The record-union., 1899-06-26

some very plain truths when contrast
ing the town and country boys chances
for success in life. Girls in the Bust
ness World contradicts the general |
impression that business callouses and |
unsexes a woman Home Exercise for
Women" illustrated from photographs,
suggests new and simple home exer-
cises. The usual departments contain
much that is seasonable and are quite
varied in practical suggestions. Pub
lished by the Crowell & Kirkpatrick
Co., Springfield, o.
It is the authoritativeness, rather than
the amount, of war matter it contains
that impresses the reader of the fifty
seventh bound volume of the Century
New York; for the six months ending
with April. The names of Sampson,
Shafter, Sfgsbee, Hobson, Greene. etc,
are a guaranty of first-hand accounts
of the chief events of the West Indian
and Philippine campaigns. AS me-
moires pour servir for final history
of the war, their value is obvious.
'.Lowell's Impressions of Spain" deal
with a period when peace prevailed
even in Cuba; and while military Prov
ess is celebrated in Professor Wheeler's
notable series of historical studies of
which Alexander the Great is the
theme, the Macedonian's campaigns are
too remote in time and place to come
into the same category with the war
story" of to-day. James Bryce, writing
on England's colonial experiments, pre-
sents the observations of one who Is
not only a student Of the art of gov
eminent, but also an experienced par
Humanitarian, Cabinet officer and trav-
eler Equally expert in their sew
eral ways, and of equal popular inter-
est, are Walter Wellman's account Of
the beginning of his expedition ION the
Way to the North Pole''; Paul l..
Ford's Many Sided Franklin with a
chapter on each of several Of the many
sides" of a character and career with
out parallel in American history; John
C. Van Dykes "Old English Masters,
accompanying Coles engravings; and
Charles Henry Hart on Gilbert Stu
arts Portraits of Women" with en-
cravings by Henry Wolf. A dip at
random into the pages of this book
brings up such tidbits as Lewis Car
rolls unpublished letters to little girls,
Mark Twain's From the London
Times of 1901 Absolute Zero" Gan
illustrated description of the possible
ties of liquid air), Noah Brooks enter
tanning "reminiscences of Mark Twain
and Henry George in California, 1.-THE
Carlyles in Scotland" Tissot's Christ
mas at Bethlehem" and short stories
by Jacob Riis, Ruth McEnery Stuart,
Mary Hallock Foote, etc. Among the
serials are Mr. Crawford's Via Cru
cis'' and Mr.. Stockton's fantastic tale,
1.-The vizier'; and among the innumer-
able Illustrations = several of them
printed in tint-the first in order is
Miss Beaux's frontispiece portrait of
DR.. Weir Mitchell.
1.-THE Outlook (New York; publishes
annually in June special illustrated
issue called its Recreation Number
This year the eleventh of these num-
bers appears. As usual, it is devoted
chiefly to out-of-door topics, and in
cludes many illustrated articles of sea-
sonable interest. The Golfng Wo-
man." by Van Tassel Sutphen, is a
warm plea for golf as, above all other
games, spot in which woman can play
on plane of real competition with men
because of the handicap possibilities
There are portraits of Miss Hoyt, Miss
Griscom and other famous women
players, and several picturesque golfing |
scenes The Americas Cup Race for |
1897 is treated by w. ]. Henderson, |
the best yachting writer in the
Four full-page pictures of IA
nous yachts (ncluding one of this |
years defender. the Columbia) and of
famous yacht races give the magazine
a breezy, seagoing atmosphere A
cheerful article on "a New England |
Country Road" by Professor Bailey |
of Cornell is beautified by a dozen or
more remarkable photographs of typ
ical New England scenes taken by J.
Horace Mcfarland. A charming and
humorous story of Canadian life by
Oxley, several summer po-
ems, an excellent article of suggestions
for foreign travel, and other features, |
make up magazine fresh with vaca-
ton flavor and attractive to the eye. |
The cover design, by Harold Brown, is !
in close keeping with the character Of |
the number.
"Pearson's Magazine" for July (New |
York; is richly illustrated and exceed |
ingly varied and interesting in con-
tents. Among the leading features are
these: THE Strongest Ship Afioat,"
Levin Carnac; Pig Sticking" Hesketh |
Prichard; THE Adventures of Sirdar |
Khan Louis Tracy; HUI |
man Architecture" Turner Morton;
Nell Gwyn, Comedian" Frankfort |
Moore; signaling Through Space H. |
c. Fyfe; Fish Culture on Wheels"
Rene Bache; 1.-THE Plague Ship |
Tupisa," George Griffith; Legend of |
the Butterflies" Constance Sutcliffe: |
How Soldiers Shoot" Marcus Tindal;
THE Lost Continent" Chapters I. to |
W. Cutcliffe Hyne; "Life's Little Mys- |
teries," w. L. Alden tTorpedoes |
Steered by Light R. H. Mere; THE |