The record-union., 1899-12-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

"California South of Tehachapi'' is
the title of a very handsome seventy
page booklet issued by the General Pas
senger Department of the Southern Pa
cific Company. 1t is embellished with
numerous high class half-tOne engrav-
ings, illustrative of the scenery and
productive industries, the towns, cities,
drives and watering places of Southern
California. The text is full Of useful
information and interesting descrip-
TONS 1t is a eharmingly inviting and
informing book.
Book Notes for December (New
York; is richly illustrated and gives
great deal of valuable Information
about the more recent books of the day.
Chief among the features are: Charles
Major, frontispiece; Charles Major,
His Life and His Work. Gllustrated);
'Christmastide" Gllustrated), John De
Morgan; Julia Arthur Gllustrated},
w j. Thorold; THE Pride of the Ham
let Halle Erminie Rives; holiday edi-
tons of noted books Ollustrated) holt
day books for little people Qllustrated);
Book Reviews (llustrated), Charles
Towne; True Love" (poem), William
Shakespeare; glimpses of the stage, art
swer," Adelaide Anne Proctor; popular
books of the month and descriptive list
of new books.
Pearson's Magazine" for January.
1900 (New York;, is finely illustrated,
and profusely so. The leading attrac-
tons of the number are: THE At
tack" from the painting by William
Bouguereau, frontispiece; Stories of
Other Worlds-A Visit to the Moon,'
George Griffith; Smuggling Into
Paris V. Gribayedoff; "a Peace Con-
gress," w. l. Alden; Wonders in
Wheat Growing" Austin Fryers; His
toric Mysteries-The Son of Philip H."
Allen Upward; Natures Next Move
The Third Hand" Barry Pain; Might
Roard Romances-How Willowdene
VIII Escaped the Parson'' Second
series), Halliwell Sutcliffe; Blowing Up
the Enemy" Herbert c. Fyfe; Sophie
Ettrick's Adventure Julian Ralph;
The Second Transvaal War-From the
English Standpoint Major Arthur
Grift1ths; "Transplanting Big Trees"
George A. Best; THE Art of the Age"
The Home Magazine for December
(New York; is a most interesting and
very handsomely illustrated monthly
The new papers on the Transvaal and
its mines and on Washington and
Mount Vernon alone commend it as of
first and fresh value. 1t is clearly a
periodical for information as well as
entertainment. 1t is clean. strong and
wholesome, and commends itself speci-
ally for the home, being neither top
heavy with learning nor trivial as an
entertainer The chief features of the
current number are: George Wash
ngton,' frontispiece, from the Stuart
portrait; THE Truth About the Trans
VAIL" Hon. John S. Seymour; Cecil
Rhodes the Great John Southworth;
II Santo Bambino," Christmas story.
Annie c. Mcqueen; Washington
Home and Last Resting Place." Thomas
Calver; Two Love Poems by Wash
ington;" THE Man Who Found S,561
Diamonds, Art S. Jennings; THE
Wolf's Donkeyman," story, Cutcliffe
Hyne; christmas Eve in the Far
South Seas" Louis Becke: Wong
Sings Revenge" story, Robert M.
Biley; Music and Drama" Acton
Davies; The World of Books" Arthur
I. Vance; Negro Parsons Christmas
Sermon Ben King; "Of Interest to
=
S. Barring Gould, Ella Macmahon and
Tom Gallon are the fiction contributors
to the Christmas issue of 1.-The Ameri-
can Queen" (New York;; Arthur julie
Goodman, Tom Brown and Charles
Ward are among the illustrators. An
article entitled christmas Decorations
for Home and Church. is replete with
pictures of the Christmas dressing CT
some of the noted New York City
churches. How Men Propose is an
interesting article by Florence 1. Hatch,
artistically Illustrated. The Fashion
Department by Rose Wagner, illustrat-
ed by Alice May Gillian, is ably con-
Quoted, as are the usual and now IA
miliar Beauty and Toilet, Women's
Work, Domestic Science, Embroidery
and other departments. The frontis-
piece, Going Home for Christmas by
Alex. Rummler, and the cover design,
Going to a Christmas Feast" by Skin
ner, are two of the most attractive
pictures in the Christmas publications
of this year.
The Christmas number of 1.-The Sat
urday Evening POST (Philadelphia)
marks a new departure in periodical
to give for five cents stories, articles
and pictures by the same writers and
artists who make the high-cost maya
zines. For example, the opening story
in the Christmas Post is by Rudyard
Kipling, and the tale that of Private
Ortheris and his dog, Garm; Joel Chan
dler Harris tells why the Confederacy
Failed" stirring story of the secret
service; and Ian Maclaren, Justin Nc
Carthy, NJ P, John Luther Long, NJ. E.
Davis, w. c. Coup and w. S. Harwood
contribute stories and articles. The
verse in the number is by Edwin Mark
ham, Frank L. Stanton, Mary E. Will
kins and Clinton Scoliard. The half
tone page headings, illustrating Christ
mas in History, are by Charles Louis
Hinton, Frank and Joe Leyendecker
w. S. Lukens George Gibbs, F. L. FL
THAN, Emelen Mcconnell and Harri-
son Fisher. The handsome colored COW
er is by Henry HUT.