The record-union., 1898-06-01

Good Friday Night" a tender, semi
religious poem, Of unusually fine imag-
NATIVE quality; while, as powerful in
its way as any of the others, and not
the least noticeable of the four, is the
feminine contribution. Miss Anna
Hampstead Branch's Song Of the Wan
dering Dust" poem of evolution, filled
with imaginative strength and eager
intensity, which exhibit the range of
the authors power and mark her as a
coming poet. So strong, original, and
varied collection of verse as this AT
lantic" group has not recently been
given in any magazine, and it's appear
ance goes far to disprove the theory
| that the day of poetry has passed and
| that there are no longer any poets.
Frank Leslies Popular Monthly for
June (New York; gives portraits on it's
patriotically illuminated cover of Gen
eral Miles, Admiral Sampson, Admiral
Schley and General Gomez. There is a
fine colored frontispiece of "A Colonial
Home" and the interior illustrations
are very numerous and very hand
some, being mainly the best order of
half-tones. The text matter is ex-
ceedingly varied = romance, war
sketches, poetry, biography, art, his
tory, religion, travel research, etc. 1t
is an especially fine number.
What to Eat for June (Minneapo-
| lis) is up to it's standard, very COM
| Iplete and handsome number. There
are many articles on topics especially
interesting to the housewife, with
recipes, menu lists housekeeping notes,
advice as to the table and kitchen,
| etc.
'Ainslee's Magazine" for June is at
hand. 1t is the fifth number of a new
periodical issued by Howard Ainslee
& Co., 81 Fulton street, New York. 1t
presents a handsome appearance, is
varied. cleanly, instructive. 1t is freely
and artistically illustrated, and in all
addresses our judgment as a maga-
zine fairly and strongly competing for
place in the periodical field. It's char
acter is indicated by the following list
of contents: Cover design, Gomez
Leads the Charge; frontispiece, 'EX-
change of Prisoners" painted by Gill
bert Gaul; "A Painter of Travel" The
Odore Dresser; The Rush to CariboO," +"
Frederic r. Marvin; "Cuba-1S9S'
(ode), Harold r. Vynne; 1.-The Swash-
buckler's st. Elsie" (story), Theodore
Roberts; Tom Quaritch's Sister (se-
riaD. Stanley ]. Weyman; "A Flower"
(sonneD, Phelps Graham; In the Nick
OF Time (story), Tom Hall; ''Ad Bel
lonam" (ode), Frank l.. Pollock; BE
Blessed (allegory), Henry Sienkiewicz; ;
Song of the Days" poem), w. Tyler
Olcott; Where Battleships Are Built -
Edward AL; THE Trans Mississippi
Exposition Edmund Stowe; Floating
Homes of Naval Officers" (sketch),
Henry Harrison Lewis; 1.-TWO Por-
traits" General Fitzhugh Lee and
Frances Willard); The Duchy of Deo-
donate" (story), Anthony Hope; Null
vaney Regrets Cpoem), Rudyard Kip
ling; Strategy in Modern Warfare
(sketch), a graduate of West Point
The Child Wonder (storyette), Izola
Forester; Letters to Justina"; books
and reading
The 'Womans Home Companion
for June Springfield o. is a charm
ing number, with a new and handsome
| cover AS usual it is very full, very
varied and full of interest as to its
! best matter, while its illustrations are
many and choice. A notable and very
freely illustrated paper is by Cora
| Stuart Wheeler on Court Painters to
| Queen Rose" and another seasonable
and interesting paper is of THE Sum-
mer Piazza" by ]. Harry Adams. A
| notably useful paper is on The Simple
Art of Swimming" by Frank H. Vize-
telly.
| "Pearson's War Pictures" issued
weekly by the Pearson Publishing Com
pany, ia Fifth avenue, New York
is publication giving in a large, bold
form collections of large half-tone pic
lures of subjects related to the presen,
war. We have Nos. / and =, and they
can be very freely commended as well
worth the trifie asked for a number
| The pictures are all from photographs
and in the best process style of half
tone engraving, and serve a good pur-
pose in informing and instructing and
| in correcting erroneous ideas about con-
ditions, warlike and otherwise. With
each picture there is text accompani-
ment that is expository, compact and
clear.
| TIOlil j. 4 lSileI q BEOS., BlDle HOUSE
New York, we have a piece of new
| sheet music, a march (two-step), en-
! titled THE Patriotic American 1t is
| composed by George II. Fisher, and
| seems to be an effective march The
melody throughout is bright and catchy
and combined with a good martial
| rhythm, Which makes this composition
excellently adapted to either dancing
or marching purposes. 1t is arranged
for band and orchestra, as Well as for
piano.
In "Harper's Bazar," published May
Dist, readers who are fond of golf will
find admirably practicable paper by
| Horace G. Hutchinson, entitled Hints
on the Up-Keep of Golf Green's" Miss
Adeia X. Brainerd tells of rowing al
! Wellesley College, which is carried to
| great perfection under the able inStruc-
| ton Of Miss Lucille +. Hill, Wellesley s
| physical director. DR.. Grace n. Kim
ball writes of Women and War;" and
there is a clever and amusing little
| las Black Gown and what it accom-
| plished.
| We have in hand Current History
edited by A. S. Johnson. Vol. s, No. l.
First quarter, 1898 (Boston: New Eng
land Publishing Company. Somerset
| street,. While the war with Spain is
| absorbing the attention of the press in
| general largely to the exclusion of
! other tonipc of imDortanpa we note