The record-union., 1899-06-26

"A dainty green cover, Will HoHuoohiS
new design by Bull of San FRANCISCO,
inclcses a number of meritor1ous art
icles in Sunset for May. Education in
California THE Kings River can
4yon"a and Hunting in Mexico all
handsomely illustrated are OF leadnng
interest, supplemented by the sixth IN
stallment of Chronicles OF High
way" and a short story, The Cruise
of the Silver Shilling" Education in
California by ex-State Superintendent
of Schools I. G. Hoitt, is the ieadlng
article in May Sunset" Written by an
authority and handsomely Illustrated
with half-tone engravings Of California
educational institutions, it is OF special
value to all interested in California $
school facilities. Every teacher should
have a copy. The Mission series OF
articles is continued, and Professor j.
N. LIE Conte contributes valuable ana
we'll illustrated article on Kings River
Canyon before long to be one OF call
fornia's great resorts. There are several
other interesting features In the num-
Der. which. 5 cents forwarded to box
1898, San Francisco, will secure. sun
set is published by the Southern Pa
cific Company at San Francisco, ana
with this-number one of the third vol
ume-enters on it's second year. 1t Is
in every way worthy of the interest
with which it is received
It is a singular fact that with all
his popularity there has never been
any attempt to illustrate Thomas
Hardy's novels from the actual scenes
in the Wessex Country. The back
ground for such illustration is especl-
ally rich in material, as will be seen
from the first installment of a series
on Thomas Hardy's Country, which
appears in the June "Bookman' tNeW
York;. The article is an extensive one,
and there are fourteen illustrations, be-
sides a frontispiece showing Thomas
Hardy's house in Dorchester, all repro
duced from photographs taken ex-
pressly for this article by the well
known English writer and novelist
Give Holland Mr.. Holland had the
cooperation of Mr.. Hardy in identity
ing the various scenes of his novels,
so that the series, when completed, Will
be very valuable and important one
to all Hardy lovers. There will be
three papers in all. The installment in
the July number will be wholly devoted
to what is perhaps the most popular
of all Thomas Hardy's novels, "Tess
of the D'Udbervilles.
Of the series Little Journeys to the
Homes of Eminent Persons" we have
from G.. p. Putnam's Sons, New York,
the publishers, No of vol. ", treat
ing of the painter Van Dyck. Its
title page has a beautiful portrait of
Van Dyck. These little volumes issued
monthly for ST a year are handsomely
gotten up, are delightfully."- written and
give US glimpses into the lives of emil
nent people that are very satisfying
and edifying. These booklets aggregat-
ed make up a handsome little library
worthy the attention of any lover of
refined literature.
A prominent feature in the July "Wo-
mans Home Companion is a well
written article by Stephen j. Herben.
discussing THE First Campmeeting in
America In the same number Ed
ward A. Steiner has collected valuable
information concerning the Jewish
movement to reclaim Palestine. An
other article of timely interest by
Charles Bryant Howard enters into the
details of the domestic life of the Phil
ippine women, with excellent illustra-
lions of types of Filipino beauty. A
new departure from usual lines of illus
tration appears on the front page in
Elizabeth Shipper Green's quaint
drawings interpreting Harriet Pres
colt Spoffords poems, Among Old
Dreams. In sharp contrast is Lillian
Bells humorous account of her trip up
the Nile, and John Kendrick Bangs
good natured fillips at uncles and
preachers introduced into the idiots
suggestions for the maintenance of an
attic. The abundance of general read
ing matter does not crowd out a fair
proportion of good stories, some short,
some long. with another installment of
Julia Magruders popular novel, "a
Sunny Southerner.'' "The Need of
Town Hospitals" by Helen c. Candee,
tells of an experiment in founding a
hospital tried and proven practicable
in small village, and John Gilmer
Speed brings home to the average boy