Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19

and black.
The Manhattan for May contains IL
first paper of a series to be published upc
the Gunnison Country. 1t is from the pc
of Ernest IngerSoll, well illustrated ar
full of interest and information. A nov
entitled Trojan is also commenced
this number and three chapters given
Appleton Morgan contributes critic
paper upon the critics as to the author
the Shakespearean Sonnets." Other cor
tents are Rimini and the Malatestas,
Seven Conversations of Dear Jones an
Baby Van Rensselaer," Children i
Fiction, etc. Manhattan Publishing Con
pany, New York
3" Rawlinson's Historical Evidences of tn
Truth of the Scripture Records State
Anew are the celebrated Oxford lecture
on the hampton foundation, first sent t
print in 1859 They are now reprinted b
John B. Alden, New York, in neat oetav
form, dark muslin, at 50 cents-heretofor
sold at 81 IS. 1t is very well printed, an
certainly remarkably cheap, edition of
standard work. 1t is presented in all com
pleteness, with the full notes of Rev. A. n
Arnold.
Judith, Chronicle of Old Virginia,
by Marion Harland. is 4 novel in Syo
form, muslin, from the press of Our Cont
nent Publishing Company. 1t is one of tn
most charming of stories of the old planta
ton days anterior to the war, and blossoms
with the romance and quaintness of til,
| slavery days, with its clouds and sunshine
| its lights and its shadows. Il is a thor
oughly enjoyable novel, and we think thu
best writing the author has given US. 1t i,
very freely illustrated
Frank IesIie's Sunday MAGAZINE" fOl
May opens with an article by the editor
| upon THE Arctic Martyrs" A Summer
Holiday Abroad" d. O. Mills Gift tc
California, with illustration of group Of
statuary; Village Life in Greece" "Tell-
strom, the Apostle of Lapland - "The
Pianoforte, Ancient and Modern giving
history and illustrations and "The Story OF
Coriolanus," are among the leading titles OF
contents. Mrs. Frank Leslie New York !
From Lee & Shepard, Boston, we have
a neat, cheap edition of the orations.
speeches, lectures and letters of Wendell
Phillips, with biographical sketch They
are the result of editorial collation. by Mr.
Phillips himself 1t is a timely and valua-
bic volume TO political and historical stu
dents, since the man was so intimately
identified with the front of some of the
greatest movements that have marked our
national history.
A L. Bancroft & Co, San Francisco, have
received of the Harpers' Franklin Square
Library series The New Aboard by
Robert Buchanan is centsl Thirdly
Hall, novel, by w Z. Norris, rs centsJ !;
" The Pirate and the Three Cutters" by
Captain Marryat, r. n, rs centsl Pretty
Miss Neville novel by B. n Croker,
TO centsl and Red Riding Hood" a
novel, by Fanny 4. Alillett Motley, rs
oentsl.
Among the contents of The Modern
Age" for May are these: Hamlet and
Don Quixote, by Ivan Tourgenieff; A
Russian Marriage; )" The Ministers of Ma
Poleon H." " yegetarianism, by Meta
Wellmer; The New School of American
Fiction p Ny Horse Brutus ;" Amer
lean Politics" by Sir Lepel Griffin " A
Pilgrim to Parnassus,' by Daniel Dare.
Modern Age Publishing Company, New
York.
The Sanitarian, for April devotes con
siderable space to " The Art and Science of
Sanitation" written by f. NJ. Hunt, NJ. D.;
" House Sanitation, by ". F. Sheehan,
NJ. D.; and sanitation methods in various
styles 1t also has a report of the recent
Investigation by the committee from the
Citizens Association, concerning the sewer
age question in Sacramento. Published at
l13 Fulton street, New York.
Among the pieces of Choice Literature"
included in the April number of the
monthly magazine of that title, are A
Lady's Railway Journey in India, "Our
Growing Australia Empire The Guide
of Islam" Dream upon the Universe ;"
The Brutes on their Masters, THE Brahma
Somai Movement in India, and others
mostly reprints. John g. Allen, pub
liner, New York.
Mr. Spurgeon as a Preacher" by Rev
H. Nj. Knight DID; " Vocal Methods, by
S Austin Pearce "The Art of Oratory,'
by Ernest Legouve; The Delsarte Contro-
versy y THE Alto Voice in Bows and
Girls, by Walter X. Wheeler, ). F.; Sue
ceSSful Delsarteans," and Vocal Facts and
Errors" are leading writings in the April
number of The Voice published at Al
bany, n. Y.
The music numbers in 1.-THE Musical
Herald for April are, " Chinese Serenade,
by II. Fliege-instrumental, in two and
three flats anthem, " Look Up to God by
in c; articles upon The
Structure of the Orchestra" Musical
Culture, The Rise of the Sonata" etc,
are also found among its pages, Musical
Herald Company, Boston,
THE Golden Era presents in its May
issue Some Facts about Mono Lake" by
Albert Mack; - Message of the Past" by
Sam. P. Davis; " California" by Ella S.
Cummins Spirit of California" (re-print),
by Benz. f. Taylor, of local nature and in
terest, besides numerous articles selections
and poems upon various topics. Golden
Era, San Francisco
The May number of - CasselIs Family
Magazine has among It's contents A Day
at Model Laundry In an Australian
Forest : a capital story, entitled Sister
Eyes, by H. L.; " Healthful Recreations;"
piece of music. by f. G. Cole, entitled
= The Cleaning Time; = also, interesting
Home Departments. [Cassell & Co, New
York.
The April number of the " Ladies Floral
Cabinet P" is spring-tiIne greeting, and
illed with great variety of useful sugges-
ions and directions for the improvements,
md work of the season, both indoor and |
and out about the home. The literary de !
)artments are also of their usual merit !
Published at % VeSey street New York. ] |
Pictures of English Society" is pam
billet small quarto) of the Parchment |
Paper Series, introducing a large number |
If the caustic cartoons of George Du Mau- |
Ter, as published for the pages of Punch. |
Il is from the press of d. Appleton & Co., |
New York, and is for sale by J. 7. White &
%, San Francisco.
The third number of THE Art Union" |
he official journal of the American Art
jnion, New York, contains several sketches |
md drawings by members of that Associa-
ion, as well as much of interest to the fra
ernity of the brush and pencil.