The record-union., 1899-09-04

as here at home. Some of the wonders
to be seen In the Moonlight Field" are
described by Albert Bigelow Paine.
Miss Wells STORY of Betty" and Ru-
pert Hughes Twelve From Lakerim''
are continued, and Mrs. Richards
"Quicksilver Sue is concluded in this
number; and, as usual, pictures and
verses abound.
The current number of the "Cosmo-
politan Magazine" (New York; is rich
ly illustrated and has these among
other leading papers and features
Frontispiece, Love, the Conqueror,
Byam Shaw; the Americas cup, John
r. Spears; Eternal Me" poem), Char
lotte Perkins Stetson; can Unconscious
Crime John E. Wilkie, Chief United
States Secret Service; Inner Organiza-
ton of the French Spy System I.
Saint-Just, former Chief of Division,
French Secret Service: "The Art Gal
lery of the Great Lakes illustrated by
w. w. Denslow), Charles Warren Stod-
dard; "The Roof Gardens of New
York. Vance Thompson; Love
Laughs at Blacksmiths," ONeill La
than; "The Delightful Art of Cook
ing" Anna Leach; "The Building of an
Empire-Mohammed Omar" John
Brisben Walker: "The Study of Fic-
tion," Brander Matthews; "The Art of
Buying Food for a Family (prize ar
ticle), Mary Graham: Romance and
Tragedy of Kentucky Feuds," ]. Stod-
dard Johnston; Elton SHADES Auction
Habit" Annie Hamilton Donnell.
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"The Black Cat for September
Boston) has these complete stories:
The Diary of a White Kaffir" ($50O
prize story, James Q. Fagan; THE
Bird from Cape Horn Frank Lille
Pollock; 1.-The Conjured Plantation,
Zitella Cooke; For the Honor of the
Cloth" Evelyn Raymond; "Eph Fol
lett's Monument" Josephine Spencer
Among the magazines for September
the "Woman's Home Companion
(Springfeld o. stands out as an un-
usually brilliant number for it's enter
tanning and varied contents. it's artistic
cover design and it's profusion of illus
trations Under the title "An Ameri-
can Palace in aPris," Edward Page
Castor tells of the handsome residence
reproducing the famous Grand Trianon.
Edward A Steiner contributes an illus
trated article descriptive of the peas
ants of Barbizon whom Millet used as
models for his famous paintings. Julia
Magruder is drawing to a close her
pretty romance of the newer generation
in the Old South, entitled "A Sunny
Southerner" Other stories are from
Mrs. Burton Harrison, Josiah Aliens
wife and the gifted young Japanese
writer, Onoto Watanna. Lillian Bell re-
veals the more serious side of her ma
ture when giving her impressions amid
the ruins of ancient Athens. Mrs
Booker T. Washington tells of her work
at Tuskegee in the progressive Moth
ers' Meeting" Very suggestive are the
articles Finding Her Place" by Sallie
Joy White, pointing out what a girl
should consider when choosing an occu-
patton, and 'Women as Private Secre-
taries," discussing new and promising
avocation. Other articles deal with
teaching children, clubwomen's gossip
/ cookery for girls, domestic helps, sug-
gestions on the fall styles in wraps and
gowns, and flower culture.
| In Universal Brotherhood Magazine
| CTheosophical Publishing Co., 144 Mad
| ison avenue, N. W for September, the
| interest in Dr. Alexander Wilder's ar
ticles on Egypt grows. "The Kings
after Kheops-the end of the Old EN-
| pire-Queen Neitokris,' afford ample
! scope for the historian. The transla-