The record-union., 1899-01-17

promised and more. 1t appears with
an enlarged page anad cover OF gran
ite green, with rubricated title and
poem by Miss Edith M. Thomas, an
acrostic which spells Happy New Year.
Charles Dana Gibsons portrait Is IN
this number, also an article on MS
work by Charles Belmont Davis, cop
iously illustrated. There is also an
illustrated article on "An Artist of the
Sums by Roger Riordan, meaning
Phil May. Another article of special
interest is by Charles Woodward Hut
son on "The Real Cyrano de Bergerac,
in which it is shown how closely NJ
Rostand has followed the true history
of that warrior-patriot. A. I. du ,Pont
Coleman contributes a paper on "Sev-
enty Years of Ibsen,' which is illus
trated with portraits. Bismarck's Au-
photography is reviewed at length by
Charles de Kay, while twenty-five pages
more are devoted to reviews of the lat
est and most important books. The
drama is illustrated with portraits of
Ada Rehan as Portia in 'The Merchant
of Venice" Julia Arthur as Mercedes
in Aldrich's play of that name. and
there is reproduction of scene from
Mr. Pineros latest success, ''Trelawny
of the Wells'' The frontispiece is a
portrait of Thomas Nelson Page, and in
"The Lounger" are portraits of DR.. E..
E. Hale, Joel Chandler Harris E. A.
Poe, Miss Pamela Colman Smith, M.
Boutet de Monvel, Kenneth Grahame,
Mr.. Lang and Count Leo Tolstoy, with
a picture of his home in Moscow. There
is full-page reproduction of the late
Burne-Jones Memorial to Miss Chris
tina Rossetti, the last work from his
hand beside other illustrations of va
ried interest and value. This is the
first number of 'The Critic to be is
sued from the Knickerbocker Press of
Messrs. G. P. Putnam's Sons, and it is
an excellent illustration of the advan-
| tages of goodaprinting.
''The Sanitarian" for January CDR. A.
N. Bell, Brooklyn, New York; is an
especially full and valuable number. In
addition to reports, news and notes
there are: Sanitary Defects in Rural
Districts" by G. H. Smith; Saving the
Children" by DIR. S. w. Albert of the
Massachusetts, Board of Health: "New
| Method of Preserving Meat" by Oliver
j. D. Hughess "Decadence of the Negro
Population" by Henry Gannett; 1.-THE
Lepers of Molokai," by Rev. Dr.
Wheeler; Nuts as Food by w. T.
Griffin. L. H lBrohl, and H N. Allen;
Insomnia, ,"Hby Dr. I. J. Hutchins;
Sugar, an Article of Nutrition" by M.
A Chauvaux; Dwelling Accommoda-
tions in Large Cities, Housing of the
Working Classes" T. de Courcy Meade.
- N.
ings," J. S. Pickering; Building I'm
provements," Dr. ]. F. J. Sykes: "Re-
moval of Insanitary Areas and the
Management of Improvement Schemes
Under the Housing of the Working
Classes Peter Addie, F. S. l.; House
Drainage and Sewerage Philip Boobb-
yer, M. B. Med. H. o.. Nottingham:
Drs. Pattin. Scurfield and others:
Construction and Ventilation of House
Drains" A. Bostock Hill, NJ. D., D. p
H.; Combined Drainage; Its Pros and
Cons" Joseph Priestley. B. A. NJ D.,
D. P. H; Pathology of the Heart" by
NJ. Brouchard; "Desigining, Construc-
ton and Maintenance of Sewerage Sys-
TENS" by A. Prescott Folwell, Memb.
A. S. Civil Engineers; Practical Uran-
alysis and Urinary Diagnosis" by
Charles w Purdy, M. D., LID; "The
Phonendoscope and It's Practical Ap-
plicaton," by Professor Aurelio B:anchi.
The most notable single article in the
January magazine number Of THE
Outlook" (New York; is one by co..,
error Theodore Roosevelt on his former
commander, the original Colonel of the
Rough Riders, General Leonard Wood,
VINO is well called in the title Of the
article "A Model American Military
Administrator" Another noteworthy
illustrated article is Edmund Spenser,'
paper by H. G. Shelley, called forth
by the 3c0th anniversary of the death
of The Faerie Queene," Clifton John
son is not only photographer of life
OF remarkable skill, but is also a keen
observer and writer. "Glimpses of Life
in France" is illustrated by beautiful
I photographs by the author. The
memorials Of Phillips Brooks which
have been placed in his honor In
churches in America and England, to-
gether with the peculiarly fitting memo
rial found in the Phillips Brooks House
at Harvard, are made the subject of
an interesting and fully illustrated ar
| ticle by H. S. Houston. Other features
OF interest are a portrait and brief
sketch of Major General Brooke, the
military Governor of Cuba; two stories;
! an illustrated, light and semi humorous
talk about the Senate, under the title
In the Seats of the Mighty; a read
able, article on Naval Wives and
Daughters, by Miss Annie Paulding
Meade, daughter of the late Admiral
Meade, and a comprehensive survey
of The Educational System in the
West" by President J. H. Garfield of
| Ohio University
From Lyon & Healy, Chicago, we
have the sheet music, Hail to Amer
ica," national song and quartet, with
two pages of an instrumental piece,
E'G'enwood Echoes" The song and
music is by ]. W. Belts The arrange
| ment is for the piano, with melodies
for violin or flute. "Glenwood Echoes
is by the same author, and includes
the air Of Hail to America"
Several features of striking interest
will be found in the opening numbers
of THE Living Age" (Boston) for the
| new year. The number for January 7th
contains, Among other things, a pung-
ent and wholesome lecture on Art and
MoraIftys' by M Ferdinand Brunetiere,
which is translated for the magazine
and copyrighted by it: the first install-
ment of "The Buckingham Letters.
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