Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

and Is Tor sale by A. l.. Bancroft & Co, San
Francisco, at 81 80. 1t is not needed that
we should remark upon the productions of
one whose verse has been made so familiar
to the reading public through the best
magazine literature OF the country. Mrs.
Dorr has won her way to thousands of
hearts in America by her songs, which are
always from the heart. Tenderness, hope
fitness and charity of soul characterize her
writings, and give them a peculiar charm.
This stanZa from love-song will eXemplify
her style, when treating of that passion:
o wind that blows out of the west,
Thou hast swept over mountain and sea,
Dost thou bear on thy swift, glad wings
The breath of my love to me-
Hast thou kissed her warm, sweet lips?
Or tangled her soft brown hair?
Or fiuttered the fragrant heart
OF the rose she loves to wear?
Her method in poetic narrative may be
illustrated by the opening stanza of a tale
of the revolution, entitled THE Parsons
Daughter
" Ho hot he cried, as up and down
He rode through the streets of Windham town
Ho no! for the day of peace is done,
And the day of wrath too well begun!
Bring forth your grain from your barns and
mills;
Drive down your cattle from off your hills;
For Boston lieth in sore distress
Pallid with hunger and long duress;
Her children starVe, while she hears the beat
And tramp of the red-eoats in every street"
This tribute to Darkness we reproduce as
typical OF her flights of fancy.
Cone. blessed Darkness, come, and bring thy
balm
For eyes grown weary of the garish day!
Come, with thy soft, slow steps, thy garments
Thy yelling shadows, bearing in thy palm
The poppy seeds OF lumber, deep and calm
tNrrfh not Iartf
Steals the hot fever of the soul awav
Thy stiffness, sweeter than chanted psalm.
o blessed Darkness, day indeed is fair
And light is dearwhen summer DAYS are long
And one by one the harvesters go by:
But so is rest sweet and surcease from care
And folded palms, aud hush of evensong.
And all the untathomed silence of the sky
John B. Alden, New York, has issued
in neat form-the long and narrow page
style-a Manual of Cooperation" being
an epitome of George Jacob Hoiyoake's
History of Cooperation, as arranged bv
the Sociologic Society of America. From
the same publisher We have the Alden
Cyclopedia of Universal Literature" 1t
presents in a convenient form, and at a
very moderate cost, survey of the written
literature of all ages and all peoples, and
comprises biographical sketches of the men
who by their writings, have made a dis
tinctive mark in the history of human cul-
ture, together with such extracts from
their writings as are sufficient to give an
adequate representation of the character
istics of the authors. II is not merely n
collection of " Elegant Extracts " or " Gems
of Thought culled from writings which
have come to be classics in their various
languages. The names of some men an
pear who were great, not absolutely, but
only relatively. Such men, for example
as Diderot, Erasmus and Paine. whose
works exerted a powerful influence in
their own day, and thus upon aftertimes.
Three very large and fat volumes of
quarto form come from the Government
printing Office, and contain the second,
third and fourth reports of the United
States Geological Survey to the Secretary of
the Interior by J. w. Powell, the Director.
These are exceedingly valuable works. and
are more exhaustive than can be readily in
dicated The photographic plates, colored
designs and illustrations, and the great
numbers of charts and maps in these vol
umes are illustrative of the main features
of the sections treated. The reports extend
from 1SS0-S1 to 1888, inclusive They are
mainly devoted to the geology and min
eral deposits of Colorado and Nevada.
"Davy and the Goblin is the title of
richly bound and quantity illustrated book
OF Quarto form for children, and especially
intended for the holiday season. 1t is from
the press of Ticknor & Co., Boston, and in
the matter of fine Typography and engrav-
ing is a product of which the publishers
may well feel proud. The text is by
Charles L. Carryl. The conceit of the au-
thor is revealed in the subtitle, "What
Followed Reading Alices Adventures in
Wonderland" 1t is the story of n wonder
full dream by very imaginative little boy
The volume is for sale by c. S. Houghton,
Sacramento, at 81 80.
From Captain w. f. Swasey, of San
Francisco, we have very large Autograph,
in colors, representing San Francisco har-
Dor and the San Francisco shore as it was
in the year 1916, since which time Captain
Swasey has been a resident of the place
1t is certified to be accurate by long list
of pioneers, among whom we find the
photographic reprint of the names of Gen
eral Vallejo, Colonel Stevenson and George
Hyde. 1t is plate that will more than
any other picture of which we have knowl-
edge give the generation of the present an
idea of what San Francisco once was in its
birth.
From the Travellers Insurance Company,
of Hartford, Conn.,, we have Root Il
Tinker's On. Y photographic print of rep
companion plate to the journalists of Eng
land, and like picture of leading Journal
lists of America. The portraits are very
clear and handsomely executed upon a
tinted background and are supported by
pages in miniature of the several journals
whose editors are honored by position on
the plate.
Heads and Faces and How to Study
Them, is the title Of a thick pamphlet,
by Nelson Sizer and II. S. Drayton.
1t is from the press of Fowler, Wells & Co.,
New York. 1t is freely illustrated to ex-
emplify practical treatise on phrenology
and the " science" of physiognomy. DR..
Drayton is the well-known editor of the
chronological Journal. The book is for sale
by G. s. Houghton, Sacramento, at 80
cents.
OF the Household Library Series (month-
ly) d. Lothrop q Co., of Boston, have is
sued another number, at 30 cents, entitled
The Pettibone Name" 1t is a New En-
gland story, by Margaret Sydney, the
author of Five Little Peppers and How
They Grew, Half Year at Brockton.n
etc. 1t is a pure conception, a wel-told
and effective story and very true in its
scenes from life.
A very creditable pamphlet concerning
the resources, climate. ETC., of Ventura
county, California has been issued from
the office of the Ventura Free Press In ad-
dition TO giving in quite extensive and
attractive detail the products. etc. of that
section of our glorious heritage, the towns
in the county, seaside resorts, and other
features of interest TO the intended settler,
are set forth.
-Four Feet, Two Feet, and No Feet"
is the title of quarto for children. 1t is
a richly-illustrated volume and possesses
the high value of being at once attractive
for juveniles, and very instructive. 1t is
edited by Laura Richards, most accom-
plished writer for children, and is from the
press of d. Lothrop & Co., Boston, 1t is
for sale by c. S. Houghton, Sacramento,
at 81 IS.
From C. s. Houghton. Sacramento, we
have an odd conceit. 1t is a heart-shaped
collections of leaves, suspended upon
Cupid's dart, and is entitled "Cupid's Cal
endar" There is verse for each day in
the year 1886, chosen from the best poets,
ancient and modern. The text all relates
to the sentiment of love. 1t sells at 81.
The compilation was made by Kate San
born.
The Dawning" is the title of a new