The record-union., 1897-08-09

The American Catholic Quarterly
Review for July (Chas. A Hardy, PHIL
adelphia) has these papers: "Cathoae
Secondary Education in the United
States. Rev. John T. Murphy, c. S. Sp.;
The EpiscoDate of Bishop Baraga," !"
Richard r. Elliott: Catholic Spain
It's Politics and Liberalism" Rev.
Thomas Hughes, S. J.: "Some Refiec-
tions of Edmund Burke's Centenary
John J. O'Shea; ''Dr. T. II. Bradley S
appearance and ReaIity-Primary and
Secondary Qualities" st. George MI
vart; "St. Cyprian and the Holy See,
Rev. William Barry, D. D.; "A New
Oxford Movement in England Rev.
James Kendall, S. J.: "The Turkish
Struggle With Catholic Europe" Bryan
j. Clinch; Jacques Andree Emery, .
S. L. Emery; '''The Old Faith and the
New Woman" Rev. George Tyrrell S.
j.; in Memoriam,' Very Rev. Angus
tine F. Hewitt, D. D., C. S. P; Scientific
Chronicle" Rev. 7. j. A. Freeman, S. j.
Public Opinion" CNew York; for July
18th, was a midsummer number. The
cover design is impressionistic, but it
seems to have something to distinguish
1t from the French, English and Ameri-
can work of this school. 1t is printed
in fourteen colors. The designer, c.
'Rochgrosse, Berlin, is an aequerelle ar
'Eist of some note. 1t is interesting to
observe the advance made in this coun-
dry in color printing as evidenced by this
piece of work. Formerly lithography
was looked to for the best results, but
now it is acknowledged that process
printing produces a far more natural
and pleasing effect than is obtainable
even by the French lithographers, who
supplement their stone work with zinc
plate etching to obtain the same softness
that is the natural product Of color
printing.
The New York "Critic" of July oath
contains a number of letters from we'll
known authors, recommending Robert
Louis Stevenson for the professorship
of history and constitutional law at the
University of Edinburgh. The post fell
vacant in the summer of 1881, and Mr..
Stevenson applied for it-backing up his
application with pamphlet containing
these and other endorsements. His dis
appointment was a lucky one for pure
literature. Among his advocates were
p. G. Hamerton, J. A Symonds, Andrew
Lang, Sidney Colvin and Edmund Gosse.
In the same paper we find biographical
sketches and portraits of Mr.. John Fox,
Jr. CA Story-Teller of the Mountain
eers') and the late Miss Jean Ingelow,
and an account Of the life-Work of Mr..
Thorvald Solberg, showing the fitness
of his recent appointment as Register
of Copyrights.
TheEbesetting sin of our State Legisla-
lures, the hasty and reckless passage of
laws of weighty import, has frequently
been denouncedin recent years. 1t has
perhaps nowhere been more clearly set
forth than in a paper by Mr.. Jas. w
Pryor on The Greater New York Char
ter publications of the American
Academy of Political and Social Science,
:Philadelphia). The legislation upon
which the new city government is to be
based is not only of Importance to the
residents of the section involved. but it
has attracted the attention of the whole
people The labor of formulating a
suitable scheme of government for a city
of such unusual magnitude, was no
the preparation of a constitution for
over two millions of people, having re-
gard not only to their governmental ne
-cessities, but also to the relations of the
city to the State of which it is a part.
1t is not necessary to detail here the
methods employed in the elaboration of
the work. They are distinctly set forth
in Mr.. Pryor's paper. But it will be
lrrIa 80 ~IaO
that the work has been bungled and that
,4he result, instaed of a clear, straight
forward document, is a bulky mass of
Legislation which will necessitate fire.
.quent Intervention of the courts in its
interpretation.
lie Francais'' in its last number
gives, among many excellent articles,
very amusing sketch called the
s"Chapeau Vengeur," in which the
wearer of a monumental theater hat
sreeeives a weI-merited discontinue.
The incident is exceedingly ludicrous,
and as told in the inimitably witty style
of the French, is well worth perusal.
Henri Houssaye, Lavedau, Vacquerie,
,and others contribute very readable ar
sicles. and the paper as a whole dem
tDhStTateS Ihat lile FeuuctiOH VI the
price of subscription in no way dimin-
ashes the value of lie Francois" as the
students aid and recreation. Berlitz
& Co., Madison Square, New York
agents
The Popular Science Monthly for
August Cd. Appleton & Co., New York;
has these papers: THE Racial Geog-
raphy of Europe" VI. France Part
IT,, by Professor William q. Ripley, IL
Illustrated; New Questions in Medical
Jurisprudence, by DR.. T. d. Crothers;
principles of Taxation. TX" by Hon.
David A Wells; The Thyroid Gland