The record-union., 1898-04-11

contains. also, the first printed descrip- /
tions and illustrations of Commodore
Hcwelrs new roclcet-torpedo gun, which
is expected to use enormous charges oI
dynamite and other high explosives anu
thus revolutionize CLOSE quarters" ell
ga gements between vessels or between
forts and fleets The entire subject OF
coast defense is treated strongly YET
by an artillery officer
Among other illustrations are ten pho-
togr apis of the Names victims ana sur
viyors at Key West. In keeping with
the general contents and the spirit of the
time is an article by Professor Goodwin
Smith on War as a Political Blessing.
The current number of "Harper's
Weekly CNery York; has a front-page
drawing by Frederic Remington of re-
cruits at Fort Slocum: a careful sum-
mary of the public finance Of Spain from
1895 to 1898: correspondence from Ha-
vana, with two pages of Illustrations;
the story of the landing of filibustering
expedition. told by one of the party; a
notice Of the exhibition Of the Society
OF American Artists, with two pages
of reproductions of some of thc pic
lures; the second oart Of Stephen ~
Cranes short story, Death ana the
Child; and an important letter from the
London correspondent, dealing esDecl-
ally with the critical relations Of Eng
land and France at the present moment
in Africa.
The April number of st. Nicholas"
has a varied table of contents. In The
Story of the Wheel" Frank II. Vizetelly
traces the evolution of the bicycle. In
the serial by Rupert Hughes, the MEM
bers of The Lakerim Athletic CLUB
take up the game of bicycle polo, and Ell
gage in a great bicycle relay race. +.
Kitty Koudacheff tells a Russian story,
Miss Ida Tigner Hodnett writes If The
Little Japanese at Home The Bell
Towers Of Italy is the subject of q pro-
fusely Illustrated article by John Ward.
Frank r. Stockton, in his series OF
sketches of The Buccaneers Of our
Coast" takes UP the career of Morgan,
who began life as an obscure Welsh
peasant lad became the most famous OF
freebooters. In the serial by J. T. TroW-
bridge. the Two Biddicut Boys over
take the swindler who sold them the
trick dog Through the Earth, Gle
ment FeZandie's fairy-tale of science,
comes to an end. The serial story for
little girls, Denise and Ned TOOdles, -
by Gabrielle +. Jackson, although 1t IS
founded upon facts, reads as If the hero
inc enjoyed the patronage of fairy
god-mother. There is the usual Drofu-
sion of pictures and sketches and jinSleS.
Bicyclists everywhere will be inter
ested in the article on the League of
American Wheelmen which appears in
the April number of Frank Leslie's S
Popular Monthly (New York;. 1t is
a Well written account of this great
organization from its beginning in 1880,
told by A Cressy Morrison, who, until
the recent election, was the first Vice
President of the league. There ara
more than twenty very good illustra-
tions, including portraits and groups of
wheelmen. In the same number Sena-
tor James H. Kyle has an article on
The Statesmen of Jacksons Period, %
being the sixth paper in this magazines
series on Andrew Jackson. This also
is profusely illustrated. The Island of
by Julius G. Tucker, United States
Consul at that place. William Stevens
Perry, Bishop of Iowa, contributes an
deliberately illustrated article on the
Episcopal Church in this country The
great interest displayed in the Alaska
gold fields makes particularly timely
and attractive the paper on Gold Min
ing in British Columbia >" which treats
the subject from a geological as well
as practical standpoint. Other inter
esting articles are THE Coastguard of
England" AT the Foot of the Pyre-
nees," by Mary de Morgan, and April
Fools Day" There are some excellent
short stories, striking installment of
the new serial, Marie Tremaine," an
illustrated Easter poem, some fiction
for young people, and a talk about new
books.
The Overland Monthly" (San Fran
cisco) for April is freely and neatly