The record-union., 1897-08-23

W
One of the most interesting features
of .'Harper's Magazine" (New York; Tor
September will be an article on George
du Maurier by Henry James, giving an
intimate view Of the artist and writer
Other attractive features will be-
Around London by Bicycle" by Eliz-
abeth Robins Pennel; The Begin
nings of the American Navy" by Jas.
Barnes; fnstall1nents of the serial sto-
ries by Frank r. Stockton and Johh
Fox, Jr.; and humorous romance oI
the golf links. The Lost Ball. by
". G. van T. sutphen, etc.
"The New England Magazine" for
August (Boston) richly and freely illus
4rated. has these leading features:
washington Irving's Services to
American History" illustrated, Richard
Burton; "Old Quaker Days in Rhode
Island" Elizabeth Buffum Chaee;
'Two Lives" sketches. Elizabeth
Young: "The Green GrasshOpper,"
story. Arthur Willis Cotton; "Old Days
and New in Northfeld," illustrated.
Ann Maria Mitchell; "The Present
Mood Of England" William Clarke;
Summer Birds of New England illus
trated. William Everett Cram; "Oliver
Holden. the composer of Coronation,
illustrated. Abram English Brown; ~
Stepson of New England" Joseph NJ
Rogers; Nathaniel Emmons and Ma
ther Byles." with portraits, James K
Gilmore Edmund Kirke); Block Isl
and" illustrated. Samuel W. Mendum;
'''The Altar of Youth" a story, Ethel
Davis.
Us the Country Cursed?" is the cap
ton Of a powerful paper in the August
"Donahoe's'' written by NJ. T. Elder.
who severely condemning existing con-
ditfons of rural life asks many peril
nent questions relative to the cause
of such deterioration. "A New Trades
Union Plan" is described by Bolton
Hall. and William Hart Boughton in
..rTbe Building of Churches devotes his
attention TO needed improvements in
church architecture Thomas Gaffney
Taaffe tells an amusing story of The
Colonel. the Widow and the Others
"A Jesuit in Disguise" deepens in in
terest as the reader enters into
knowledge of and a sympathy with Abb
ner Witherspoon's craving for truth
In Men and Things" Henry Austin
Adams, NJ A, notes the trend of pop
ular thought p J. Lynch tells or the
conversion of Aengus and his baptism
and reception into the faith. Mary f.
Nixon writes pIeasingly of some Fam
GUS Assumptions and their painters,
and Marie Donegan Walsh draws a WV
id picture of "CanonizatiOn Day in ST.
Peter's'' Scenes at Ellis Island are
depicted by Mary B. OSullivan. l..
Marion jerks and D. ]. Donahoe ap-
pear as contributors to the poetry or
the number. Portraits and short sketches
of Archbishop Brueschi, Mayor Phelan
and Hon. Morgan O'Brien appear
among the ssPeople in Print" A yari-
ETY. of useful information, pleasing short
stories and paragraphs of special inter
est are found in the departments.
The September number of What to
Eat" (Minneapolis) is a gem. We are
reminded that we are in the midst OF
the watermelon season by the cover,
which has a big slice of that fruit sus-
pended in the heavens i'm place of a
moon While two awe-struck little
darlzies contemplate the wonder with
amazernent. Inside appears a story by
Miss Harris entitled The Cook at
Kenuedv's Camp "A Vegetarian
Luncheon by Miss Anna b. Weeks; {;
stories for the Table" by Mrs. Leo
of New York: How TO Cook a Hus-
band" by new writer, s. II. NJ ;
sThe Proper Food for Persons Ad-
vanced in Life" a reply to DR.. Hoy
Inv DIR. Tooker Of Chicago, a splendid
lot Of recipes by Miss Emily Colling,
and menus jokes, etc, etc. Altogether
the words of the Chicago News" can
be fairlv indorsed, when it says:
What to Eat has grown nightly.
1t is vivacious, well illustrated and
brightly written unique in its field
and a valuable help with its sugges-
tive ideas. 1t is not a crochet stitch
or q home recipe magazine: rather II
deals with the philosophy Of eating, the
intellectual side of food consumption, il
the phrase is permitted
The Gentleman Farmer for August
(ChicagoJ maintains the excellent opin-
ion we formed of the July issue The
August number is freely and hand
somely illustrated. The leading papers
and features are: rs Democracy a
Failure" T. P. O'Connor; Birds in
Their Relation TO Agriculture, F. E
l.. Beais tNeSto1 dtloii VI NAiS AoN~ts
Of cologne and 'The Fall of Greece, .
7 T. Flynn; Would Reputation Be
Justida ble2" Alfred Hawthorne
..Friends of the Horse" Grace Delmar;
a Girl From the West" Virgins
Hunter: Agricultural Colleges in the
United States" Frederic w. Taylor;
..The Pace That Kills" Joseph P
Tighe: "A Heinous Crime, Charles N
Miller: The Harrisons-Past and Pres
ent." Francis b Lane. The Price and
Production of Wheat" T. 7. Flynn
English Mastiff Leamington, Ray
Marshall: Progress the Stoekman'
Watchword." Richard A. Mathews,
THE Home Department, Alice Gale
Woodbury..
The August Forum New York
came late 70 hand. but is not the less
welcome. With the September number
this magazine of thought and debate
will be increased in price from D to ).
cents, the yearly subscription remain
ing unchanged. however The I@~s.sins
papers in the August number are:
Plea for the Army" Major-General O
o. Howard: THE Growth of Religious
Tolerance in the United States, Rev
DR.. Lyman Abbott; Emerson's The
American Scholar Sixty Years After,
Charles F. Thwing. Western Reserve
University: THE Evolution of the Ed
ucational Tdeal-U. DR. Friedrich
Paulson. Berlin University; The Mu-
nicipal Government Of Berlin FranH
w. Rlackmar, University Of Kansas