The record-union., 1899-04-26

Companion" contain a number of the
special articles and stories engaged last
year for the 1899 volume. In the issue
for the, week of April 9th appears THE
Flood in Number Three" in which Ho-
mer Greene recalls an instance of the
heroism of miners The issue for the
week of April 18th contains Sir Gle
ments Markham's article with the fas-
cinating title, rsOppoItunities for Young
Explorers" and the first ingtallment of
Charles Adams's story .of "A Boys Fox
Yard" Hon. Carroll D. Wrights arti-
Gle, Where Living is Cheapest" ap-
pears in the issue for the week of April
Goth, and in that for April 27th Surgeon
General Wyman describes the United
States quarantine service in an article
entitled, Maritime Quarantine"
The current number of THE Black
Cat" (Boston) has these complete
stories: 1.-THE Stolen Sky y-Scraper.'
Frank Lille Pollock; THE Mysterious
Book" w. Macpherson Wiltbank; The
Bicycle That Ran Itself F. w. Sage;
The Disposal of Miss Polly" Johanna
Duncan; THE White Jack Rabbit" A.
! w. w 1lhlCllOQSS.
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The current number CT the New Eng
land Magazine" (Boston), freely and
handsomely illustrated, has these lead
ing features: THE New England
Governors in the Civil War" Elizabeth
Ballister Bates; 1.-The Early History Of
Children's Books in New England"
Charles Welsh; Through an Old South
ern County,, Calvin Dill Wilson;
Ralph Darrow's Tryst,"~a story, Maud
Howe; "a Forgotten Danger to the
New England Colonies" Frank Strong;
The Southern Old Salem," Max Ben
nett Thrasher;. Samuel May of Leices-
ter" John White Chadwick; Anti
Slavery Times in Plymouth" Abby Nor
ton Diaz; 'Stonington, Connecticut,
illustrated, Henry Robinson Palmer:
'Hiram's Majority" story, Harriet A.
Nash.
The Illustrated articles of the April
magazine number of "The Outlook"
/ (New York; include one by F. Marion
Crawford, the famous novelist, on Leo
! Kill; a personal and anecdotal arti-
Gle on M. Loubet by Elbert F. Baldwin,
called "A Peasant President; THE
Face of Christ in Art a collection of
opinions from prominent clergymen of
/ all denominations with many reproduc
tions of the paintings referred to;
somewhat unusual poem called THE
Violin,' which has four full-page pic
lures; and a curiously entertaining ar
tiele by W. H. Richardson, called "A
Day With the Pennsylvania Arnish."
There are also several important unil
| Illustrated articles-the chief of which
is the article by Charles B. Spahr in
his series Americas Working People
and the usual full news, editorial and
critical departments THE Outlook"
continues to be unique in that it is at
the same time a monthly illustrated
magazine and a weekly newspaper in
one
"Gunton's Magazine for April CNew
York; has these papers in addition to
the institute work" and notes:
Trade Union Leadership = Distin-
guished Economists, Bastiat Devine's
Economics; Grave Evils in Our Pub
lie School System-Labor, Capital and
the State; Function of Art in Eco
nomic Evolution; Labor Conditions
on European Railroads
THE American German Review"
| (New York; is new monthly magazine
richly and freely illustrated, and edited
with marked ability. 1t is typographi
cally very handsome. Its leadings pa
pers are: "Germania Sends Us Our Best
Citizens" Mrs. John Sherwood Soldier
Song, from Faust " Johann Wolfgang
Won Goethe; "Lenbach and Max" Har-
old Bentley; THE Triple Alliance of the
Future" A. C. Wheeler (Nym Crinkle);
Princess Pretzel," Kate Masterson;
Germans That Helped to Make the
| Great West Ludlow Brownell; MAX
ers of American Industries: Hon. CSas.
A. Schieren." JOS. Howard, Jr.; Ger
man Heroes of the Revolution" His
toricus; Alma Mater Dunn Vivimus TIE
Salutamusi" a boquet of souvenirs by
the Alumni of Gottingen: "Germany's S
Relations with America Hon. John J..
Lentz; Heinrich Conreid, Artist and
Man" Vance Thompson; Ships That
Made Trade for America" James B.
Townsend s"Vierlanden," Walter O..
Eschwege; American Trade Opportu-
mites in Germany Daniel T. Pierce
Books and Writer'S a Review of the
Important Publications, James Hings-
ton
THE Living Age" (Boston) comes
weekly to hand, and the best eclectic
magazine of the world. 1t presents
weekly the cream of current English
literature of both worlds, with transla-
tions from German and French current
literature also. No magazine of the
many coming to the Record Union is
so highly priced.
RELAY ROAD RACE.