The record-union., 1898-11-21

Boston almost a hundred years ago.
and 1t Is told in the best style of the /
accomplished author (Dodd, Mead & |
Co., New York, publishers)
From the Stuyvesant Publishing
Company, New York, we have copy
OF the second edition of Randall Irving
Tyler's business romance, entitled
Four Months After Date" with very
handsome illustrations by Kaufman
1t is story of adventure in a field
not much invaded. Love. sentiment
business, theory and hard facts are
interviewer in a very interesting tale,
In which the author proves that he has
very correct insight into the ways Of
the business and social world.
THE Treasure Divers is by Charles
Frederick Holder of Pasadena, CAL,
author of Along the Florida Reef,
Natural History Tales etc. It is
boys adventures in the depths of the
sea. 1t is richly and very profusely
ILLUSTRATED by Walter c.. Greenough,
and is from the press of Dodd. Mead
& Co., New York. The author says,
| in Introducing his deeply interesting
book, one of strong attractions: The
| object of the present volume is to pre-
sent a. vivid picture of life under the
| sea as it is now understood by the aid
of the deep-sea dredging of the British
ship Challenger, our own Alhatross,
! and the French ships Talisman and
| Travailleur. To accomplish this, yes
sci something on the lines of the Hol-
| land submarine torpedo boat recently
| investigated by this Government, and
supposed to be able to resist the enor-
nous pressure, is equipped for trip
to the deep sea. The crew, as divers
in search of the treasure of ancient
wrecks, in their wanderings are
brought face to face with the weird
inhabitants of the deep sea. With
the exception of the sea serpent, all
| the animals mentioned are known to
science or have been found by some OF
the expeditions referred to, and the de-
scription of their lights and habits
compares with the actual conditions
so far as can be determined.
The Emperor of China and Kang
Yu Wei, his adviser, have gone down,
and UP have come the Empress Dow
ager and Ii Hung Chang, which means
that down have gone definite reform
measures in Government administra-
ton, army reorganization and the insti-
tuition of Western education through
out the empire, and UP have come
knavery, moth-eaten custom, and
attendant evils. According to writer
in 'Harper's Weekly New York; for
November 9TH, the undercurrent of
feeling in China is:
/. That the Empress Dowager is a
second Lucretia Borgia. 1t is asserted
that she had previously killed two
Emperors, Hsien Feng and Tung Chih
Since September 22d she has ordered
the murder (decapitation without
triaD of from fifteen to twenty Of the
leading reform advisers of the late
Emperor.
2. There is uniform belief that no
dependence can be placed on the re-
ports sent out from the palace as to
whether the Emperor is dead or alive.
3. The Emperor was gaining in ia
vor partially from the fact that Kang
Yu Wei, a Chinaman, Aas advising
these reforms rather than a Manchu,
and if the Emperor is not restored they
demand that England take over China.
y
lustrated 1.-The People of Dickens" for
the Ladies Home Journal" The pic
lures were so successful that this year,
and during next year, w. L. Taylor.
the New England artist who has made
such rapid strides in his art, will illus
trate THE People of Longfellow"-.l
also for 1.-THE Ladies' Home Journal
Philadelphia. The poems selected are
THE Psalm of Life" ''Hiawatha, -
'Evangeline,' sThe Courtship of Miles
Standish," THE Childrens Hour
THE Village Blacksmith and others
"The Bookman'' for November
Dodd, Mead & Co., New York; is a
larger number than usual. 1t over
flows with good things besides the de-
partments. Among it's chief features
are: 1.-The Drama Of the Month";"
with portraits of Richard Mansfield as
"Cyrano," and Joseph Jefferson as
Bob Acres" Norman Hapgood; "A
Century of American Illustration, T."
Arthur Hoeber; "A Thought Caroline
Benedict Trowbridge; "The Great
God Pan" Regina Armstrong; "Octo-
ber Love-" Curtis Hidden Page; "A
Political Judge of the Seventeenth Cen
tury," Edward M. Cole; sStephane
Mallarme," Harry Thurston Peck;
"The First Books of Some American
Authors" Luther S. Livingston "In
the Twilight of Love-" Thomas Walsh;
Contemporary German Literature,
ILL.," Kuno Francke; I'm Zolaland,''
Frank Moore Colby; "The Dawn of the
Russian Novel, H." Melville Joyce;
Some Recent Verse" H. t. p; Moon
Flowers" John B. Tabb; "A Literary
Causerie," Clement Shorter; Literary
Paris" Adolphe Cohn; BELL Wethers,"
Ernest McGaffey
The .North American Review" for
November f291 Fifth avenue. New
York;, edited by David A Munro. has
these papers: The Far Eastern Cri-
sis," Archibald r. Colquhoun; ma
tional Public Health Legislation" u. i
o. B. Wingate. M. D.; Norway Re-
visited" Edmund Gosse: Powers of |
the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion.'' Hon. Charles A. Prouty: .sThe |
Maroons of jamaica Lady Blake: |
Bismarck and Motley" J. P. Grund;
THE Passion for Distinction" Pro-
fessor NJ. F. Egan, IL. D.: Bank
ruptcy Laws, Past and Present" w. |
drew Lang; italian Anarchists" Pro- |
Problems" Hon. Hannis Taylor late
United States Minister to Spain: "The |
Zionist Conference" the Rev. DR.. III. |
Pereira Mendes; Postal Currency for
Small Remittances,' c. w. Post; .4The |
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