Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-11-26

This is compact story intended to give
some idea Of the inner workings of political
life. While it has many truths recorded upon
| its pages, it likewise has standings which are
| too dark. 1t takes a view of political life
| not wholly justified in some respects by the
facts. and in others fully sustained. As a
mere story it is interesting.
nIoRscLFFE HALL By Daniel Wise, DID. Boston
| Lee & Sheppard Sacramento; "A. & C. s
Houghton. l VOL, 12ino.
The full title of this book for boys ia
"Thorncliffs Hall; or Why Joel Miller
Changed His Opinion of Boys whom He
Called Goody Goody Fellows" 1t is a
| pleasant and profitable story for boys, and
| forms one of the Winwood Cliff series,
which is very well known to juvenile readers.
| ROSEMARY AND RUE. Eoston James R. Osgood &
Co. l vol, Syo; 81.
This is one of the Round Robin series. Il
| is a romance Of France and America at the
time OF the Revolution, and is an attractive,
| indeed, forcible. novel. and well maintains
tie excellent standard of the series of which
it is ore. The 0sgeods have made the
Round. Robins among the best of the series OF
novels by unnamed writers.
QUEEN "rTANIA. BY Hjslmar H. BoJes New
York: Chas. Scribner's Sons San Francisco A.
L. Bancroft il Co. VOL, l2mo
This is one OF Boyeseh's latest novels. and
is supplemented by two others found il the
| same volume" The Mountains Face" and
ga Dangerous Virtue" The three are in
the style for which Boyesen is well known,
and are pleasing tales. the second being the
most poetic and attractive of the tdree.
FROM CANAL Boy TO PRESIDENT; or, the Boyhooc
and Manhood of James a. Garfield By HorAtio
Alger, Jr. Illustrated. New York: John X.
Anderson & Co. Sacramento: W. A. & G. S.
Houghson vol, Syo; 81 so.
This is biography of Garfield written,
and successfully, with view to interest
young people in the facts of the career of the
late President. The work, in the form of a
story, has been made very attractive.
Saints and Sinners" is novel from the
French Of Victor Cherbuliez It is pub,
| lished by D. Appleton & Co., New York,
aud is for sale by w. A. & c. S. Houghton,
Sacramento.
From G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York,
| and A. l.. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco,
we have an artistic treatise lin small vol
ume) on the "Human Figure" containing
| hints on proportion, color and composition,
| by Henry Warren, K. L., edited by Susan
| n. Carter, Principal of the Women's Art
| School, Cooper Union. This is the fourth
edition of a very valuable, compact and inter-
esting treatise. 1t is very fully illustrated.
IUul % a. VI biic IlSsiiO IsCPuOtt-
| can, we have q book of nearly 200 pages,
which is general directory of Fresno county
for 1881, with description of the county, its
| topography, resources, history, ETC., with
sketches Of its towns, settlements, industries
and business houses, and also containing
| many valuable statistical tables, the record of
rainfall, lists Of public officials, etc. 1t is
| neatly printed, was issued from the Repubi-
can office, and does credit to its managers.
"Odd or Even is novel from the press
of Houghton, Osgood & Co., Boston. and for
| sale by w. A. & G. S. Houghton, Sacra-
mento. l. is by Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney,
| fayorite IN many household in America by
reason of the purity and sweetness of her
writings and the quiet humor of her style.
| She will be remembered as the author of
"We Girls" 1.-THE Gayworthys," and
"Faith Gartney's Girlhood." Mrs. Whitney
| thoroughly understands girls" and girls
| feel that one is writing to them who is in full
sympathy with them.
From Henry V. & H. W. Poor, New
| York, we have II. V. Poor's Manual Of
| the Railroads of the United States for 1881, y
| showing their mileage, stocks, bonds, cost,
traffic, earnings, expenses and orsaniz atoms
with sketch of their rise, progress and in.
| huence, with an appendix containing a full
analysis of the debts IF the United States and
| of the several States. This is the fourteenth
| annual number. The work is altogether too
well known to call for any mention in detail.
| From its elaborate statistics we may here
after present interesting statements.
From The Musical Herald Co., Boston, we
have the Musical Herald for November
a choice issue, containing besides editorial
notes aNd reviews and several pages of new
music, these articles " John Sebastian
Bach )" Boston Symphony Concerts"
Church and Sunday school" 6 Generosity
Listening" "Liszs's Birthday, " May Fes-
rivals. &" Musical Generositiss," Notes on
| Open Letters, - " Romeo and Juliet, "Scher-
zando." Symphony Concerts, =" 50 The Tam
tam"
From A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fran
cisco, VIC have Volume NIX. of the Amer
lean Decisions, from their press. The cases
re-reported in this volume will be found orig
nally reported in the following State reports !:
l Wharton's Penn, 2 HIPS S. Carolina Ch.,
Yerger's Tenn, Vermont, Leigh's Va,
and Porter's Ala, IL Conn.,, Harring
toms Del, Delaware Ch., Scan
mons Ill, Blackford's Ind, Dana's KY,
8 and 10 La, IS Me-, s Gill & Johnscn's, is
Pickeriug's Mass, Towards Miss, No.,
n. H., Green's n. J. Law Rep, Green's
n. J. Ch., q Pages n. Y. Oh.
"Nana's Daughter" IT. B. Peterson &
Broa., Philadelphis), is a continuation of and
sequel to Emile Zola's novel MANA" 1t
is by A. Server and II. Leverdier, and is
translated from the Frenh by John Stirling.
1t is well written novel, and the purpose OF
il is to show the opposite side OF life from
that reflected by the career of the Infamous
MANA" as created by lola, to prove that
the child of infamy may move to be con-
trast to her origin, and that the child of such
o product May resist all temptations and
prove true to love and virtue.
From Cassel, Peter & Galpin, New York.
we have the Magazine of Art for Deem
Der. 1t is o superior number, and begins the
| fifth volume of the periodical. The contents
embrace many fine engravings, illustrating
| these articles: "A Brighton Treasure
House." The Waning of the Year." 6 An
American Humorist in Paint" g The Earli-
est Cathedral Windows" Door-knockers,
I" An Artists Idea OF Stretching" THE Love
Folks Harvest" "The Royal Courts of JUS
tice," " Equilibrium,
From Frank Leslie, publisher, New York,
we have "Frank Lesies Sunday Magazine :"
for December, of which Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, d. D., is now editor. 1t is a very
profusely illustrated number, and the extent
of its matter makes a large book of it, while
the variety is all that could be possibly. de-
sired. Mr. Talmage's salutatory is brief, to
the point, and promises much while promising
nothing-in other words he says: I'VE
promise nothing except to trust in God and
do our level best" He declares that he has
no sympathy with sectarian STRIFE. and is
ready at any moment to fire upon bigotry,
that A" Owl of the light"
We have from A. L. Bancroft & Co., San
Francisco, 7. B. Peterson & Bros issue Of
the latest French extravaganza, "Bertha's
Baby by Gustave Droz. 1t is not q novel
in any sense, but rather rhapsody on
parental desires, qualifications and trials,
written with all the warmth and enthusiasm
of which the French are capable, and GER
tainly they are not cold people. It
is a pleasing, bps we cannot say a
| brilliant monograph. So far as the die
ton is concerned it is an admirable
work, but beyond chat it has little to attract
the general reader. Most of the chapters
will awaken sympathetic echoes in the hearts
| of parents but will not give them any new or
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