The record-union., 1899-11-26

lustrateD Waiter Mood; "Our Nearest
Neighbor in Space" Gllustrated), Her
bert C. Fyfe; How the Lost Continent
of Atlantis Was Destroyed" Gllus-
trated), Cutliffe Hyne; 'tLife's Little
Mysteries Gllustrated), w. L. Alden;
1.-THE South African War Gllustrated),
H. c. Hillegas.
TRAINED Motherhood' for the current
month (New York; is abreast with its
previous issues in variety, value and
attractivenessh IF its text To mothers
this charmingly frank and chaste mag
azine must prove a most desirable COM
panion and efficient aid.
The current number of the Out
look (New York;, is altogether too
full and varied in contents to war
rant reproduction of all the titles. Chief
among attractive. features of this mag
azine, which by the way is weekly
newspaper and an illustrated monthly
magazine in one, and appears weekly
and likewise in monthly form, are, be-
sides 1.-The Week''-a rev raview-aIld
the editorials, President Schurman on
the Philippine Situation THE Two
Commanders in the Transvaal War"
Samuel Johnson" by Augustine Bir-
rell; 1.-The Outlook and the Transvaal
War;" Bishop Whipple S Autobiogra-
ply" AN English Village Public
House." by Rev. Osbert Mordaunt;
THE Foster Mother" by Edwin H.
Keen; Americas Working People-lX.
1.-The Northern Farm" by Charles B..
Spahr; THE Madonna's Robe" story;
1.-The Lakes of Killarney by Clifton
Johnson; What is Religion, and What
Does it Do for Us?'' by Rev. David H.
Greer, D. D.; From Moscow to Vladiv-
ostock,"' by William Durham; Robert
w. Dale; by Amory H. Bradford; THE
| Outlook Farms in Cuba,'' by Rev.
Clarence Ross Gale.
1t has been remarked that whereas
for several years past the popular nov
els have been almost without exception
by English authors, yet suddenly there
has been a renaissance of American
fiction. The three or four books -..hich
are now selling best, Richard Carvel."
David Harum." when Knighthood
Was in Flower and several others of
less prominence, are all by American
authors. To this number must be added
Paul Ford's moved, Janice Meredith ~
which, though published only a few
weeks ago, has already reached the
sixtieth thousand. The publishers re-
port that during the six days of last
week 1860 copies were ordered, an
average of 2,32S day. Many reasons
might be given for the sudden rise
of the American author. One, and per-
haps the most influential is doubtless
the prevalence of the American spirit
The Living Age" (Boston), has come
to US for great many years. No other
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an electlc magazine, it gives US the
cream OF the worlds current magazine
and review literature. During the fifty
six years of it's existence this sterling
weekly magazine has steadily maintain
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II mas become necessity to the Ameri-
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otherwise impracticable, keep we'll
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apridgement, the most interesting and