The record-union., 1898-01-10

Woodward Clou; Libraries and Lii
brarians." with illustration, JOSEPH
Dana Miller; "One Hundred Best Books
for Village Library w. Fleming Phil
! lips and Ellis Fame; From Our Town,
Melaine Elizabeth Norto; "Dr. John
sons Politics.. John Sargeaunt; STRAY
Proposals. W. Pett Ridge; walt
Whitman" with numerous portraits
| and autographs M. A. DeWolfe Howe;
| "A Note on Professor Henry Drisler,
with portrait, Harry Thurston Peck;
John Splendid a tale, Neil Munro;
Paris letter, Alfred Maniere.
The illustrated Chicago edition of the
New York Musical Courier" for the
| holidays is a superb number. The New
York publishers have outdone them
selves in issuing this handsome number
| of the Courier 1t is alarge quarto
| with a special Illuminated cover in col
ors. consisting of fortyeight pages and
three double supplements. One OF
these is a double-page full sheet, half
tone picture of the Chicago Orchestra
| being led by Theodore Thomas at the
Auditorium; another is of similar size
presenting the portraits in half-tone of
cago; the third presents eleven por-
traits of Chicago artists The pages
| are filled with musical notes, gossip and
criticism, with a preponderance OF per-
sonal sketches of musical celebrities,
with portraits. There are, however,
articles on other subjects. with still
other illustrations, such as portraits OF
Nansen and his wife and pictures of
rod Op %
occasion of Nansen's return, public
buildings and views, etc. In all, 1t is
a choice number.
Municipal Engineering for January
Indianapolis has been received. AS
heretofore this invaluable magazine Is
overlooking with matter of profound in
terest to all officials in city government,
sanitarians. road and street engineers,
Boards of Trustees, Mayors and execu-
tive and ministerial officers OF towns
and cities If this magazine IS not
taken and studied by officials of cities,
then they fail to keep abreast with the
advance of the times in street work,
drainage, sewering, sewage disposal,
general construction, city lighting,
bridges. general sanitation, waterworks
and municipal engineering generally.
-Four O'Clock is a monthly maya
zine of original writings published by
A. l.. Swift e. Co., New York, edited
by Charles Fletcher Scott and under
the art supervision of Carl Werntz. 1t
has been in the field one year and has
won success It contains some very
clever loose sheet illustrations in black
and white and wash and a budget of
short stories and sketches, crisp and of
good character The loose sheet draw
ings, pen and ink and wash. is new
idea and a good one, as all these are
worthy of preservation in art albums.
The "Black Cat" for January (Short
Story Publishing Company, Boston, has
these features: I'm the Cabin of the Ben
Bolt (S1OO prize story, Bert Lesion Tay-
lor: "Bigler's Barometer, Sam Davis;
THE Skyland Treasure" Frank Bailey
Willard; I'm the Mohawk Club Theo-
dore Roberts; 'Reincarnation," Stanley
Edwards Johnson.
The Partisan" magazine for January
(New York; freely illustrated has these
papers: Francois Coppee Calendar for
1898" illustrated: 'Madeline's Lover,
Marie Thiery, illustrated; Little
Hands Of the Past Henry Bouchot, il
Illustrated; Souvenir of a Private Secre-
tary," Alphonse Daudet; Cairo" Abel
Chevallez, illustrated; AN Unexpected
Marriage" TIL. BENTON; THE Forty
Immortals II. Buffenoir, illustrated