The record-union., 1899-03-13


mons, L." '.Espana Dolorosa," Amelia
Woodward Truesdell; Decoration Day
for the Maine Amelia Woodward
Truesdell; Grand Opera in San Fran
CISCO" S. w. Wilson, illustrated from
photos.
Municipal Engineering" for March
Indianapolis, one of the most useful
and practical periodicals of the CEN
fury, has among others and independ-
ent of the twelve departments these
features: Some Details of Street Rail-
way Construction" w. H. Rosencrans
City Engineer of South Bend; "A New
Method Of Testing Paving Brick Co
mer Jones, City Engineer of Geneva,
N. Y; Water Works Engineering, w.
S. Shields c. E.; "A New Form of
Sewer Invert Block" Arthur N. Talbot,
c. E.; Development of the Paving
Brick Industry" A. D. Thompson, City
Engineer of Peoria; THE Septic Tank
of the Champaign Sewerage System,
Arthur n. Talbot, c. E.; THE Relative
Viscosity and Allied Bodies" A. w.
Dow, Inspector of Asphalts, Washing
ton, D. c.; Relation of Constitutional
Limitation of the Financial Powers of
municipalities to Public Works. Pro-
fessor Charles W. Tooke; German
Practice with bitches and Cutters"
Robert Grimshaw, c. E.; The Question
Department.: Liability for Defective
Sewer Construction" How and When
Catch Basins Should be Used in Sew
ers. Bids on Asphalt Paving at Louis
ville," How to Obtain Funds for
Water Works Extensions" Charles
Carroll Brown, member American AS
ISOLATION of Civil Engineers; Wear of
Granite Blocks next to Street Rails,
Motor Vehicles and Best Power" Sam
pie of Bitumen," Asphalt Pavement
Statistics, January 1, 1899"
'@The White Mans Burden gives the
keynote of the American Monthly Re
view of Reviews New York; for
March. The editor, in THE Progress
of the World discusses the Philippine
situation and American prospects III
those islands, as well as the bearings
of the ratification of the Spanish treaty
on the future of the Filipinos. Colonel
William Conant Church, editor of the
Army and Navy Journal contributes
a sketch of General Elwell S. Otis,
whose efficiency in subjugating the re-
fractory followers of Aguinaldo is win
ming the admiration of the world. There
are two articles on Philippine native
types and characteristics, one of which
was written by Senior Caro- y Mora,
editor of the ..Voz Espanola'' of Ma
Mia. These articles are both illustrated
from a remarkable series of photo
graphs now published for the first
time DR.. William Hayes Ward, VINO
he
journey through Porto Rico, contrib
utes an article on present-day condi-
tions in that island, with special refer
ence to the effect of American occupa-
ton on the welfare of the people. Sew
eral of the young Cuban leaders in the
reconstruction of their country are
sketched by George Reno. This num-
Der of the Review also contains ar
| ticles on the late Present Faure of
France, on AN American Farmer
Balance Sheet for 1885, and on Char
acteristics and Possibilities of Middle
Western Literature.
The March 'McClure's" New York;
is an unusually good number of a mag
azine that never fails to supply some
thing out of the ordinary. An account
of Tripler'S invention and process for
reducing ordinary air to a liquid of
such wondrous potency that it may
displace steam and electricity and sup
ply at next to no cost, all the force
required in all the mechanical opera
tions of life, brings us TO the edge of
the future" Somewhat the same pal
pitant expectancy is raised by Lleuten-
ant Peary's account of his plans and
hopes for the new exploration for the
North Pole. No less interesting in
their several ways are a series OF
Sketches in Egypt" drawn by Charles
Dana Gibson; some entirely new reml-
niscences of Lincoln, illustrating his
rare tact and consideration in dealing
with men in general: an account
largely his own narrative) of the way
in which the artist Tissot came to take
up his great work of picturing the life
of Christ; and incidents and anecdotes
of General Woods great work in the
regeneration of Santiago, furnished by
H. H Lewis who himself spent some
time with General Wood. All of these
articles are fully illustrated, the one on
Tissot with some beautiful reproduc-
lions of the chief of his paintings. Cap
tain Mahan, in his series of papers on
The War on the Sea and Its Lessons.
sets forth in this number the problems
presented. Mr.. Kipling gives US fur
Their chapter from the adventures of
"Stalky & Co.. and there are several
other good short stories.
From S. NJ. Haldredge Oslo Leaven-
worth street, San Francisco, we have
a large. handsome and apparently ac-
curate and certainly very useful map
of the Philippine Islands, compiled and
published by Z. W. Bennett, San Fran
scico. 1t is in colors, distinctly printed,
and takes in a considerable area out
side of the Philippine archipelago. At
this time it comes very handily, and
we should say that it will be found to
be of first value for easy wall ref
erence. and that it will be very much
in use from this time on.
SO
"Self Culture (Akron. o. for March
is very attractive number of an in
teresting magazine, which has rapidly
made for itself a high position among
the periodicals which appeal to. lovers
of good literature. The cover presents
a portrait of Governor Roosevelt. This
number has eighteen leading articles in
addition to the usual interesting and
thoughtful review of ''The World and
It's Doings,' by the editor; and the nine
departments are so filled with matter of
interest to people of widely varied
tastes. that one must be truly hard to
please who cannot find in this issue
something in itself worth more than the
price OF the magazine. 1t is certainly
true. as one has written of self Gull
ture." that there never was SO golden