Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-26
RECENT MAGAZINES.

The Painter Tor April, puDnsneQ at
100 Canal street, Cleveland, is a superior
number This new illustrated monthly
fills a long-felt want. 1t addresses itself
not only to the painter workman, but es-
pecially to those interested in house decora-
ton, both for exteriors and interiors.
Clarence Cook, the well-known critic in
decorative art, is contributing series of
admirably-conceived articles on wall deco
ration There have been some interesting
essays also upon carpeting and floor stain
ing, several fine illustrations in colors on
wall dressing and exterior house trimming.
Mrs. c. S. Jones contributes valuable arti-
cles on room fittings and C. w Cooke, in
the current number, treats of optical illu-
sions in form and color, with wood cuts in
| illustration.
The Century Illustrated Magazine" for
May Century Publishing Company, n Y
| is especially attractive. There are half a hun
dred fine illustrations those relating to
| "The Salem of Hawthorne and Recent
Architecture in America possessing spe-
cial value and attractiveness. The editorial
departments are notably vigorous in text.
The usual serials appear and, besides,
these leading papers: The Salem of Haw-
thorne," by Julian Hawthorne; Power
against Power" by Rose Hawthorne La
throp; British Fertility" by Johr Bur
/ roughs g Rose Madden y Ga new story, by
Ivory Black An Average Man, by Rob
ert Grant a romance 1.-THE Bay of Isl
ands," by S. G. w Benjamin; The
Women of the Beehive" by Mrs Helen
Hunt jackson :" On the Training of Pa
rents" by Frank r. Stockholm sarcastic
paper and a witty one Trades Unionism
in England" by Thomas Hughes " Pro
| hibition in Kansas, by A. NJ Richardson.
The q" Manhattan Illustrated Monthly
Magazine" Temple Court, New York, is
/ on our table for May 1t is a model num-
Der, and we incline to the belief that it is
one of the best the editors have vet pub
ticles are Traian, with frontispiece
The Gunnison Country by Ernest In
gersoll "The Morning Song" by Frances
l.. Mace The Secrets of the Spring" by
Nora Perry Spring in Hellas," by Waldo
Messaros Rmini and the Malatestas. >
by Alfred Ashton; " Afterglow,' by VIM.
Howard Carpenter; Children in Fiction, y
by Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Coquette." bv
Harriet w. French; Leo XIII, by Will
lard n. Morse; UIrlc Zwlngh, by Chas.
II. han Inc Latest News about Keats,
by joel Benton; " ModJeska as Rosalind,
by John w. Chadwick Thinking Gym
balls (seriaD by Edgar Fawcett The
ROsicrucian," by Anne Sheldon Coombs,
and the usual reviews and editorial depart
nients.
The Popular Science Monthly" for
May Cd. Appleton q Co.. New York, is re-
plete with intellectual stimulants and men
tai pabulum. The leading papers the You
mans present in this number include.
The Sins of Legislators. by Herbert
Spencer; THE Beaver and His Works. by
Dr. StOckwell; 'An Experiment in Prohib-
of the Working Glasses in the Last Half
Century" by Robert Giffen. LID: THE
Chemistry of Cookery" BY W. Mattieu
Williams How Flies Hang On by J. E.
RomboutS; Where Did Life Begin" by
&. Hilton Scribner; " The Beginnings OF
Metallurgy, by DR.. f. Reyer; Christian
AgnostlclSm, by canon CurtelS; Our
New SKIN and Cancer Hospital, by DR.. W.
}. 1oumanS The Morality OF Happl-
ness, by Thomas Foster; Was He an
Idiot by Key. W \. Cram; Sketch OF
Mary Somerville, with portrait.
"The Current" is new critical ouarto
weekly published at Chicago. and edited by
Edgar L. Wakeman. G. c. Cochran and G
c. Mathews. We have given close atten-
ton to his paper during the course of the
eighteen numbers it has now run. and are
prepared to pronounce it one of the espe-
clally useful journals OF the day. 1t Is re-
markabie for the brevity and conciseness OF
its editorials, which in each issue run from
20 to l25 in number. The contributed arti-
Giles all bear the fac simile signature of the
writers, and embrace in scope every branch
Of polished literature. Among its contrib
utors are some OF the best writers of the
day in this and in foreign lands. 1t is en-
phatically a journal of opinions, and must
command broad circle of intelligent read
ers. The Current y deserves well of the
reading public We do not hesitate to quote
from 1t freely and frequently.
" CasselFs Family Magazine for May
(Cassell q Co., New York and London, is
very freely illustrated. The fronti;sPiece,
Simply Sweet" Is charming full-page
scientific, or inventors curiosity depart
ment gives illustrations OF several new de-
vices. Among the leading papers are :
" Within the Clasp (the HARDWOOD serial;
a Day In a Model Laundry; In an
Australian Forest, by Stephen Thompson ;
" Healthful Recreations; > q a Highland
JOKE" by {. F. Gordon Cumming; -" The
rromoton OF a PRIVATE Blll, by f. Z.
', W lcke9 Ousht me state 10 ffoVlde
lleai'hy homes ior liie foor
The North American Review for May
GO Lafayette Place, New York;, is at hand.
This leading monthly presents these
papers, the title of which sufficiently indi-
cate the value: Defective Naturalization
Laws, by Justice William Strong
Matthew Arnold" by Edwin p. Whipple
4 Zone OF Worlds" by Richard 4. Proc
TOR me halfway ana ana the state, by
HeTr II r. lansing lIluSloIs OF Memory
9{ PROFESSOR c hellry r. OSBORN me ne
4nEng % 2on Dy heit G, nenallc5 :;
JoiI1iS9E n9nkiiiG Si, uIlG pi
2y " IMAM 1ou"lh hoouy ana Professor
j. H. hauslilih'
The Magazine OF Art for May has as a
beautiful trontlSplece an engraving,
g H bonn H S~eet home rom me painting
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