The record-union., 1897-04-04

A. NJ. M. D.; "Claims of Spiritualism
Upon Christianity" Rev T. E. Allen;
DEVELOPMENT of Naturalization Laws, y
Clifford S. Walton, of the Washington
bar; 1.-The Man in History John Clark
Ridpath; THE Urgent Need of Our
Pacific Coast States" Edward Berwick
"Harper's Round Table" of March
Both had. besides it's usual departments
devoted to. r "Interccholastic Sport,
Amateur Photography" Stamp Col
lecting," Talks with Young Men, ETC.,
an interesting description of an incident
in the life of Laurence Hutton, contrl-
buted by himself, and entitled THE I'm
certain Glory of an April Day.; a
short story by w. ]. Henderson, Dark
est Before Dawn" the second part of
THE Sailing of Jean Paul." story by
M. L. Van Worst; articles on Some Ex-
periments in Surface Tension" by G.
lie Clear, and Athletics in English
Public Schools" by John Corbin; and
an installment of Kirk Munroe's serial
story, 1.-THE Painted Desert
The Overland Monthly for April
(San Francisco is profusely illustrated,
a compact number with new typograph-
ical features giving the faces of its
pages a more aggressive and emphatic
appearance The leading features are:
Frontispieces, A Footlight Favorite,
Canon of the Grand River, Utah; A
Sham Battle. John r. Rogers, Governor
of Washington; LAS Talked in the
Sanctum," by the editor; AN Arctic
Winter" Sophie E. Porter; THE Aces
Love Affair."" Jerome Case Bull; THE
Society of California Pioneers" Willard
B. Farwell; "a Study En- Route" w.
H. Anderson; "Snowslides in the Rock
les" j. M Goodwin; THE Municipal
Government of San Francisco" J. H.
Stallard; I'VE Ask We Know Not
What" Harriet Winthrop Waring
Under the Headin' of Thruth. VIII
Mr. Cusack Hears Boom Stories," Bat
terman Lindsay; "A Study in Western
Hotel Management" Fred Warren
Parks; 1.-THE Pilot Bill" Charles E.
Naylor: 1.-THE National Guard of Cali
fornia," Frank Elliott Myers; Hustle
ton. ILL., William A. Lawson; 1.-THE
| Modern Cemetery" Alfred Farmar.
The Review of Reviews" for April
New York; is at hand. In the PRO
gress of the World department the
editor comments on the change of adj
mfnstration at Washington, the tariff
bill and other measures, and on Pres
ident McKinley's diplomatic appoint
ments; the Greco-Cretan situation is
carefully reviewed, and other recent
developments in foreign politics are
treated with thoroughness and impair
TALLY. The editors suggestive COM
ment on the latest phases of the
Greco-Turkish question holds that the
only reasonable solution of the Cretar
difficulty is to place Crete definitely In
the keeping of Greece. The Review
characterizes the Ellsworth bill in the
New York Legislature as an absurd
ity, intended to prevent the use of car
ICONS or portraits of public men with
out their consent. An elaborate study
of THE New Administration at Wash
ington." by Albert Shaw, appears. DR.
Shaw draws an interesting comparison
between the American and British adj
ministrative systems, pointing out the
distinction between Ministry" and
Cabinet" in both theory and prac-
tice; he also treats quite fully of Mr.
McKinleys process of Cabinet building,
it's various difficulties and adjustments,
and outlines the noteworthy character
istics of the Presidents official family.
Two Of the briefer articles discuss
the question of direct employment of
labor VS., the contract system on mu-
nicipal works. Sylvester Baxter cites