The record-union., 1899-02-13

Bird-lo will be interested In the
new bi-monthly magazine, "Blrd-Lore'
published by the Macmillan Company
(New York;, and edited by Frank M
Chairman. Assistant Curator in the
American Museum of Natural History
in New York City, author of "A Hand
book of Birds of Eastern North Amer
lea" and "Bird-Life." Among its con-
tributors for 1899 are to be John Bur
roughs, Bradford Torrey, Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, Olive Thorne Miller, Flor-
ence A. Merriam, Mabel Osgood Wrlgn'
and Annie Trumbull Slosson, and the
first number, just issued, contains arti-
cles by Mr. Burroughs, Miss Merriam
and others we'll calculated to attract the
rapidly growing number of bird stu
dents. In addition to general articles,
book reviews and editorials, there are
departments for Young Observers,
Teachers and Students" and the Au-
dubon Societies, of which Bird Lore
is the official organ The latter is un-
der the charge of Mrs. Mabel Osgood
w right, the dutUOI VI LII AN'
"Citizen Bird" etc.
The Cosmopolitan (New York; Tor
February is handsomely and profusely
illustrated. Leading features are
Frontispiece, 1T Was a Spanish Cal
leon" H. Pruett Share; 1.-The Emperor
William in the Holy Land" Samuel
Ives Curtiss; After the Capture of Ma
nila.' Frank r. Robertson; The New
Organ" Eliza Calvert Hall; MR. Cor
nelius johnson, Office Seeker, Paul
Laurence Dunbar; Among the Dyaks. y
]. Theodore Van Gestel; THE Trek
Bokke of Cape Colony" S. c. DOWNRIGHT
Schreiner; "City Subways for Pipes and
Wires,'' Henry F. Bryant; 1.-The Pro-
fessor," James Gardner Sanderson;
1.-THE Haven of Dead Ships" Sylvester
Baxter; Utilizing Boy Waste F
Gardiner; 'How an Empire Was Built
Part l. Mohammed," John Brisben
Walker; I'm the World of Art and Let
ters," and Some Plays and Their Act
ors''
The Coming Age" is a new monthly
magazine, published in Boston and ST.
-.
Reifsneider as editors. Among the con-
tributors for the February number are
Louise Chandler Moulton, Hezekiah
Butterworth, Rev. DR.. Moxom, Will AL
len Drumgoole, Rev. r. E. Bisbee and
B. o. Flower. The subjects handled
concern education, Tolstol, An
dean Republics, "reminiscences of
eminent men and women, Bellamy,
tendencies of Democracy in the United
States, cooperation, and Emerson as a
poet.
1.-The Black Cat" for February (Short
Story Publishing Company, Boston, has
these complete stories: "On the Edge
of Things" ($100 prize story. Geik Tur-
nsr: Negative Number Twelve" Err
nest Peabody; Manuel. of the Guardia
Civil" Charles Bryant Howard; THE
Lynchpin Sensation Joanna E. Wood; !;
THE Lady and the Kwang-Chiu,' -
Frank L. Pollock.
The Forum (New York;, one of the
best essay and pen-debate periodicals
of the age, foremost one, has for Feb
ruary these papers: why the Treaty
Should Be Ratified" Hon. Charles
DENLY, late Minister to China; THE
War and the Extension of Civilization"
Hon. David J. Hill. Assistant Secretary
of State: THE Increasing Supply of
Gold,'' Hon. George E. Roberts, Di-
rector of the Mint: Good Roads and
State Aid" Otto Dorner of Committee
for Highway Improvement. L. A. W.;
Some Japanese Ways" Joseph King
Goodrich; Quarantine and Sanitation, y
DR.. Walter Wyman. Supervising Sur
geon General; Culture and Education,
Wilhelm Rein of the University of
Jena; Saxon and Latin Courts Wal
ter S. Logan; THE School System of
Porto Rico" Captain A. P. Gardner,
Assistant Adjutant General; The
American Seaman Under the Law,
Walter Macarthur; "Coaling Stations
for the Navy" Commander D. P. Brad
ford, Chief of the Bureau of Equip
ment; "At the New York Theaters, y
John Gilmer Speed.
Hotel Gazette and Outing News" is
the title of a neat, new monthly publi-
cation issued by Hammer & Smith, for
ten years past publishers of the Daily
Hotel Gazette" in Los Angeles. Cal
1t contains neat illustrations and news
about the hotels of the State and coast.
an illustrated description of the tour
nament of roses at Pasadena, game fish
of Southern California, midwinter quail
shooting. California palms, notes on
recreation and a game record for the
coast covering cricket, cycling, hunt
ing, fishing, tennis. football, golf, etc
An item of interest to all hunters is
the synopsis of the game and fish laws
of the State and counties.
The Overland Monthly" for Febru-
ary (San Francisco) is freely illustrated
and has among other features these
of especial prominence: "The Ancient
City of Guanajuato," Vera Granville:
"A Flight With Puck" Ella NJ Sex
ton; The Paymaster's Escort" John
A. Lockwood Hacienda de Ramona, .