Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-19
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

cling some papers of especial interest. Th
| leading articles are " In War Time, by 5
| Weir Mitchell Carpe Diem, by Il. r
Sill; The Twilight of Greek and Roman
Sculpture by w S. Liscomb; "The Zis
Tag Telegraph" by Lloyd G. Thompson
The Rose and the Oriole, by Thomas w
Parsons; A Cooks Tourist in Spain
Nathaniel Parker Willis, by Edward f
Hayward 1.-The Edda Among the Algon
| quin Indians" by Charles G. Leland
Bugs and Beasts Before the Law by E
P. Evans; IAN Old New England Divine,
| by Kate Gannett Wells The Anatomiz
ing of William Shakespeare, by Richart
g. White; Where 1t Lsteth, by Edith
NJ. Thomas; Lodges Historical Studies
With the June number OF Choice
Literature a monthly magazine pub
lished by John B. Alden, 1893 Pearl street
New York, Vol. III. was concluded. This
work consists of reprint in good type an6
magazine form of the choicest articles APP
pearing in the American and foreign re-
views, magazines, etc., and is published al
81 per year The volume just closed, in.
Guiding the numbers from January TO July
1884, has 750 pages with complete index
and is library of current literature. The
July number has among its articles The
Unknowable and the Unknown" by Jas
+. Stephens Contemporary Life and
Thought in Switzerland, by c. Secretan
The Sins of Legislators" by Herbert
Spencer; Forgotten Bibles" by f. Max
muller " international Rivalries i'll Central
Africa, by 4. f. G. Law, etc.
The . English illustrated Magazine for
July (McMillan Il Co, New York and Lon
dom is on our table. 1t continues to i'm
prove in the taste manifested in illuStrat-
ing, and in the execution of the engray-
ings. The matter is also steadily advanc-
ing in character and taking on more of the
practical form. The leading papers are
" The Royal Collection of Miniatures at
Windsor Castle" by r. Holmes; " An I'm
sentimental Journey Through Cornwall, !"
by Miss Muloch; " The Weasel and His
Family" by Benjamin Scott; Martin
Lightfoots Song by the late Charles
Kingsley; The Author of BelFatfio," by
Henry James How a Bone is Built by
prentices, by Charlotte NJ. Yonge.
1.-THE Miz Maze f" is story published by
Harper & Bros, New York. and for sale-by
A. L. Bancroft & Co, San Francisco 1t is
by nine authors, and is in nine parts and
1852 letters. 1t is a novel idea and is an
effort to present a story i'll the form of let
btS fNti W l4itti l'lll-
alities. When one or two writers only at
tempt a story in letter-form, there is gen
orally too much sameness, on account of
the difficulty Of masking the style The
nine writers are Francis Andry, May
Bramit0n, W r. Coleridge, A. +. NJ. A.
MOrshead Charlotte Mary Yonge, Francis
Mary Pcard, Mary Susanna Lee, Eleanor
Price, Florence MILFORD.
THE Diet Question is the title of
small work, 12mo., 100 pages, by Susanna
". Dodds, n. D., and published by Fow-
Ter y Wells Company, 1913 Broadway,
New York. II is 100 pages, or part first,
from the larger work, entitled 1" Health in
the Household, or Hygenic Cookery" and
gives the reasons why of the food re-
form question. 1t contains tables show
ing the constituent elements of different
articles of food the relation of food to
physical development; the question of
meat as an article of Diet the relation of
sugar, salt and other condiments what to
drink, and why; and closing with dietetic
rules, hints on cooking, etc. Sold by pub
fishers at % cents.
The article upon New Zealand and the
Canterbury Settlement" by Rev F. Penn
Der, B.A., in the August number of Les
lies Sunday Magazine" gives a very in
teresting and vivid description of the gen
eral features the past and present condi-
ton of that island, its industries, people
and present civilization. The Catacombs
of Rome" and other choice productions
will also be found in the number Pub
lished by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York
Marion Harland has just put forth an
other cook book. This time it is entitled
" Cookery for Beginners" 1t does not take
for granted the possession of a certain de-
gree of knowledge requisite to the success
full use of cook book, and in this respect
commends itself highly. The great fault
with cook books is that they fail to explain.
In this volume young housekeepers are in
structed as to every detail. The book is
published by d. Lothrop & Co., Boston.
The Hour" is New York critical and
social weekly now in its fourteenth vol
ume. While we are not at all in sympathy
with its political views, and very often CON
troyert its positions on matters relating to
public and social topics we admire its
clear, incisive and vigorous style and its
original methods. 1t is the product of
thought and conscientious and laborious
literary effort, and commands our respect.
In dramatic matters il is an authority
The Grafton of Wendell Phillips upon
Daniel O'ConnelI, the Irish patriot deliv-
cred on the Tooth anniversary of his birth
day, is published in pamphlet form by Lee
q Shepard, Boston. Also the same pub
fishers have just issued in similar form the
celebrated lecture of Wendell Phillips en-
titled THE Lost Arts" which has been
regarded as the most popular and charming
lecture ever delivered upon the American
platform.
CasselIs Family Magazine for Au-
gust (Cassell 4 Co., New York, in addition
to its serial stories presents in short stories ::
Tame Snakes, written by Walter Severn,
and Vincent Romney's Recompense," by
w. J. L. Other contents are: From Raw
Flax to Finished Thread ;" Talks With
My Patients by family doctor; Home
Life in Bengal @ Chit-Chat on Dress :"
" Earthquake Experiences" etc.
Of the Englishmen of Letters series, from
the press OF Harper Bros, gives us as the
latest issue Bacon" by r. W Church,
Dean Of St Paurs. 1t is one of the most
readable life sketches which we have yet
is painstaking, clear in his criticisms,
manly and highminded yet without fear
The book is for sale by A. l.. Bancroft &
Co.. San Francisco.
In the Electra - for the present month
IldilN tlSlt 1O4ltiiitANS Ills interesting az
count of "Trayels Around the World, :"
:" a Legend of Sonoma is told by Miss
Bette C. Hendricks; and g Lost Sheep is
the title of an interesting story given COM
plete in this number. Several other short
stories, selections, etc, for the older young
people are included for July. Published in
Louisville, Ky.
Of the cheap edition recently from the
press of John B. Alden, New York, is John
Stuart Mills essay on Z" Liberty" 16mo.,
200 pages. Also, little. volume of 100
pages, containing the eulogy of George W.
Curtis upon Wendell Phillips, and the ora
ton of Wendell Phillips at Boston in De-
cember, 1861, upon The War for the
Union
From Cassell & Co, New York and Lon
don, and c. s Ioughton, Sacramento we
have one Of the second edition volumes of
the United States Art Directory and Year
Book, compiled by S. r. Koehler 1t is a
succinct chronicle of events in the art
world, and q guide for all interested in the