Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-24
LATE PUBLICATIONS.

The Century for February is one of
| the best issues of that magazine for wears.
These articles make 1t especially valuable
and attractive: The Battle of Shiloh. 8"
| by General Grant Johnston and the
Shiloh Campaign" by VIM. P. Johnston :
| Mark Twain's Royalty on the Mississippi
| and Canada as a Winter Resort" by w
Geo. Beers. General Grants and Mr.. Beers
papers are superbly illustrated, as is also
W. D. HoweiIs' Florentine Mosaic
while other articles are handsomely en-
| bellished in like manner. General FMz
John Porter Robert L. Patterson and VIM.
Todd have notes on the Civil War. Henry
+. AmeS' new novel, The Bostonians.
begins in this number The serials. Rise
OF Silas Lapham,' by Howells, and Grace
litchtields =" Knight of the Black Forest"
continue An especially valuable paper is
contributed by Edmund c. Stedman. on
"Oliyer Wendell Holmes" of whom an
admirable portrait appears. The Topics
OF the Times and Blic-a-Brac Depart
ments are as full as usual
The English Magazine" for January
(Macmillan Il Co.. New York;. is at hand.
and testifes to the determination of the
publishers to make this monthly one of the
best of the cheaper order The current
issue shows great Improvement in illustra-
ton. The leading papers are " a Nor
mandy Milkmaid,' engraved by J. A.
Quarterly, from a drawing by W. j. Hen
messy; " Calvados,' by Mary Mather
''Shakespeares country by Rose Kings
ley; The Dramatic Outlook. with some
sketches from the principal productions of
the year, by II. A. Jones The Girl at
the Gate" by Wilkie Collins; That Ter
rible Man serial, by W r. Norris A
Family Affair, serial; by Hugh Conway,
author of Called Back"
The North American Review " go La
fayette place, New York, } is at hand for
February. 1t is rich in valuable ESSAYS.
These are as follows: How Shall the
President be Elected?' by President F.
2. Barnard, William Purcell, Senator H. L.
Dawes, Roger y. Pryor and Senator 4. B.
Vance; Holmes Life of Emerson" bv
George Bancroft; " New Departure in Edu-
cation" by Professor G.. Stanley Hall;
" The Certainty of Endless Punishment"
by Rev. DR.. w G. T. Shedd; Theories
Regarding the Suns Corona by Professor
c. A. Young; Shall Clergymen Be Poll
ticians ?' by Rev. DR.. H. J. Van Dyke, Jr..
and Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
The Magazine of Art for February
(Cassell q Co, \. \ ), is an unusually fine
number. Articles, with illustrations,
which will attract especial attention, are
CIiipCll III anu w llIG, DIV Jane
p. Harrison; a Round in France" by
Yeend King; chapters upon Oriental
Brass Work. Artists Homes Some
New Movements" a poem, by VIM Archer
upon The Marvellous Madonna" etc.
The =" Current Chicago continues to
prove Its claims to occupy place in the
front rank of literary and critical journals
Mr.. R0e's new novel is attracting broad at
tention, and Mr.. Wakeman's editorial skill
is more and more manifest in the distribu-
ton and variety of matter presented and
the sharp criticisms and concise editorial
remarks.
John B. Alden, 1903 Pearl street New
\ ork, among his many literary enterprises,
has commenced publishing weekly paper
for young folks called "AIden's Journal
Gem which is largely devoted to we'll
written short stories, and promises to be
very successful. Subscription price, 70
cents per year.
The Culver" published by Cassell &
Co, New York, an illustrated magazine for
Sunday and general reading, furnishes its
readers in the February number, just re-
ceived, with over sixty pages of very choice
reading, secular and religious. This is q
new magazine published at s. 80 year.
The San Jose Leader is the name of
new weekly paper published at San Jose,
Cal, by G. G.. Allen. 1t is a healthy APP
pearing journal, of twenty wide scolumns,
and will be increased to twenty-eight next
week.