Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-17
NEW PUBLICATIONS

d. Appleton & Co., n. Y, have published
J. Maclaren Cobban's interesting novel, "a
| Nemesis, or Tinted Fapors" Not strone
recital, but one of interest, probability and
good thought.
From c. S. Houghton, Sacramento, We
have Lee & Shepard's (Boston) issue Of
The Hunters Handbook" 1t is by ar
old hunter. and contains a description OF
all articles required in camp, with hints Oh
provisions and stores and receipts for camr
| cooking. Such book fills want 1t is
small, neat to the point, and eminently
practical
Yrom 4. L. Bancroft & Co.. San Fran
| CISCO, we have Charles Scribner's Sons edi-
| ton in paper covers of the famous SAKE
! Holm stories, with which the name of the
late Helen Hunt Jackson has lately been
debated on the question of authorship
The stories, originally copyrighted by the
Scribner's in 1873 and 1878, are in two vol
| umes, each selling at so cents.
T. B. Peterson 81 Bros, Philadelphia,
have issued in book form Mrs. Frances
Hodgson Burnett's story Chico" which
first appeared in Peterson's Magazine. 1t
is love story of natural incidents, strong
iy drawn characters and one of the purest
and most probable of plots. 1t is novel
that appeals to the reason as well as the
sympathies, and aTakens thought and in
duces self-communing.
Oliver Bell Bruce, author of Bachelor
Bluff, T" My House" etc, has a new novel.
entitled " The Adventures of Timias Ter
Tystone.' 1t is published by d. Appleton
q Co., New York. 1t is rich in humor and
admirably conceived in plot There is a
freshness and b0ldness and heartness
| about this authors style that is very charm
ing. His style is that of fine writing, with
out the appearance of effort. As for wit.
he is an original, and borrows no color
from anyone.
John Vance Cheney, at one time a resi-
dent of Sacramento, has given to the world
novel, entitled The Old Doctor" which
d. Appleton 81 Co., of New York have pub
lished. 1t is for sale by James T. White &,
| Co., San Francisco. Mr.. Cheney is better
known as q poet, and as such is one OF
marked originality, purity of style, and
emotional quality. This latter trait domi-
! mates in his prose works. He is moved by
his sympathies more than by his iudg-
ment. This contributes to his novels and
stories charm that is to a broad field of
| readers especially attractive
From John B. Alden, New York. we
have received Maurice Thompson's 4 By-
Ways and Bird Notes" 1t is delightful
volume, and its reading well nigh as good
as summer in the temples of the woods.
We have read the little volume with an in
terest born solely of its chapters, which are
as crisp and refreshing as a breeze upon q
mountains brow ladened with the resinous
aroma of piney groves and forests of fir.
MIR. thompson Is not only a lover of ma
ture but an enthusiast in delineating her
beauties. There is nothing in the literature
of natural history more delightful than
'iaO % oh - II
Headed Family"
James T. White & Co, San Francisco.
sends to us the six books of Glenaveril. y
by the Earl of Lytton Owen Meredith).
1t is published by D. Appleton & Co., New
York. We shall take opportunity to refer
to the poem hereafter. From the same
house white q Coz we have d. Appleton
q Co.'S (New York; publication of Hawlev
Smarts novel entitled Struck Down" It
will take rank with the very best works of
this author, and is stronger and Of more
character than his successful story, AT
Fault" 1t is especially strong in its dra-
matte methods, and in the hands of good
dramatlst could be most effectively trans
lated to the stage.
The author of 1.-THE House on the
Marsh. story that took very prominent
place on the upper plane of modern ro-
~, 40 ooN Win d l4ONtl, n IIlNCe Oh
Darkness" Mrs. Warden is writer of
experience, as is evidenced by her methods.
Her diction is choice and her style good,
but 1t Is in the ingenuity with which she
constructs her plots and works out salts
factory results from the most tangled webs,
that her talent as constructor and mar
rator IS most manifest She is not to be
classed as yet as great among novelists, but
her productions are far above the ordinary.
The volume is published by d. Appleton &
Co. New York, and is for sale by James T.
White & Co., San Francisco.