The record-union., 1899-07-24

ne Work OF the BT1IlSH my al La
gineers," Marcus Tindal; Gods Will,
E. r. Punshon: How to Rescue the
Drowning" M. L. Ewes: The Lost
Continent Cutcliffe Hyne; THE Me-
tropolis of Flowers" Herbert Vivian;
"Life's Little Mysteries w. L. Alden;
Sophie Won Hildagen," David Beddoe;
LOS Medanos." George Griffith, An
Affair of Honor" Walter Pritchard.
Charles Dana Gibson's cover for the
current issue of 'The American Queen
(New York; is most unique. 1t portrays
an American Queen upon the pedestal
of fame with victory at her feet, with
beautiful flag waving above her ana
below an admiring crowd offering hom-
age The fiction, consisting of three
complete stories, is represented by such
well-knOwn names as Octave Thanet'
Arabella Kenealy and E. T. Miller. Oc-
tave Thanet's contribution is story OF
the late Spanish American war. 1t is
replete with vivid descriptions of camp
life, around which setting the noble
herOism of one of the members of Com
pany G stands prominently to the fore.
A poem by Eric Mackay, Illustrated
most picturesquely by Clifford Harrl-
son, entitled, "Clovelly," is exquisitely
dainty. This may also be said of an
other little poem called "A Love
Charm" by Mrs. Curry. NeedleWork
lovers will find a page set aside es-
pecially for their pleasure and instruc-
ton, containing exquisite designs IN
embroidery and lace, and the out-of-
doOr-sports advocate will find encour-
agement and support in the recreation
department. Money making occupa-
tions for women, puzzles and games for
the children, beauty talks, hints for
the summer, wrinkles, feeding infants
in warm weather, cooling drinks, what
men require in a wife, the popular
woman, husbands influence, the we'll
read woman, etc, are subjects picked
at random from many pages of reada-
BILE matter.
1.-THE American Illustrated Methodist
Magazine improves with each issue.
The July number, in both matter and
illustrations, is an example of the best
type of the modern magazine. The
number opens with To-day in the
Land of Yesterday" by John Kimberly
Mumford; "The Hague and It's Neigh
borhood," by Jacob Peregrine, is a rich
ly illustrated article. A biographical
sketch of Bishop Matthew Simpson, one
of the strongest and most eloquent of
Methodist leaders, is an important ana
interesting paper. The fifth of the
Famous Hymn Writers" series has for
its subject Bernard of Morlaix."
James Main Dixon writes of 1.-The Greed
of Thomas Hardy" The article is illus
trated. The fifth chapter of 1.-The Illus
trated History of Methodsm'' deals
with Wesley and the Herrnhuters"
THE Book Next to the Bible" is the
subject of a scholarly review by John
Telford of .'Kempis' Christian Pattern"
The August Century (New York;
will be a midsummer and travel num-
her. In the former character, its spe-
cial feature may be said to be a group
oi papers on tornadoeS and thunder
storms. The first of these is graphic
description, at first hand, of the tor
nado that visited Kirksville, No, last
spring. This was seen from his door
step by John r. Musick, an author liy~
ing in that city; and as it CONSIDERABLY
changed its course, which at first was
extraordinarily good opportunity to OBJ
serve its actions and devastating eff
fects. Some of it's pranks seem hardly
credible, but are vouched for by trust
worthy witnesses, some of whom, to-
gether with horse, were swept up and
carried hundreds of yards through the
air, without suffering the slightest in
jury. A learned paper on tornadoes in
general is contributed by Professor
Cleveland Able of the Weather Bu-
reau; and a kindred theme is helpfully
discussed by Professor John Trow-
bridge of Harvard, in Powerful Elec-
trical Apparatus Against Lightning"
Three of these four articles are illus
trated
The last number of 1.-The Pocket
Magazine" contained the first of
series of stories entitled Jennie BaX-
ter, Journalist" by Robert Barr. While
each of these tales is complete in itself
there is a thread running through all
that will connect them, as in the case
of Anthony Hopes Princess Osra."
Readers of "a Woman Intervenes' will
remember, Mr. Barr's delightful por-
trayal of the modern newspaper woman
in that novel. The new stories are as
convincing, witty, vivacious and in
genious as anything that Mr.. Barr has
done. (F. A. Stokes Co, New York,
publishers)
"Appletons' Popular Science Month
ly"-(New York; for August contains an
article by Appleton Morgan on the re-
suit of the last five years of legislation
against drunkenness. Two very sur
prising conclusions may be drawn from
the authors statistics: first, that the
fewer the places where liquor is sold
the larger the consumption of liquor;
and, second, that the larger the con-
sumption of liquor the less the
drunkenness "The Race Questions in
the Philippine Islands" is the title of
an article by F. Blumentritte which the
author, owing to wide acquaintance
among the Filipinos, is we'll qualified to
speak on this question. Professor F. H.
Giddings of Columbia University has
an article replying to Comptroller
Coler's paper on the abuse of Public
Charity" which was published in the
June issue. Charles D. Walcott, Di-
rector of the United States Geological
Survey, contributes an article on the
United States National Museum. Her
bert Spencer at Seventy nine" is the |
title of an instructive account of the !
great philosophers life during the last |
ten years. A brief history of his life |
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