The record-union., 1898-10-17

when DO We Need the Doctor Tor the
Baby?" j. Frank Kahler, M. D.
The October Critic" (New York; is
as good as the September number
which is saying great deal. True, ii
has not Mr.. Lowell as a contributor;
but it has a large and varied assort-
ment of articles that appeal to the low
er Of literature, art and life" After
the Lounger's thirty pages comes
Carl Schurz at Home" by Oswald
Garrison Willard, with portrait and fac
slmile of handwriting. Then there is
a paper on American Author-Diplo-
mats" with fifteen portraits; and one
by Marion Harwood on "a Woman's
Newspaper"-"La Fronde, ,"-and what
1t stands for in French journalism. Miss
Cornelia Atwood Pratt writes Of 'The
Novels of Gilbert Parker" and there
Is an anonymous tribute to "A Model
American" the late Rowland Hazard
OF Rhode Island, each of these papers
containing a portrait. I'm Honor of
IolStoy' is an account of the SEVENTEEN
anniversary dinner in New York, with
full reports of the speeches Of Mr..
Zangwill, Ernest Crosby, Joseph Jeffer-
son and others, and the letters of Mr..
HoWells, Mr.. Steadman, Colonel Hig-
g1nson, etc. "A Rule for Humor' Is
laid down by that brilliant humorist,
the Rev. Gerald Stanley Lee; the drama
of the month is discussed; and reviews
and Acknowledgements of new books fill
out the magazine-which is noteworthy
not only for it's literary contents, and
its half hundred illustrations, but also
for the abundance of publishers an
nouncements in it's advertising pages.
"Gunton's Magazine" for October
CNew York;, one of the foremost of So
cial economic magazines, if not, indeed,
the foremost, has these leading papers,
in addition to the reviews, editorials
and monthly lecture by Professor Gun
ton: Growing Political Sense" "A
History of Canada" Theory of Ma
tional Development" Sound Money
Misrepresentation" Distinguished
Economists: II.-Ricardo." Education
"Gunton Institute Studies for October"
Irrigation as a, Civilizer."
The Forum" (New York; for Octo-
Der has the following strong and varied
table of contents: England and Rus
sia in the Far East" by Godfrey Drage,
NJ. P; THE Populist Conceit-the Free
Coinage Of Silver by the United States
Alone" by Senator Justin S. Morrill,;
About Play Acting" by Mark Twain;
The Conduct of the Cubans in the Late
War;" by Major General o. o. How
ard; Amateurs in War" by A. Maui
rice Low; Our War With Spain, from
the Political Point Of View," by Henry
Litchfield West; THE Dangers of I'm
perialism," by Professor William Mac
Donald; Bismarck" by Professor
Dietrich Schafer; ''Tammany Past and
Present" by Edward Cary; "a Decade
Of Magazine Literature" by Rev.
Charles H. Eaton; "Tramps and Ho-
boes," by E. Lamar Bailey 'Intercolle-
giate Debating" by Cecil Frederick
Bacon; Industrial Investigations: Fall
laciousl Statistics and Erroneous Gener-
alizations," by Jacob Schoenhof; THE
Byron Revival" by Professor William
P. Trent
The "Sanitarian" Dr. A. n. Bell,
Brooklyn, \. Y.) for October, in addi-
ton to copious reports and notes, edi-
torials and technical data, has these
leading papers: Relation Of Public
Schools to Public Health" G. S. Cav
erly, NJ. D.; "Gymnasiums and Play
grounds" Mayor Quincy Of Boston;
Consumption: an Indoor Disease" S.
W. Abbott, NJ. D.; Mistakes of Small
Towns" Harvey B. Bashore, NJ. D.;
Medals, Jetons and Tokens of SAM
tation," H. R. Storer, M. D.; "Tubercu-
losis-Serum Treatment" NJ. Berlioz;
"Creosoforme," NJ. le DR.. Brissonet;
Influenza" NJ. Rappin; Enlargement
Of the Prostrate," NJ le Professor Pom
Get; For Tinnitus Aurium," MN.
Model and Robin; "Pneumotomy for
Gangrene," MN. Ballard and Bernard;
Preventive Medicine-A Quarter Cen
tury of Sanitary Work." by James F.
Hibberd, NJ. D.
Within the new and improved cover
of 'Ev'ry Month" (New York; we find
the usual departments, Interesting
Women" and Mem Of the Month" I'm
der the latter Is the best collection Of
portraits and the most succinct sum
mary Of the American Peace Commits
sion that we have as yet seen. Lovers
OF handsome women will appreciate the
illustrations Of Maxine Elliott. Attalie
Claire and Ethel Barrymore which ap-
pear. An excellent descriptive article
oftthe coronation of Queen Wilhelmina
by an eye witness, under the apt title
OF Little Hollands Great Celebration"
IS profusely illustrated, followed by
Dog Miniatures on Ivory" with ex-
amples of the artists work. ellison
Wlllets contributes a carefully written
article on Types of Feminine Cuba"
with Photographic reproductions of
many social and political types: and an
interesting sketch of How the War
Loan Bond Issue Was Made" helps us
to appreciate the tremendous labor in
VOWED in placing the popular loan
The Case of Loundes" offers a. pathetic
story to those who turn to fiction. and
every woman reader will undoubtedly
STUDY the authoritative articles on
r ashion's Whims and Fancies." The
music IN the number consists Of a bal
lad, Sweet Kitty O'Nei," which has
the genuine Irish Tilt; a caprice for
the piano, Dance of the Moonbeams":
a sentimental song Hearts Ectasv, >,
and an arrangement of the pop,IIar
"Chinee and the Coon" for mandolin
and guitar.
The Overland Monthly" for October
tSan Francisco is handsomely and lib-
orally illustrated Besides the denart-
ments, editorials, reviews and poems
there are these papers: Spanish Mis-
sions in Arizona" Henry P. Aulick.
"Saner," 7. Genone; ''Daybreak in the
Country" Mazda Castelhun; Overland
Prize Photographic Contest; THE
Family Buffer" Anna A. Rogers: ma
lures EellnWShin ,, E,d,rn RI Hri1l,,.r