The record-union., 1899-10-09

has these contents for October, with
many very superior half-tone illustra-
tions: Cover designed by c. l.. Hinton
and c. D. Graves; Admiral George
Dewey Ca porttaiD, frontispiece; "Ad-
miral Dewey" Governor Theodore
Roosevelt; with Dewey in the Medi-
| terranean,' Joseph L. Stickney; 1.-THE
Killing of the Mammoth" Ca story, H.
Iukeman; Scenes and Actors in the
Dreyfus Trial. G. w. Stevens; Mark
Twain" biographical sketch, Samuel
e. Moffett; Much Pomp and Several
| Circumstances" a Boyville story Will
| lam Allen White; 1.-The Racing Yacht
It's Points and It's Paces," Ray STAN
nard Baker; 'The Man for Sheriff.
Dakota story, Frank B. Tracy; 1.-THE
Gentleman From Indiana a novel,
conclusion, Booth Harrington.
The invigorating, bracing air of
autumn is typif1ed in the warm toned,
| cheerful cover design of the October
"Woman's Home Companion" (Spring-
| field, Ohio. Nothing has appeared
this summer more diverting that John
Kendrick Bangs papers on 'eThe Idiot
at Home and in the present number
laziness Of the hired man is irresistibly
funny. A ripple of humor runs through
other stories, notably in a story by AL
bert Bigelow Paine. The closed doors
of the White House conservatory have
been thrown open to the Companions
readers for special glimpse of its
treasures photographed and described
by Waldon Fawcett. In America, the
Land of the Optimist,' a national trait
is made the theme of a thoughtful es-
say by Carina B. c. Eaglesfield Two
contributions that should attract the
attention of mothers are 'tThe Board
| ing School Girl' and Charlotte w.
Eastman's tender tribute to the name
Mamma" Other helpful articles are,
| common Sense in Home Furnish
ings," Cooking for Invalids,' "The
! Woman of Thirty" Familiar Talks
| With Women and planning a Hal
| lowe'en Party" Onoto Watanna, the
japanese writer, contributes the final
chapter of a Japanese love-story, ana
Julia Magruder brings to a close that
| fascinating romance of the new South,
"a Sunny Southerner'' Lillian Bells
| letter Of travel in Greece partakes of
the glamour of romance.
! Sir Thomas j. Upton makes a per-
sonal statement in "Ainslee's" for Oc-
| tober on the subject of his challenge
for the America Cup. His utterance is
marked by fine feeling of sportsman
ship and the justifable confidence. of
the man who goes in to win. In 1.-The
| Personal Side of Sir Thomas Upton, -
1 =
/ sketched from life A more important
contribution is 1.-THE New Dawn in Ed
ucation, Study of the Public Schools
in Washington, D. c." Other timely
and readable features of "Ainslee's'
| for October are: "a Man and a Col
ony, the Story of Newfoundland; 1.-THE
/ Camera Club of New York" exquisite
| ly illustrated; THE Solving of the Ser
want Problem" and short stories by E.
w. Hornung, Henry G. Catlin. Arthur
j. Stringer, Howard Fielding and Edith
Robinson. Street & Smith, publishers,
| New York.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine" for Oc-
tober (Irvington, N. W is at hand,
richly illustrated. Is features are:
Frontispiece, "The Young Mother" !;
English Court Beauties Gllustrated),
T. Cunliffe-Owe "a Horse Swapping
Convention William M. Brewer:
Christian Science and the Book of Mrs.
Eddy" Mark Twain; Lady Mary s
Mistake" Maarten Martens; Great
Industries of the United States-Zinc
Mining" Frank Eberle; THE Stage in
Mexico and It's Favorites,' Thomas
Brown; "The Grape Gatherers. Nj.
netta Eames; 1.-The Care of Young
/ Children" (prize article), Helen O. An
derson, NJ. D.; 1.-The Lady in the Box, -
Frank r. Stockton; "Out of the Shad-
ow," Elmore Elliott Peake; 1.-The Bona
parties of To-day" Prince Fabien CO.
lonna; Candy Making at Home Ma
rion r. Lee; agliostro-Necromanc
Hypnotist and Charlatan," Henry
Ridgely Evans; What Work Is" Char
lotte Perkins Stetson; "A Plan for the
Organization of a National Clearing
House Bank" John Brisben Walker;
''Some Examples of Recent Art"
"Pearson's Magazine (New York;
has these contents for October, with
many bright and interesting illustra-
tions: THE Flower Seller" (from the
painting by J. II. Fould), frontispiece;
''The Monte Carlos of America, James
S. Metcalfe; THE Master of the Octo-
pus'' illustrated by H. Piffard), e. O.
/ Weeks; CLOUD Seas" T. c. Porter;
"Herrick, v. Co. H B. Vogel; Farm
! ing Pheasants," ]. T. Newman; '"To-
bogganing Down a Volcano" @. Cum
yngham Cunningham; "The Lost Con-
tinent" Chapters XI.-XIII), Cutcliffe
Hyne; THE Petroleum City Perces
! Perhole; 1.-The Shadoof Worker" David
/ Beddoe; 1.-The Work of the British
Royal Engineers Marcus Tindal; The
Art of the Age; 1.-The Adventures of
Sirdar Mohammed Khan" Louis Tracy;
1.-The Dogs of War Mary Ferlnor;
''Lifes Little Mysteries W. i. Alden.
Three notable series of articles are
begun in the October Ladies Home
Journal" (Philadelphia): Her Boston
Experiences" analyzing Boston So
ciety; 1.-THE Theater and It's People,
and "The Autobiography of a Girl her
life from Is to &c. Through Rudyard
Kipling's glasses. Two pages are
worthily filled with pictures and anec-
dotes of Admiral Dewey The incidents
of the last ten years of Washington
| life are recorded by William Perrine.
Edward Box writes of 1.-The Fee OF the
Doctor and points out the South's lit
erary chance, and Barton Cheyney de-
tails the method of procedure to secure
positions under Uncle Sam. In THE
Candy Pull System in the Church" Tan
Maclaren protests against turning the
church into a place of secoEd-class en-
| .foi, be. n -