The record-union., 1899-02-13

MCGOWAN Cookies popular story OF
girls college life concludes in this num-
ber. The Companion" touches on m any
subjects of practical interest to women
readers, such as Typography a Popu-
lar Pastime," .'The Fit of Woman 3
Gown" THE Period Of Betrothal,"
Child Culture in the Home, When
Digestion Fails" and consulting q
Husbands Taste" Katherine E. Junk
ermann has a second paper on the
cultivation of the Voice." and Saliie
Joy White gives the fourteenth lesson
of Cookery for Girls"
Portraits and sketches of men who
are now prominently before the public
labound in the February magazine num-
ber of "The Outlook Thus, there Is
very fine portrait of DR.. N D. Hills,
who succeeds DR.. Lyman Abbott as
pastor of Plymouth Church. Brooklyn;
an illustrated article on Kipling by
Robert Bridges, better known to many
readers as the "Droch" of Life"
finely illustrated article about Kitchen
er of Khartoum; a Lincoln birthday
page that comprises a strong original
poem, a portrait, and a picture of the
house in which Lincoln was born;
Thoroughly readable article by Colonel
Thomas Wentworth Higginson about
MY Literary Neighbors;" and an arti-
Gle by John Burroughs on Mature
Study" which is in an entertaining way
autobiographic, and has portrait of
the author Half a dozen or more
other illustrated articles make up
number of unusual variety. "The Out
look" Company New York
The February issue of the New Eng
land Magazine Boston) opens with
historical and descriptive paper on
'The Massachusetts, State House." by
Alfred S. Roe. The article is beauti-
fully illustrated with both exterior and
interior views William l. Cole con-
cludes his series of articles on the city
institutions of Boston. The present
paper deals with Boston's Insane Hos
lpital. The citizens of New Britain will
feel grateful to Mrs. May Churchill
Talcott for the delightful manner in
which she here sets forth the history of
their city. Within the brief space al
llotted her Miss Edith Parker Thomson
has collected much interesting material
regarding 1.-THE Home of Josh Billings"
The thrilling story of the encounter be-
tween the Congress and the Merrimac
at Hampton Roads in the spring of
1862, as told by one of the gunners on
the Congress, loses none of its inter-
est when here repeated by Frank Sted-
man Alger. In Scripture Reading in
the Worship of the New England
Churches" Rev. A. H. Coolidge shows,
as the result of careful investigation
that for long period reading from the
Bible had no place in early New Eng
land church worship. Rev. William E.
Barton completes his unique collection
of negro hymns. In thoughtful pa
per on Public Opinion in England and
lAmerica,' Edward Porritt explains why
public opinion regarding political ques
tionS and political education is more
active, alert, and usually better in
formed in England than in America A
good story by Agnes Provost is entitled,
"A Psychological Proposition Stanley
Edwards Johnsons Trying of Friend
Folger'' is tale of revolutionary days;
THE Pastorate of Allan Evans" is a
sketch by Philip E. Stanley.
"Self Culture" for February (Akron,
o. is an especially valuable and
richly illustrated number. Chief among
the papers are a paper on George
Washington, by President Rodgers of
the Northwestern University; "Statis-
tics and Popular Education by Carroll
D. Wright; Commission on the Tariff
and Money" by Professor Laughlin of
the University of Chicago; columbia
University" by Professor Carpenter of
Columbia; Suggestions from the Life
of Lincoln by Professor Shepardson
of the University of Chicago; "a
Glance at Heidelberg" by Anna L. w.
Smith; ''The Car and Universal
Peace" by Henry Davies, Phi. D.;
Mathew Arnold's Anglicism," by Pro-
fessor Haultain; Jewish Charities in
the United States," by Professor Born
heimer. Besides, there are the depart
ments of sociology, woman and home,
religion, art and music, education, etc.
The illustrations are exceptionally fine
and numerous.
Imperialism and the Tracks of Our
| Forefathers" is monograph by Chas.
Francis Adams from the press of
Dana, Estes & Co., Boston. The es-
say was recently read before the Lex
ington Historical Society.
Professor Gunton (New York; gives
us in the February number of Cum
toms Magazine the following valu-
able papers: Economics and Public
Affairs" frontispiece, Francis A. Wal
ker: Prosperity and Social Education
Improving Opinion on the Philip
pines,'' distinguished Economists
VIII: Walker; 1.-TWO Republics"
Civic and Educational Notes." "Cu-
ba's Industrial Problems Science
and Industry Notes." 1.-The City Wilder
ness" Intelligent Taxation
Little Folks for February (8oston,
S. E. Carson. publisher) is handsome
ly illustrated and freely, too. 1t is we'll
filled with entertaining and instructive
matter for youngest readers.
liable Talk" for February Philadel-
phia) in addition to the departments
has these papers of interest to the
household: I'm Bermuda with Theo-
DORA" 1.-The Banana. Gardens of the Ca
nary Islands, Appetite Comes with
Eating" China Closets-Past and
Present. Modern Breakfast" "a
Washington Dinner" "A Tasteful
DISH" ''Gastrononic Chips Snow,
Ice, Chill Withstand Their Contrast"
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