The record-union., 1898-01-31

above. a standard guide for farmers
and gardeners, contains much informa-
ton, and is sent free to persons writing
for it.
The third of Rudyard Kiplings Just
So Stories appears in the February
st. Nicholas (New York;. 1t tells
How the Rhinoceros Got His Wrinkiy
Skin" The tale has full-page illus
trations by Oliver Herford. Mr. Stock
tons serial THE Buccaneers of our
Coast" takes up the adventures of Bar
tholemy and Roc. The twelve boys
who make up THE Lakerim Athletic
Club" in Rupert Hughes serial, find a
lull in the season of athletic contests,
and engage in a royal snow-fort battle.
~. r. Trowbridge's 1.-TWO Biddicut
Rovsv continue their exciting
search. William o. Stoddard, in his
historical romance, with the Black
Prince" describes the battle of Crecy
In Clement Fezendie's fairy tale of sci
ence, Through the Earth" the tunnel
is finally pierced through the earth
and the car is dropped into it for its
first tourney. Carrie Clark Noting
ham contributes pretty story for very
little SlI1S, uiiuGi titC tieiS VI
bells Gift" F. H. Spearman describes
some Queer American Rivers. Inc
Quick Horse" by F. S. Dellenbaugh, is
an account of the remarkable results
attained in training horses for the
American fire departments. ii. A. og
den. the artist, contributes bit OF
Revolutionary history in How Wo-
man Saved the Army" with lllustra-
tions by himself The incident oe-
scribed occurred at Whitmarsh. near
Philadelphia, in December, ltft, ana
the heroine was a Quakeress named
Lydia Dalram. There are a number or
sketches and jingle5 for the little ones,
and plenty of pictures by. favor1te illus
traitors.
Almanacs multiply in the land. but
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standard authority among almanaes
probably belongs to that of the New
York Tribune" What Whittaker'a
is abroad, the Tribune Almanac" is in
America The number for 1898.
copy Of which lies before us. is the
largest ever issued by the Tribune,
containing $40 pages and having va
riety of new features of some interest
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in the course of a year to some book
of reference for public statistics, the
platforms of parties, the names ana
salaries of Government and State ofIi-
cials and the returns of recent elections,
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rect information than the Tribune AL
ba tn Crh and the
Graeco-Turkish war are reviewed. the
Dingley tariff bill is given in extenso,
and in addition there are the usual va
riety OF statistics on finance, trade. ag-
rculture, coinage, banking. production
of the precious metals. public revenue.
population colleges, education. promi-
nent societies, railroads. telegraph ana
telephone companies, public debt and
expenditures, fires, and other import
ant matters. The most important or
recent laws by Congress and the State
Legislature fill many pages. For %
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er will obtain a valuable work, when
he will have occasion to refer to. ana
always with profit, scores of times a
year. The almanac is mailed for =
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The New York World Almanac for
1S9S' is really an encyclopedias II over
flows with statistical historical and
general reference matter, and in that re-
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