The record-union., 1897-02-21

was King of England, and of Lord
| Houghton in the last years of his life.
Frank Il. Stockton contributes TO
| ''Harper's Round Table" for Febru-
airy 10th. a story entitled The Ring
sold Archers"; Franklin Matthew'S, an
article. "Torpedoes: How They Are
Made and What They Do; W ]. Hem
derson, one of his "Old Sailor yarns.
| The Accommodating Island: and
Mary B. Sleight. How Dorothy Found
| Her Valentine" In the same number
there are installments of the serial
stories: a Loyal Traitor" by James
| Barnes, and The Middleton Bowl by
Ellen Douglas Deland: also a number Of
| shorter stories, and the usual depart
! ments of interscholaStic sport, pho
| tography, stamps, questions for young
men, etc.
/ The past few years have been notable
in literature for the rise Of women writ
| ers, In this country some of the best
! OF the current literature work, espe-
| cially of fiction. is being done by
women. Among these Mrs. Eva Wilder
| Brodhead is rapidly taking a con-
! Spicuous place. and it is thought that
Mrs. Brodhead's new novel. Bound in
Swallows" which the Harpers (New
York; are soon to bring out. will add
10 the reputation she has already won.
/ 1t rs said 10 be a careful reproduction
of Kentucky life, and to contain accu-
rate studies of character and situations
| Of dramatic interest.
! The Critic" of Feb. 18th New York;
| contains a large picture Of the now
| completed Library of Congress build
/ ing at Washington, with a long and
| able paper on the subject by w. |.
| Fletcher Librarian of Amherst College
who points out that this library
ought to be called the National Library.
which it is sure to become in time. Mr.
Fletcher is the ex-PreSident of the
American Library Association, and his
paper contains a mine of information
and suggestion for all who are inter
Iested in the advancement Of our coun-
| tryS educational resources. Portraits
Of President and Mrs. Cleveland aC-
company a review of James Lowry
Whittle's book on the retiring Chief
Magistrate i'm the men of to-day Sc
rf@S; and there is a reproduction of a
curious silhouette of Lord Byron made
by Mrs. Leigh Hunt. The paper prints
also. the favorable notices received by
Locke Richardson for his interpreta-
tiOn in The Critic" of FalstaT's dy-
ing words. from Mr.. Gladstone, Alexan-
der Melville Bell, Professor Barrett
Wendell, Hamilton W. Mabie. Charles
Dudley Warner. Andrew Lang and
others; and adds the version of the
NXIII. Psalm in use in Shakespeare's
day.
From the DreXeI- -Biddle & Bradley
Publishing Company Philadelphia) we
have pamphlet AN Allegory and
Three Essays" THE Froggy Fairy
Book" and The Madeira Islands" Each
volume is by Anthony j. Drexel Biddle,
volume is by Anthony ]. Drexel- -Biddle,
writer upon the Philadelphia Ledger
and now proprietor in part of the Sun
day Graphic" Philadelphia). Mr..
Drexel-Biddle is a young man of fine
literary taste and scholarly accomplish
ment. He thinks and thinks along right
lineS-of that any will be convinced who
read his works. His descriptive powers
are very good. his newspaper experience
has in that line served him to good pur-
pose. Being rich and a society man. but
wishing to work and be known because
of his ability in letters and thought,
his reader gets direct the views of a man
moving in the circles of the rich and
upon high social level, and who is not
at all afraid to say just what he be-
lieves. His "F'roggy Fairy Book" proves
that he has the ability or tact only the
few can boast of, namely of writing for
children. 1t is clevereSt of cOnceitS this
fairy story, and it is told in way to in
sure the wrapt attention of child read
erS. His Madeira Islands" is freely IL
lustrated and presents the author as a
descriptive writer. In Madeira he had q
fine field in that direction and ne has
we'll improved it. The book is mapped
and charted and with the text is the
most concise, clear and satisfactory
work on the islands we have yet seen,
either in book form or magazine recital.
1t is at once a history and a description
of one of the most romantic and inter-
esting inSular spots on the globe.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
March (New York; comes in a new
and handsome cover, and is overlooking
with fine, half-tone and wood engrav-
ings illustrative of very interesting and
varied text The article, Ninety
seven Years in the White House." is of
deep interest, reminiscent and historic
CAL and of not less interest is the illus
trated paper on ''Lincoln's Inaugural
Ball. American Universities and Col
leges." "A Thousand Miles Up the
Amazon and paper on General Lee
are Illustrated profusely. These with
stories, sketches, historical articles.
current news. etc, make up a superb
rumber.
'Macmillan's Magazine" for Febru-
ary (Macmfllan & Co, London and New
York; is at hand. This old, high-class
and III every way superior magazine
has these papers: The Secret of Saint
Florel," Chapters sXXXI.-XXXIII (oon-
clusion): From Far Cathay," 'Litera-
ture and Music" Political Parties In
America" i" THE Two Priests of Kon-
noto,' Vanishing Paris" The Flying
Bishops" An Epoch on Rumbling
Creek The Coldstream Guards"
"The Outlook" for February 9th O3
Astor place New York; is a magazine
of 132 pages illustrated richly and with
taste. 1t has departments for youth,
of religion, art, literature, news, re-
veiws, neurology, the home, etc. There
are notable illustrated papers on Schu-
bert, Gladstone's social and political
life Edward Eggleston-an interview.
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