Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-28
OUR BOOK TABLE.
DR.. HOLLANDS woRKs-THE GARFIELD
MEMORIAL.
Aunt serena-Home Decoratiou-sir Rich
ard Whittington-The Portrait of a
Lady-Baby Rue-Etc.

! AooJ nOS-GtC.
The PORTRAIT OF LADY. By Henry James, Jr.
Boston HoughtoD, Mifin l. Co. Sacramento :
W. A s. C. 5. Houghton ! VOL, muslin, l2mo,
PIP. $50.
This is intended literally ard abstractly to
| be pen portrait of lady-let US say, rather,
of a won an-from girlhood to full maturity.
Mr.. James, in other words, has. in this
sketch, entered into the realm of art. and
shown now much more effective may be 0
pen portraiture than one from the brush OF
the painter. In one case the varying shades
of character in the subject may be preserved ;
| In the other but one view can be given, aud
that studied one oftener than otherwise. IL
is less successful as nuval than some of the
other productions of this author, for il is
| evident that his attention was absorbed in the
| effort to approach perfection in the por-
traiture referred to. Yet there are contrast
| ing portraits in the work, which are quite as
skillfully drawn, il not so elaborstely filed
in. and worked out ia detail. 1t is sutfi fi;ient
TO say that Mr. James has laid on his colors
as only master hand could, and has exem-
piifed, in vivid manner, how far above and
beyond all Others is the art of the pen--how
much more delicate it may shade, and how
much more brilliant may be its results.
BY Walter Besant and James Rice. New Ok
G. P. Putnam's Sons. san Francisco: A L. ban-
croft & Co. ST.
A charming volume, one that banishes much
of error concerning this historical character
It would have been impossible to have pro
duced such work but for the researches Of
the late Rev. Samuel Lysons, who embodied
them in the little pamphlet g The Model
Merchant OF the Fourteenth Century" He
| Il -
certain realms Of mere legesd, and gave him
| respectable geneslogy and prominent
place in history. There is no period better
understood than the fourtet nth century, ard
noae that la, save our own. m re
of commercial interest. Onr young
friends will be sorry to learn that
this volume explodes the familiar old story Of
Wilmington and his Cat" But they will
learn that had it been true it would have
been in keeping with the wisdom and pru-
dence of Wilmington, for cats were rare and
valuable animals where his went and Whit
tington could scarce have sent q more fortu-
nate gift as a venture.
PRESIDENT GARFIELD AND EDucATIoS-HIRAM Coll
LEGI MEMORIAL. By b. A Hnsdale, A NJ, Pres
ident of Hiram College. Boston: Jas. Il. Osgood
& Co l VOL, 8yo.
1t is entirely appropriate that there should
be Hiram College Memorial. In that
school Garfield was fitted for college, and
there he made his reputation as scholar and
| teacher. For twenty-six years Hiram was
| his home and all earlier recollections of the
late President center about that place. Gar.
field was scholar and an educator, and it
was therefore emineutly proper that a memo
rial CT him in book form should be devoted
to education. This volume gives number
of his best addresses. It also presents a
large quantity of biographical matter. The
effort mas been to make this Garfield book
in the sense of his being its author, rather
than the subject. We think Professor Hins-
dale has attained to a broad measure of sue
cess in this effort.
LIKE A GENTLEMAN. A novel. Boston: Lee &
Shepard. Sacramento: W. a. & C. S. Houghton.
l vol. Muslin
A delightful and sensible novsl. 1t is the
story of two men who had to Go with spirit
uous Eeuors-one drank and made not while
the other made and drank Lot. Upon both
of these society made It's demands, and both
it held to an Accountability at once illogical
and unjust of the manufacturer, that he
should fill positions for which he was not
mentally or intellectually fitted while OF the
other it demanded course of conduct incon
sistent with his drinking habits, though he
was otherwise adapted to fill all, and answer
to the most exactipg requirements. 1t is the
story OF talent debased, and ignorance eleva-
ted. In ore sense it is q temperance tale, and
one with striking and logical moral. 1t is
book we can cordially recommend Tor gem
eral reading.
CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR. (The Peninsula; by Alex.
| S. Webb. The Army under Pope, by John c.
| Ropes New York: Charles Scribners sons. San
| Francisco: A. L. Bancroft Co. vols.
| We have here two more of the new series
which is intended to give by many authors a
concise history of the leading military opera
tions of the Union armies in the late war OF
the rebellion. These volumes, of which five
have now appeared, have already excited
much criticism but it appears that, thus
far, they have held their own, and have, in
public confidence, gained high position. In
the MAN, the books are drawn from official
records of the War Department. and are,
therefore, in one sense officially authoritative.
NUNA THE BRAHM1N GIRL. By Harry W. French.
| Boston Lee & shepard Sacramento W. A. Il
| c. S. Houghton. 81.
| This delightful novel takes one into the
most romantic of Oriental realms, and opens
| to the view the mysteries of India's courts.
True, it is a forid tale, but the reader who
once takes it up will scarce lay it down until
| it is finished, for it has all the charm of the
| extravagance of the romance OF the East,
with the interest which attaches to the prob
! able.
The WonKs OF j. G. HOLLAND. The Mistress of the
| Manse, a poem the Puritan's Guest, and other
| poems; Concerning the Jones Family. New York ::
| Charles Seribner's sons. 3 vols, STo
| 1t is scarcely necessary to more than refer
| to books from the pen of the lamented
Timothy Titcomb." In view of his sudden
and recent death his literary works take on a
| new and tender interest. OF the three vol
umes 1.-The Jones Family is by all means
T., do
open.door of the Doctors ideas of certain
classes of people in society. These are very
boldly stated, and the criticisms are very
caustic.
BABY RuE-HER ADVENTURES AND MIsADvENrusEs
HER FRIENDS AND HER ENEMIES. Boston Roberts
Bros. Sacramento W. A & C. S. Houghton.
This is one # the No Name series, and one
of the best the publishers have given us. II
is thrilling story of army life on the border,
in the time when our Government was en-
gagged in the removal of the Indians of the
Atlantic to the Far West. 1t is at the same
time one of the most charming of love stories.
HOME DECORATION. By Janet E. Rautzrees. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. San Francisco ]. 7.
White Co.
This is one of the Appleton Heme Book
series, and is by the author of Horace Yer
net.n 1t is fully illustrated by Geo. Gibson.
In the new craze for household decoration,
this book comes very timely, and to all
who have home adornment at cart this neat
volume will be more than acceptable.
Aunt sERErA. By Blanche Willis Howard. Bos-
ton James R. 0sgood & Co.
A novel by the author of 'One Summer"
a good story, well told and full of interest.
From Cassell, Peter, Galpin & Co., New
York, we have the Magazine of Art F" for
February. 1t is No. of the fifth volume,
and in all respects a choice number. The
leading papers are on Thomas Morair. with
engravings of some of his best pictures, " A
Chat About Bells" "The Beauty of the
Fields 1.-THE Decoration of Yacht, The
Hell Collection, ""Winter."
Frsnk Lsslie's Sunday Magazine" IT.
Dewitt Talmage, D. D., editor, New York;