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

San Francisco, is one of unusual attractive
ness and embraces nearly sixty pages.
with numerous illustrations.
MAGAZINES.
The Overland Monthly for January.
1856, is at hand from the publishers. 100
Suffer street, San Francisco. The contents
embrace most choice selection of papers.
among which, in addition to the book re-
views, ETC.. and verse, are these: Louis
Agassiz," by Professor Joseph LeConte :;
" Golden Graves" by Leonard Kip; ." a
Cameo" by 1. H; THE Voyage of the
Ursulines," by Andrew Mcfarland Davis:
" For Money" by Helen Lake; THE
Turning of 0rpheus," by Frances L. Shell
don An Autumn Ramble in Washing.
ton Territory" by NJ A. R.; Mr.. Griggs
Christmas" by Kate Heath; "A Cruise
Among the Floating Islands" by d. S.
Richardson; THE Wyoming Anti-Chi-
nese Riot" by A. A Sargent "A Califor-
mia Wild-Rose Spray" by Agnes NJ. Man
nlng; North Country People" by A. H
Music of Macbeth" by Ina D. Coolbrith :;
" In Love with Two Women" by Sol
Sheridan; The Lost Journals of a Pho
neer, by c. f. Montgomery "Observa-
tons on the Chinese Laborer,n by H. She
win.
The Atlantic Monthly" (Houghton,
Mifiiin & Co., Boston, for January, 1886,
has these papers in addition to the valuable
and always entertaining Contributor
Club and the James and Oliphant serials:
'ln the Clouds" by Charles Egbert Grad
dock; THE Free Negroes of North Caro-
lima" by David Dodge; Two Bites at a
Cherry" by Thomas Bailey Aldrich "Glau-
Gus, by Edith NJ: Thomas; Political Con-
sequences in England of Cornwaliss Sur
render at Yorktown" by John Fiske; Bar
tel" by Julia Wetherill; THE New Port
folio" "A Cry from the Study Oliver
Wendell Homes; "Sesames," BY Helen
Jackson; william Lloyd Garrison"
An unusually full and interesting mum
Der of Wide Awake %. Lothrop q Co.,
Boston, is the issue for December. It con-
tains over 100 pages of attractivelv illus
trated reading matter for the young people.
and in them children of all ages will find
very much to attract, amuse and instruct
them Also, from the same firm is issued
The Pansy," an exceedingly bright, pure
and instructive weekly and monthly maya
zine for the young folks. 1t is edited by
Mrs. G. r. Alden, the celebrated writer for
young readers.
The Library Magazine" for December,
published by John 3. Alden, New York,
contains nineteen valuable articles, by such
authors as Canon Farrar, Thomas Peyton,
Standish O'Grady, Mrs. Muller, John
Henry, Cardinal Newman, Philip Schaff,
Sir Henry Mayne, Drs. Karl Werkne and
Ludwig Proescholdt, and is of far greater
value than years cost of the magazine
81 80.
"Cassells Family Magazine" for Janu-
airy, 1886 (Cassell Il Co., Limited, New York
and London, is filled with bright illustra-
tons. One, " MavOurneen," is an art study
in brown of especial value. The Gather
er" is as complete as ever, as also are the
fashion, music and home departments.
Pastry at Home" by confectioner, will
be found of much interest to housewives.
For December "The Song Friend Chi
cage, presents its readers with song by S.
w. Straub, Where is My Darling Lily"
and one entitled Good-by, Sweetheart"
by John L. Hatton; also, Merry War
Waltzes," from the Merry War" operetta,
written by Johann Strauss, and Ger
trude's Dream Waltz" by Beethoven S.
w. Sraub, Chicago.
General O. o. Howard has another arti-
Gle in the United Service Magazine" for
December upon Sherman's campaign of
1864. General P. st. George Cooke writes
upon 1.-The Army of the Potomac before
Richmond" S. j. Bumstead gives some
interesting recollections of a Western vol
unteer. Ct. H. S. Hamersly, S35 Broadway,
New York;
The December Musical Herald has a
Christmas hymn, by w. f. Sherwin a
Christmas carol, Christ is Born" by s.
B. Whitney. and a Christmas anthem,
When Jordon flushed His Waters Still"
by A. II. Palmer besides the usual articles,
notes, etc. Musical Herald Company,
Boston.l
The Christmas number of The Key
note, published at New York, is finely
illustrated, and is a highly creditable and
attractive issue of that very popular jour-
nal, devoted to music, drama, literature
and art.
The School Music Journal is the name
of a new monthly pamphlet magazine, de-
voted to music in the schools and methods
of teaching. Published by F. Fl. ellison,
226 Franklin street, Boston, at so cents per
year.