The record-union., 1897-02-14

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The Intervention of the inhabitant of
the planet Mars, from whom Du Maui
rler's serial story, THE Marian,
| takes it's name will be the feature or
the installment to be published in the
March number of ''Harper's Magazine"
| (New York;. Either with design or by
a happy accident, the publishers an
nouncement shows that a paper I'M
mediately preceding these chapters OF
THE Marian in the same number viii
bear the title, Astronomical Progress
of the Century" and will trace the de-
velopment of the latest theory Of the
universe, unfolding a scientific actual
ity more stupendous in it's reaches OF
imagination than the cosmography OF
the Divine Comedy or Paradise
| Lost
The story of student life in Cam
bridge England by Edward F. Ben
son, author of "Dodo,' ETC., entitled
THE Babe, B. A. is published in its
American edition by Messrs. G. 2. Put
nam's Sons Technical publication was
made in England on the same date, June
last. The actual publication in London
was, however, in connection with certain
requirements of the author delayed un-
til January. The book has attracted
very immediate attention on the part
of the reading public in Great Britain,
and particularly, of course, among col
l1ege men. Two large editions were called
for within a fortnight of the publication,
and the third edition is now announced.
The Babe belongs to the series OF
books descriptive of college life, a series
which includes Mr.. Posts Harvard
Stories" Mr. Woods Yale Yarns" and
Mr.. Barnes 1.-The Princetonian." Vol
umes are in preparation for the series
presenting in like manner pictures of
college life in Oxford, st. Andrews Scot
land, and Trinity University Oublin).
Volumes are also in plan which are to
be devoted to the student life of CONT
mental universities, such as Heidelberg,
Bologna and Paris.
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With its February number "Harper's S
BaZar" began the publication of an
important series on the women of the
different sections of the country, THE
Women of the Middle West" by Helen
c. Candee, was the initial article of the
series. A paper entitled THE Feath-
cred Ishmaelne," by Marion Harland,
will appeal to d multitude of people
who have suffered from the aggressive
qualities of the English sparrow. A
series by Frances NJ. Steele, Studies
in Historic Dress" also began in Feb
ruary.
William Doxey, publisher, San Fran
cisco, will issue in the coming spring
new books. as follows: "An Itinerant
House and Other Stories" by Emma
Frances Dawson (wierd, ghostly tales,
with a fascination like those of Poe's
ina gination); "Blodgett of Mariposa, -
by E. H. Clough "a striking story of
mining life in the Sierras, full of Incl
dent and action; STORY Of the Old
Missions of California new and en-
larged edition-Laura 3. Powers !;
wild Flowers of California" by Mary
Elizabeth Parsons, with 160 full-page
illustrations, by Margaret w. Buck. A
special edition is in preparation for
subscribers in advance of publication,
to contain six fine plates colored by
hand, "DoXey's Guide to San Francisco
and the Health and Pleasure Resorts
of California" and speciality for
Easter-"A Vintage of Verse;" by
Clarence Urny, the young California
poet whose poetry has met with much
favor from good readers.
The North American Review New
York; for February has these papers:
Powers of the French President" by
the United States Minister to Spain
THE New Epochs and the Currency"
George S. Morrison; Woman Suffrage
in England" Lady Dixie; Medical Ex-
perts and the Homicide" Dr. Henry
Smith Williams; THE Cuba of the Far
East" Hon. John Barrett, United
States Minister to Siam; THE French
Navy" l., by NJ. Georges C1emenceau;
''Will the South Be Solid Again?" Mar
ion L. Dawson; Speculation in Dam
age Claims E. Parmalee Prentice;
Can the United States Afford to Fight
Spain?" A Foreign Naval officer; Con
servatism of the British Democracy"
w E. H. Lecky; South Africa and Its
| Future" by John Hays Hammond; :;
Dogs N Town." George William Win
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triotism," Edward Mortimer Chapman;
Cures Little Thought Of" Eugene
Colman Savidge.
Besides the reviews and editorials.
THE American Catholic Quarterly Re-
view" (Charles A Hardy, PHILADELPHIA
for January to April, has these papers:
Cardinal Lavigerie," by Wilfrid c.
| Csl-;.
was: Father Baraga's Books in Their
Language" Richard r. Elliott; "A
Glance at the Reign of St Louis" Rev
Reuben Parsons, d. D.; Aspects of
Pessimism,' Rev. James Kendall, S. J.;
Church and State" by r. j. NJ: "Hy-
pothetics. Rev. Ernest Reginald Hull
S. J.; "Protestants and the Principle of
Authority in Religion" f. W. Grey;
The Clergy and the Social Problem" :"
Rev George Tyrrell, S. j.: The Pro-
test of Common Sense Against Some
| Common Nonsense" Vincent D. Ross
man; THE Meaning of Scriptural
Numbers" Rev. Joseph H. Rockwell,
S. j.
The weekly issue of "The Living
Age Boston). bearing date February
18th, is the monthly supplement- num-
Der, and including the supplement- con-
| tains ninetysiX pages. Among its
most striking features are "All Souls
Eve in Lower Brittany" a delightful
sketch of the customs and folklore of
the Breton peasants, translated for
''The Living Age from the French of
Anatole lie Braz; the first part of THE
Land of Suspense Mrs. Oliphant's lat