The record-union., 1898-04-11
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feature of novel interest is the illus
trated anecdotaI biography of Thomas
A. Edison. Joseph Bonaparte's flight
TO America and sojourn here is recalled
in an article. when the King of Spain
Lived on the Banks of the Schuylkill." "
Miss Lillian Bell writes from Berlin
her impressions of the Germans and
the Fatherland Julia Magruder's nov
elette. "A Heaven kissing HILL" is be-
gun. Robert j. Burdette's "Mending
Basket is filed with the spirit of his
homely philosophy, and Why the
White Farm Failed" is quite as humor-
Gus in another vein. "A Cabinet Mem
bers Wife's Letters" are continued,
and another view of Inside OF a Hun
dred Homes" is given. Edward w. Box
writes of the sacredness of the be-
trothal, and the lessons of the flowers;
Barton Cheyney on Buying House
Without Cash." and Mrs. Rorer on food
and cooking for children. Four special
pages are devoted to flowers and home
gardening, and there are half score of
practical articles on the home and its
surroundings, all aimed to make them
brighter and to help the busy house
wife. 1
The April Century" (New York; has
group of papers on the Pennsylvania
coal regions. Henry Edward Rood tells
of the supplanting of English speaking
miners by foreigners from Austria
Hungary and Italy. Jay Hambridge
gives IAN Artists Impressions of the
Colliery Regions Under Coal is
King Edward Atkinson considers 'Th,
Advantages of England and the United
States in the Worlds Commerce. and
Edward w Parker tells of The Supply
of Anthracite Coal in Pennsylvania y
In "A Famous Sea Fight" Claude H.
Wetmore describes the engagement be-
tween the Chilean and Peruvian iron
clads Hon. Theodore Roosevelt. AS
sistant Secretary of the Navy, discusses
Fights Between Ironclads, with refer
ence TO their significance and priority.
Privy Counselor Dr. Slaby of Chariot
tenburg writes of The New I'eleS-
raphy." Elizabeth Robins Penneu tells
OF a delightful trip over the Alps on a
Bicycle" Sarah Y. Stevenson brings 10
a close her series of "reminiscences of the
French intervention in Mexico. with :.
graphic paper on The Fall of Maxi
milan" r. Talbot Kelly, in AN Artist
Among the Fellaheen," describes. in It
picturesque way. village life in Egypt.
4 series of articles on THE Sever;
Wonders of the World" by Professor
l3enjami~, Ide Wheeler. with full page
illustrations by Castaigne, is begun. III
the series of Heroes of Peace" Gustav
Kobbe writes of Heroes OF the Life
Saving Service" a six-page poem by
Bret Harte Her Last Letter" being a.
reply to the well-known poem by this
author entitled His Answer" is illus
trated by c. NJ. Retyea. A further in
stallnent of DR. Mitchelfs Advent
ures of Francois" the conclusion of Mrs.
Harrison's Good Americans char
acteristic novel on Western life. "A
'Goodfellow's' Wife, by Hamlin Gar
land, and a Southern sketch, "A Chai-
lenge," by Richard Malcolm Johnston,
comprise the fiction OF the number.
The Forum for April New vork)
has these papers: Dangerous Demands
OF the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion" President Milton H smith
England and France in West Africa, .
Thomas G Bowles, NJ p, political
Situation in Europe and the East .
General Miles: Central America - VIM.
T.. Curtis; Economics of Genius John
NJ. Robertson: Handel Revival in
Germany Bruno Schrader: English
Governing Oligarchy,' Sidney Low;
Professor MGsterloys Attack ON 5x-
perimental Psychology Professor
Charles B. Bliss; rs There Work