The record-union., 1898-03-07

List" ]. H. Girdner, NJ. D.; Have We
Too Many Churches Rev A W.
Quimby; Some Social Aspects of
School Teaching NJ. v. O'Shea; Mas
ters and Slaves in the Old South" Rev.
]. H. La Roche.
THE Bookman" for March Dodd.
Mead & Co., New York; has. beside the
full departments. these literary feat
ures: Chronicle and Comment-Ameri-
can, English, Miscellaneous" with por-
traits; You Will Forget Myrtle
Reed; Love and Doubt" Harry Thurs
ton Peck; Gross Roads" Thomas
Walsh; u. NJ Barrie as Dramatist. /"
Edward Morton; Concerning the Eng
lish Academy Stephen Crane; 'Liv-
ing Continental Critics-Ferdnand
Martini with portrait, Frederic Taber
cooper; American Bookmen-Whittier
and Lowell, with illustrations" NJ A
DeWolfe Howe; Spanish John VS..
Mr.. William McLennan," T. G. Mar
quls London Letter." W. Robertson
Nicoli; Paris Letter." Alfred Maniere;
John Splendid" a tale, Neil Munro.
The metropolitan Magazine" for
March (New York; is very freely and
very handsomely illustrated Specially
valuable articles are: "Martiny and
[ Mosier," Spencer H. Coon: Random
Camera Trips About New York" A l..
Watson; The Reformed Red Man. A.
H. Pettingill; "Bavaria's Rulers and
Their Follies," A. J. Kpowles; Mary
Hampton" A. L.. Wingate; kennel
Life of Blooded Dogs Walter Bever-
ley Crane; The Heart of Battle
Ship" Samuel L. Baxter; First APP
pearances. Jerome Sykes; THE Metro
politan Cinderella" G. L. Franklin
| "RaphaePs Hours" r. H. Hicks; The
Months Amusements,' Leander Rich
ardson; Lon Darden's Secret" Halle
Erminie Rives; 1.-The Man Who
Watched His Thumbs Grow" Maurice
MOntegut.
The contents of the March issue of
"Woman's Home Companion" (Spring-
field, o. are in keeping with the artis-
tic cover-page by Martin Justice, fore
telling the coming of spring Among
the attractive articles are: Olive Nc
Gregor's account of the handiwork of
The Indian Women of Alaska and
the description of "Zuniland Customs" +"
by Edward Page CASTOR; The Genius
of Aspiration" by Florence Hull Win
terburn," and "A Waste of Education, y
by Brand Bunner Huddleston. The fic-
ton, a refreshing departure from COM
monplace, is The Winning Of Grand
y11a hxrE
the romance by Robert c. V. Ieyers,
When the Everleigh House Was En-
tered" Josiah Aliens Wife contributes
characteristic story, "A Strange Epi :
sode." Octave Thanet's serial, "A Slave
to Duty" is concluded. The names of
John Tracy Jones, Ernest McGaffey,
Frederick Boyd Stevenson, Winwood
Watt, Theodosia Pickering and Made
line S. Bridges appear over verses Pa
pers dealing with problems domestic
and economic include Praise Your
Wife, by Mrs. A. M. Marriott; Find
ing Market" by Inez Redding; Tot S
Amusements and Occupations" by Ari-
anna Rowland McCoughtrey. There
are further installments of Centuries
Of Lace" by Orlena l.. Shackleford; !;
Physical Culture for Girls, - by Kath-
arine Z. Junkermann; Women as De-
signers,' by Enid z. Bennett, and
Cookery for Girls" by Sallie Joy
White. The pages devoted to embroid-
cry designs novel ideas for entertain
ing, hints for selecting and making
spring gowns: and the latest fashions
will be found helpful. Ella Morris
Kretschmar. under Lent and Lenten
Fare gives some new ways to prepare
eggs and fish, and plans seasonable
menus. The department devoted to
f1ower-ta tells how TO make the nee
essary preparations for seed sowing.
William O. Stoddard's story, Visitors
at Grampus Island is nearing compile
ton.
Several pages Of -Harper's Weekly"
for February 26th were devoted to IL
Illustrations of the ill-fated Maine.
Prominent among them is one of Cap
tain Sigsbee in his cabin, reproduced
from photograph in the possession Of
Mrs. Sigsbee. There are many other
reproductions of the crew, and of por-
tions of the ship, taken when she was
last at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, all
of which have a profoundly pathetic
interest at the present moment. The
| Weekly has despatched a special cor
respondent to Havana The fifth ar
tice in the series of Bright Skies in
the West" by Franklin Matthews ap-
pears in this number, under the title
The Unexpected in Kansas
! The March number of Mcclure s
| Magazine might be characterized as a
| literary and pictorial exposition OF the
/ heroic side of real life. A letter from
| Nils Strindberg, with Andree in the
| bold endeavor to reach the North Pole
by balloon; Walter Wellman's predic-
| tions as to the probable fate Of the An
| dree party; Herbert E. Hamblin's ac-
count Of adventures as a locomotive en-
glneer, and true story of the ingenu-
ity and bravery of a Chicago fireman.
Charles A. Dana's personal recollec-
tions Of Grant, Sherman, Gordon Gran
ger and Fighting Joe" Hooker, and of
Secretary Stanton as Mr.. Dana worked
with him In the War DEPARTMENTAL
emphasize the heroic side Of life. Ham
lin Garland writes on the Klondike
| riches This information Mr.. Garland
has gathered from United States and
Canadian Government surveyors and
explorers. Such articles as these offer
excellent opportunity for illustration,
| and the opportunity has been made the
most of. Some of them are illustrated
from special photographs, others from
special life drawings. The fiction in
the number comprises two good short
stories by new writer's and a stirring
/ installment OF Anthony Hopes new
Zenda novel, Rupert of Hentzau."