The record-union., 1898-01-03

The January Century (NeW 1olh'
has the opening part OF Dr. Weif
Mitchells new novel, The Adventures
Of Francois; Founding. Thief JuSgler
and Fencing Master During the ffeiich
Revolution" illustrated by Castalsle
The beautiful Gainsborough portrait OIL
Mrs. Graham, engraved by Cole as tiie
frontispiece, is replaced py aholnei
beautiful Gainesborough, engraved py
Muller. the Portrait of Genefal Jaiiieo
Wolfe" Other contributions OF Eng
lish topics are Scenes from Huxley
Home Life by his son. Among the
French subjects are an article on
Trench Wives and Mothers, by MISS
Anna 7, Bicknell. with illustrations in
his picturesque style by Boutet de
Monvel; short paper ON jean
Charles Cazin," a French artist. with
illustrations and an historical study by
Archibald Forbes, the distinguished
war correspondent. The American ma
terial includes "Recollections of Wash
ington and His Friends" by Martha l..
Phillips, and illustrated by Malcolm
Fraser; Everyday Heroism," a paper
in the Heroes of Peace" group, by
Gustav Kobbe; the continuation of Mrs.
Stevenson's "reminiscences of Mexico,
with illustrations; "The Mysterious
City of Honduras" the recent discover
les in Copan are here described by the
explorer. George Byron Gordon, with a
rich array of pictures by Henry Sand
ham Other fiction, in addition to DR..
Mitchells story, is the third part OF
Mrs Burton Harrison's Good Ameri-
cans" and three short stories-"The
Courtship of Mr. Philip Johns" by
Elizabeth Carroll Shipman; Miss
Stacy's Buryin'- Money" by Alice M.
Ewell, and Madame Butterfly" story
of unusual interest and pathos with an
attractive Japanese heroine, by John
Luther Long, illustrated by Weldon.
The Topics of the Time" deal with
current popular subjects. including
straight" voting, lynching, ETC., and
in .l11ition to the amusing miscellany
in the department of Lighter Vein
there is an open Letter." by Jonas
Stadling, with a facsimile of the mes
sage from Andree with it's envelope,
sent by the carrier pigeon which was
shot on July 10Th.
Rudyari Kipling contributes to the
January st Nicholas (New York; the
second of his ''Just-So Stories" How
the Camel Got His Hump" Oliver
Herford furnishes a number of Illus
trations for it. There is the first chap
ter in a new serial, Through the
Earth" by Clement Fezandie. The
other serials have interesting INSTALL
ments- The lively boys who make up
The Lakerim Athletic Club" by Ru-
pert Hughes; Frank R. Stockton, in
THE Buccaneers OF Our Coast" re-
counts the surprising adventures Of the
noted pirate Bartholemy Portuguez.
The 1.-TWO Biddicut Boys" of Mr.. Trow-
bri.s tale, begin their exciting chase
forsf remarkable trick dog that is one
of leading characters in the story.
The romance of chivalry, With the
Black Prince" by W. O. Stoddard a
timely article on the Greater New York.
by Ernest 1ngersoll. gives the reason
for New York's supremacy. Fred A.
Ober writes of the remarkable Cali
fornia wood-pecker, and describes "A
Birds Storehouse" A ballad thor
oughly in the old spirit is "A Jest OF
Little john" by John Bennett, author
Of Master Shylark." and ]. Rowe Web.
ster contributes modernized fairy
tale in Johnny and the Giant" There
is a Christmas play, suitable for holi-
day production by boys and girls, en-
titled Christmas Eve at Mother Hub
bard's."