The record-union., 1897-06-13

| mand for Tommy has necessitated
the printing of thirty-five thousand
copies. In England, however, it is
| Margaret Ogilvy" which has run up to
thirty thousand in three editions, the
companion volume falling some dis
| tance short of this mark
| The Scribners CNew York; are about
: to publish in their well-known Ivory
Series" story by Thomas Nelson Page
called THE Old Gentleman of the Black
Stock" This series of inexpensive little
volumes now contains some noteworthy
issues, the names of Robert Louis Stew
enson, George w. Cable, E. w. Hor-
nung and 90 being already on its lists.
During June "Harper's Bazar" pub
fishes several very interesting letters
from its London correspondent, giving
prominence to peculiar features Of the
season there at this brilliant period of
| the Queens Jubilee. There is also a Sc
ries of practical papers on THE Guilt
walton of Music in the Home" by Lucia
Purdy, and a thoughtful article by Lii
lie Hamilton French on THE Pundita
Ramabai," who has been doing excel
lent work in behalf of the Indian IA
mine sufferers. Colonel T. w. Higgin-
son, who is spending the summer
abroad, will contribute papers suggest
ed by his experiences in England and
elsewhere.
The July number of "Harper's Maga-
zine" (New York; will contain several
notable features, including the last
chapters of fiction that Du Maurier
wrote, which bring The Marian" to a
close; a paper by W. D. Howells on
THE Modern American Mood and the
first installment of The Kentuckians."
novel by John Fox, Jr Among the
illustrations there will be several by
Du Maurier in an unfinished state Civ
ing an interesting revelation of the art
lists emthods
''Harper's Weekly has secured
timely serial in THE Vintage" by E. P.
Benson, author of ''Dodo," "Limita-
tions" and other popular novels, the
first installment of which is to appear
in few weeks. The scene is laid in
Greece during the war of independence
early in the century and the difficulties
rative are said to be similar to those
they have encountered in their recent
contest with their old enemy. Among
the important features during June will
be the long delayed description of the
New American Navy by Lieutenant
Commander j. d. j. Kelley, U. S. ~,
with four-page Illustration giving a
view of all the ships, and illustrated
articles on the New Library at Prince
ton" the Cuban War;" the New Era
in Canada and the Chess Match Be-
tween the House of Commons and the
House of Representatives.
+ &
The Gentleman Farmer for June
brother Jonathan Publishing Com
pany, Chicago is the sixth number of
a new periodical of over a hundred
pages, very freely and very handsomely
illustrated and exceedingly varied in
contents as a partial list of the feat
ures will show, namely: Farmers in
America and in Ireland" Thomas
Burke Grant; South Florida as a
Farming Country" Walter N. Pike:
The Initiative and Referendum
Charles E. Farnum; AT the Marston
Farm Virginia Hunter; The Guard
ian Saint of Mexico" Lillian Byrn;
The Farm in Literature" Virginia c.
Meredith; THE Pest and the Parsees,'
Noel Nozeroy; Lake Togo in Africa"
Division of AgrOstology, United States
Department of Agriculture Louis
Hermann Pammel; Dairy Farming"