The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1897-06-27
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beautiful picture of Garrick and his
wife done from the original in Windsor
Castle. The text is by Professor John
c. Van Dyke Dr. Weir Mitchell's Sc
rial story, Hugh Wynne.'' brings the
narrative down to the time of Arnold 8
treason. The first of new group of
Illustrated papers on play in London"
by Mr.. and Mrs. Pennell, deals with
Earl's Court Garden, which is consd-
cred as the successor of Vauxhall, ia
nous in history and fiction. Mrs. Cath
erwood, in her serial story, "The Days
of Jeanne DARE brings her heroine
to the camp of Charles, and among
the illustrations by the French artist,
Boutet de Monvel, there Is a graphic
picture of her entrance into Orleans.
Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensselaer, con-
tributes a paper on the interesting
churches of Poitiers and Caen, draw
ings of which by Joseph Pennell accom-
pany the article. There are the open
ing chapters of a serial extravaganza,
up the Matterhorn in a Boat" by
Mrs Marion Manville Pope
The July number of "St Nicholas"
(New York; has a number of patriotic
articles, as BELTS the season The open
ing sketch is by ELLA Sherman Part
ridge, How Grandmother Met the
Marquis de Lafayette" Lieutenant
Con Marrast Perkins writes regretfully
of 1.-The Last of the Drums describing
the gradual passing Of this intrument
from use in the army and navy. Aunt
Portia and the Boys" is a bit of verse
by Mary A. Gillette. ''In the Chesa-
peake MILL by William Abbatt, recalls
the glory of the naval battle between
the Chesapeake and the Shannon. There
is given a fac-simile of a letter by Cen
eral Washington, in which the Father
of his Country confesses to the loss of
his favorite pocketknife, just like any
school boy of to-day Mary Lillian
Herr recounts can Anecdote of Lin
coln,'' showing how when he was
President, he measured his hight with
that of a rough miner in Pennsylva-
MIA town. "Honors to the Flag in
Camp and Armory' are described by
Charles Sydney Clark. A story of Rev
dictionary days is 1.-The Round Glass
Pitcher" by Condit Crane Besides
these articles there are many of a gen.
eral nature Captain H D. Smith of
vice gives some of his interesting ex-
periences while Hunting for Shells
From the Island of Ceylon to the Dry
Tortugas." Apropos of the great cele-
bration in England, James Cassidy
writes of the "Girlhood Days of Eng
lands Queen" gathering many anec-
dotes, illustrating the gracious nature
of her majesty. '"The Little Drummer
of the Woods" by Frank NJ Chapman,
is simple chapter of natural history
devoted to the woodpecker. In John
BENEFITS serial, Master Skylark," the
hero takes part in Christmas revels
before Good Queen Bess.
The July number of Frank Leslie's
Popular Monthly" (New York; is very
profusely and handsomely illustrated
with half-tone and wood engravings.
The matter is voluminous, varied.
instructive and entertaining. The pa
pers are quite too many to be cata-
logued here, and to say that any are
superior to others would demand a
reading of all, to which we cannot GER
tify. Several, however, are valuable
for interest, for instance the paper on
Heroes of the Neutral Ground "Fe-
fish Worship in Ashanti" and "The
Markets of the Mediterranean"
The July number of the Magazine
of Art" (Cassell Publishing Company,
New York and London) has photo
gravure of Mrs. Jordan that is unsur-
passed by art work in any magazine