The record-union., 1899-02-06

hibit of the recent drift toward col
onial and protectorate governments.
1.-The Progress of the World deals this
month with the new problems of colon
ial administration now confronting the
in the different States, with the poly
gamy question, with the question Of
army beef in it's bearings on the reor-
ganization of the War Department,
with our recent industrial progress.
protective tariffs, and the trusts" and
with the months developments in for
eign politics. The subject of the char
acter sketch is Aguinaldo, the Filipino
insurgent leader. Crittenden Marriott,
who recently served as a correspondent
of the Associated Press in Cuba and
Porto Rico, writes in defense of the Gu
ban character. Henry Macfarland de-
scribes the admirable work of the sig
nal corps in the war with Spain. His
article is illustrated. William Howe
Tolman reviews the operations of the
various army relief associations during
| the war. Professor Henry c. Adams,
statistician of the Interstate Commerce
| Commission, contributes an important
paper advocating the Federal taxa
ton of Interstate commerce. DR.. Dan
! iel Dorchester presents statistics show
| ing the remarkable drift of recent times
! in the direction of territorial extensions
| and protectorate governments. In the
| same number Sylvester Baxter cites
| the example of Java, successful
| Dutch colony in the neighborhood of
! the Philippines. DIR. Philip W. Ayres
makes a plea for the founding of
scholarships to enable students to in
| form themselves on the practical
phases of social problems in the great
cities.
"In the Twilight is the title of a
clever, graceful etching which ap-
pears in the February number of ''The
Gray Goose" magazine (CincinnatD.
The story is by Bessie May Guinean of
Portland, Or, well known to readers of
this paper as the correspondent "Bese-
Lena
In "The Engineering Magazine" for
February (New York; Commodore Mel
vile sets down his Readings from Ex-
perience in Naval Engineering" AS
Engineer-i Chief of the United States
navy, he is fresh from studying the
work of modern war vessels in action
an experience never afforded heretofore
to the naval authorities of any civil
lied country. Lessons drawn from
such an opportunity by such an author
| ity are full of weight and interest.
Commodore Melville's paper is to be
continued in March. OF prime i'm
portance, too, especially at this time,
| is w. Henry Hunters review of the
! Panama Canal. The fine pictures aid
in showing a state of progress far in
advance of that generally imagined.
Suggestions of industrial opportunity il
newly-opening countries are carried in
Mr.. Coxs account of the Mineral Re-
sources of Cuba and in the review, by
! Senior Lluveras of Porto Rico and its
need of electric tramways. Both are
| handsomely illustrated. So also IS Mr..
| Parsons discussion of 1.-THE Tall Build
| ings Under the Test of Fire" Machine
| tool makers will find absorbing interest
in Mr.. CIRCUITS contrast of European
and American practice, in Mr.. Norris
paper on cost keeping, and in Mr.. Ma
gees presentation of German export
methods. The review and index in
clude the whole range of the engineer
ing profession and its literature.
1.-THE Bookman' for February Oodd
Mead K Co., New York; is freely and
artistically illustrated. Besides the
usual departments notable for their
high literary merit. there are presented
| these papers: THE Drama of the
Month"; Norman Hapgood; Golden
rods" Benjamin F. Leggett; "A Cen
| fury of American Illustration" Arthur
Hoeber; 1.-The Little Touches" Harry
Thurston Peck; I'm the Cloister Gar
dem Thomas Walsh; "Bagster's Pill
grim's Progress, . Robert Louis Ste
version: THE First Book of Some
American Authors, Luther S. Living
| The Exquisites,' Frederick S. Dick
son and Luther S. Livingston; Two
Tales of Adventure, Edward A lifting
ton Valentine; Contemporary German
| Literature" ]. F. Coar; Answer to the
Rubaiyat of Omar Curtis Hidden
! Page; Literary London, W. Robertson
Nicoll: Literary Paris" Adolphe Cohn;
stevenson" Percy Adams Hutchin-
son; "A Literary Causerie," Clement
| Shorter
| The animal stories written by the late
Dan Rice. are published in the two is
sues of 1.-The Youths Companion Dos
tcn) of February ID and 9th, under the
title, Fifty Years With the Menagerie."
There appear also Mary T. Earle's Sc
rial story, tine Flag on the Hilltop" a
! thrilling tale of life on the Ohio River
border during the civil war; Art Stu
dents in New York" by G. w. Brock
| formerly President of the New York
Art Students League: Robert Bars
story of the war of 1872. THE First
| Specula tor: F. l.. Nasons story. The
| Cradle of Andy LIE Barge describing
an ingenious woodsman's expedient, by
which Andy saved his life; and THE
| Captains Celebration" a Washingtons
birthday story, by Mrs. Annie Fellows
/ Johnston.
Appleton's Popular Science Month
ly,'' edited by w. ]. Youmans Cd. APP
pleton & Co.. New York;. has these con-
tents: Vegetation: Remedy fer the
| Summer Heat of Cities by Stephen
| Smith NJ D.. L. L. D.; 'Mivart's
| Groundwork of Science" by Professor
| w. K Brooks; 1.-The Science of Obser-
walton" Glustrated). by Charles Livy
| White; Death Gulch: a Natural
Hear Trap Gllustrated), by T. A. Jag
gar. Jr.; THE Labor Problem in the
Tropics by W. Alleyne Ireland;
principles of Taxation: XX.-The
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