Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-14

may serve 10 hold many a navsring one from
the downward path. It is published by the
Petersons, Philadelphia, and is for sale by
Bancroft, San Francisco.
From w. A. 4 G. S. Houshton, Sacrs.
mento, we have another Of the Bodley books.
No works for children have had wider repu-
tation than the Bedleys, or reputation more
justly deserved. The whole series have been
OF Immense value to the youth of the land.
Iney are pure. full of useful information, and
nave hlled wide field in the education Of II e
Doys and girls of the day--for every book
that the 7oung person reads educatss, for
good or Ill, and the direction that the you'll :.
ful tastes take in the matter OF reading,
therefore, becomes of the first importance.
The present volume is "The Bodley Grand
CHILDREN" and the subtitle is Their jour
ney Through Holland" Tbs book, like its
predecessors, Is in quaTto form, and is from
the press OF Houghtonr Milf L & Co, Boston,
and sails at 81 80.
From D. Appleton & Co, New York, we
have the Popular Science Monthly for
OCTOBER. Its chief papers are on these topics :
Massage: Its Mode of Application and
Effects" by Douglas Graham, III. D.; Lit
essture and Science" by Matthew Arnold;
What are Clouds ?" by c. Mortit "Tbe
Past and Present of the Cutie Fishez, /" by
DIR. Andrew Wilson; Motley on Evolu-
ton" by Herbert Spencer Explc sions and
Explosives" by Allan d. Brown Utility
OF Drunkenness, by w. Mattieu Williams |;
:, Detusions OF Doubt" by 81. B. BIZ /;
Pfogressof American Minsrslogy," by Pro-.
Z. j. Brush; Industrial Education," by
Prof. II. II. Straight; ysio,nonic Curl.
osities, By Felix L. Oswald, NJ. D.; 1.-THE
Formation Of Saline Mineral Waters" by D.
DIsalafait; " A Partnership of Animal and
Plant Life" By K. Brandt.
From w. A. & G. S. Houghtop. Sacra-
msnto. we have a neat quArto volume of
poems by Anna Katharine Green. Tne lady
has the true poetic quality, and some Of the
poems speak OF higher possibilities. While
not great, they have the freshness of origin
atty, and breathe a spirit Of purity, and
love, and peace, that makes them come close
to the readers heart. Toe ono fault 20 Re
found is the too lofty { JrS 20 deal VITA the
purely romantic, and to take fer subjects
legends sDd romances of the days of the far
distant past. Still, the lady shcEs her qual-
ity In handling more prcs-ic All modern
themes also for insta: c.. let those who
would know her at her best read the poems
Sunrise from the Mountains" and :" The
BsrEicade." We have no recollection of hav-
ing seen any other works by this lady, but
must confess to being impressed with this
modest little book of poems, which, with all
SNAN iASAAN NO%Nts1 Az II tnsISS'
Of the Franklin Square Library series of
Harper & Bros, New York, we have from
that firm and from the Barcroits of San
Francisco number of volumes of this cheap
form of furnishing the people with some of the
best works of modern literature. "a Short
History of the Kingdom of Iraland," hv
Charles George Walpole, NJ a; kept in
the Dark" novel, by Anthony Trcliope :;
Love the Debt" novel, by Basil The
Lady Maud" novel, by w. Clark Russell
and very attractive story it is, too, tale
of love and the sea; plain Speaking" by
the author of John Halifax, Gentleman y;
Memoirs of Old Friends, being extracts
from the journals and letters of Caroline Fox,
edited by Horace N. Pym Self. Help" by
Samuel Smiles Egypt Under Its Khe.
dives" by Edwin de Leon "Single Heart
and Double Face" by Charles Reade " For
tunes Marriage" by Georgiana NJ. Craik :;
"A Strange Journey. or Pictures from
Egypt and the Soudan"