The record-union., 1898-06-19

Fleet of 1861" by Frank p. McKibben.
in this number Of the magazine, is par
ticularly opportune. 1t is an account of
an attempt made by the Government
Of the United States during the civil
war to blockade the Southern ports.
Mrs. Amelia Leavitt Hill gives us q
Glimpse at Colonial Schools" partic-
ularly the early schools of Massachu-
setts. and this is followed by a paper on
"A District School Seventy Years Ago"
by Reuben A. Guild. Edward Everett
Hale announces the discovery of what
he believes to be Benjamin franklin s
ballad on Blackboard. the Pirate. Miss
Susan Showers gives vivid descrip-
tion of "A Weddin' and a Buryin' in
the Black Belt" Ex-senator ingalls,
contributes an article about the coming
Omaha Exposition. There are two good
stories in the number-one by Kate
Gannett Wells, entitled "A Reminiscent
Honeymoon" the other by Caroline
TicknOr, entitled The Geranium Lady
and several poems. The Editor S
Table" is devoted to the subject of the
"Old South Historical Pilgrimages,
describing the popular pilgrimages un-
der the auspices of the Old South His
torical Society.
An excellent likeness of Miss Iaude
Adams looks at US from the cover cf
''Ev'ry Month" for June (New York;,
and serves as an Introduction to an
interesting article on THE Little Min
ister''-Novel and Play, in which Beau
mont Fletcher shows the difference be-
tween the book and the comedy. The
Department, Interesting People," is
timely, containing excellent portraits
and pithy biographies Of Secretary
Long, General Alger. Secretary of War;
General Woodford, Hon. John Sherman.
Admirals Dewey, Sampson and Schley,
also Miss Macnichol, the contralto CT
the Castle Square Opera Company, and
Miss Nielsen, recently with the Bos-
| tOnians. handsomely illustrated ar
| ticle on picturesque Vienna" follows,
which with a short story, The Flame
of Success" another installment of
! Parliamentary Law for Women
Clubs" and Fashions for June" make
up an exceedingly good number.
| AS usual, the feature Of the magazine
| is the offering of new copyrighted music
| which includes for this month {. sea-
sonable war song, Our Country May
She Ever be Right" by Paul Dresser
descriptive piano piece, The Battle
of Manila by Eduard Hoist; a ballad
said Nancy" by Charles Graham, and
Belle of the Ballroom" a schottische,
| by w. l.. Gilmour.
liable Talk" Philadelphia) for June
| opens with an article on Food ans!
| Fuel Economics" by Mrs. Colt Elliott,
giving therein some personal expert
ences. 1t is followed by I'm Search of
| the Blue Dragon" by Martha Bockee
| Flint, the description of delightful
summer outing, instituted by cnthu-
siastic collectors of old and odd china.
In this issue Mrs. Grinnell gives the
last in her series of three papers
Mothers and What They Eat" There
are also Hints for Summer Serving
| by Milbrey Ewing Fall; some recipes
| for In Cherry Time" "A Second Chap
! ter on Sour Cream Cookery" as we'll as
the usual valuable departments which
are full of new suggestions on all points
| of interest to women, in new recipes
and fresh menus.
THE Cosmopolitan Magazine for
| June (New York;, richly and profusely
| illustrated, has these papers, besides
the departments: Liquid Air" CEas.
z. Tripler; In Havana Just Before the
War;" Frances Courtney Baylor; Pre-
vious Expeditions to Tropical Coun-
tries" General A. w. Greedy; Trans
| formation of Citizen into Soldier
| Vaughan Kester; Lovers Day at a
State Camp Irving Bacheller; BON
bardment of Zanzibar r. Dorsey Mo-
| hun; The Gray Mills of Farley" Sara
Orne Jewett; The Last Throw" Win
grove Bathcn; From Three to Six,
Dancing" Anna A Rogers; The Story
of His First Battle" Charles B. Lewis;
"Guillaumette," Max Pemberton.
"Gunton's Magazine" for June (New
York, the Gunton Company has, be-
sides short editorials, these strong, Wig
orous papers: "A New Note of Prog
ress," 1.-The American Spirit, What
We Owe to Hamilton Teachers Pen
sions,'' THE Philippines-an Unknown
Empire "Gladstones Public Career
Science in War;" Editorial Crucible. I"
Henry Georges Last Book" How
Figures Can Lie" DO the Railroads
Rob the Government"
Pearson's war pictures, number 4. is
at hand. These beautiful half-tones,
large, bold and we'll printed, are is
sued weekly, sixteen pictures in each
book; half quarto. They are instructive
education, and address as We'll the art
taste. pearson Publishing Company,
ia Fifth avenue, New York;.
Phil Robinson, the war correspond
ent of the Pail Mall Gazette" whom
the Spaniards have put into Jail at
ers on outdoor subjects in the English
magazines. His latest contribution
Some Notable Dogs in Fiction''-is re-
printed in THE Living Age" for June
11th, from the Contemporary Review
The article on Spain and the United
States, from the Revue des DeuX
Mondes," which The Living Age has
republshed in translation, is by no
means SO bitter in it's view of the
American case as the expressions of
the Partisan journals; but the pro-
Spanish feeling is unpleasantly mani
fest. Rene Bazin's novel; with All
Her Heart" Paul Bourgeois sketches,
Pierre Lofts Spanish sketches, and now
Neil Munro's stirring story, John
Splendid" make a remarkable assem-
bIage of serial copyright attractions for
a single year of the Living Age" This
splendid eclectic never deserved its title
better than now; for it's presentation
of English and Continental opinion on
the various aspects of the war between
the United States and Spain is fresh,
full and widely representative; yet it