The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-07-25

1.-The Atlantic Monthly for August
presents: The American Forests, an
appreciative description of the beauty
and wealth of our great forests, by John
Muir; Some Unpublished Letters OF
Dean Swift" a group Of deHghtful
letters, George Birkbeck Hill; "A Typ
ical Kansas Community a description
of the life in a typical Kansas town, by
William Allen White; "A Massachusetts
Shoe Town." the social and economic
changes that have taken place in shoe-
making town since the rise of this one
great industry, Alvan f. Sanborn; But
! terrified & Col" the first part OF
picturesque story of Virginian life, by
Frances Courtenay Baylor; within the
| Walls a pleasant sketch, by Guy ii.
Scull; ''Strivings of the Negro People,
a striking statement by colored writer,
by w. E. B. Dubois, Phi. D.; "Out of
Bondage dramatic story of fugitive
slave, Rowland E. Robinson; THE Holy
Picture" a short story, by Harriet l..
Bradley; THE Pause in CriticiSm-and
After" an effort to explain why criti-
csm is at a standstill, VIM. r. Thayer;
THE Delinquent in Art and in Litera-
ture," Enrico Ferri; THE Juggler," the
conclusion of this serial of the Tennes-
see mountains, Charles Egbert Grad
dock; "Mahan's Nelson, a review of
Captain Mahans biography of Nelson;
"A Forest Policy-In Suspense, the
duty of the United States Government
to inaugurate a definite and vigorous
policy to preserve our great forests;
Verse Under Prosaic Conditions" II
Illustrations of North American Butter
flies THE Confession of a Lover of
Romance" Boston and New York,
Houghton, Miff1n & Co.
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From The White City Art Company
! (Chicag o) we have: The July number of
Great Pictures" is at hand and con-
tains the following beautiful pictures:
Venus" (Saintpierre), noble figure,
full of freedom and grace, with an ex-
preston of earnest feeling in the widely
opened eyes, that gives one the key to
a character at once frank and loving;
''Noontide Rest model (CaucaunieD
Entire Inconsistencies of self and abso-
! lutte innocence are portrayed in tins hS-
ure. The Salon, it is said, has not ex@
hibited painting more charmlngly ex-
pressive of youth, beauty ana innocence;
Cathedral of Lagos CIV. H. Jackson).
| This Cathedral dates from as early
day as the end of the sixteenth century,
and is a magnificent example OF TINS
| great photographer, as is also Inc
Water Gate" presented in this number
Each picture is 11x14 inches in size, fit
for a frame. The price is 10 cents per
COPY at all book stores or by mail.
| Practical philanthropists will be
greatly interested in Professor w. L.
HulTs entertaining account of the
George Junior Republic" published
by the American Academy of Political
and Social Science philadelphia. Pro-
! fessor Hull writes from personal obser-
walton of this interesting experiment
at Freeville, New York, where annually
horde of city boys and girls from the
! lowest quarters of New York City
spend the summer in useful labors UNI
der a scheme of self government which
would smack of Utopia were it not an
established fact. The daily life and
duties of the colony are wildly de-
scribed The writer has keen inter
est in the plan and spirit of the repub-
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sympathy that the result is a thor
oughly readable narrative of a unique
experiment in education and self-help.
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"A Ralstonian Romance" in the Aug
ust number of What to Eat" deals
with people in the province of Ralsto-
MIA, who through a peculiar system OF
living prolong their lives for hundreds
of years. However, as the heart at
best wears out in 300 years, While the
skin will easily last 900, the residents
of Ralstonia are on the constant look
| out for new hearts. The story tells of
! a Ralstonians efforts to obtain the
heart of little English actress, and
the result The battle of the doctors
on the apple question wakes hot and
bitter. In this number DR.. Hoy of
Chicago, goes for DR.. Tooker of the
same city in a way to attract general
attention. Dinner Customs in vi
emma" "A Creole Luncheon" "A Plea
| for Pie" How to Put up Preserves"
"A Conundrum Supper" Cooking in
Vicksburg Before the War" and a va
riety of miscellaneous articles make up
the contents. The cover is a gem-the
best yet produced Pierce & Pierce
publishers, Minneapolis.
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! A special fiction number is Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly" for August.
| There are seven complete stories, all
/ Illustrated, and all are bright and clev
er, the one by Margaret f. Sangster be-
| ing particularly noticeable for its sweet
simplicity. But the number is not
given up entirely to fiction. There is
an attractively Illustrated paper EMIT
! led "A Grandee of the Fields in
which Martha McCulloch- Williams
chats entertainingly of tobacco, its his
tory and cultivation. The University of
Virginia is the subject of an article by
Richard Heath Dabney, forming the
| tenth paper in this magazines popular
series on American Universities and
Colleges; it is illustrated with good por-
traits and views. Harvey Rowell de-
scribes Summer Logging in Wfscon-
SIM" there is a most interesting ac-
count of visit to Japan, under the I'll
tie In the Land of the Mikado," by DR..
]. Simms, with capital half-tone cuts;
| Colonel Alexander E. Sweet tells of an
exciting German student duel of which
/ he was a witness; Beasts of Burden"
| is the subject of an article by the we'll
known traveller author, Frederick A
ODER; the department for young people
contains a story, paper on stamp
collecting. and the continuation of Ho-
ratio Ayers serial. There are illus
| trated POEMS talks about books, COM
ments on pictures, and the Leslie Port
/ folio Frank aclia,S p1Ih1iShinO