Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-08-14

THE ILLUSTRATED ATLAS AND History or YoLo
County. De Pue & Co.: San Francisco, 1879.
This is royal quarto volume, Is by Is
inches. very neatly bound, and the typo
graphic work on which is credit to the pub
fishers. The book contains concise history
of California from 1913 to 1850, and history
OF Yolo county from 1925 to 1880, with sta
tistics of agriculture, education, churches,
manufactures, etc. Perhaps the most strik-
ing and valuable part of the work is found in
the map Of Yolo county. This is presented
on FIVE double pages and one single page. By
this means there is given map upon scale
so large that every quarter section of
land in the county is shown, and upon it the
name of the owner (of record) of the section
or the subdivisions thereof. 1t will be seen
that such map, quite complete in all other
details must be of exceeding local value, and
be possessed of no small interest also to the
citizens of the State generally. The work
contains about 100 photographic plates, most
of which are full page, many double page,
and nine less than quarter page in size They
present views of public buildings, farms and
private residences, stock and grain ranches,
portraits of leading citizens landscape views,
etc, and very pleasantly and entertain
ingly give the stranger a glimpse of the
homes and the people of Yolo county, the
architecture of the section and something Of
the methods of farming. These plates are
very good specimens of photographic work,
being bright clear, of just the right "color."
and are marked by what is evident to the
artistic eye-correctnes5 of detail Ine
artists employed were evidently more than
ordinarily skilled. The volume contains
much valuable text-matter also. such as the
histories referred to, statistics of the county,
not only of production, but of education,
business, society, etc, in addition; bio
graphical sketches of great number of
the citizens OF Yolo, and as the history of q
county is to be found in the history
of its people, it follows that these sketches
are of decided value to the reader who de-
sires reliable information concerning Yolo.
The work has, as is clearly evident, been
compiled with much care. OF course it has
more local than general significance, but out
side of that it is important, as cultivating
home pride and informing the people of Cali
fornia more in detail of each other and their
homes These county histories viii become
more and more valuable as time rolls on, and
their possession viii in few years be much
coveted. The one under notice is very full
and detailed, and would seem to FIJI the re-
quirements of the community for which it
was compiled, and to be fully worth all it
cost its patrons for the expense of such a
large and elaborate volume must have been
great.
"The Sanitarian for August "a. \. Bell,
NJ D., New York; has these leading papers,
besides the usual editorials and other matter
of interest: 90 Plea for Sound Manhood
aud Womanhood," by Professor Richard
McSherry, M D.; School Hygiene" by
Professor J. NJ. B. Sill; Cosmetics " and
Adulteration of Food, by G. C. Yemans,
berlain, Nj. D.; 1.-The Benefits of Santa
tion," by Professor Charles Kelly, NJ. D.;
:. Philadelphia Sewerage" by John E. adj
dicks, Health Officer.
The international Review for August
"a. S. Barnes & Company, New York;
presents these articles: The Caucus
in England" by W. Fraser Rae
"Masson's Life of Milton" by Henry c..
Lodge; 1.-The Game Food of America" BY
VIM. Minot; Two Anti.Slavery Leaders, .
by Thomas w. Higginson; THE Undiseov-
cred Country" by Brooks Adams g italian
Popular Poetry" by T. f. Crane; The
Nominations" by Horace White National
Ethics, by Rowland Conner.
From the Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany, New York, we have the July number
OF the British Quarterly Review" which
contains these articles The Two Nations
and the Commonwealth, Father Curcis
New Translation of the Gospels, F" Religion
and Morality, Evolution, Viewed in Re
lation to Theology" Inspiration, Irish
Land Reforms, The London Water Ques-
ton, The General Election and its Re-
suits"
Also the July number of the "E iinburgh
Review" with these papers The English
Precursors of Newton" " Mind in the Lower
Animals, naval Power in the Pacific, .
"Memoirs OF the Prince Consort," tconelu-
sion) .'Sabians and Christians of st. John, y
Landlords, Tenants and Laborers. - Me-
moirs of Madame de Remusat, :" Hedgkins
Invaders of Italy" t'Bright's Edition of
Pepy's Diary" . The Divorce of Katharine
of Aragon," "The New Parliament in SEES
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