The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-12

John Brisben Walker: "a Biological
Laboratory for Women" Amy Seville
Wolff; "a Railway to the Klondike,"
w. M. Sheffield; Larry McNoogan's
Cow" Walter Barr; How the French
Army Crossed the Channel" Quatre
Etoiles; Fire Appliances" Science in
the Model Kitchen" Anna Leach; The
Progress OF Science" About Clothes
and Fashions" Minnie Madden Fiske.
The May number of the American
Illustrated Methodist Magazine" (St
Louis, Mo- is worthy successor OF
the preceding issues of this excellent IL
Illustrated monthly The number opens
with a ter-centenary tribute to Oliver
Cromwell. The third of the Famous
Hymn Writer'S papers deals with
William Cowper. Isaiah of Jerusa-
len.' by Rev. James A. Duncan, is a
scholarly article and beautifully illus
trated. From an artistic point OF
view the gem of the number is. per-
haps, "Burne- Jones and His Art. :"
Christian Faith and Christian Sci
ence'' is dissection of Mrs. Eddy's
New England Contingent in Dixie, "
Parker F. Phillips presents four native
New Englanders who became distin-
guished citizens of the South, and who
were as strongly identified with South
ern institutions as though they were
ito the manner BORN They were
George D. Prentice, a Kentuckian from
Connecticut; Albert Pike. an Arkarl-
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Prentiss, a Mississippian from Maine,
and Bishop Joshua Soule, a Tennessee
an from Maine. Among the Orchards
of Arkansas" is the fruitful theme Of
an illustrated contribution by Temple
Adair. The third part of The Illus
trated History of Methodism'' is en-
titled "A Famous College and Fa-
nous University" 1t deals with life at
Oxford during last century when John
Wesley was a student there.
Self Culture for May (Akron, O.)
has these strong features: Deep Wa
terways for Lake Commerce" F. w.
Fitzpatrick. 1.-The German Army and
Its Organization, Leon Mead; THE
Higher Culture and the National Life, s"
President N. Butler, d. D.; THE Elec-
tro-Magnetic Telegraph Stephen
Vail; brain and Drawn Minor Nor
rig, d. D.; John Muir, the Agassiz OF
the Pacific Slope" Prof. Olaf Ellison;
THE Loves of Goethe, :" Irene G. Byrne;
THE African Ostrich in America r.
H. Rydall; tSuperstitions of the Sea"
Minna Irving; Country Life as a Fac
tor in Character Development, Carina
B. C. Eaglesfield; victorian Thought
and Thinkers, Eugene Parsons;
James R. Lowell as an American Lit
erary Critic" Clayton J. Collins; THE
Fifty fifth Congress- Joseph M. Rog-
ers; The Ecclesiastical Crisis in Eng
land" Goodwin Smith, D. G. L.; Cor
respondence: Inquiries Answered. E.
C. Kimbell; THE Price Question and
Its Critics-A Rejoinder," J. L. Laugh
lin Phi. D.: "a Word on The New
Woman" r. V. Risley; "A Countess
Work-The Servant Question" Ella W.
Peattie; THE Literary World: Book
Reviews" John Ward. T. A. H., L. A.
r., and the Editor; "A Growl Over the
Spelling Books" Lora S. La Nance;
American Colloquialism Based en-
American History" Professor E. Erie
Sparks; "a Famous Boy Admiration
John of Austria" John Ward; THE
Art Of Solid Lying" Albert Rabb.
"Reachs Official Baseball Guide for
1899 (Philadelphia) is at hand. 1t is
very complete record and contains all
the rules and rulings, and these are
excellently arranged and classified 1t
is a useful little book for the lover of
the national game.
"Spalding's Baseball Guide for 1899
one of the Official Athletic Library, is
sued monthly, is published by the
American Sports Publishing Company,
New York 1t is a voluminous but
compact volume and exhaustive of rec
ords, rules and decisions, and OF much
useful information concerning the game
of baseball. It is especially full in ac
counts Of college leagues, interstate
leagues, etc.
To those interested in household mat
tiers, the May Issue of Table Talk"
will be welcome with the directions for
the economical carrying out of it's me
nus and its tested recipes, as we'll as
its practical general reading matter A
few Of the topics of the month are "a
Retrospect of the Potato Family" by
Martha Bockee Flint; THE Pudding of
the Century" by Clara Marshall; "A
Cup of Tea" by a Bachelor House
keeper; Mrs. Sargent's Experiment"
by Mary G.. Woodruff; Mothers Who
Need Help and How to Help Them;
''The Early Training CT Children In
addition. women's interests in general,
dining-room, the table, fashions. books
and science in the household all nave
attention. A sample copy of Table
Talk is offered to our readers free if
they will send name and address to
Table Talk Publishing Co., Philadel-
phia, Pa
THE Arena" for May (Boston) has
among others these papers: Christian
Science and It's Prophecies. 1. The
Facts of the Case Horation w. Dres-
ser; IL. The Book and the Woman"
Josephine Curtis Woodbury.: tIllustri
Gus Lunatics," by w. j. Corbet. M P
M. r. I. A; 1.-The Divine opulence.'
Jean Porter Rudd; THE Republic of
Cuba" by Col Richard ]. Hinton:
is Bellamy's Idea Feasible?" A G.
Coursen; "The Harmony of Life" Ho-
ratio w Dresser; COMMONPLACE: A
character. Study" John H. Marble;
Was Jefferson a Democrat?" A. L.
Bialr; The italian Revolt" by Mrs
Dario Papa; Under the Rose, the Ed
itor
Universal Brotherhood for May IN.
~ has these leading papers: Egypt
ara the Egyptian Dynasties," Kathe-
rlne A Tingley; Egypt the Realm Of
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