Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Bric-a-Brac Stories is a bright and
cheerful volume by Mrs. Burton Harrison
and illustrated by Walter Crane. 1t is for
young readers, of course, but the tales are
OF character TO entertain even some older
ones, and must be understood to be far
above the mental capacity of mere chill
dren. We should say that for boys and
girls of II tins book would be most useful
and entertaining. The stories are folk-tales
OF different nations retold with the
pruning needed to meet the taste of the
youth Of this day. The text is drawn from
Asbjornsen, Afanasief, Anderson, Basill,
Boccaccio, CabellrO, Dauded Skies, D'Aul-
noy, Keijbtley, Hanley, Irving, Leyden,
| Wyss, We'll and others. The volume is
quantity and handsomely illustrated New
| York: Charles Scribner's Sons; San Fran
CISCO A. L. Bancroft & Co.
The Intelligence of Animals is one of
| Charles Scribners Sons series entitled
Wonders of Man and Nature" The
present volume, for sale by A. l.. Bancroft
| IL Co., San Francisco, is an octave and
| freely illustrated. tits translated rom the
! French of Ernest Menault. and is copious-
ly supplied with illustrative anecdotes of
| the marvels of animal intelligence There
is no more interesting or broader field of
speculation or inquiry than that opened
up by the question, What is Instinct p,
This inviting little volume introduces the
young and the adult mind alike to this
plane of thought so rich in evidences of
animal intelligence. We can conceive of
scarcely any book a parent can select for
! the son or daughter TO awaken in them the
| spirit of inquiry. At the same time it will
stimulate desire to engage in the study of
natural history.
Across the Chasm, is a story by Miss
Julia Magruder, daughter of the Confeder-
ate General Magruder. 1t is q pleasing and
we'll woven tale that spans the breach once
made between North and South. The
scenes of Southern life are especially life
| like and are strongly drawn. Publishedby
Charles Scribners Sons; for sale by a. l..
Bancroft & Co., San Francisco.
Zoroaster" is the latter occult work of
F. Marion Crawford, whose Mr. Isaacs
awakened so much attention and renewed
| TO a considerable extent interest in Orien-
| tai science. Published by Macmillan ,S
| Co, London and New York. and for sale
by c. S. Houghton, Sacramento.
Barbara Thayer, Her Glorious Career u
! is charming novel by Annie Jenness
Miller. Published by Lee & Shepherd
Boston. For sale by C. s. Houghton. Sac,
ramento.- 1t is full of action spirited in
plot, and Its characters drawn with a close
conception Of the true in life
MAGAZINES, ETC.
The December number of the Atlantic
Monthly " (Houghton, Alifflin & Co, Bos-
tom, presents these papers, in addition to
the book reviews, Contributors Club, edi-
torial departments and poetry. and also
the serials by Henry James and Mrs. Oil
phant: Southern Colleges and Schools,''
by Charles Forster Smith; Corydon to
| Thyrsis," by Samuel V. Cole; Childhood
in Modern Literature and Art" by Horace
=. Scudder; "Quatrains by Different
Hands by John b. Tabb, Charlotte Fiske
Bates, Thomas S. Collier and William II.
| Hayne; The Idea of God" by John
Fiske; Two Halves of Life" by r.
Mackray; " Life in St Petersburg" by
Edmund Noble; " The New Portfolio" by
| Oliver Wendell Holmes Louis Agassiz -
Shakespeare's Fellows"
Slate-and-Pencil People" is the title of
a large quarto. published by the same firm,
and for sale by c. A. Sawtelle at 81. The
pages contain black and white slate-pencil
sketches, with rhyming texts and large
little ones. II is very laughable volume.