The record-union., 1897-06-06

Chicago has these papers: PSychlc
Phenomena in Septic Flevers," by Will
lam F. Waugh NJ. D.; Suggestion as
a Therapeutic Agent" by c. Barrow
NJ. D; Report of the Chicago School
Of Psychology" by Herbert A. Parkyn'
NJ. D.; Report Of the Stevens Point
School of Suggestive Therapeutics, by
e. A. Walters, NJ D.; Report of the
Cleveland School of Suggestive Thera-
peutics," by Robert Sheerin, NJ. D.;
Some Practical Experience with Hyp-
uotism," by Octogenarian; The Won
aers Of Hypnotism, by Charles Town
send.
Among the notable features of the
"Argonaut" for June Z, 1897 (San
Francisco are THE Curse of the
Flores" a story of San Diego in early
times. by Gertrude b. Millard; Our
Royal Ancestor" an extract from
paper by DR.. David Starr Jordan, in
which he shows that most Englishmen
are descended from William the Con-
queror; a long review, with extracts, of
Richard Harding Davis new novel,
Soldiers of Fortune" and a letter from
New York on the history Of the Tombs,
the famous old prison that is now being
torn down.
To those now planning their summer
vacations, the Recreation Number of
the Outlook" Qts magazine number
for june offers special attractions, and
is full of useful hints. Handsomely
illustrated articles on possible vaca-
tons, lists of coming summer schools
and meetings, remarkably full infor-
nation about summer resorts and
routes of travel everywhere-all this
and much more is included in the near
~ or quite 200 pages. This is the
popular summer recreation number
The Outlook Company, ID Aston place,
New York.
The North American Review" has
this table of contents for June (New
York;: How the House Does Bust
ness by Speaker Reed; "Englands
Food Supply in Time of War II. Sc
Kari NJ. P. Popular Eros in
Living" Dr. Charles w. Pardy; Lit
erary Treasure Trove on the Nile"
RodOlfo Lanciani; Progress of the
United States-II., the Middle States,
by NJ G. Mulhau, F. S. s.. THE Mil
itary Value Of the Ship Yard" Lewis
Nixon; Our Trade Relations With
Canada" John w RUSSELL THE Trust
and the Workingman," the Hon. Lloyd
Brice; THE Record Reign" by the
Marquis of Lorne; THE Queens Parlia-
ments," by II. w. Lucy; The Disin-
tegration of Political Party Profess
sor Goodwin Smith; THE Senate and
the Tariff Bill" Henry Litchfield West;
Another Word on Prison Labor,
George Blair.
For significance, variety and interest
of matter, and beauty of illustration,
there rarely issues a magazine equal
to the June number Of ''McClure's.
Professor LangIey's account Of his ten
years of hard study and experiment in
the construction of flying machines,
crowned at last with a machine that
actually solves the problem and proves
mechanical fight to be both possible
and practicable, is a positive contribu-
ton to science: but it is at the same
time a most interesting story OF heroic
patience and effort directed to a noble
end. The paper is illustrated with pic
lures of Professor Langley's own ma
chine (the only fiying-machine that has
ever flown made under his direction.
A series of life portraits of Queen Vic
toria, made timely by the sixtieth an
niversary of her reign, is another at
tractive feature. There are twenty
five of these portraits, all reproduced
with rare beauty and showing Victoria
al various ages, from two years to the
present time Madame Blanc 9th.
Bentzon'O, who has long been assOci-
ated with the Revue des deaux Mon
des,' has an interesting article on the
great Revue" it's founder and first
editor, Buloz, and its present editor,
Brunetiere, who has just finished a
visit and course Of lectures in this
country. Hamlin Garland writes of
Grants First Great Service in the
War" supplying some new. personal
glimpses of Grant.
There is a new Kansas story by Will
liam Allen White. 1t is as genuine as
life, and is the strongest thing the
young Kansas author has yet done.
There are other exceptionally good
stories in the number, several of them
true stories.
The Rosary Magazine (published
by the Dominican Fathers. New York;
has: Carved Beads" Maurice Francis
Egan; Spain. Cuba and the United
States" Hermann Schoenfeid, Phi. D.;
"St. Columbia" Richard Malcolm
Johnston: COLUMBIA or Column kille."
Rev. Charles McCready, LID, NJ. r.:
a Golden Prospect" Eva Van Ness:
THE Rosary and the Holy Eucharist"
Very Rev. J. NJ. L. Monsabre, o. P;
John Cabot; THE Turk in Europe"
William Giles Dix; "A Mexican We'd
ding" Amelie Ursule Mignerez: THE
Children of the Rosary" Aquinas.
The first article in THE Engineering
Magazine" CNew Yor), for June. is by
]. c. Carpenter, upon The Impor
lance Of the Universal Exposition of
1900" Mr.. Charpentier, who is at
present acting Consul-General of
France at New York, reviews in a very
effective and picturesque manner the
striking features of the grounds, build
ings and general plans of the exposi-
ton.
The most significant feature of his
paper, however, is its portrayal of the
valuable opportunities offered to
American xhibftors-manufact
and eXperters-and the great impor-
tance TO our nation of making an ade-
Cuate display. Other nations have
seized the chance with avidity. increas-
ing their space allotment over the area
occupied in 1889. in some cases nearly
twenty-fold. The United States.
Switzerland and Egypt alone have
failed to accept the invitation. France
was first to respond TO our invitation TO
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