Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-01
TIE DAILY RECORD-UNION.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

g. San Francisco. 1t is the result Of what |
must have been the very patient labofs of
DIR. William B. Ho Tyson, LID, of the de |
partment Of political economy in the Uni
versity Of Edinburgh. 1t is IN octave, and
a very compact book, there being no lost
space in all its pages. The work passed
through several editions in Eaglsnd before
any attemp. was made to introduce it to the
American reading public. This would indi
cate a thorough spprs citation Of the book a
home. We have small respect for any shorJ
cuts TO English grammar, aud took up tins
work expecting to find it Of that class, Tor It
has become p0pulsr to prepare many 90 Ks
of the kind indicated, probably because OF tae
readiness with which they sell. Ihs DOB
under notice. however, Is not ot thst
character. The autaor who 1t may oe re-
marked. is dead, and dld not
live long enough to complete hi
work, proceeded on the plan OF
setting forth by actual example the merits OF
correctness IN Euglish composition By setting
out the dement's IL the form Of examples
also. l. must b. confessed that there are a
this day a great multitude cf ps5ple t. whom
knowledge is most easily broughs by such
process-indsed they cannot be taushtla any
other way. That there are go many, lndl-
Gates by the way the impertecrons OF early
education, when we consider the matter oil
writing and speaking correctly. 1t Is de-
plorable, but true. that sufficient atten-
ton is not given to English compost
ton in the ordinary school course,
and that il only receives its due NEED
in the seminaries and universities and
sometimes not even there. lie IS also trne
that the scholarly world is not always agstei
as to what Is correct. ms boos, thsn, II
two senses is yalG be. It may reach class
otherwise not TO be reached, and 1t may prove
to many useful work of reference. The
author has been careful to point cut
that his book is not intended
to supersede the use of formal helps
the grammar and the dictionary.
Whera the authorities differ ss to what Is
and what Is not correct, Dr. hodgs9n mas
Seea particular to give both sides to the dis
pute, that the moot point may go to the
reader with all the pros aud cons fully pre-
sented Take, for instance, the use and
abuse OF the propositions among and
between :" the DOCTOR by the examples
cited, shows clearly how some have erred IN
the discriminating employment ct the
words. He points out that :, between " can
only be used, properly, when the reference is
to duality, and that not oaly must there be
no more than t.vo obi scts. bUt they must be
olsarlyindicatsd. T1us, one should not say II
| stood between twenty persons but among
twenty persons" Between is Anglo
Saxon, and is taken from be mean
ing by, and tweorum," the dstiye
plural oil lHtOl, UtLAiIE lWtlus OE&E
author, however, gives in a brief space
score or more of examples OF the wrong use Of
the word by good writers-as Professor
Lecky in his " History OF Rati alisms."
The Westminster Review = Melmoth's
"Plin7," Ans ser's German Literature"
Thompson's "Waysida Thoughts" Miss
Wedgewooais Woman's Work" Delvy's
g Life Of Locke, etc. Some of these errors
are thus shown: - In tbs case CT men as be-
tween (lmoug) themselves :" were divided
between the four" intercourse between the
several universities y "to bridge over the
gulf between all classes, etc Part l. of the
work is devoted TO thu alphabetical arrange
ment Of such words are deuominated
spurious" and words used with other mean
ings than their Own. Part ii Is devoted TO
the subject of acei3eucs," part III. to the
subject OF "syntax," and part ".
to rhetoric" As a whole, we look
upon this volume as 8 desirable one for an
exceeding large class Of people. The work OF
the distinguished linguist has been more
than well done in its details.
Thomas W. Knox has issued another book
for boys. l. IS entitled - Tee Young MIN
rods Around the World Il IL from the
press of Harper 4 Bros, New y o k, and Is /
for sale 10y A L. BaLcroft Il 20, san Fran
cisco. It is 2 quarto volume, a. = 80, and |
is copiouslg illustrated. IL is Pert Ii. of the |
series, : Huating Adventures On Land and /
Sea-" As we have already stated in review
ing other of Mr.. KroX's books, he possesses |
in a high degree the art-tOr it IS Al art--tf |
writing Tor children. L IS only tfe few that +
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fertile farcias and vivid imagiHatioas compse
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takes trip through California and intro I
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ests, the mary lous glories of Yosemite, and 1
turns backward long enough to take glimpse
at ths pioneer and early mining era, aud thsD
he is off across the great waters, and NJ
among the icebergs, and down amidss tie
iuxurisnce of the tropics, and far OF aaid
the islands of the South seas agd does not
conclude until he mas penetrated Africa.
From d. Appleton & Co, New York, we
have the Popular Science Monthly for
July, Among its more prominent papers are
these " Plant Cells and their Contents" by
n H. Mcbride; 1.-The Jews in Europe" by
Dr. J. Won Dellenger; Porcelain and the
Art of its Production, by Charles Lauth
du Bots Raymond; "A Curious Bur
mese Tribe" by Lieutenant G. Kreitler;
as Problems of Properly" by George lies;
g The Ethics of Vivisection," by DR.. Samuel
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o. Ayres Protoplasm," by Frances Emily
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A Prsmsture Discussion" by Mrs. z D.
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Doc, Oxon "D.. Gunther on The Study Of
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N. Badoureau.
''Gypsie is the title of one of the latest
of the Kniekerbacker" series of new and
popular novels, from the press Of q. Z. Put
MANS Sons, NV York. It is simply tolo,
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s. decidedly pleasant, though not origiGal
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tional Board Of Health Rsport-1879." by t.
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Natural Mineral Waters" by DIR. Bell.
Paddle and Portage" is the title of an
other book from the pen OF Thomas Sedg- |
wick Steele, whose Canoe and Camera "
and "Maps of Maine are well known. He |
has penetrated the northern wilds Of Maine,
and in this pleasant and effortless volume
gives us rapid and agreeable account of q
canoeing trip from Moosehead lake to the
Aroostook river There are in the volume,
which is an Syo., over sixty illustrations of |
camp life, adventure, and northern scenery.
and the book is accompanied with may 20