The record-union., 1899-05-27
new PUBLICATIONS.

Fifty Yearsof Masonry in California"
is in the fourteenth part of volume l,
which part is at hand from the pub
Usher, George Spaulding & Co., San
Francisco. 1t is fully up to the stand
ard of the preceding number. 1t has
as frontispiece fine steel plate por-
trait of r. H. Lloyd, Grand Master of
the Grand Encampment, X. T.. of the
United States Of America.
The Ladies Home Journal" for June
Philadelphia) is a strons number, full
Of interest, marked by great variety,
graceful illustrations and wholesome,
helpful entertaining text.
The Home Needlework Magazine"
for the current month is rich in illus
trations and diagrams of high value
to those interested in embroidery and
high class and artistic necdlework. 1t
is published by the Florence Publish
ing Company, Florence, Mass, and IS
edited by five women of recognized
high ability-Mrs. CandaCe Wheeler,
President Of the Associated Artists,
New York; Mrs. L. Barton Wilson, of
the Art Amateur and Art Interchange;
Mrs. Emma Haywood, of the Ladies'
Home Journal" and the "Delineator';
Miss Emma NJ. Hooper, OF Textile
America" and the Ladies Home Jour
nal"; Miss Alice E.sdaiie, of the Nor
treal Society of Decorative Art. The
magazine is a new venture. and it APP
pears to- US as one that ought TO win.
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The frontispiece of "St Nicholas"
(New York;, for June shows a little
gi1i Juggling at the reins of a four-horse
team, which blind man could see was
running away. Little Rhody" is her
name, or nickname; and it is the name
of the story also, and if one holds his
breath in reading it that is just what
the author and the artist intended him
to do. 1t is a very different sort of
story from Mrs. Barr's serial, Trinity
Bells which aims to charm rather
than to thrill the reader. The Train
ing for Boys that Samuel Scoville Jr.
describes and H. S. Watson pictures is
not the training that is to fit him es-
pccially for a professional career; it is
the training for athletic sports, which,
taken in moderation, will make him
better man physically, and therefore
mentally and perhaps morally, no mat
ter what his lifework is to be. Mars,
the Planet of Romance" described by
Miss Mary Proctor, the famous astron-
omer's daughter, proves to be Identical
with The Great Red Planet of the
West described by Mrs. Mabel Loo
mis- Todd, a distinguished astronomers
wife. Just how wide field for specula-
ton this red and romantic planet at
fords is indicated by the fact that
whereas Miss Proctor believes it to be
suffering from an excessive water sup
ply, Mrs. Todd lays stress upon its
lack of moisture. 1t is a fascinating
subject of study none the less-per-
haps all the more-because of the
scantiness of our exact information as
to it's canals and polar caps it's lakes
or oases, and its foliage, Il it have any,
or barrenness, if it have none. Fresh
installments appear of Miss Carolyn
Wells Story of Betty Mrs. Laura E.
Richards Quicksilver Sue and
Rupert Hughes "The Dozen from
Lakerim.' AS usual the magazine
abounds in pictures and verses.
One of the most important features'of
"Farper's Weekly (New York; for the
coming month is the series of articles
on India by Julian Ralph. Mr.. Ralph's
name is a guarantee that his descrlp-
ton of Lord and Lady Curzon in their