The record-union., 1899-05-15

ItdilZe, the maSnlIlceuC heritage WHICH
nature has given us.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
The 'Century's'' plans for the treat
ment of the Spanish war eliminate
with the publication in the May num-
Der (New York; of a remarkable series
Of papers in which the commander of
every American vessel but one describes
his share in the battle off Santiago,
which resulted in the complete destruc-
ton of Cervera's fleet. The only excep-
ton is in the case of the Oregon, whose
commander, Captain Clark, indorses
Lieutenant Eberle's account of that
ships participation in the fight, and
himself contributes criticism of the
Spanish Admirals strategy 1.-The Story
of the Captains is written with re-
marka BILE animation and in wholly I'M
technical language. Fighting Bob
Evans of the Iowa, Lieutenant Com
mander Wainwright of the Gloucester,
and, in fact all the commanders in this
famous fight, which has been WE'LL char
acterized as a captains battle" can
see the strong points of a story of ad-
venture as plainly as the weak points
of an enemy's ship; whether they bring
them out with the skill of trained writ
ers or not, is question each reader
will answer for himself 1t may safely
be said that no battle by land or sea
has ever been so completely and au-
thoritatively described, in any one
periodical as the fight off Santiago is
presented in this group. David Gray
begins a series of golf stories Frank
r. Stockton records some further ad-
ventures of THE Vizier of the Two
Horned Alexander" An eclipse in India
is wildly described and pictured by the
painter r. D. Mackenzie, and Jacob A
Riis tells a police reporters story OF
THE Last of the Mulberry Street Bar
ons." Among the miscellaneous papers
is Mrs. James T. Fields sympathetic
sketch, from personal acquaintance, of
the lives of 1.-TWO Lovers of Literature"
Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke.
Professor Wheeler's Alexander the
Great deals with the Macedonian Con-
queror in Egypt and the founding of
Alexandria, and Mr.. Crawford'sl rom
ance, Via Crucis,' continues it's course.
There is a variety of poems, and the
special art feature of the month is an
engraving by Wolf from Gilbert Stu
arts portrait of Mrs. Griffith.
THE Countess Emilia" Anthony
Hopes new romance, is begun in the
May Ladies' Home Journal Phila-
delphia), and 1.-The Art of Listening to
Sermon" inaugurates the first of a
series of articles on the pulpit and the
To- Moo al hn tc of
a Happy Life is by the Rev. Newell
Dwight Hills, D. D. Paul Leicester
Ford writes 1.-The Anecdotal Side of
George Washington" Viola Allen
draws upon her own store of expert
ence to tell What it Means to be an
Actress" and Joseph Edgar Chamber
lin introduces Helen Keller as She Re
ally Is" On the editorial page Edward
Box treats Of the pretty American
girls, and discourses on the most be-
loved women of the century. THE
Building of the Ship is the theme of
the sixth of w. L. Taylor's series of
illustrations of Longfellow's poems, and
pictorial features Of practical interest
are Natures Garden The Prettiest
Country Homes in America" Rustic
Arbors and Summer Houses" and 1.-THE
Flag in the Church. Maria Parloa in
augurates a new department, House
hold Helps and New Ideas" and Mrs
5. I. Rorer gives the menus of Little
Dinners by Eighteen of My Girls and
writes of Milk: It's Use and Abuse
Helen Watterson Moody defines The
True Meaning of Motherhood and
Mrs Humphry contributes her second
article on How to be Pretty Though
Plain"
The Atlantic Monthly" for MAY
(Boston) has among other papers these
contents "Australasian Extensions Of
Democracy H. Der. Walker; "Ameri-
can Deep Water Shipping" H. Phelps
Whitmarsh; 1.-The End of an Era. H.
John S. Wise; The Orator of Seces-
sion," William Carrot Brown; Talks
to Teachers on Psychology. w. Will
lam James; THE Battle With the
Sum-" Jacob A Riis; porto Rice
William v. Petit; Some Economic
Aspects of the Liquor Problem" Henry
w. F'arnam; Improvement in City
Life. H. Charles Mulford Robinson;
Miss wilkins: An Idealist in Mas
querade." Charles M. Thompson; The
Autobiography of Revolutionist
VII" P. Kropotkin; THE Love Story
of Selfish Woman" Ellen Mackubin;
THE Elders Seat Arthur Cotton:
"reminiscences of Julia Ward Howe.
VI, Julia Ward Howe; "A New Eng
land Hill Town. IL" Rollin Lynde
HART; Meadow Frogs" John 3. Tabb
The May "Woman's Home Compan-
ion" (Springfield, o. contains the lat
est literary production of Julia Magru-
der, the popular Southern novelist. in
the opening chapters of the serial "A
Sunny Southerner." Harriet Prescott
Spofford begins a continued story. en-
titled "Cyril'' that has to do with a
vital question of domestic happiness.
Lillian Bell tells OF old Moscow, and
John Kendrick Bangs never sketched
the idiot in more diverting mood.
There Is a japanese story by Onoto