Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-12-03


the leading events. He was Intimately &C
euaipted with Danton, RobesPielre, Desmou-
lins and their colleagues. HIS views OF these
men and their careers are exceedingly enter
tainiar. sni embrace many details which or
binary historical records do not contain !;
beside which tie Counts personal sketches
II the men Of that day are very graphic, and
form portraits which stand out with marked
clssrnass, ard very frequently IN new lights.
The Count was friend and conhdart of Ma
poleon. and became possessed OF Information
in that relation which gives special value to
bis observations, OF like character TO those
recorded by 1alleyrand and Madame de
Remusat ia the corresp 1ndencs and memoirs
which have been recently presented to the
public. Aliot was the cisse friend also of Ja-
seph Bcnaparse, and was by his side IN Spain,
Naples and the Peninsular war. These me-
MORA, therefore, nave historical value, and
will take rank with those already named and
the recent publication of the Blstternich
letters.
VOLCANOES; WHAT THEY ARE ASD WHAT THEY
TEACH. By John W. Judd, T. r 5, New YORK I:
D. Appleton & Co. Sacramento: ". d. q [. >.
Houghton.
This is one of the international Scientific
series which we have fr5 qnently noticed. In
its publication appleton i Co. have done the
most useful work Of their publishing career,
| for the volumes will live aud be standards
when coTnDaratiyely most of their other pub
| licatieus Will have passed into the great past
OF books. The present volume Is very Aber-
tall7 illustrated. Prof. Judd, who Is at the
head Of the Department Of Geology In the
ERoyaI School OF Mines, has made this work
Ione of peculiar yslCa. 1t follows very
Ifttingly IN the line irsugarated by tbs work
lof Scrope. and conforms to the doctrines of
theological uniformity and continuity adVocs-
Fled by Lyell il his Principles OF Gaology.
lJudd's work should receive the attention OF
levery reader who gives any measure or time
Iwhatever to scientific study.
ETuE FRANKLIN SQUARE, SoSe COLLECTION. Selected
by J. P. McCarkey. New York Harper & Bros.
/ San Francisco: A. L. Bancroft & Co.
Il a very neat collection of old and new songs,
fyith music. Tkey are all either OF The senti-
snental, the national or pathetic kind: There
lis no effort to present classical music, but only
some of the best ol6-time soDgs-those within
Ithe capacity CT almost any adult voice. The
Eauthor is frank enough 70 say he selected
s5ngs that pleased him only. He wanted
Icerta:n collection, couldn'5 find it. and SO
lanade it. That is an excellent apology and
disarms criticism. The collection is good
oae and il the home circle viii be fully
appreciated. The music is all plainly written
land in all cases four parts are given.
Il
tTHE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARX, EXPLAINED. By
Matthew B. Riddle. One of the international
4 Revision Commentary series on the new Iesta-
ment, edited by Philip Schaff, D. b LL; d. New
II York: Charles Scribner's Sons San Francisco
/ A. L. Bancroft & Co.
DIR. Schsff laid out the plan for these COM
l.nentsries aimost simultaneously with the ap-
peararce of the revised version or the New
Testament. The plan il to have men OF ad-
United high scholarly abilities and OF evan
Eeelical study and equation take up the
\ revised work and present il with the necessary
sud best notes and comments. The present
volume is tho Gospel according to st. Marx,
ard the annotations are By Dr. Mathew Is.
Riddle, who was contributor to DIR. Schatf's
illustrated Popular Commentary"
THE LEAGUE or THE IRooUoIs; and Other Legends
from the Indian Muse. Chicago: 5. c. Griggs
| & Go.
This octave volume is by BENZ Hatha.
way. the poet. II consists Of nearly thirty
poems. It ia a picturesque embodiment OF
tie history OF the Indian race. The subject
is handled with dramatic skill. In poetic
finish it il the best work Mr.. Hathaway has
yet done. II is an Indian epic which will
! find prominent place in modern literature,
Mr.. Hathaway has in this volume done what
no other American poet has accomplished
given, fragmentary though it be, the romance
and history OF the Indians of America.
TIE LAND OF GOLD Tale Of 40. By George G..
Spur. Boston A. Williams & Co.
This is 6 story of adventure in California
in the early days. 1t pretends to no literary
merritt is well it does rot It bears the i'm.
press of truth on its pages, and it is quite
| certain that its vein of life in the mines oil
! California in 40 il correct. But it is not 9
sketch of deep interest, and few readers will
care to place il prominently on the library
shelf. Probably the greatest good is found
in the satisfaction it must have given Its
author to pen it.
From D. Appleton & Co., New York. We
have the popular Science Monthly" fol
December. The leading papers of this stand
ard journal ara Deterioration OF American
Oyster Beds" by Lieutenant Francis Wins
low Physical Education" by Felix l.. Os
valid, NJ. D.; 1.-The Rise and Progress o
Paleontology," by Professor 7. H. Huxley
Studies of Vortex Rings" by Adrien Gueb
hard; " Equality and Inequality in Sex" b,
G. Delaney "a Hali-Century Of Science,
testantism, and Suicide, by DIR. Morselli
"a Map Review" by Frank d. Y. Garpen
ter, G. e.; North America ia the lee Pc
rio5." by 9. Il. Hitchcock; IAN ExpeIisnc
in Science Teaching" By Stanley IL. Ward
/" Disesse.G Germs" by Dr.. William 3 Car
penter; " Sketch of NJ Paul Breca."
From Harper & Brothers, New York, W
have the bound volume of $ Harpsr'5 Younl
People A" for 1881 1881 L is for sale by a. L
Bancroft & Co., San Francisco. Harper,
Young People" is weekly small quarto Q
eight psges, which is perhaps alone in it
field. There are other boys and girls paper
= a host of tkem-but none that are editet
according to the standard OF " Young PEG
Fple." The paper is profusely illustrated.
crosses no religious prejudices or beliefs, bu
addresses itself to the cultivation and enter
tainment of the youthful mind wholly. Il
tone is high, its style pure, aud its readin
cannos but dirscs the child toward correc
literary taste. Bound in book form it make
one of the handsomest Of holiday volumes.
From D. Appleton & Co, New York, W
have "Appleton's Journal for December
Il is most engaging magazine. The nunbe
has these leading articles in addition to til
usual departments "Riches-A Story from
the German" by Marie Won Offers; M,
Troubles in Russia p SCHOOLS in Florence.
by Z. Henrietta Muller; The Dscadsnc
of Frenchwomen :" - Civilization and Equal
ity," by ". H. Msllock The Geysers c
the Yellowstone. /" ny Archibald Geikis; o
the Buying Of Books" :" Il La Jeune France,
by Harold Frederic; The Bleak Wind Q
/ NldESlit ny iAiS auSnOA "a Lso"ASHSS'
"Tutti-Frutti . is book of child songs b.
Laura Ledyard and w. 7. Peters, and
from the press of George W. Harlan, NeE
York. It's printed in quaint old type o.
tinted paper, and each page has striking ii
lustration. 1t is in quarto form, in mos
attractive cover, and makes an odd bat yer,
handsome holiday gift book. The songs ar
all original, and we must admit quantity at
tractive and amusing. Set to appropriate
music, as they may well be. we can fanc.
them to be charming Juvenile ballads;
From w. 3. George, Bellevue, l. T., tn
cole agent, we have W. G. Ssamand's map Q
the Wood River and Sawtooth mines, Al
turas county, Idaho Territory. It appear
TO be very carefully prepared map, and ha
the Endorsement of large number Of the eiti
zens of Bellevue, who certify TO its accuracy
FRENCH WIT.
O,-a Of Vivier's fayorite nerformances