Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-01

4 delicate nourlshneEt,
AS TO cur Utmost virtue sing
Chorals, OF angel voices blent-
From "Death."l
Lies loving brother, indefatigable Death,
Keep; Life alert and young.
without him, Lies sweet breath,
Rank and unbreathable through healthy lung,
Wond sicken Life himself, that, pale
AS frightened sky in an eclipse,
His eyes grow blear, his spirits fail,
Smiles vanish from his leaden lips
And, shuddering in dull despair,
| To see mat ers unchecked increase,
Would shrek towards haven piteous prayer
That he might quick decrease
Ere he by suffocated by
His offspring
from Poetry"l
Il is not in the trees or in the ocean
for in the air or earth or spacious skies,
Nor in he forms OF nature, OF t1e motion
OF stream or faun, not even in ths eyes
OF woman ; in the soul OF m n 1t Hes,
This peerless heavenly gift, creative power at.
That lights and c0nsscrates all THESE, ANU N'S'
| For mans uplifting in bright happest
| This dearest privilege and his diyinest dover.
Charles Scribner's Sons have published
LARGE octave entitled Science and Senti-
rnent.i' There are several other papers IN
| the book also, chiefly philosophical. Ihey
| are by Noah Porter, d. D., LII. D., Presi'
| dent Of Yale College The papers which
compose this volume have been already
given to the public, either as Lectures
or critical essays. They are philosophical! ~
| their themes, but not severely phIlosopnlcai
ia their mode OF treatme nj. Mose on ste 80
themes are Of present and active interest," 70
| the minds of thoughtful men, and are likely
| To occupy their attention for the future. by
the advice of his friends the author collected
them for republication, az, says he, IN some
sort. tracts for the times" The broad
| ability and scholarly attachments OF DR..
Porter are too well known to make any refer
euce TO his style necessary. Inc suplects,
| too, are so varied that no analysis OF his
treatment or thought can be entered
upon in this space. The matters treated
are: scisnce and sentiment; the sciences OF ma
ture and plea for the science of man; Chris
tian philosophy; John Stuart Mil Tyndali's
Last Deiigerance physiological meta
physics, or the apotheosis of scisnce by sui
eide force, law and design; Huxley's Ex-
position of Hume's Philosophy; the newest
| Atheism Spencer's Theory OF Sociology the
Kantian Centennial and tie College of Faith.
| The volume is at hand from A l.. Bancroft
& Co, San Francisco, and retails at 81 90.
We have from e. P Hubbard, of the In
ternationsl Newspaper Agency, New Haven
Conn, two ponderous volumes. entitled
Hubbsrds Newspaper and Bank Directory
Of the World with gazetteer and atlas com
bined)." These two volumes aggregate
nearly geo pages, large octave form.
They embrace vast deal of valuable
information Oh every topic connected with
| the papers of the world, describing "a 600
newspapers and 10000 banks. Besides a
great deal of geographical and statistical In.
| formation is given of countries, nations and
cities. 1t is the completest work of its kind
we have ever seen. We have but one crltl-
cism to make, and that is upon the peculiar
arrangement Of the matter, which makes it
| \: &c ~ I'D -a.15lr, Iaeirpd title
especially as TO foreign papers. In that
respect Mr.. Hubbard might have made his
volumes more useful by simpler system:
Aside from the confusion that arises until
one fsthoms his method ct indicing, the
books are to be approved, and probably are
i Just what be claims for them-the completest
and most exhaustive ever Issued, ct that
class.
From A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fran
cisco, we have large quarto work for the
holiday season from the press Of Harper Il
Bros, New York. 1t is entitled High
WAYS and Byways, or SaunteriDgs In New
England" It retails at 81 80. 1t is one Of
the choicest of holiday gifts that has yet ap-
peared in the book line. 1t is by the artist.
author, lillian Hamilton Gibson, and is
Illuminated by large number of the finest
specimens Of the engraver's art, from designs
by Mr.. Gibson. These are Illustrative OF
the foliage fora and insect life, the birds,
trees and landscape views OF New England.
The text is from his pen, and is as graceful
as are his beautiful drawings. The letter
press is 6 fine example of what may be ac-
complished by the skilled printer. The work
is handsomely bound The tone of the book
is all American. Evidently the author drew
tie inspiration for his graphic pen from the
same source that moved his pencil as it
caught the delicate tracery of web and leaf,
and the wings of mid air insect, or traced the
fair faces of American flowers.
"The Building of the Nation is a large
ouarto from A. L. Bancroft & Co., San
Francisco, and issued by Harper & Bros.
New York. and sells at So. 1t is a profusely
illustrated volume by Charles Carleton Cot.
flo, the well. known author of 1.-THE Boys Of
76." "The Story Of Liberty" and like
works. It presents the chief events in
the history of the United States
from the Revolution down to the
beginning of the war between the States. Ii
is one of the best books for American boys
and girls that has come from the press in a
long time The chief events OF history are
the guide posts in national career, and these
Mr.. Coffin has made graphically deeply in.
teresting In this volume, as far as they Illus
trate the process of the building up of our
nation. The volume bresths deep and abid-
ing love of liberty, and every page speaks OF
patriotic impulse and devotion. Every
American boy and girl should not only read
DuS c2ssess the volume, as it will encourage
then TO the reading os our national history
in full as penned in many volume OF greater
pretension and scope.
From the same firms we have Arsbella B.
Buckeyes latest volume entitled The Win.
ners in Life's Race, or the Great Backboned
Family" The lady has given US valuable
contributions to the literature OF science.
The present is, in fact. sequel to former
volume" Life and Her Children which
treated of invertebrates. Still it will be
found an independent work and of just az
much interest to those who have not perused
its predecessor. 1t is an admirable book,
clear, simple, sufficiently detailed, graphic in
the description Of the early history of the
backboned animals, and throughout is at.
tractive. Although it is q vast subject
treated within very narrow limits, compell'
ing many profound facts TO be touched upon
but lightly, it is nevertheless a superior book
for the young mind, and will accomplish
what it aims to do-awaken the young to a
sense of the wonderful Intervening OF life
upon the earth.
1.-THE Golden Lotus and Other Legends
of Japan" is q small qusrto book by Edward
C.reey. and for children of somewhat ad-
|
we are induced by it's pleasant pages to pre-.
sent what the author himself Gays Of it
"The Japanese say the 5osu [priest] and the
hanashikd professional story-teller] can pick
mans pocket with their tongues; i. e.,
stories told by those men are so amusing and
admirable that the people empty their purses
10 order to reward the priest for his sermons
and the vagabond for his recitations. In thi:
book 1 have endeavored to reproduce some Of
| 9 l. 6 q I 1off Rfcfuo Ct1u
as related by the bosu and hGndshikG. In addi-
ton, have assumed the role Of salmon. and
described scenes in the life of the modern ia
panese." The book is from the press of Lee
& Shepard Boston, and is for sale by w. A.
G. S. Houghten. Sacramento, at 81 %.
From A. S. Barnes & Co., Of New York
and Chicago, we have the November number
of "The Magazine of American History,
with Notes and Queries" 1t is one of the