Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-06

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. the book will be valueless Vast number
d people, however, who know better. ia
into bad habits in writing. and this boo
. will serve 20 such as gentle hint, at leas
From a. l.. Bancroft & Co.. San Fran
cisco, VIC have the Autobiography {
Henry Taylor, 1SGQ-1s75." 1t is in tw
volumes octave, and is from the press c
Harper & Bros, New York. 1t is nc
necessary to remark ppon the litera-
labors of Taylor The volumes are full q
; interest to the thoughtful. aud mcdestI
present the life trials of a strong mind ant
original thinker during seventy years. A
a poet and dramatist Taylor won higl
| place IN the literary annals OF England
his Philip Van Artevelde, poetic drama
won him especial honors and was trans
lated into the German in response to pop
ular demand in that country His pros.
works won for themselves wide attention
in political circles-notably, THE States
man. published in 1896
OF the International Scientific Series"{D
Appleton x Co., New York, ]. T. Whit,
q Co, San Francisco we have the forty.
ninth volume. 1t is by G, J. Romanes. NJ
A, IL. d., +, r. s., and is on Jelly-Fish
9tar-flsh and Sea Urchins,' being 4 re
search ON primitive nervous systems. Ro
names method We considered al length,
and with communication not nearly st
warm as deserved, when we noticed his
work on Animal Intelligence" The pres
ent volume. which 10 this time we have
gone into only partially, will add to the
prominence of Professor Romancs as a sci
cntific essayist. The book will be found of
special value to PSYCHOLOGISTS As one OF
the International Series, it will take
rank with The works of Won Never, Can
dole, Wurtz and Sully.
The Century Magazine - for June Gen
fury Publishing Company, New York., Is
so full and varied in matter Us to render il
| difficult TO say what are leading papers
! The war papers continue General ImbOdcn
writing of Stonewal, Jackson in the che
nanGoah, General d. II. Hill OF the battle
OF Gaines Mill, and General Fitz John
. Porter OF the same event, while Colonel
| Bissell tells how a channel was sawed out
above Island Number 10. Among the
| special attractions of the number is an ar
ticle by Rev. DR.. Dudley, " How Shall We
Help the Negro" and a paper on John
Brown at Harper's Ferry" by ]. G. p.
Daingerfield. Orchids, by Sophie &.
| Herrick, with illustrations by the author
will be found of especial interest to lovers
of Horticulture.
Good Housekeeping, for the homes Of
! the world, is the title of a new semi
| monthly journal on general household and
family economy published by Clark W.
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| writers will contribute to its columns their
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Price, 81 90 per annum.
The Wit and Wisdom OF Bulwer." COM
piled by c. l.. Bonney, comes from the
press of John Il. Alden, New York. 1t is a
volume of photographic gems from the
works of Bulwer-poems, novels, dramas,
etc. 1t was an admirable idea, this COM
pilation; it has been skillfully ac-
complishet, and makes up use
full, brief book for the literary scholar
1t is not saying anything out of the way 10
suggest that for the literary hack, the com
PEELED worker. it is an admirable resort.
and to such will prove of great usefulness
III the way Of eInbellishing work BY quoted
texts.
The controversy between Frederic Har-
rison and Herbert Spencer on the Nature
and Reality of Religion" which ran so long
in the Nineteenth Century and the
" Popular Science Monthly" has been pre-
sented in book form by D. Appleton e Co,
with an introduction, notes and an appen-
dix on The Religious Value of the tn
movable" by Count D'Alviella The de-
bate attracted wide attention in America
and Europe, and the demand for it in book
was not 10 be resisted by enterprising pub
fishers.
"a Childs Garden of Verses" by Robert |
L. Stevenson, is neat volume from Serb |
ners' Sons press, New York, and for sale |
by A. l.. Bancroft Il Co., San Francisco. |
They are not nursery rhymes, or mere |
jingles to please the ear of childhood these
little poelns), but gems of poetry by one |
whose soul is in harmony with youth. The
subjects are simple. pure and of the class 10
delight children. These sweet songs possess
the merit of beauty, and not 4 few of them
are fine examples of cOnciseness in literary
style
.. A Man of Destiny" by silva, is the
title of an octave volume from the press of
Belford, Clarke & Co., Chicago and New
York. 1t consists of eighteen letters on the
causes Of Democratic ascendancy in ma
tonal affairs under the leadership of Mr..
Cleveland. They attracted widespread at
tention when published in the columns of
the Inter ocean, and the interest justified
their issuance in book form.
Mary Stuart Smith has compiled stout
book which she dubs The Virginia Cook
cry Book 1t is from Harper q Bros.
press, and is for sale by a. L. Bancroft &
Co., San Francisco. Without knowing
from trial, we venture to say that the APP
pearance of the pages justify the claim of
usefulness made for the compilation-but
then, to the making OF cooking books there
is no end.
The English Illustrated Magazine" for
June (Macmlllen & Co, New York is at
hand. Its contents are: III the Forest-a
story in English history, by Mabel Collins
a history, by ID. c. Murray; The
London Ragamutfin, by Dorothy Tenant;
In the Lions Den; The Sirens Three, by
Walter Crane; A Family Affair, by Hugh
jonway, etc.
Stories by American Authors" is the
tile of delightful series which has reach
al its tenth volume, now before US. The
tories are all brief; all good. Those in the
enth volume are by Jauvier, Mitchell,
stephens, DeKay, Boyesen and Schayer.
,harles Scrbner's Sons, New York a L.
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Cassell's Family Magazine for June
Casscll & Co.. New York and London), is
superior number, both in text and illus
rauOn. Inc ENcllIHS Win oCOIt,
Balloon of the Future Arm Chairs OF
he World and A Riverside Review
re articles of interest, especially for brief
nd restful reading.
There are several wellwritten articles in
he electra "a magazine for young peo-
le published at Louisville, KY, for June
mong these are "Lonized,' by Mrs. En-
IA L. Mcguire; Genius and Religion, by
lorenzo Trail, A. NJ, and The Connect
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The Library Magazine for the present
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rises about 100 pages of choicest reading
ON such authors as Z. H. Plumptre Al
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A Carpet Knight is novel by Har-
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rong attractions. 1t is from the press of
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lie by c. S. Houghton, Sacramento,
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