The record-union., 1897-08-03

Mrs. Oliphant," by W. Rob-
ertson Nicol; Living Continental Crit
les" by Benjamin w. Wells; THE Beg
gar" by Marcel Provost; "A Spanish
Romeo and Juliet by Archer NJ. Hunt
ington; In Kedars Tents" by Henry
Seton Merriman; Paris letter, new
books, novel notes, the bookman's
table and the book mart, Eastern letter,
Western letter, English letter, sales Of
books during the month
The Arena" (Boston) for August
presents these papers of a critical and
essay character: "Evolution-What 1t
is and What 1t is Not" DR.. David Starr
Jordan. President Leland Stanford Jr.
University; Has Wealth. a Lirnita-
tion?" Robert n. Reeves; Bimetallisn
Simplified," George H. Lepper; BIZ
metanism Extinguished, John Clark
Ridpath: The Segregation and Perna-
nent Isolation of Criminals" Norman
Robinson; How to Increase National
Wealth by the Employment of Para
lived Industry" B. o. Flower; open
Letter to Eastern Capitalists Charles
c. Willard; The Telegraph Monopoly,
Professor Frank Parsons; THE Pro
visional Government of the Cubans,"
Thomas w. Steep; "A Noted American
Preacher" Duncan MacDermaid; "The
Civic Outlook" Henry Randall Waite,
Phi. D.: THE Tempest" the sequel TO
Hamlet" Emily Dickey Berry; The
Creative Man" Stinson Jarvis; The
New Woman" Miles Menander DaW-
son; Under the Stars" Coates Kin
ney; The Cry of the Valley, Charles
Melvin Wilkinson; "A Radical Rob
ert F. Gibson.
The new battleship Iowa, 1.-THE Queen
of the Navy" is beautifully pictured ana
well described in the August Midland
Monthly Des Moines). General Lyon
and the Fight for Missouri by Captain
Clark is a fine tribute to the first great
martyr to the Union cause. The out
door articles in this number are Birds
of the Midland Region" second paper,
by D. L. Savage the ornithologist; The
Western Meadow Lark" by Ida A.
Baker, and "A Morning Afield," by
Minnie Stichter-all illustrated. The
prize story, The Vagrant of Caser
Nine" and "a Tragedy of the Plains"
are Western tales that surge with real
life The editor pays timely tribute to
John A. Logan. There is an abundance
of good poetry in the August Midland.
To many, not the least interesting read
ing will be the announcement that first
of all the magazines, the Midland" will
in September profusely illustrate the
Yukon Valley gold fields of Alaska.
The midsummer holiday (AugusD
Century CNew York; is a travel
number and it opens with a piano.
rama of the Hudson River from the
Bartholdi Statue TO Albany, in series
of large Illustrations, accompanying a
paper on The Lordly Hudson Clar-
ence Cook. Other illustrated travel
articles include "A Journey in Thes-
sally" by Professor Thomas Dwight
Goodell of Yale; THE Alaskan Trip"
by John Muir, an account of the Won
ders which one may expect to see in
the thirteen days trip from Tacoma;
Down to Java" by Eliza Ruhamah
Scidmore; Norway" by Horace E.
Scudder and the late Hjalmar Hjorth
Boyesen dealing with a land which is
more and more coming into range of
the tourist; "On Margate's Sands"
written and illustrated by the Pencils,
in the group on London at Play" In
addition to the serials, Dr. Weir Nit
chell's Revolutionary tale, Hugh
Wynne," and General Horace Porter's
anecdotal papers, Campaigning With
Grant" and Mrs. Catherwoods vivid
story, '"The Days of Jeanne Are" all
of which are Illustrated, there is a sec
ond installment of Mrs. Pope's extrav-
aganza, up the Matterhorn in Boat"
f-doors is also reflected by Ham
ilton Wright Mabie on John Burroughs,
of whom there as a portrait. There are
two complete stories by Margaret SUIT
ton Briscoe and Gouveneur Morris Jr.;
two short articles, characteristics of
Jenny Lind" by Henri Apply, and
What Jenny Lind Did for America"
by Fanny Morris Smith; also a paper
of secret history entitled Controversies
in the War Department" by Lieuten-
ant General John NJ Schofield, giving
facts relating to the i'm
parchment of President Johnson. The
editorial articles consider the questions
rs the Senate Justly Criticized ?" 1.-The
Forest Commissions Great Public Ser
vice" and make record of Memorable
Words" at the unwilling of the Shaw
Memorial Among the open Letters
is a letter from General w. F. Smith
in reply to General Porter's criticism of
his action at Petersburg.
There is wide variety in the contents
of the August number of ''St. Nicholas"
New York; Charles Thaxter Hill, the
artist who has written a number of
articles about the New York Fire De
partment for this magazine, contributes
a sketch of Peter Spots"-fireman.
Peter is a dog belonging to one of
the engine companies in New York, and
he is as enthusiastic a fireman" as
any one in the department. A. Hyatt
Verrill tells of Some Common Bees
and How They Live" Among the in
genious insect homes that the writer
describes are those made by the car
penter bee and the leaf cutting bee.
Mr. Verrill also tells of the bee that
makes himself an unlimited guest in
the home of the bumblebee. A paper
by Gustav Kobbe is "On the Grand
Banks and Elsewhere" MY Musical
Mouse" is described by Albert Bigelow
Paine. A story for little girls is "Pris-
elias Fairy Godmother," by Gertrude
Halliday. An old-fashioned fairy story
is 'Twiddedetwit," by Martha Finley
The three serials increase in interest
as they near their ends. In Master
Skylarlx' Shakespeare appears in per-
son for the first time. and there is a
characteristic scene between him and
Rare Ben" Jonson. In THE Last
Three Soldiers" the Crusoes on the
mountain top receive a message from
the outside world that still further
mvstifiSs them as to the result of the