The record-union., 1898-12-31
Wasserman, Davis 6 CO.

tory" the third installment of which
| appears this month, bids fair to become
a classic in it's kind
"St Nicholas" CNew York; starts out
upon the New Year with drums beats
ing and colors flying, though it is
wholly innocent of references to the
war It's nearest approach to the SUBJ
ject is the opening article, Three Lit
tie Spanish Princesses," by Isabel Nc
Dougall, with three full page reproduce
tions of paintings by the greatest Of
Spanish portrait painters, VelasqueZ. 1t
is a far cry from these grave little
Spanish ladies, buried long ago, to-
Mark Twain's Pets ''the prettiest
and daintiest mousers that ever bask-
ed in an atmosphere of fame" "The
Pillow Fairies" in Miss Annie Willis
McCulloughs poem, do just the things
that pillow fairies do in real life we
have had Mr.. Herford's amusing
rhymes about THE Bashful Earth
quake and now comes Helen A. Haw-
ley's Harmless Earthquake that
alarmed the occupants of New York
tenement house when the New Year
was born. A brave array of family
racy of THE Raid of the Raffertys," by
r. w. Raymond-the rollicking, rhyn-
ing legend of Miss Martha Lucretia
Frisbie Todd, who was very rich and
very odd, and lived in a dreary dream
apart. till her poor relations woke her
heart. e. II. House continues to turn
the Bright Sides of History toward
the readers of 'St. Nicholas" puns and
renarfpp and Sfafl1ac worth tl,o;,. ,,-os~~l.%
in gold, being his themes this month.
Christmas and New Years and other
stories and poems abound, over such
popular names as George A. Henty.
Gelett Burgess, Albert Bigelow Paine
and Carolyn Wells, and 'Tntercollegiate
Basketball for Women" teens with pic
lures of girls dressed for all the world
like so many football players. The
magazine is rich in Illustrations.
"Poi'' is the national dish of Hawaii.
The January number of What to Eat
tells how it is made and how it is
eaten. Six Santiago recipes. by lady,
who has lived there is another contri-
button to this number. The New Years
cover and frontispiece are beautiful,
and the inside illustrations are gorgeous
as usual. oscar, or the w dluOLA, tens
how to give dinners Jannette Hill gives
rules for a tea" and stories and jokes
and seasona BILE verses abound as they
always do in this novel publication.
Pierce & Pierce. publishers. Minneap-
oils.
The Cosmopolitan" for January
(New York; is richly illustrated, and
it's variety of matter is unsurpassed.
Chief among its features are: The
Making of Stained Glass Windows"
Theodore Dresser; Princes of Egypt"
Charles Chaille-Long; I'm Dreamy Ha-
wall" George w. Merrill; "The Conn
ing Electric Railroad" illustrated, Sid
ney III. Short; "Joseph's Dream" GranL
Allen; "Electing a Governor Samuel
G. Blythe; Banked Fires" Anna Az
Rogers: Irish Leaders in Many Na-
tions," John Paul Bocock; "a Curious
Indian Burial-place," Jennie LoWn'
1.-The Jews in Jerusalem" Edwin )
Wallace; Autobiography of Napoleon
Bonaparte"; For Maids and Mothers
The Overtaught Woman" Harry
Thurston Peck: "Some Picture-B BookS
of Olden Days. Mary E. Allen; Great
Problems in sOrganization-VL Eco-
nomic Organization" Charles r. Fhnt'
THE Philippines-Shall They Be An
nexed?" A. III. WITHHELD "A Plea 10
Peace (poem). Ella Wheeler Wilcox;
I'm the World of Art and Letterss
Some Plays and Their Actors. -