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MAGAZINES, ETC.

From A. L. Bancroft d Co, San Fran
cisco, We have q. z. Putnam's Sons New
York and LOndon) handsome edition of
British OrationS" The set embraces
three volumes, and includes representative
orations by Sir John Eliot, Pym, Chatham,
Mansfield, Burke Pitt, Fox, Erskine Can
ming, Golden, Macaulay, Bright, Beacons-
field, and Gladstone. Could a father pat
better collection of examples Of English
oratory into the hands Of his son? Ger
tainly not The volumes are edited and
annotated by Charles Kendall Adams. Pro
fessor of History in the University of
Michigan. From the same houses we have
three other volumes, entitled American
Orations.' They are edited by Alexander
Johnson, Professor of Jurisprudence in the
College of New Jersey, and illustrate
American political history. They embrace
representative orations by Lincoln, Doug
las, Seward, Toombs, Cox. Davis, Stephens,
Schurz, Beecher, Sherman, Garfield, Clay,
Hurd, Phillips, Calhoun, Webster, Chase.
Sumner, Brooks, Burlingame, Clingman,
Henry, Hamilton, Washington, Ames,
Nicholas, Jefferson, Mott, Randolph, Cal
houn, Quincy, and Haync. If the father
presents to his son the three volumes
named i'll the outset, how much more
should he feel solicitous to put these last
named into the same hands. The volumes
are compact, and so annotated as to make
them very desirable as reference books.
The puzzle is how the editors managed to
get so much matter into such small space
each volume being but medium 16 mo.
From Houghton, Muffin & Co, Boston
we have the Atlantic Monthly" for May.
Its leading papers are: The Misused II of
England by Richard A. Proctor; The
Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains
by Charles Egbert Craddoca The Victory
Of Patience" by Helen jackson Child
hood in Early Christianity" by Horace f,
Scudder; Madame Mohl, Her Salon and
Her Friends" fifth paper, by Kathleen
O'Meara John Sebastian Bach 1855
1885, by J. S. Dwight; George Eliot's
Life" by Henry James; The New Port
folio" By Oliver Wendell Holmes Her
Explanation" by E. r. Sill; "A Bird
Lovers April by Bradford Torrey, and
the usual serials and departments and CORE
spondenCe.
The United States Service Magazine "
(T H. S. Hamerly, New York. for May
furnishes large number OF articles by
prominent writers upon military cam
paigns and operations, which are valuable
contributions in this field of literature.
Confederate General Jordan concludes his
account of the battle of Shiloh; Leutcn-
| ant-General Stone, late of Egyptian forces,
relates operations in the Soudan General
Gordon's career is Interestingly told, etc.
In the May number of Leslie's Sunday
Magazine" a very interesting article ap-
pears from the pen of Mrs. Emily Pierce
upon THE Church in Mexico 1t is illus
trated with cuts of several cathedrals, al
| tars, etc. "The Continental Sunday" is
also described and commented upon in a
finely written paper by William Rossiter,
Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York.
From Macmillan Il Co., New York and
London, we have the April number of
Macmilan's Magazine Its leading
papers. which are OF especial interest, are,
in addition to Mrs. Ritchie's serial Mrs.
Dymond," March in Magma Gracia,"
" Imperial Federation" ION Pattison's
Memoirs THE Astrology of Shakes
peare."
The "Tivoli Opera Lancers,' composed
by L. Won der Mehden has just been pub
lished by A. Waldteutel. San Francisco.
For sale by publisher and by W. c. Lewis
| Il Co. Sacramento: so cents.