The record-union., 1899-03-22

a valuable and practical musical IL
| brary. Duffield Osborne contributes a
short story, and Kit Kennedy" the
serial by S. r. Crockett, increases in
interest with the present installment.
Other articles of value are an ESSAY by
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and a
careful review of the Browning Let
ters.
Current History (Boston) for the
fourth quarter, 1898, edited by A. S.
Johnson, 256 pages, Illustrated with
ffty-six portraits, maps and indexed,
is at hand. The volume covers the
epoch making year 1898, contains 1.O2O
pages of reading matter, 260 portraits
and thirty-one maps-the earliest an
nual history on the market There is
no subject of general interest concern
ing any part of the world that is not
treated intelligently and fairly in it's
pages, the. information being authentic
and reliable. The work is the product
Of wide research and great painstaking
labor, and is always done in an emf
nently satisfactory manner. The deaths
of eminent men are faithfully recorded.
and comprehensive biographies of them
are furnished, with portraits. Pictures
are also given of living worthless who
have won distinction in various walks
of life, and maps are furnished which
help materially in acquiring a complete
knowledge of the text, though that is
never lacking in clearness, as far as
words may convey a meaning to the
mind. Altogether, it is a literary
friend that may be always consulted
with profit, and especially in an emer-
gency when the recollection fails to re-
spond to some pressing demand. The
number for. the fourth quarter of 1898
reviews the war to it's close, giving full
text of the treaty, and a presentation
of the problem of Imperialism" from
both sides. 1t also contains an elab-
crate sketch of the life and work of
Pope Leo XIII.
Little Folks Magazine" for March
(Boston) is a charming number. full of
literary nutriment for youngest read
ers and delightfully."- fresh and attrac-
tive in illustration.
The March Cosmopolitan Osteopath''
CDes Moines) is well filled with matter
expository of osteopathy, new sys-
tenn of treating disease. There are nu-
merous articles by doctors of the new
school, and one in particular upon the
history of the school and it's drugless
methods in treating various bodily ills.
The Arena" for March Roston).
among others, has these papers, in
addition to the reviews and editorials:
How. Count Tolstoi Writes Charles
Johnston, M. r. A s.: 'sBlacklisting-
The New Slavery" William J. Strong,
Lords of the Air. Bolton Hall. "An
Anglo Saxon in the East" Horatio w
Dresser; Efficacy Of Positive Mental
Attitudes" Henry Frank; "Greater
Love Hath No Man. Idah M. Stro-
bridge; "Donnelly's 'Ragnarok,' :" Imo-
gene G. Fales; The Spiritualism of
To-day Cora L. v. Richmond; 1.-The
Clash Of Races in Europe. S. Ivan
Tonjoroff: THE Government of Our
New Possessions" j. A. Kinghorn-
Jones; Does Education Produce
Pessimists?" w. r. futile, Phi. D..
The american Journal of Sociology"
for March university Press, Chicago),
besides the reviews, notes, abstracts,
editorials and biography, has these pa
pers:: THE Worlds First Sociological
Laboratory Charles ZuebIin; Profit
Sharing and Cooperation I'll, Paul
Monroe; The Significance of the
Church in the Social Movement. .
Smaller Matthew'S The Workingman
Alienation From the Church.. H. Fran