The record-union., 1899-01-09
REFORMS
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

SELF Culture for January (Akron,
o. is a rich number, not profusely but
elegantly illustrated and full of choice
matter Among the leading features
is one on Canadian Political Devel-
opment, and Canadian Relation to the
United States by Sir ]. c. Bourinot;
THE SiX-Day Battle Of the Farragut
Fleet by Rear Admiral Roe; Vic
torian Thoughts and Thinkers" by
Eugene Parsons; who Were the
Janissaries?" by<F. H. Mark; "Charac-
ter of Franklin by Professor c. K.
Edmunds.' But these are only a few
of high-class papers. In addition to
which are the departments, which are
more numerous than in any other
magazine of which we have knowl-
edge. Self Culture is taking a front
place in current and periodical litera-
ture. 1t needs one improvement, and
only one; it should not print it's index
upon it's cover, but on fly sheet. The
former plan is bad for busy editors,
and interferes with comfort if the
cover, as sometimes happens to mag
azine, becomes detached.
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Municipal Engineering for Janu-
airy Qndianapolis) is abreast with the
high standard set by this invaluable
magazine. It's contents are too varied
and voluminous to be quoted this
month. Suffice it to say that "Munic-
ipal Engineering ought to be in the
hands of every city officer in the land.
If it were, and they were required to
study it, the problem of municipal
government would well nigh be solved.
The Forum" for January New
York; has these valuable papers: 1.-THE
Army of the United States" Brigadier
General H. c. Corbin, Adjutant Cen
eral U. S. A.; 1.-The Future Relations
of Great Britain and the United
States" Rt. Hon. Sir Charles w. Dixie,
P. c., M. P; Colonel Waring on the
Sanitation Of Havana" G. e. Hill;
1.-The Recent Election and It's Results, +"
Hon. James Kerr; Liquor Legislation
in Norway" Francis G. Peabody; THE
Upper Regions Of the Air." Professor
John Trowbridge; San Francisco 8
Struggle for Good Government" Pro-
fessor Frank W. Blackmar; The Race
War in North Carolina" Henry Itch
field West; Are the Germans Still a
Nation of Thinkers?" Rudolf Eucken;
Government and Society in the Klon-
dixie" Frederick Palmer; Social Eth
les in the Schools Julia E. Buckley;
"a Study in Nativities,'' Byron G.
Mathews; American Literature and
American Nationality" Hamilton. w.
Mabie.
"Appleton's Popular Science Month
ly'' edited by w. j. Youmans, pub
lished by D. Appleton & Co., New
York; has these contents for January:
'"The Evolution of Colonies. VI. Indus
trial Evolution" by James Collier;
1.-THE Minds Eye" by Professor Joseph
Jastrow Gllustrated; Mature Study in
the Philadelphia Normal School," by
L. L. w. Wilson, Phi. D.; Principles
of Taxation Xxx. The Diffusion of
Taxes by the late Hon. David A.
Wells: "Our Florida Alligator" by I.
w. Blake (illustrated); ''The Racial
Geography of Europe. The Jews. H.,
by Professor William q. Ripley Gllus-
trated) "True Tales. of Birds and
Beasts" by David Starr Jordan; ella
cial Geology in America by Professor
Daniel S. Martin; Modern Studies of
Earthquakes, by George Geraland; "a
Short History of Scientific Instruc-
ton" by Sir ]. N Lockyer; Should
Children Under Ten Learn to Read
and Writer" by Professor G. T. w.
Patrick; SOILS and Fertilizers" by
Charles Minor Blackford, Jr., NJ D.;
Sketch Of August Keknle with por-
trait; Editors Table: "A Voice From