Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-01-05
BOOKS OF THE DAY.
Review of Some Recent Publications. z

Review Of Some Recent Publications. =
Arthur Penn is the author of small but
practical work on 1.-THE Home Library" 1t
is one of Appleton L Co.'s series of Home
Books" 1t is plea for best books, with
some hints on buying and reading, and much
useful information on binding, preserving,
marking, etc. An appendix gives list of
books that should be found in the Home Ii.
brsry, with price lists. The work is for sale
by James 7. White l. Co., San Francisco.
r. D. Blsckmore's latest novel is entitled
Lorna Doone." 1t is very absorbing TO-
| nance, and has had q wonderful sale, run
ming into the sixth edition. 1t is tale of
the seventeenth century, and full of the in
terest that clipgs to troublous times. 1t is
probably one of the most successful stories of
which Blsckmore can boast. 1t is for sale
| by A. L. Bancroft / Co., San Francisco and
is published by Harper L Bros, New York.
| From w. a. & c. s. Houghton. Sscra-
mento, we have Ella Wheelers Poems of
| Passion" 1t is from the press of Bslford,
| Clarke & Co., Chicago. The author has the
poetic fire burning i'll her soul. These poems
| are not mere rhymes-they speak and reveal
| feeling, and kindle and fame Not great
| poems by any means, but full Of life and
| spirit, breathing esrnestness and clothed in
| choice language, and at no time revealing
an effort of expression. The poems read as
if born of sp1ntaneity-as if indeed the chill
dren of passion. We give two examples and
but one stsnza of each:
On the white throat Of useless passion
That scorched my soul with its burning breath,
| l clutched my fingers in murderous fashion,
And gathered them close on a grip Of death
| For why should FAM or feed with fuel
love that showed me but blank despair?
So my hold was firm, and my grasp cruel
meant to stIangle it then and there
The third stsnza from "Delilah reads:
she touches my cheek and culver
tremble with exquisite pains;
She sghs-like an overcharged river
My blood PUSHES On through my veins;
She smlles-and in mad tiger fashion,
As she-tiger tondes her own,
clasp her with ferceness and passion,
And kiss her with shudder and groan.
Oh, ghost of dead sin unrelenting
Go back to the dust and the sod
Too dear and too sweet for repentipg,
We stand between me and my God.
II L, by the Throne, should behold you,
Smiling up with those eyes loved so well,
Close, close in my arms | would fold you,
And drop with you down to sweet hell.
Jules Verne. That image native writer needs
but to be referred to as the author to intro
duce any new work from his pen. His latest
is from the press of Porter & Coales, Pnila-
delphis, and is for sale by A. l.. Bancroft 4
| Co, San Francisco. The versatility of his
style and the marvellous art of his narrative,
coupled with the strange mingling of scien-
| tifc fact and natural laws with the widest
improbabilities of fancy, make his books very
attractive to large class of readers, though
we cannot say that his writings add much to
the letters Of the world. The Underground
| City; or, The Chilu of the Cavern, is fully
representative of the best work of this
errstic author. The translation is by w. H.
| G. Kingston. AS is true of all of Verne
works, the book is copiously illustrated.
! From A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fran
! cisco, we have Harper Bros. print of Dr.
| Philip Schsff's Companion to the Greek
| Testament, and the English Version" This
manual of textual criticism of the Greek Tes-
lament and its application to the English Yer
| sisn is desideratum of our literature, and
meets a demand made forcible by the new
| revision. The work grew out If Dr. Schaff's
studies in connection with the Revision Com
mittee, and is published by request of his
fellow revisers and friends. 1t is an exhaust
i've work, and one that must prove of value
| to classical scholars aud especially to the
| gentlemen of the pulpit.
From w. a. & C. S. Houghton, Sscra-
mento, we have Charles Scribner's Sons
quarto edition, in morocco ard with red
edges. of THE Merry Adventures of Robin
Hood" 1t is printed in bold type and hand
somely illustrated in quaint style. Robin
! Hood has not in a long time been presented
in such excellent taste and with such atten-
ton to the comfort of the reader.
GA Sylvan City" is the title of an Svo.
volume from Oar Continent Publishing Com
psny. Philadelphia. and for sale by the Ban
crofts, San Francisco. It is freely illus
trated work on Philadelphia and its curiosi-
ties and beauties, the chapters being by six
well known writers.
OF Osgood & Co.'s Boston edition of the
poets. as edited by Professor Rulfe, we have
Scotts LADY of the Lake in small quarto
| form, fully illustrated, and accompanied by
| very full notes and comments