveled, Mr.. An
drews himself being the one by Whom
the riddle was solved while he was
student at the American School IN
Athens. Other notable articles include
the first full. authoritative account by
Professor w. o. Atwater, of the result
of the Government experiments with
men in a respiration apparatus to de-
termine How Food is Used in the
Body'-the Man in the Copper Box; a
record by Miss Alice c. Fletcher of her
personal experiences among the Indians;
a paper on Harvard's astronomical work
by Mabel Loomis Todd: and the first of
a group of articles on Heroes of Peace,
this one being "Heroism in the Light
house Service" by Gustav Kobbe. There
are continued parts of the three serials:
DIR. Weir Mitchells Hugh Wynne'
Mrs. Catherwood's Days of Jeanne
dare" and General Porter's Cam
paigning with Grant" which is occupied
with the operations about Richmond,
Petersburg, Atlanta and in the Shenan-
doah Valley. All these are illustrated
There is a story by Margaret sutton
Briscoe entitled How Sarah Paid for
Peace" and there are poems by George
E. Woodberry, l. Frank Tooker. Charles
G. D Roberts, Richard Burton and EllZ-
abeth c. Cardozo. In Open Letters is
ar illustrated article showing "A Way
to Save the Palisades
In the New York Critic of May 22d
the ''Lounger' gives honor to the Sem
ate for undoing the work of the House
in putting a tax upon books and works
of art in the Dingley bill, but remarks
that. on the other hand, the House re-
fused to follow the Senate's lead in re-
voking Mr. Cleveland's order setting
apart and preserving over 20,0O0.OOO
acres of forest land, although it was
mainly composed of Mr.. Cleveland S
political opponents. Thus honors are
even and the best interests of the
country have been served by both
branches of Congress. The Critics"
London correspondent writes that in
England. at least, Mr. Crocketts new
story. Lads Love-" has been received
with lukewarm interest. remarking by
the way that the slight rebuff (to a
novelist who is under contract to write
we'll into the next century, may we'll
be the very best thing possible for
its author" From this London letter
we learn also that Stevenson's unfin-
ished story "St. Ives" is to be COM
pleted by another hand. The name of
the daring writer who would undertake
to complete the work of the master is
not given; but we doubt of the result.
From the same paper we learn that
Miss Emile Grace Briggs, the first
woman who ever received a diploma
from Union Theological Seminary
graduating on May 18th. carried off
first honors as well. passing all the men,
and was the first person ever to receive
the e,degree of Bachelor of Divinity from
the seminary. The young lady is a
daughter of Professor Charles A. Briggs
of the seminary" Equally interesting
is the statement that of the 10l men
In the graduating class at Amherst Col
lege, seven are sons of members OF the
faculty.
The Atlantic Monthly for June
(Boston) has these valuable papers
Greece and Turkey: The Old Struggle
Between the East and the West" by
BENJAMIN Ide Wheeler, recently resi-
dent in Athens; The Municipal Prob
lem and Greater New York" tan explain
alton of the typical difficulties of mu-
nicipal administration in American
cities), by Albert Shaw; The Lock Step
in the Public Schools" CThe authors ex-
perience in so grading classes as TO per-
nit of continuous Dromotionl. William
]. Shearer, Superintedent OF Schools at
Elizabeth. y. j.: "Brunetiere and His
Work as a Critic Irving Babbitt; Ten
denotes of Higher Life in the South" "
William p. Trent, University of the
South. Cheerful Yesterdays CThe Civil
War;. Colonel Thomas Wentworth Hig
ginson; In Quest of Ravens" Can anus
ing and interesting account of n trip to
the mountains of North Carolina). Brad
ford Torrey, author OF The Footpath
Way" "A Rambler's Lease" etc. The
Story of an Untold Love" (XXIII.-
XXVI-Conclusion). Paul Leicester
Ford: Around Domremy," Mrs. NJ n.
Egbert Craddock Catherwood; The
Juggler'' (X.) Charles Egbert Craddock
"On BEING Civilized Too Much" II. G.