The record-union., 1898-12-31

and opens with a full page drawing by
| w. L. Taylor, Illustrating Longfellow's
Village Blacksmith Early colonial
social life is mirrored in THE Most
Aristocratic Social Event in America"
the annual ball of the Philadelphia
Assembly, an article that will be read
| with unusual interest. A close range
view of strong interest is given of Les
chetizky by Cleveland Moffett, who
discIoses the methods of "The Man
| Who Taught Paderewski," and Eliza
beth G.. Jordan tells What it Means
| to be Newspaper Woman" a subject
| upon which she writes from her own
! experiences. Edward Box, in the Janu-
| ary Journal" writes on 1.-The Rush of
| American Women, making a plea for
| more repose, through which the real
| pleasures of life are to be extracted.
In fiction the experiences of "The Girls
of Camp Already" ''The Minister of
Carthage and The JamesonS in the
Country are continued. The first of
a series of articles on 1.-THE House
Practical details how to furnish and
decorate the hall and staircase, and
other page features give photographs
of Fifteen Good Halls and Stairways''
and Pretty Rooms of Girls Mrs. S.
I. Rorer tells how to carve and serve
meats and game and gives a variety of
menus for small social affairs. There
are numerous other practical articles
upon subjects of helpful interest in the
household.
Miss Cecilia Beaux, one of the strong
est portrait painters of the day, has
made a striking head of Admiral Samp-
son. from life, which appears as the
frontispiece of the January number of
the Century" (New York; This is
apropos of the second installment of
Lieutenant Hobson's 'Merrimac" pa
peFs, in which the sinking of the collier.
as directed by the Admiral, is vividly
but modestly described by the hand
that did it. The account is of absorb
ing interest, and of itself would make
this number of the magazine remark
able. Captain Sigsbee of the Maine
continues his personal account os the
episode that precipitated the conflict
with Spain; and Edmond Kelly de-
scribes the experiences of AN Ameri-
can in Madrid During the War" Rut
the interest of the magazine is bv no
means exclusively military. desnite
these three articles and the continua-
tion of Professor Wheeler's 'sAlexander
the Great" There is much tba+
breatnes of peace. "The Carlyles IN
Scotland" is an intimately personal na-
per; and equally readable in anotbar
way is Miss Florence Hotchkiss, ..Cor-
lyle's Dramatic Portrayal of C,harao-
ter"-the prize essay in the "Cent,,r,,,c,,
college competition. F. Marion Craw-
ford, in Via Crucis,'' continues his fas.
cinating romance of the Middle Aoas.
and Paul L. Ford's MANY sided
FRANKLIN" is devoted this. month to the
great mans schooling and self cuItura
his services to education and bis Ii
brary. Captain Crowninshield TT G
N, chief of the Bureau of Navioat; t;on
makes an effective presentation of tbe
Advantages Of the Nicaragua Canal"
IN an article SO entitled. In fiction we
have one of Mrs. Stuart's sy1nnathetic
delineations of negro character oTTncle
Stills Famous Weather Prediction.
THE Limerick Tigers by Harry still
well Edwards. author of saThe Two
Runaways": and His Wife" bv Mrs
Poultney Bigelow, wife of the we'll
known author and war corresnondent
Poetry is contributed by c. G. D. Rob
erts, the Canadian, whose Jonathan
and John" is as vigorous as If is time
ly; by DR.. Weir Mitchell. Miss Thomas.
Mr.. Cheney, etc; and the editorial and
other departments are, if anything.
richer in interest than usual Mr.. Her
lords 'Child's Primer Of Natural His