The record-union., 1899-06-08

OlDeTld anu StutIdd ASIA - g AN--~
royal octave volume by John W. BOOK
walter and published by the author at
Springfield. o. It is the story OF a
trip through Siberia and Central ASIA
by Mr.. Bookwalter in the summer
and autumn of last year and consists
mostly of letters written by him While
on the journey, and published in several
Western newspapers. 1t is rlcnly
and profusely illustrated volume, in
half tones from photographs by the
author If there were no other excuse
for the book these beautiful views
along the line Of the trans-Siberian raul
way would amply justify issuance OF
the volume. However, Mr.. BookWalter
writes lucidly He observed clearly
and in much detail and he relates what
he saw in a charmingly easy and nat
ural manner AS the Eastern ques-
ton hinges largely upon the position OF
Russia. the author undertook the trip,
he says, for the purpose OF studying
that country at short range; and, oW-
ing to exceptional privileges granted to
him. he was led to think that the re-
suits of his observations might serve as
a contribution to the better understand
ing of that question. He has, there
fore, issued this book for private cir
cuIation, and begs the indulgence of his
readers for a work thrown off during
the excitement and fatigue of long
Journey in new and most interesting
lands But he need not have apol-
ogized. His pages are too interesting
and his style too pleasing for that
1.-THE Bookman" New York; for June
presents it's usual departments full Of
interesting matter and with many art
istic illustrations. Special articles are:
THE Drama of the Month"; with por-
traits Of Gerhart Hauptmann, and
Maude Adams as Juliet, Norman Hap
good; Janice Meredith, a story of the
Revolution, Paul Leicester Ford;
Loves Season." Rene S. Parks;
Thomas Hardy's Country" Give Hol-
land: Henry Timrod," Henry Austin;
"A New Writer Who Counts, Harry
Thurston Peck; "A History Of English
Romanticism," Henry Barrett Hinck-
ley; THE Evolution of an Artist"
Katharine Pearson Woods; "Evangeline
and Her Sister," Francis Bellamy;
Contemporary German LITERATURE j.
F. Coar; 1.-TWO Recent Revivals in Re-
alisrn,' Nancy Huston Banks; From
the Age of Gold,' Arthur j. Stringer;
"A Literary Causerie,'' Clement K.
Shorter; Literary Paris" Adolphe
Cohn.
Self Culture Magazine for June
(Akron, o. is notably rich in papers
and is freely and handsomely illuminat-
ed with engravings. Leading papers be-
sides the many departments, are: ''Har-
ward University" n. D. c. Hodges, A.
A S.; The Unrest of the Nations. -
Francis Asbury Roe, Read Admiral, U.
S. N; THE Acquisition of Louisiana"
Julia Worthington; Eugene Fields
Message to the Child-Lover," D. Solder
Cooke; "Honore de Balzac.'' F. c. Hub
bard; THE Smithsonian Institutions,
Marcus Benjamin, Phi. D.; "Oliver
Wendell Holiness George Stewart, d.
c. L.; "A Sketch of the Philippines
George E. Stanford; "a Legend
Haunted Summer Land" Hezekiah
Butterworth; 1.-The Men Behind the
Guns" Minna Irving; Queen Victoria
at Eighty" G. Mercer Adam; The
Boston Subway" John Livingston
Wright; The Bicycle as an Educator, %
A. L. Benedict, NJ. D.; Municipal
Franchises" Edwin Burrftt Smith:
England as a Model
Goodwin Smith. D. c. L.; Dante and
His Aage," William Clark, D. c. L.
THE Marble Quarries of Carrara,"
Marchioness Venuti.
"Appleton's Popular Science Month
ly,' edited by w. J. Youmans, published
by D. Appleton & Co. (New York; has
these contents fer June: New Method
of Estimating the Age of Niagara
Falls" by Professor G. Frederick
Wright: Abuse of Public Charity" by
Comptroller Bird S. Coler; Alaska and
the Klondike"-II San Francisco of
the North by Professor Angelo He'll
prin; THE Negro Question by ]. L. NJ.
Curry. LII. D.; The Philippine Islands
and American Capital by j. Russell
Smith: The Physical Geography of the
West Indies"-III. Reptiles and
Fishes" by DR.. F. L. Oswald; "A Study
of Luigi Luccheni,'' by Cesare Lombro-
so; Tendencies in French Literature .
by Prof Pelham Edgar; THE Botany OF
Shakespeare, by Professor Thomas H.