The record-union., 1899-03-18
NEl PUBLICATIONS.

De1utlful quartO. The present num-
Der opens with a superior steel plate
portrait of George C. Perkins, United
States Senator. Then appear many
historical pictures, especially of noted
cathedrals, Solomon's Temple, ETC., fol-
lowed by numerous plates of members
of the Masonic order a chapter on
Royal Arch Masonry in America and
chapter on it's origin, with other text
matter, much of it biographical. One
page presents the portraits Of officers
OF Sacramento Lodge No. 40, and an
other page the portraits of Past Mas
ters of that lodge. Two pages are
given up to portraits of the officers Of
Union Lodge, No. 50, Of Sacramento,
and the Past Masters of that lodge,
and two others to portraits of the Off
GERS and Past Masters of Concord
Lodge, III, of Sacramento, and two
more present the portraits of the Off
GERS and Past Masters Of Washington
Lodge No. 20 of this city, and still two
others to the portraits of the officers
and Past Masters of Tehamh Lodge,
No. 3, of Sacramento. This number
is far and away the most profusely il
lustrated of any yet issued.
The Midland Monthly for March
Oes Moines) is richly Illuminated and
handsomely illustrated. Among the
leading papers are these: ',The Delles
of Wisconsin, Mildred McNeal; "A
Swamp Adventure" Ca Mississippi
story, a Mississippian; "a Summer
Cruise in the Far East" R. B. Peery;
Grants Vicksburg Campaign" Ca his
tory, John W. Emerson; "Mormonism
and the Mormon War in Missouri y
William F. Switzler; Presidents Tay-
lor and Grant on the West Indies" Ben
E. Green; 1.-THE Game of Death Ga
short story, w. Oaklry Stout; ssPolly's
job "a short story, Katherine Bates;
AN Incident of the Prairie, Louise
Martin Hopkins; "A Woman and Two
Men, "a short story, l. Shelby Greene
1.-The Outlook CNew York; for March
4th has as leading features THE Re
generation of Cuba,' by Geor1e Ken
man,. America and the Far East" by
Lord Beresford, reported by c. H.
Shinn; Great Britain's Law Makers, "
by Percy Alden; Americas Working
People," by Charles B. Spaler 1t is
full of good matter in variety, has short
stories, news notes, reviews, art papers
and other original text
From the Union Mutual Music and
Novelty Company (New York; we have
by courtesy of F. w. Helwick, a six
page sheet music issue, of one of the
most original and one of the prettiest
variations on 'Old Folks at Home"
that has ever been issued, composed by
J. R Lerman. 1t is a showy piano
composition, brilliant and not too diff
cult, suitable for concerts, exhibitions
and parlor entertainments. 1t winds
up with an elegant negro rag time
finale on this beautiful melody. The
title page is very handsome and con-
tains correct photo engraving of Ade-
lima Patti.
'The Cosmopolitan for March (New
York; is illustrated copiously and hand
somely Among the leading features
in addition to the 1873 illustrations, are:
THE Building of an Empire-Part 1,
Mohammed," John Brisben Walker;
THE Real Arabian Nights" Anna
Leach; "Columbia's Motto" Ella
Wheeler Wilcox; "The Verdict ir the
Rutherford Case Walter Barr; rich
ard Brinsley Sheridan Thomas b.
Reed 1.-The North American Indian Of
To-Day" George Bird Grinnell; I'm
Southern Spain During the War;" Grant
Lynd; Successful Attempts in Scien-
tific Mind-Reading, Edmund Wilson
Roberts: 'Oliver Cromwell" A. j. Gade;
s.Hito- -Kitsune," Ethel w. Mumford;
"Pelota in Madrid" Poultney Bigelow.
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1.-THE Coming Age for March Boston)
edited by B. o. Flower and Mrs. C. K.
Reifsnider has reached our desk late.
There are among many papers these of
chief Importance: The Land and the
People" w. D. McCrackan; THE Pres
ent Outlook for the American Drama" :"
James A. Herne; The Cars Proposal
for Disarmament" Rev. r. E. Bisbee;
Peace Demanded by Wisdom, HUI
manity and Morality" Mary A. Liver
more; 1.-THE Worlds Indebtedness to the
Jew" George C. Lorimer, D. D.; Con
cerning the Sanity of Napoleon" E. P.
Powell: Music in Relation to the Spir-
itual." Professor Daniel Bachelor; "A
Contribution to the Study of Psychic
Phenomena" w. G. Todd.
ssThe Sanitarian'' (Brooklyn, n. YD,
always full of thoughtful suggestion and
valuable information; a useful and
most beneficent magazine, has for
March besides the departments, these
papers: prevention of CONSUMPTION,
Sir William Broadbent; Sanitation of
WASHINGTON. D. Co. Samuel C. Busey,
M. D.. LII. D.; "Hygienic Camps Pro
fessor H. r. Hopkins, M D.; "Utiliza-
ton of City Refuse" w. F. Morse;
Report of Committee on Hygiene"
Med all Society State of New York;
.Artificial Lighting. Professor Carlton
Lambert, M. A.
Trained Motherhood for March IN.
W is well filled with matter of first in
terest to young wives and mothers.
Among the leading articles are thsse:
How Much Can We Safely Tell Our
Children" Jane Marsh Parker; 'The
Cry of Infants" Philip F. Barbour, M.
D.; Immunity" Edwin Rosenthal, NJ.
D.; 1.-THE Feeding of Run-About Chill
dren," Charles Gilmore Kerley, M. D.:
Childhood of the Nineteenth Century"
Ellen Lee Wyman; THE Care of Chill
dren,'' Emile Hoffman; The Value of
the M.crcsc1p in the Education of Chill
dren," Ella Reeve Ware.
1.-The Bookman'' for March (Dodd,
Mead & Co.. N. ", has some fine por-
traits of literary lights, an allegorical
frontispiaee 1.-The Evening Breeze re-
productions of volk's The Puritan
Girl" Of Monet,s The Coastguards'
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