The record-union., 1899-10-13

OeW6ys nuInDer Is pSTnapS uHpTeSeuCHl-
ed in the annals of illustrated periodi-
calls. The number contains also an
important article on the United States
Navy, by Henry Loonnis Nelson, and
special articles on Dewey and the Ma
Mia campaign, illustrated with many
hitherto unpublished portraits and
drawings of naval scenes. 1t is a num-
Der that is not only worth reading but
worth preserving. The issue for Oc-
tober 7th describes Admiral Dewey's
reception in New York.
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"Self-Culture" Magazine for October
(Akron, Ohio), is richly and fully illu-
strated. In addition to the reviews, art,
music, home, educational, library and
other departments it's leading features
are: An American Inventor, DR.. Cat
ling, F. w. Fitzpatrick; Twenty five
Years of Johns Hopkins University, IT,"
Professor E. Fl. Griffin, L. D.; Social
Salons of Our National Capital" Wal
don Fawcett; Liquid Air: What 1t Is"
Il. s. Wicklin; Faust and the
Golden Legend" Irene c. Byrne; THE
truth About the Philippines-II,"
James j. Wait; Memories of Trans
planted Scot" William Mcleod Raine;
The Omaha Indian Congress-" Fred
erick ]. Burnett; "Shall Franchises be
Taxed?" Edgar L. Vincent; Maryland
Cans and Their Contents" Calvin Dill
Wilson; 1.-The Origin of the Anglo-Sax-
on" Ethelbert f. H. Cross In Loves
Dear Thrall-A Romance of the Mus
koka Lakes" G.. Mercer Adam; The
Armour Institute of Technology" Gil
selle D'Unger; The Old Missions of
California" E. H. Rydall; "Chattan-
ooga and Chickamauga," c. w Chase;
The Century's Achievements in Busi-
ness" Oscar Herzberg
THE Bookman" for October Dodd,
Mead & Co., New York; is a fat num-
Der freely illustrated, and overflowing
with variety and literary richness.
Among its features, in addition to its
regular and elaborate Chronicle and
Comment" are THE Bayadere." Re-
gina Armstrong; 1.-THE Author of The
Tanning of the Jungle George Ham
lin Fitch; "A Book Lover" Frank Wal
cott HUT; The Dream of the Month"
Norman Hapgood; mon Omnis Nor
lar, Arthur J. Stringer; THE First
BOOKS of Some English Authors" Luth-
er 5. Livingston; "A Thought for O.
Shiroi-Fuji San," Ethel Morse; New
York in Fiction" Arthur Bartlett Mau-
rice; Notes on English Style in the
Victorian Period" w. Robertson Nicol.
The Unattained," Clarence Urny;
The Lafayette Monument Scandal"
Thomas Hood and Punch" M. H.
Splelmann; Wax Writing Tablets
From Pompeii," James C. Egbert, Jr.;
Alien" Virginia Woodward Cloud;
Literary Paris" Adolph Cohn; "The
City's Heart" John Curtis Underwood:
Janice Meredith, A Story of the Rev
olution," Paul Leicester Ford.
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DR.. Henry Van Dyke writes for the
October number Of Bird Lore" CThe
Macmillan Co., New York; a poem
wherein the rhythm and spirit of the
songs of the robin, bluebird, Maryland
yellow throat and thrasher are very
happily expressed. In the same issue
a granddaughter of Audubon tells the
history Of the family seal, DR.. J. A.
Allen contributes a paper on the Amer
lean Ornithologists' Union, which is ac-
companied by photograph showing
the leading ornithologists of America,
! and there is an interesting discussion
on the ethics of caging birds.
Until quite recently, honey has not
received the attention now given it as
q table commodity. The difference in
quality favor, color of the product of
the Eastern and Western sections of
our country and many other interesting
points are all discussed in an article
by Martha Bockee Flint in the October
issue Of Table Talk" Other articles
in the same issue of this magazine are
THE Homely Squash Concerning
| Watercress, Meat Suggestions; this
| article treats on the unnecessary ad-
vance in prices of meat to- the consumer
and suggests other foods which may take
the place of meat on our tables. 1t is
a valuable article both in point of econ
omy and health. The "All Through the
Year" Department, as usual, is filed
with information that women want to
know, and the "Housekeepers' Inquiry
/ Department, is better than a cook book.
/ because it is up-to-date in all matters
pertaining to cooking and serving and
new recipes. This magazine is lust
/ v. L
teaches eXhaustively the art of good
cooking and of wise and economical liv-
/ ing. Our readers can obtain a free
sample copy of a recent number OF
this magazine by sending their name
and address to Table Talk Publishing
Co.. Philadelphia, Pa.
/ Frank Leslies Popular Monthly
/ for October (New York; contains the
frst part of a mastery review by the
! Hon. Lyman J. Gage, Secretary of the
/ Treasury, of The Finances of Our
| wars In this article, which is elab-
orately illustrated from official sources.
! Secretary Gage discusses most interest
/ ingly, and without resort to dry figures
/ or statistics, the finances and fnanciers
4 OF the revolution, the continental paper
currency, and the war of 1912. The
( Mexican war, the civil war and the
Iate Spanish-American conflict, will be
! treated IN second paper. Walter
camp writes a seasQnable article upon
college Athletics" Edgar Allan Poe'a
! ColIege Days, at the University Of Vir-
glnla, Charlottesville, are discussed by
: Jennie Bard Dugdale. tLfquefied Air
ana Its Uses, by DR.. George H. john
son, is popular science paper. "Wo-
men as Farmers" are written about by
/ W. r. Draper. Fritz Morris makes in
structive comparisons in his illustrated
article about European Fire Fighters. :"
Frank r. Stocktons sea yarn. entitled
/ The Snowflake of the Service" illus
trated by Rosenmeyer, is the leading
snort story. and there is much other in
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