The record-union., 1898-01-03

New Books" cover such timely topics
as Hawaiian annexation and the great
strike in England.
| Barring -Gould's forthcoming novel
is to be called ''Bladys of the Stew
pony" 1t is an historical romance of
the close of the last century. The
scene is laid partly near the famous
Stewpony Inn, near Stourton Castle, at
the time when the country on the road
to Chester was infested with highway
men, and partly at Shrewsbury. The
story concerns the last instance of the
burning of woman for petty trea-
son." l. e., the murder of her husband.
which took place at Shrewsbury in
1870. The very interesting Red Sand
stone country with it's inhabited caves.
the refuge of the highwaymen and
their confederates, is described.-Fred.
A. Stokes Company, New York.
''Lppincott's Magazine for January
(Philadelphia) has these features:
JOHN Olmstead's Nephew" Henry Will
lard French; 1.-The Eastern Shore"
Calvin Dill Wilson; "A Detective Who
Detected" Philip G. Hubert, Jr.; ''Ir-
rgation From Under Ground" John E.
Bennett; Christmas Gold,'' Owen Hall;
To-day in the Bible" William Cecil
Elan; Druggists, Ancient and Mod
ern,'' Oscar Herzberg; christmas Eve
at Bilger's," Frank H. Sweet; Wolf
Children, George Archie Stockwell;
Some Botanic Gardens" George Ethel
bert Walsh; "Canuck and Raout," Eliz-
abeih Knowlton Carter; ''Froissart,"
Emily Stone Whiteley.
A racy sketch, "The Breaking In or
a Cowboy" by c. L. Andrews, now of
Juneau, Alaska, leads the list of at
fractions in the January Midland
Monthly CDes Moines). "a White
Day. follows-a prize descriptive
sketch, by Minnie Stichter. United
States Consul Bell of Sidney, Australia,
writes of Australian Aborgines; Mrs.
M. c. Faville, pictures Quaint Old
Norfolk" Carrie Wyatt Banks sketches
royalty life in Hawaii and Leigh Les
lie tells the romantic story of Empress
Eugene and Dr. Evans, recently de-
ceased. In this number Colonel Grant
disappears, and in the next General
Grant Will enter on his career. There
are more, and perhaps better, stories
. than usual in this midwinter fiction
number. The Midland" enters upon
its fifth year in full enjoyment Of it's
well-earned right to live and grow.
| 'Harper's Magazine" for January
| (New York;, richly illustrated, has
these special features: "Rodens Cor
| ner, a novel, part l. four illustrations,
, including frontispiece in color, by Hen
ry Seton Merriman. "A Group of Play
? ers. seven illustrations, from unpub-
lished paintings by F. D. Millet and
; Oliver Lay, and from rare photographs
in the possession of the author; engrav-
, ings by E. Schladitz and H. c. Merrill,
by Laurence Hutton; THE Blazing
Hen Coop" twelve illustrations). by
Octave Thanet; "Frescoes of Runkel-
, stein," by w. D. McCracken; "Massai's 8
! / Crooked Trail five Illustrations, by
l Frederic Remington; Stuttgart, part
: III, the Ancient City, (seven illustra-
/ tions), by Elise J. Allen; THE New
Northwest" by ]. A. Wheelock" The
; short stories are 'The King Of Beaver" /"
} | by Mary Hartwell Catherwood illus
tratad; "Margrave, Bachelor" by Clara
, Maynard Parker, illustrated; "The
Sixth Sense" by Margaret Sutton Bris-
/ 1 coe; Between the Lines at Stone
River" by F. A. Mitchell. illustrated; !;
: "A Holiday Episode" by John c. Ochil-
!. 4 tree, and "A Fable for Youths" by
Alice Duer. The poems are by Francis
) Sterne Palmer Louise Belts Edwards
; and Richard S. Spofford. In The Edi-
tors Study" Charles Dudley Warner
: | discusses Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker
| and Tennyson as the interpreting gen.
ius of the nineteenth century. "The
! Editors Drawer" opens with a story
| entitled Journalism at fuckers
: Guleh," by Hayden Carruth Other
! contributions are by Peter S. Newell.
: A b. Frost, Albert e, Sterner and
William McNair, Jr
! The New Year number of "Godey's
: Magazine" CNew York; presents an un-
usually full table Of contents, with many
: | special features. The leading fiction
: Ipiece is new serial by Stanley Edwards
: johnson, dealing with the loves. avarice
l and hidden treasures of characters
drawn from history. There are seven
other new stories in this number, among
them an Oriental tale, "The Light of
Persistan," by Svetozar Ivan Tonjoroff.
ana Inc Legend or the Chinese Lily .,
: by Idah M. Strobridge Several short
$ sketches and an amusing farce add spice
to the fiction of the month. In this num-
Der George C. Lay begins his ''Prelimi-
E nary Period of Revolution" and carries
the reader to the epoch of the Stamp
: Act" In "Triumphs Of Amateur Pho
tography'' (second paper Mr.. Humpn-
I rey treats of the work of F. H Day The
: illustrations reveal the possibilities Of
!. photogra phic art. George f. Walsh con-
e tributes an essay on Snake Venom and
{; its Antidote," and Frank w. Crane tells
( of the Small Beginnings Of American
< Literature" A singular contribution
is THE Diary of an Insane Patient" by
: Virginia Meredith. written from the
: actual words OF a lunatic. Rupert
S Hughes continues his American Con-
f cert Singers" and proves Americas po-
: sition in music. Josephine L. Bannister,
e under the caption, Our Distant Colony
5 tells OF the marvels and charm of
i | Alaska. The literary review and edi-
: torial departments are unusually full.
e The metropolitan" for January