The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-31

1.-THE Protectionist'' is a monthly
ket Club of Boston 1t is now in it's
eleventh volume, and but recently mas
taken magazine form 1t is of eighty
or more pages. 1t is ably, aggressive
ly and defensively edited. One virtue
of THE Protectionist" is that it goes
straight for the mark; there is brevlty
and force, rather than length and Ia
bored effort, in it's articles. It's con-
trlputors are from among the ablest
men of the day, and it's correspondents
abroad are careful, accurate and forcl-
BILE in their letters and commercial
quotations. 1t treats not only of tariff
questions, but of maritime, political,
commercial and economic matters, ana
is rich in statistical matter. 1t is
strong Republican and gives the Al
ministration ardent support. 1t is GER
tainly a foremost commercial and pollt-
zeal magazine, and one of the most
valued of the many periodicals coming
to our table.
Hamlin Garland, Anthony Hope, John
Kendrick Bangs, Harold Richard
Vynne, Ann Robson Brown, Josiah
Aliens Wife, Clara Norris, Kate
Whiting Patch and Anna Farquhar are
among the half-score of writer's of fic-
ton who contribute stories to the Au-
gust Ladies' Home Journal Phila-
delphia). The Midsummer Fiction
Number of the journal" is in many
III has
brought together in a single issue some
of the most popular story writer's, and
the most capable black and white art
lists to illustrate their work. The Rev.
Newell Dwight Hills, d. D., has an
interesting article on The D1fuSlOn
of Happiness Through Conversation,
and Mrs. Burton Kingsland and Emily
ID. Striebert write of with. the Chill
dren on Sunday'-their diversions ana
instructions: What Can Be Done With
an Old Farmhouse" pictures how an old
building may be artistically remodeled
at small cost. On two other pictorial
pages are shown the most cosy ana
attractive Houses in Woods, Valleys
and Mountains" and THE Sweetest OF
Summer Charities" pictures the work
of the flower missions in several cities
The latest feminine fancies in dress are
set forth in The Gossip of New
York Girl" and Emily Wight writes
of the Newest Styles in Hairdressing
and .'Laces for Dress Trimmings Mrs.
s. T. Rorer's cooking lesson is on
Cold Dishes for Hot Weather" and
Mr. and Mrs Edward B. Warrants
health talks are on timely themes. For
the boys Dan Beard explains how to
make "A Back Yard Fish Pond"
The Atlantic Monthly" for August
(Boston) presents these features: The
Yosemite National Park" John Muir;
The Tenant Jacob A. Riis; The VI
tally of Macaulay," Fl. D. Sedgwick,
Jr.; His Brothers Brother" Thomas
Wentworth Higginson; Greek History
and Greek Monuments" Percy Gard
ner; THE Flail of Time" Helen Choate
Prince; In Mutton-Ham Boat" Eliz
abeth Dupuy; THE Man With the
Empty Sleeve" F. Hopkinson Smith;
"Loveliness-A Story" Elizabeth Stu
art Phelps; Thou Shalt Not Preach,
John Burroughs; Prospects of Uni
versal Peace" William Cunningham;
ITO Have and to Hold QX.-XIII),
Mary Johnston. is one of the most in
tensely interesting historical novels yet
published. 1t relates to the colonial
settlement of Virginia when char
tered company under the crown of
England governed the new land. We
have seen no serial novel in recent
years of greater interest, dramatic
grace or historical value. There is
also continued The Autobiography Of
a Revolutionist,'' by Prince Kropotkin;
1.-THE Breakup of China, and Our In
terest in It." Have We Failed With
the INDIAN" by H. l.. Dawes, and
1.-The Contributors Club close the
number.
1.-THE Century" for August On. " is
a midsummer and travel number. The
Present Situation in Cuba" - srapni-
cally stated in brief article by Major
General Leonard Wood. Jacob Riis
writes of Feast Days in little Italy"
The first feast described is in honor of
some Italian village saint-"just-a-lik
"a your st. Patrick here as one of the
celebrants explained to President
Roosevelt of the Police Board, who ac
companied Mr.. Riis to Elizabeth street.
glimpse of the wild life about his slab
sided cabin near the Hudson River at
West Park In 1.-The River of Tea"
Miss F. r. Scidmore writes of the
Yangtsze-Kiang, and especially of the
city of Hankow, where Russian and
Siberian merchants have supplanted
the English, though the tea tasters,
''for reasons not hattering to Russian
character" continue to be English only
In a learned paper on THE Churches
of Auvergne" Mrs. Van Rensselaer, in
PRODUCES effectively, in her illustrated
paper describing THE Churches of
Auvergne" the picturesque episode of
Peter the Hermits preaching of the
first crusade; and the story of the sec
ond continues it's course in Mr.. Craw-
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