The record-union., 1898-12-22

S. Henry Dessau, NJ. D.; "Children's
Christmas Gifts" Emile Hoffman;
Childhood of the Nineteenth Century"
Ellen Lee Wyman; 'Intantile Intestinal
Catarrh,' W. r. Beatie, M. D.; The
Spread of Contagion," Edwin Rosen-
thai, NJ. D.; Christmas Work for Baby
Fingers" Caroline Hardy Patton;
What is Motherhood?" Katharine
Louise Smith; Christmas Presents"
Helen Raymund Wells.
THE Outlook for December Sd (2S1
Fourth Avenue, New York; is a capital
number of one Of the sturdiest and most
helpful magazines of the day. 1t has
weekly newspaper issue and a month
ly magazine issue and it is the latter
We have now under notice. The papers
treat Of all current topics of world and
national interest, Of books and authors,
of religious activity, of politics and the
national policy, ETC., and in addition
there are these contributed papers:
"a Years Best Books chosen by
Outlook readers "The Dreyfus Case
Adolphe Cohn; Poets on Their Own
Poems" Jeanette L. Glider; "a Back
Log Song" Paul Laurence Dunbar;
Some Famous Schools: New College
and Oxford Hamilton w. Mabie;
James Russell Lowell and His Friends
Chapter XIV. Closing Years" Edward
Everett Hale: 'Abbe Constantine Cas-
sock" by Miranda translated from the
| French by H. TwitchelD.
"Gunton's Magazine" for December
| (New York; one Of the most advanced.
thoughtful, vigorous and brilliant es-
say magazines of the age, has these
papers: New York in the Senate"
Labor Copartnership, "Dr. Savage on
Pessimism,'' "Civic and Social Re-
FORMS" Sugar Beet Industry in Amer
ica," distinguished Economists: VI
Karl Marx" Atkinson and Silver"
| Equitable Basis of Interest" Gun
ton Institute Studies for December
practical Craftsmanship"
"The American Chess Magazine for
December New York; has full page
collection of portraits of Presidents Of
American chess clubs, and other illus
tretions Among the chief articles are
THE Theaters." W. Pulitzer; Harris
j. Chilton's Voting Acts; Famous
Men Who Played Chess Pulitzer;
| American Chess Periodicals." John G.
White; Solitaire and Mathematics, E.
3. EscOtt; Leaders of European
Chess" A. Mocatta; Nebraska Chess
Association; THE Promotion of a
Pawn" by John Preston Campbell;
The Janowski- Showalter Match" with
Notes by Jasnogrodsky, Kemeny, Pills
bury and steinitz''; "A Chess Funeral"
j. Feibel; American Problem Compos-
ers-B. Barnett" by F. NJ. Teed; "a
New Voyage to Brobdingnag," G. Reich
held; Problem Department" Problem
Solving"
THE HousekeeDer" for December
(Minneapolis) like it's predecessors. is
we'll filled with matter of interest to the
home, and especially to the housewife.
1t is a coservative, neat, we'll edited
journal and useful in any home.
The program souvenir of the annual
entertainment of the San Francisco
Press Club December Sth) is upon our
table 1t is a silk cOrd-bound volume
of 40 pages in artistic Illuminated COW
ers, handsomely printed and richly il
lustrated. It contains exterior and in
terror views of the club quarters a
photograph Of Hil's Grand Canyon of
the Colorado, which hangs in the club
rooms views in and about San Fran
cisco, portraits of a large number of
musical and theatrical artists portraits
of many club members, and of distir-
guished San Franciscans, views on the
atrical stages, etc. There is a paper
4l,;.,
gram souvenir, and papers by w. c.
Bunner, T. H. Van Frank, and James
S. Tyler. 1t is, all in all, very elab-
crate and handsome souvenir, decided
novelty and a credit to the Press Club.
'"The Philadelphia Record (Philadel-
phia) always issues with New Years
valuable almanac. That for 1899 is at
hand and is gust a notch or two better
than any of its predecessors. 1t is filed
with valuable tables, statistics, sport
ing records, chronological order of great
events of 1898, turf, aquatic, ball, ten
mis- and other records, Congressional
directory and guide notes to Phila-
delphia and vicinity, together with
very concise yet very complete history
of the war. 1t is a model issue and
will be found of great value for ready
reference and authoritative record.
"Self Culture for December (Werner
Company, Akron, o.. 1t is a superior
number freely illustrated and is in its
text matter exceedingly varied and val
liable. We place Self Culture" among
the first Of the high class and valuable
magazines of the age. Comparatively
a new conner, it has early won it's laurel
Among the many features this month
we note paper on '"The Sunnyside IF
Empire" by Professor Goldwin Smith;
Rev DR.. Dennis paper on Imperial
Pilgrims to the Holy City,; ''The Que
bee Conference" by John N. Blake;
'"The Stay-at Home Voter" by E. L.
Vincent: "The Strength Of Constitu-
tions," by Dr. r. c. Mackall; 'The Ma
tion's New Departure by H. c. Beiin;
Mr.. Howells and Some of His Novels.
by Adele NJ Gavigues; "Pre-Raphael-
itism in England" by Irene c. Byrne;
What the Late Election Means" by J.
Dewitt Warner, and other valuable pa
pers besides the departments on clvlcs
and sociology, art and music, education,
religious thought, woman and the home,
literature, youths department and bus
mess and finance.