Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-02-25
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md through w. A. Il g. 5. H0ughton, Sac
.amento. The volume is by Laura E. Rich
ards, so far as the sketches are concerned,
and by Henry Richards, so far as the pictures
are concerned. 1t is cause for constant
wonder to those of the long ago when they
reflect upon that time and then on this. as to
books for children what the boys and girls
in that time had in the way of books, and the
wealth of beautiful publications the children
Of this day may revsl in. 1t would seem that
there is no limit to the demand made upon
literature and art nowadays, in the interest
of the children of the present; that there Is
no expense too great but that it may be in
Cured to make the most wonderfully attract
i've books for them and that there is no
artist 30 advanced but that he may still win
new laurels in the exercise of his gifts In the
behalf of the rising generation. To these
tasks the most skillful writers of the age, and
the most noted designers and engravers of the
world, are called. Of this order is the book
before us, and an elegant one it is. The ar
tistic work is of the best kind known to the
publishing world, and the text-matter is of
che nursery stripe, which, while other old
things have passed away, still remains as it
was, only in this case the rhymes ere new,
and still are in their quaintness as old as the
hills. This little book is an especially fine
exa aple of the colorist's art in engraving.
From A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fran.
cisco, we have of L. b. Peterson & Brothers
issue, Philadelphia, novel by that remark
ably prolific writer, Mrs. Emma ID E N.
Southworth. 1t is entitled THE Fatal Mar
rage" There is but one thing in which this
lady excels more than in another, and that is
in the marvellous gife she has that enables her
to chose the most startling titles for her nov
els. All along the gamut of the lugubrioss,
the awful and the sensational she can play
the most wonderful changes. What prize
she would be to sensational newspaper as a
writer of lead. lines" Summers" as the term
is-to lawful" "doleful," heartrending
and sentimental articles. "The Fatal Mar
riage." What cbills it causes to dance along
the backbone; what suggestions 1t gives rise
to what fearful tragedy does it point to !
Did the wife strange the husband on the
wedding night? Did the husband smother
the bride with a pillow? Did the result Of
never been born? Or-but really the reader
who delights In the Southworth style must
determine for himself, for surely the reviewer
does not propose to shorten life by perusing
any more of the productions Of the lady
writer in question, however estimable she
may be, nor howsoever often the publishers
shall forward the novels of Mrs. S. for notice.
81 is Y ur Man p is the title of small
book from the press of Lee & Shepherd, of
B ,ston. 1t is intended to and does most
efectually show up the horrible business
prosecuted in Pennsylvania of Graveyard
Insurance" Let US be Thankful that the
public attention has recently been so strongly
attracted to this terrible traffic, that it has
been forced to narrower limit, and that
there are hopes now of it being entirely blot
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the business is prosecuted, they should read
this startling story and be instructed. 1t is
almost impossible to realize that in this day
and age such a horrible business could be
openly and safely carried on, as has been
done in the State named for the last two
years or more. It was found to be under
mining the morals of the people, robbing the
poor, making old age the subject of gam
bling, and to be inspiring children with the
most inhuman thoughts toward their parents.
There is no question now but that this in.
famous business has caused very many horri-
bic murders in Pennsylvania, and that many
more will follow unless the traffic in human
life be summarily stopped.
From Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston,
comes the Atlantic Monthly" for March.
Among its articles and In addition to its regu-
lar departments appear these papers: 1.-THE
Story Of the Hoosac Tunnel" by N. r,
Egleston Love and Death" by Charlotte
Fiske Bates ;" Hurricanes, " by N. S. Shaler
. Hymns and Hymn-Tinkers," by A. P.
Hitchcock; can Echo of Passion" by
George Parsons Lathrop; Life and the
Dream of Life" by John Trowbridgs; "A
Visit to Jerusalem" by Edward e. Hale
8 Among the Sky Lines, by II. H.; Our
Winter Birds" by Mary Treat; before
the Curfew," 1929 1882; by Oliver Wendell
Holmes "A Difficulty in Hamlet" by f.
2. Quincy; Son Great Man whose Mind
is Clouding," by Edmund g. Stedman
Campaigns of the Civil War;" by S. M.
Quincy; The Light Literature of Travel"
From the Leonard Scott Publishing Com
pany, New York, we have "The West
minister Review for January. Its contents
are "The Early Progress of Christianity, Z"
The Basis of Englaud's Power in India y
Teacher" =" Working class Insurance as it
l., Richard Golden" Town Smoke snd
Town Fog" "The Coronation Oath no Bar
to Legislation" "India and Our Colonial
Empire" Contemporary literature. From
the same firm comes its reprint of the Brit
ish Quarterly Review" for January. The
leading papers are: Literary Clubs of
Paris" s. Sketch of Individual Develop
ment." TIE Culdees and Their Later His
tory" The Industrial Resources of Ire
land, Count Campello," "Wescott and
Hort's Greek Testament" " Richard Cob
den," Contemporary literature.
From Harper & Brothers, New York,
comes "Harper's Monthly Magazine" for
March. 1t is q profusely illustrated number.
The more choice of its articles are "0ld
New York Coffee Houses" John Austin
Stevens !; "a Canadian Pilgrimage" +. FL.
Taylor "Washington's Acceptance of the
First Presidency" George TIcknor Curtis :;
"a Small Telescope, and What to See with
It." Simon Newcomb; Typical Journeyines
and Courtly Life in Mexico" w. Fl. Bishop !;
An American King" Charles K. Backus I;
Last Words from George Eliot" Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps; "a Cock-Horse," Luigi
Mont; "The Pawn.shop." Edward How
land; Prudence, story, Mrs. } ohm Lille.
From w. A. & G. S. Houghton, Sacra-
mento, we have THE Kings Missive," aud
other poems, by Whittier. 1t is from the
press of Houghtop, MifHiu & Co., Boston,
and is in neat octave form. The volume
contains, beside the title poem. a g Prelude,
st. Martins Summer" "The Deafest of
the Kol-Folk," "The Lost OCCASION
g The Emancipation Group" sc The Jubilee
Singers within the Gate, (" 1.-THE Khau's
Devil" "Abram Morrison" "Voyage on
the Jettie," "Our Autocrat," Garrison,
Z" Bayard Taylor" "a Name, "Tne Min
ister's Daughter" and fifteen other poems,
all in the best vein of the American poet
whom all love to honor.
From D. Appleton & Co., New York, we
have the Popular Science Monthly for
March. Its chief papers are Science and
the Woman Question:" by Miss Hardaker
" Muscular Expression of Nervous Condi-
tiops." by DIR. Warner; Materialism and
Positivism," by N. d. lie Sueur "Sound
and Radiant Heat" by Professor Tyndall
" Longevity of Plants" by L. Hildebrand
:" The Gull Stream and the Panama Canal"
by Professor Geikie; Recent Wonders of
E ectricity," by Professor Preece; I" 10 Est
and to be Eaten" by Chas. Morris etc.
From j. L. White, San Francisco, we have
q large octave volume, "Stndies in the Life
Of Christ by Rev. a. NJ Fairbairn. D. d.
1t ia from the press of d. Appleton & Co..
New York. DIR. Fairbairn is the principal
of the Airedale College, Bradford, Scot
land, and will be remembered as the author
Of work already noticed in these columns,
entitled .Studies in the Philosophy of Re-
Iigion and History" The present volume is
q collection of papers originally prepared as
o series of discourses when the author was
minister in Aberdeen.
From Fords, Howard & Hubert, New
York, we have compact pamphlet on the
capture of Yorktown by the forces under
~ ar.rol Wash;notop and General Jsfavette