The record-union., 1898-07-11


Ideas, Fancies,'' Mary c. Myer; House
keepers Inquiries by CorTelia c.
Bedford, which always are of deepest
interest to women interested in their
table.
''The Bookman" Oodd, Mead & Co..
New York;, for July has besides the
departments of Chronicle and Com
ment, The Book of Mart," and "Re-
views of New Books" ard many por-
traits and illustrations, these interest
ing and scholarly papers:
Lines" by Paul Kester; "An I'm
published Poem by Thomas Moore" by
James c. Johnson: "A Note on Mr..
Gladstone" by Harry Thurston Peck;
"A Bit of Forgotten Naval History by
Fenimoae Cooper" by G. Pomeroy
Reese; Edward Bellamy: Author and
Economist" by Katharine Pearson
Woods; "A Note on Mr. Cables The
Grandissimes,' by ]. NJ Barrie; Lon
don Letter" by W. Robertson Nicoll;
Paris Letter by Alfred Maniere;
John Splendid" a novel, Chapters
XIX. and Xxx, by Neil Munro; The
Book Hunters by L. S. Livingston.
The Review of Reviews for July
eNeW York; is of special interest, for it
is exhaustive in treatment of current
topics. The editor reviews the whole
campaign up to the landing of our
troops for the advance on Santiago,
showing the part which Lieutenant
Hobsons exploit had in the general
scheme; DR.. William Hayes Ward
treats of HObSon's career as that of the
typical young American student; Ed
Win Emerson, Jr., the brilliant young
newspaper correspondent, gives notes
OF his adventurous journeyings in Porto
Rico last month, and DIR. Max West,
the statstician and economist, sum-
marizes Our New War Taxes" In
ternational Cartoon Comments on Our
War with SPAIN" and the Record Of
Current Events also cover the situa-
ton up to date. The Trans Mississippi
Exposition at Omaha is described by
Henry W. Lanier. The Illustrations in
clude scenes at the opening exercises
June 1st. Readers will turn with spe-
cial interest to w. T. Steads character
sketch of Gladstone. The portraits Of
Gladstone in His Library" Gladstone
Listening" and Mrs. Gladstone are very
striking. There is a unique selection
of poetical greetings and tributes from
America to England. The Review"
promises to publish in it's next number
group of similar greetings in verse
from Englishmen to Americans.
Municipal Engineering" for July
Indianapolis is rich in matter 70 in
terest to all interested in municipal
economy Aside from the many de-
partments, this month we have papers
TD,,.1
ment of Water Works" Methods Of
Collecting Water" Water Meters and
Rates." Cleaning Reservoirs" 'Filtra-
ton and Aeration," Mechanical Filtra-
tion,'' "Ore Filter for Boiler Feed
Water" and there are many reports,
news notes. etc. A more valuable
magazine is not published in the land.
The New England Magazine (Bos-
ton) for July is very freely and hand
somely illustrated Among it's leading
features are: William Ewart Glad
stone" frontispiece; "The Story Of the
Isles of Shoals Gllustrated), Aubertine
Woodward Moore; "A Forgotten Indus
trial Experiment Sara A. Underwood;
'"The Hearts of Men" Ca story, Arthur
Willis Cotton; Hull House." Florence
Kelley: "Recollectiors of New Eng
land Schoolmistress," James r. Gill
more C"Edmund Kirke'O; "a Roman
Puritan" Frank Frost Abbott; Two
Centuries and a Half in Longmeadow,"
Julia M. Bliss; Mrs. Hiram Point
dexter's Front Door" Ca story, Re-
becca Smylie; '"The King Philip Coun-
try" William Adams Slade.
1.-THE Black Cat" for July (Short
story Publishing Company, BOSTON, has
these complete stories: Flicker
Browns Fourth" Sewell Ford; only
a Mistake" Clarence Mako; THE
Hold-Up Near Badgers Bar" Edmund
Stuart Roche; Little Miss SpudS,
Ward P. Winchell, u. S. N; "A Model
Revolution" w. Macpherson Wiltbank
and Sewell Ford.