The record-union., 1898-12-31
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

sIs the American Girl Really Eman-
| cipated?" by Gertrude Atherton;
| Should a Marriage Engagement Ever
Be Broken OFF," by Florence 1. Hatch
Mrs. Phillips, Mrs. Morgan, Marion b.
Howe and Cora Darlington, and Brides
and Bridegrooms in the Honeymoon
Period" by Mrs. E. T. Cook, are three
subjects discussed by leading writer's IN
the January issue of the American
| Queen" (New York;. ''Music in Amer
! ica'' is the subject of a clever paper
| by Marguerite Merington, the famous
playwright, done under the pen name
| of Octave Annie S. Swan, Grace How
ard Pierce and Mary j. Stafford contri-
butte the fiction Abby Underwood fur
nishes a page Of fancy dress costumes
for children's parties and page OF
! fashions for adults. The embroidery
department has a number of original
designs by Anna I. Roberts. Mary
Easton writes on beauty and the toilet.
The cookery and domestic science de-
partment is done by Blanche Gillette,
and a number of photos of the art stu
dios Of famous artists are given to fur-
nish suggestions for home decorating
Walter c.. Greenough, the famous
painter and sculptor, furnishes the
frontispiece, titled Time and the New
Year The drawing is strong and we'll
executed. Suggestions for home enter
tainnlents during the winter evenings
are by Mabel Hitler. How to Carve
for the Family Table" by Blanche Gill
lette; ''Decollete Gowns for Unattrac-
tive Shoulders" by Mary Easton; an
Illustrated calendar for 1899, by
Rummler, as we'll as other special ar
ticles, and about a hundred original il
Illustrations, make up the New Years
number.
"Harper's Magazine" for January
superbly and profusely illustrated. has
these special features: THE Naval
Campaign of 1898 in the West Indies, !"
by Lieutenant S. A. Staunton, with
drawings by Carlton T. Chapman;
Bismarck the Man and the States
man." by Charlton T. Lewis; "A
Glimpse at Nubia, Miscalled the Sou
DAM by Captain II. c. S. Speedy. with
four illustrations by r. Cation Wood.
vile; The Sultan at Home" by Sid
ney Whitman, r. r. G. S., illustrated
by Harry Fem and from photographs;
The Naval Lessons of the War;" by III.
w. Wilson, author of "Ironclads in
Action; Fifty Years of Francis Jo-
seph. by Sidney Brooks; Brother jon
athan's Colonies an historical ac-
count by Professor Albert Bushnell
Hart; The Weakness of the Executive
Power in Democracy" as Illustrated in
our late war. by Henry Loomis Nelson;
The Love of Parson Lord" Ca story,
by Mary E. Wilkins, with six illustra
tions by Clifford Carleton. The num-
Der contains also part ]. of William
Dean Howell's new serial, Their Silver
Wedding Journey" with two illustra-
tions by w. T. Smedley; part ". of
'The Sran o. Life" by William Nc
Lehman and j. N McIlwraith, with five
Illustrations by F. de Myrbach; and
The Romance of Chinkapin Castle Ca
story, by Ruth McEnery Stuart, with
three Illustrations by Clifford Carleton.
The Drawer opens with q story by
T. Hopkinson Smith, and is illustrated
by A. B. Frost, Peter Newell and Gus
tave Verbeek.
The New Years Ladies' Home Jour
nal (Philadelphia) gives assurance of
a purpose to make that magazine more
useful and helpful, and stronger in it's
literary and artistic features, during
1899 than ever before Tt contains a.
number of practical articles, besides a
score Of features Of lighter interest,