The record-union., 1899-07-10
by R. S. Hale, help to make up mum
Der of great and varied excellence.

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The July issue of the New England
Magazine 4 tBoston contains several
articles which will especially appeal tc
the summer sojourner, and much OF
the illustrative material is of unusual
excellence. The eChamplain country is
treated by Rev. John Wright Buckham
| The old town of Rochester, Mass, OF
which Marion and Mattapoisett Were
originally a part, is the subject of ar
admirable article by Mary Hall Leon
ard
| In IA River Town. Samuel Morley
Comstocka describes quiet days in the
little town of Essex, Conn.
The work of the sculptor, Hiram Pow
ers, is ably treated by DR.. Henry Boyn-
ton of woodstock, VT.
| H. c. Shelley writes of the secluded
little Jordans churchyard.i in the Eng
| lish country, Where William Penn is
Buried"
In THE Last Letter of John Brown
Rev. Charles n. Small tells of his dis
covery of a letter of John Brown, un-
doubtedly the last he ever penned, writ
ten on the day of his execution, to
an old friend and neighbor.
Ernest H. Baldwin's article is on
New England Colonial Liquor Legisla-
tion'' ~ asfssa59as
The portrait. of Rudyard Kipling
which appears as the frontispiece of the
number is used in connection with Rev
Jabez T. Sunderland's thoughtful study
Of THE Religion of Rudyard Kipling'' y
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tThe Bookman'' for July Dodd, Mead
& Co., New York;, is rich in it's de-
partments, even more So than hereto
fore. The independent papers are:
Concerning Richard Carvel,''' y the
author and his critic: Thomas Har-
dy's Country Give Holland; Fran
cisque Sarcey,'' Adolph Cohn; .From
Sea to Sea- Luther S. Livingston; "The
Fowler" Harry Thurston Peck; "At
Matins," Benjamin F. Leggett; "a
Dramatic Critics Notions Henry Aus
tin; THE Significance of the Civil War
To-day" Ira Seymour Dodd; Mach
stuck William Carman Roberts; Lit
erary Paris,'' Adolph Cohn; "Ballade Of
the Making of Books" John Curtis I'm
derwood; Janice Meredith a story of
the revolution, Paul Leicester Ford;
"Some Mute Inglorious Milton, Thorn
as Walsh.
Mrs. John A. Logan writes in Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly (New York;
for July, sympathetic personal sketch
of Mrs. Mckinley. 1t also contains an
interesting article Fighting Fire" by
Hugh Bonner, late Chief of the Metro
politan Fire Department of New York.
Major Adolph G. Studer, for many
eyars United States Consul General
in Eastern Asia. gives a clear account
of the actual condition and resources of
the Philippine Islands. Rollin Lynde
Hartt writes about the Girl Under
graduates" of Smith College. The
Outdoor Woman by Mary Sargent
Hopkins, and ''Charmey,' by J. M.
Erwin, are seasonab!e contributions;
while art and the Pinhole in Photog-
raphy,' by II. P. Powell Rees. is a
paper full of interest to devotees of
the camera. In addition to Egerton
Castles romantic serial, april Bloom"
this July number gives four complete
short stories, by Clifford Howard, Lew
vanderpoole, Louise Dunham Colds
berry, and Larkin G. Mead. respectss
lively.
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ssThe Century, for July (New York;
is a story teller number, novel in its
makeup ana has besides others these Of
special attractiveness among its pa
pers: Two hitherto unpublished por-
traits Of Sir Walter Scott. accompa-