Show CURRENT PUBLICATIONS i The Bankers Magazine and Rhodes Jourtral of Ranking for August discusses the irmlc balances I and what we have to j show for them points out a lack of bank l notp currency In the United States l considers con-siders the effect on prices of the Increased gold production calls attention to the dangers of an emergency circulation Gives the growth of the New York rust companies tells of the disadvantages of the I Independent treasury system hixs a cheerful Hacuaslon < on the outlook for continued prosperity calls for the proper control of oririnlrcd labor and organized capital outlines a plan for the I proven lion of panics and on all HIOKC editorial comments and special articles presents Its points with clearness and strength The number tulsa carries lral l decisions of Interest In-terest to bankers summarizes tlhj growth of the national I banking system describes the Imperial I I Dank of Germany and has excellent n lid ample II nil tide I and commercial com-mercial reports It Is a very able and Instructive magazine Bradford Rhodes fc Co luihllshers New York Tim Tarn and Tom Sealing the Tariff Question By Roswell A Benedict A M Published by Rohdo Ilasklns New York An effort much on lie order of Coins Financial School and other light wclglil nnd rphcmornl publication It gives a very long proposed Constitutional amendment that Is rather hard lo understand under-stand an Idea l of Its I uuoer provisions being be-ing in lie Iliad section which assumes lo confer upon Congress the power to pass any law necessary to emphasize and broaden the purpose of this amendment but in no wine to narrow Its effect or to place any construction thereon In conflict with such yurpoBc at no denned this purpose being broadly declared In the preceding suction to be to array tho I United States ncnlnpt the world Such I an amendment would introduce Into our system confusion worse confounded Municipal Engineering for August explains ex-plains and illustrates surfacing an old brick street with asphalt describes and pictures automatic street sweepers has an expert article on modern nitration with halftones given some dclnlls Of sewer couslrucllon and haM pertinent and good editorial comment It I 1 Is a great magazine for tile help of those t who have I city work of all kinds III charge Municipal Munici-pal EuKincerliiK Indianapolis I The Romance of Leonardo da Vinci Tho Torerunncr IJy Dmllrl MoivJ kovskl The exclusively aulhorleed translation trans-lation from the Russian by I Herbert 1 Trench Published in a handsome lllur Iralcd volume by G P Putnams Sons Now York This ruinous work IH one of tho historical triology from the Russian mystic and claHslcIst the whole entitled Christ and AnilChrist The llrst published pub-lished wus Thr Death of the Gods this IB called III parenthesis The Resurrection of Iho Gods and under this title It la puhliHhril In Russia The one to 1 come will be The AntlChrlHl dealing with Peter the Great nd A t lux is Tho work lit a pow orful and magnificent picture of the times of Clio Italian RenalsKance tbo period cov erod being llJl I lo l iniO No wrller has over rivaled this brilliant l Russian In his critical criti-cal study of that time and nono has ever attempted Us portrayal who could bring to Iho work l the learning Imagination wealth ofdlcllou and KHIHP of the subject that MeroJkowsKl 1 I has done In his book The work needs U be read to be npproel atrd 1 In Its splendor of coloring and depletions de-pletions of a noble time but the boolc hoadlngij will jlvc an Idea of its scope vlxt The White ShcDovlI Eece Dcui Kcco Homo I 1191 I The Ioliiomd KrulUi The WiUhPs Sabbath Thy Will bl Dono The Dlnry of Giovanni JloHraf lllo Tim Ronllre of VnnllkH I The AKO nf Gobi 1W j I Ii Tlu Shall ttulcs Calm Waters Thcre Shall be Wings Aut Caesar lUll Nlhll Thu 1urplo Henstj MomiiL Lisa Glocomla Tho Holy Inquisition Leonardo Mlchol angolo and Raphael Death tho Wlngoil Precursor liulloguo 1f It lo a great work Annual Report of the Regents of the Smithsonian Institution and Report of l I tho U S National Mitsoum for tho year ending June SO 1SOO A vory comprohcn I idve and able report It t filvfi this functions func-tions of Ibo museum aa a record for ro suurch In an educational 1 capacity and the Important accessions of the year Part I Is the luminous portloiii showing lie matlfni Just mentioned the pro3 hiR needs of the museum the ropnrtu of tbo head curators the officials and In general gen-eral the work and I operations of lie museum Part II I 1 has nnmo vcry I valuable papers Inscribing and tlluiUrnling collections collec-tions i In the U I S National Muueum Anthropological 1 Studies In California by William Henry Holmes Aboriginal American Harpoons a Study in Ethnic DlHlrlbutlon and Invention by Oils Tullon MIIHOII i A Sketch of the t History I of the Ceramic Art In China with a Catalogue Cata-logue of the Hlpplalcy J Collection of Chi nwc Porcelains by Alfred E Hippluloy Contributions lo the History < of Musical Scales by Charles Knsson Wend Cnl kntlon of llopl 1 Ceremonial Plfjmontt by Waller Uouih JDcscrlpllvc Catalogue of the Collections of Gems In the U S National Na-tional MuuiMim by l Wlrt Tnssln Du icrlptlvo Catalogue of the Meteorite Collection Col-lection In the U S National Museum by Win Tnssln Those arc all valuable and Instructive papers well written The book is a largo one and In profusely Illustrated tbo platen being artistically made and printed specially on thick paper They show 10 srroat advantage a superb collection of 1 curios and Inlcrcsllug specimens l speci-mens some of the I special articles bclnji of vory high value artIstically as well as monetary rite report is a very able one and beautifully presented |