Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19
OUR BOOK TABLE.
A PBEP INTO SOME OF THE RE-
CENT PUBLICATIONS.
Fresh Books by Familiar and New
AuthOrs-SuOjects Presented in
Some of the Magazines.

Health by Exercise" showing what ex
ercises to take and how to take them +
remove special physical weakness; EN-
bracing the history and philosophy of med
ical treatment by this treatment, includin
the process Of massage; also a summary o
the principles of hygiene; by Geo W. Tay
Tor, NJ. D. John B. Alden, New York, pub
Usher. No one can pronounce this book
good one without applying the tests tn
author insists upon as proof of the wortl
of his theories But what it apparently il
! the reviewer may state intelligently. W,
have examined the work in detail, and ar,
prepared to say that apparently the author
+, proceeds upon a correct theory. Most o
the exercises advised are illustrated by dia
grams, and we find very few that are no
! now familiar in gymnasiums. 1t is in the
application and continuity and persistence
! of them, and their adaptation to certain
! cases, for certain effects that the curative
/ element enters, if at all. 1t appears to be
an intelligent and sincere effort 10 induce
| people " TO acquire and maintain an intelli-
! gent control OF their entire physiological
| being, and to bring into and keep in health
| ful and effective play all the complex ma
i chinery of their organism. Mr.. Taylor S
| system is analyZation Of single movements
with a view to the production of such a
combination of effects as are wanted 10
meet the various pathological needs of the
system a thing not heretofore, he claims,
tis,fn n-il aI
ment cure certainly appears rational,
what it is in practice is not for us to Judge
DR.. Taylor is a well-knoWn advocate of the
Swedish movement cure, and this work is
a strong defense of it. Massage before
referred to, is the application of the prin-
ciples spoken of to invalids too weak to
engage in complex exercises. In Mass
age" the mechanical energy employed is
derived from the muscle of another indi-
uidual
"The Creators of the Age of Steel, by
W. T. Jeans is from the press of Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, and for sale by
G.. S HOughtOn, Sacramento. 1t is a COM
pact octave in cloth, of twelve chapters,
clearly and concisely treating of Sir Henry
Bessemer and his great invention, his met
allurgical investigations and discoveries, his
methods of inquiry and treatment, etc; of
Sir William Siemens, his mechanical and
scientific researches into Steel-making, re-
generatiye furnaces, electricity as applied
for industrial purposes, etc; of Sir Joseph
Whitworth and his achievements with guns
and projectileS; of Sir John Brown and his
great works in iron; of Sir S. G. Thomas
and his experiments in dephosphorization
etc; of &. j. SneluS and his attainments in
metallurgy and his work in the steel indus
try. To the reading machinist and iron
worker as well as TO the student of me-
chaniCS, this volume will be of especial
interest. But we have found it, too, TO be
full of instruction to the general reader, in
that it opens up some useful lives TO close
examination, and makes them examples
which no reader will regret having scru-
tinized.
"Clear Light from the Spirit World is
an octave volume by Kate Irving, and from
the press of G. W Carleton & Co., New
York. For sale by c. S. Houghton, Sacra-
mento. 1t is plain but graceful and evil
IDENTIFY sincere statement of the evidences
that led a young widow from uncertainty
and doubt as to futUlrity, to Spiritualism and
content. The evidences recited are not
new. nor do they appear to us conclusive,
nor even sufficient. They are strange, and
in some cases apparently unaccountable,
spiritual on the basis of spirit interyen-
ton. BY far the better part of the work is
that section devoted to what Spiritualism
has taught Mrs. Irving relative to occupa-
tons and life in the future world, councils
i'll the spirit land for mundane influence,
etc. We cannot disprove that the lady's in
formation on these topics is not truth, nor
can she prove that it is verify, and so
we remain at the close of the volume where
we were at the beginning.
The Atlantic Monthly" for May is at
hand from the publishers, Houghton, Milf
fin & Co., Boston. 1t is an especially at
tractive issue of this popular periodical. In
addition to the Crawford and Mitchell Sc
rails the Contributors Club papers, and the |
81 Books of the Month there are papers as
follows The Announcing of William
by Richard Grant White
O. Linguistic Paleontology," by f. P. Evans
q The Arbutus, by H. H.; " En- Province, |
VIII by Henry James .. At Bent'S Ho-
tel, by L. W. Bellamy; Dew of Parnas- |
sus, by Edith NJ Thomas: Matthew Ar
mold as a Poet, by Harriet Waters Pres |
tom Governor Thomas Hutchinson" by |
George L. Ellis The Silver Danger" by |
J. Lawrence Laughlin William H. Sew
ard, by Henry Cabot Lodge; "Marechal |
Mel, by T. b. Aldrich THE Progress of |
Nationalism," by Edward Stanwood !: |
8 Tuttle's History of Prussia" Edward |
Bulwer, Lord Lytton."
"Appleton's Guide to Mexico" D. APP
pleton q Co., New York; J. T. White q !
Co., San Francisco. This is an amplified |
guide, by Alfred K. Conkling, Ii. b. !
Phi. b, formerly United States Geologist. !
1t has maps and cuts. tables and statistical
showings, and all the details of an expos
tory of our sister Republic 1t is supple
mented by glossary, or appendix, treating
Of the language of the MexicanS. Mr..
enjoyed peculiar facilities for an
examination Of the Mexican Republic. His
)bservlnt qualities are of high order, and
his analytical mind and scholarly accom-
added 10 his technical knowl-
,ige as a geologist and botanist, make his
work one of exceeding varied information
md broad usefulness General Grant COM
nends the work as supplying a want fully.
From Macmillan & Co, New York, we
nave the April number of the English
illustrated Magazine" issued by that firm
n New York and London. We note with
pleasure the decided advancement made by
he periodical. In character of selections,
II engraving and in typography the publish
,rS have greatly improved the magazine
IN the current number we make note of
he following leading papers: Changes
II Charing Cross, by Austin Dobson; An
Jnsentimental Journey Through Corn
WALL" by the author of John Halifax,
Gentleman The Belfry Of Bruges' by
Rose G. Kingsley A Herald of Spring,
" Walter Crane; Paul Vargas, a Mys-
cry" by Hugh Conway How | Became
Var Correspondent by Archibald Forbes,
md Mrs Ioung's admirable serial, The
-t,,,,,tr.rfl Drn,firas
From !. r. White & Co., San Francisco.
We have d. Appleton & Co.'S New York.
ssue of DR. Roger 5, Tracy's Handbook
If Sanitary Information for Household
rs Its title fully discloses its purpose
t is a small book, mere vest-pocket affair,
,ut full of meat. 1t especially dwells upon
drainage care of contagious
diseases diSinfection food. water, plumb
ng, etc Dr. Tracy is Sanitary Inspector
# the Health Department of New York
lily, and, rs such, qualified by broad ex
,erience TO speak upon sanitary questions.
The little work is very freely illustrated.
OF the Appleton Home Book series we