Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-07
RECENT LITERATURE.
MAGAZINES NEW MUSIC -LAw-lATE
KoVELs.
Schiller and Els Times Building 2 Zone
The Tsar's window-Motber
Molly-Art-Etc

mas taken good field. and is gaining in pub.
lie esteem steadily.
The Leonard Scott Publishing Company,
New York, reprints g Bsckwood's Edin-
burgh Magazine for April. The chief ar
tieles are: :" The Private Secretary" Shad-
wells Life of Lord Clyde" Freaks of the
Telegraph" Lighter Spanish Poetry, in
English Metre" . Valombrosa," Round
Dells's Basket" 8" Old Scottish Society,
Greece and Her Claims"
From D. Lothrop & Co, Boston, there
comes for the month of May that ever bright
and cheerful child's magazine, The Wide
Awake" than which young people can scarce
have better. Ella Farman, the editor,
makes the journal better with each number,
aud tie publishers keep pace with her skill
by constant improvement in the designs and
engravings. A new feature is the Offering OF
cash prizes for the most complete list of in
and outdoor games, and especially for oligi-
nal ones.
The Magazine of Art Tor April (Cassell,
Peter, Galpin & Co, New York; opens
with a striking engraving, 1.-The Forbidden
Book, !" from the painting by Ooms. and it is
succeeded by a choice lot of designs and wood
cuts, one of which is full page entitled
:. Young Troubles, from the painting by
Knorr. The magazine presents much inter-
SoIiuB anu Hl1tOTlCdl IeAt nHGL6f / he
article on Wood Carving " is especially in
teresting, as also that on "Synlboli.m il
Art, and both are freely illustrated.
The Sanitariau "a N. Bell, New
York, for May has these leading papers :
Sanitary Protection at Newport, r l., by
II. r. Storer, NJ. D.; Management OF Con
tageous and Infectious Diseases" by o. W.
Wight, A. Nj, NJ. D.; "Tobacco-A Para
bic )" Education in the United States, a
review; contagious Diseases Acts Of
Great Britain" j. Birheck Nevins NJ. D..
London /; . Virulent Small Pox." and much
varied and useful matter in the regular
editorial departments.
From Oliver Ditson q Co, & ston, We
nave the current number of Dexter Smith s
Musical Record" a very superior music
paper, and also new sheet music just issued
by the firm, as follows There are two noble
Easter anthems. "Magnifcat" go .cents),
"Nunc Dimittis " 40 cents, by S. P. Tucker
man; simple and sweet song with chorus,
Mabel Glare " 40 cents, with one Ct the
prettiest of titles; and a charming household
ballad, The Rabbit on the Wall" For the
piano there is lively Archery Galop" 40
cents), by de Barry; aud Emmy" $50
cents), one of Jungmaun's favorite pieces.
From Harper Bros, New York, through
A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco, we
have the bound volume of induces to Har-
pers new Monthly Magazine from June
1850, to June, 1880. 1t is alphabetical and
analytical, and embraces the history of sixty
volumes of the magazine. One of the best
features abcst it is that each title of the
contributions appears under the authors real
name and under the subject or class heading
The volume is valuable in itself as being a
very ready means of identifying sonie of the
best papers OF the past thirty years with
their authorship.
Of the Transatlantic Novels e. P. Put
MANS Sons, New York. we have Mother
Molly" 1t is historical In character, but not
profoundly so. 1t is a simple story, without
special depth and without offense, also. 1t
will hardly satisfy the morbid taste for
novelreadIng, but the better taste will fad
in it recreation and some sensible food. 1t is
a story told in the last century, and in that
respect is quaint, but it will not set the
critics at war, nor will it outlive one read
ing, pretty as it is. 1t lacks vigor, in short,
to attain to literary long life. The work is
by Frances Mary Beard, and is for sale by
a. l.. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
d. Appleton & Co., New York, have issued
of the Appleton Home Books small.
neat volume. entitled Building a Home"
by A. f. Oakley go cents) 1t is a plain
bicdt4oe Ou Il6 DesG u1eGHoQ OF UulIuing "a COZ
tage home or a mansion, in the light of the
most advanced knowledge concerning drain
age, water, sites, economy of construction,
etc. The book is freely illustrated, and is as
attractive as 1t Is suggestive. Its perusal has
strongly impressed US with its value, not as a
guide, but as impsrting information and
awakening thought, which cannot but serve
good purpose ia the advancement Of the
homes Of the country, and the adaptation of
architecture to health, longevity and happi
ness.
From Hardy & Mahony, Philadelphia, we
have the . American Catholic Quarterly Re-
view" for April. The leading papers are
Characteristics of Physical Life" by Rev.
NJ. Ronayne, s. j.; "The Earliest Discus
sion of the Catholic Question in England"
by John Culinary Shea, LII. D.; The Elk
isteuce of God Demonstrated second ar
ticle), by Rsv j. Ming, S. j.; The Assas-
sination of Alexander IL, and Its Effects
Upon the Future of Russia - " Canterbury"
by Arthur 4. Marshall "The Scholars and
the Bible, by Rev. Edward McSweeny, d.
D; THE Present Situation in Ireland
What Does England Mean? ?" MADAME
Swetchipe, by Kathleen O'Meara; The
Georgia Negro Before, During and Since the
War" by K. M. johnson.
From D. Appleton & Co. we have the
" Popular Science Monthly" for May. Its
leading papers are STORY of salmon,
Education" by +. l.. Oswald, M. D :;
Action of Radiant Heat on Gaseous Mat
ter" by Professor John Tyndsll; Origin
and Structure of Volcanic Cones, by II. j.
Johnston-Lavis; Eyes and School Books,
by Professor Hermann COIN; Deep Sea
Investigation, by J. G. Buchanan; will
o. the-Wisp and Its Folk Lore" by T. +.
Thiselton Dyer; "Cynicism Opposed to
Progress" by William A. EDDY The
Horace Mann School for the Deaf, by NJ. G.
Morrison Color Blindness" by S. r.
Koehler; The Eucalyptus in the Roman
Campagua, by II. n. Draper; Influence
of the Post aud Telegraph on international
Relations, by c. NJ. Dunbar.
From A. L. Bancroft & Co. we have Vol
r4ne "a of the American Decisions" com
piled and annotated by A. C. Freeman, OF
the Sacramento Bar. This number is the
largest yet issued, we believe, of all this
valuable series, which has now become stand
ard and indispensable. The cases re-reported
in this volume will be found originally. re-
ported in the following State reports Wen
delrs New York Reports, Vols. s, 9, 10,
1882 Psige's New York Chapcery Reports,
Vol. g. 1882; Devereux's North Carolina
Law Reports, Vol 8, 1892: Devereux's North
Carolina Equity Reports, Vol. 2, 1882 !; Ohio
Reports, Vol. s. 1892; Pendrose & Watts
Pennsylvania Reports, Vol. 3, 1882 Rawle's
Pennsylvania Reports, Vol. 8, 1882: Rich
ardson's South Carolina Equity Cases, Vol.
l, 1830-lS32; Yerger's Tennessee Reports,
Vols. l, 2, g. 1SlSls92 Vermont Reports,
Vol. 4, 1S27-lsS2; Leigh's Virginia Reports,
Vols. 8, 4, 1s3l-1S32; Stewart & Porter's
Alabama Reports, Vols. 4, 8, 1888.
1.-The Tsar's Window" is one of the No
Name Series" published by Roberts Bros,
Boston. 1t is for sale ISL by w. A. & c. S.
Houghton, Sacramento 1t is a story told in
a series Of letters and extracts from a young
lady's diary of what three American girls saw
in Russia to interest them, and intermingled
with very good descriptions of customs
scenes "a palace and howell, society sketches,
Russian manners, etc, are two charm
ing love stories. 1t is not thrill
ing novel-far from it-but it is a very
communicable one, and it interests
and rests the reader, as it calls for no serious
mental effort to unravel its plot, while its
pictures of life in the Russian capital are ex-
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