The record-union., 1898-08-08

Robert E. Bisbee; THE Church and
the Masses" T. S. Lonergan; The
Proposed Federation Of the Anglo
Saxon Nations" by B. 0. Flower;
: Japanese Home Life as Contrasted
with American Chujro Kochi; The
Extirpation of Consumption, Lincoln
Cothran, NJ D.; The American Girl;
Her Faults and Her Virtues Mrs.
Rhodes Campbell; Socrates, Philoso-
pher Seer and Martyr" B. o. Flower;
"A Tramps Experienced True Story
Amelia c. Biggs.
Mind" for August (Alliance Publish
ing Company, New York;, has these pa
pers on psychology, metaphysics, occul-
tism and advanced thought: rs
Vital Energy Communicable? DR.. c.
w. Hidden; Thoughts on Spiritual
Healing" Charles Brodie Patterson;
The Centers of Astrology," Alan Leo;
''Eirenicon' poem), Laura Sterrette
McAdoo; The Problem of Evil" Frank
H. Sprague; Fiat Morals" Hudor Ge-
none; Woman in Serious Politics"
John Powers: rs Disease Hereditary?"
Eliza Calvert Hall; ''Emerson's 1nflu-
ence on Modern Thought" Julia Hrs
| horn; "A Daughter of Love" (seriaD,
Julian Hawthorne.
"The Forum for August oil Fifth
avenue New York; has The Spanish
War and the Equilibrium Of the
World by Brooks Adams; THE An
glo-American Comission" by Edward
Farrer; Austria Hungary Under Fran
| els Joseph" by Albert Won Schaeffie;
New Constitutional Amendments" by
| James Schonler: THE Future of Great
| Telescopes" by I. j. j. See; Our Need
of a Permanent Diplomatic Service" by
George l.. River; How Savage Tribe
is Governed" by Major John w. Powell;
| Repetition of History in Our War
With Spain" by S. L. Thurlow; THE
Problem Of Immortality-Some Recent
| Mediumistic Phenomena" by Professor
James H. Hyslop; New Trials Of Old
Favorites" Professor Brander Mathews.
Municipal Engineering" for August
| Qndianapolis) ought to be read by
every municipal officer in the land II
this magazine were needed by officials
economy in city government would be
vastly conserved and the comforts of
city life infinitely augmented. Roads,
streets, lighting, drainage, sewage,
paving-au these and cognate topics
! are treated from the standpoint of the
| highest intelligence and the, broadest
experience The present number IS
richly illustrated, and has an espe-
cially interesting article on Detroit her
streets, parks and architecture.
The Engineering Magazine and In
dustrial Review (New York; for Au-
gust is richly illustrated. Besides its
clever departments on various branchss
of engineering, building, electricity,
ETC., it has among others these valu-
1 able papers: THE Navies and Naval
| Construction Program of 1SoS,' by II.
| W. Wilson; The Nicaragua Canal IN
Its Commercial and Military Aspects"
| by Joseph Nimmo, Jr.; Jetty Construc-
ton on the Pacific Coast" by Gwynn
! A. Lyell Neglected Considerations in
| the Arrang ement of Steam Piping" by
| w. Cooper; Effective Methods of
| Finding and Keeping Shop Costs" by
| Henry Roland; The Heating and San
! itation of Public institutions" by W. y.
Twelvetrees: "Fire-resisting Construc-
tion," by G.. A. It. Middleton; THE
| High-speed Steam Yacht as a Factor in
| Torpedo boat Design" by w. P. Ste
phens; THE Gold Resources of india"
by William King and Theodore William
| Hughes Hughes; THE Application Of
Alternating Currents to Electric Trac-
tion," by Charles Henry Davis ard
Howard G. Forbes.
From Haven & Haven, attorneys.
San Francisco, we have a neat volume
containing the full text of the new Fed
! eral Bankruptcy Act very exhaustively
and happily indexed. 1t is an excellent
| ly prepared and we'll edited little
pamphlet and will prove valuable to all
| business men and members Of the bar
*
| Number three of the monthly issue
| of Colonial Tracts" George p Hum
phrey, Rochester, n. Y.) is one of the
best of historical reminiscent American
| papers ever issued. 1t Isl reprint Of
| THE planters plea, or the grounds of
plantations examined and usual OBJ
iectons answered. Together with
manifestation of the causes moving
such as have undertaken a plantation
| in New England. For the satisfac-
tion of those that question the law
fulness of the action. London: Printed
by William Jones, 1880"
"McClure's Magazine" for August
(New York; is very bountifully illumin-
ated with fine pictures and is rich IN
text. Its leading features are: THE
Liner and the Iceberg" (frontispiecel;
In Ambush "a story of school life),
Rudyard Kipling; Love in a Fog" "a
London story, Hester Caldwell Oakley;
THE Liner and the Iceberg" Ca sea
story, Cutliffe Hyne; While the Evil
Days Come Not" Ga Boyville story,
William Allen White; Military Eu-
rope" personal experiences and obser-
vations at the autumn maneuvers),
Major General Nelson A. Miles; A
Midsummer Nights Trip" "a railroad
story. John A. Hill; MY Ride Across
Cuba" 0he story of a secret mission to
the Cuban leaders), Lieutenant Colonel
Andrew S. Rowan: "Reminiscences Of
Men and Events of the Civil War" (the
end of the war;. Charles A. Dana "A
Letter from the 'Hio" "a New England
story, Rowland E. Robinson.