Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-27
WHOLE NO. 1O,875.

pect IN this second series of practical an
piications'
How to be Happy, though Married. is
the odd title of an octave volume by an an
thor who conceals his or her identity. It
IS issued by Charles Scribner's Sons, New
ORR, and is for sale by A. l.. Bancroft &
Co.. San Francisco. We have been enabled
to read some of the bolder chapters, as, for
instance, What is the use of a Child !"
Wanted .-Mothers :" Drive gently over
the Stones =; Honeymooning," and MAR
rage Vows" We are prepared to say that
the book, If read by the millions, will be
an instrument of good. 1t sows only good
seed; it deals only in truth it is human.
real, sympathetic, courageous, and touches
tender spots, morbid pride, and false deli
caey leaves - develop into running social
ulcers.
The Globe Drama is volume en-
Dracing these plays The Flowing Bowl"
better than Gold, " Comrades" Neva-
da, Past Redemption and " Rebecca'.
triumph" All original plays by George
M. Baker. Mr.. Baker has been long and
widely known as the author of a series of
some OF the best plays for amateur actors
mat nave been produced. Gifted with an
lntultlye appreciation of the wants, capaci-
ties and limitations of the average parlor
comedian and historian of the home, he
has furnished such dramatic aspirants
some excellent examples for exercise in the
development of their talents. Press of
Lee d Sheppard. Boston, For sale bv C.
s. Houshton, Sacramento. at 81 so.
s" Upland and Meadows by Dr. Charles
Z. Abbott, is at hand from A. L. Bancroft
d Co., San Francisco. 1t is from the press
OF Harper q Bros, New York 1t is a GU
rious and deeply interesting sketch-book of
study OF natural objects, natures woods
and phenomena as disclosed to the author
In his exploration OF the beauties and won
ders OF Poaltquissings creek, that empties
INTO the Delaware. Out of these he recon
structs the story of the natural history of a
beautiful region rich in subjects for specu-
iation and investigation by the scientist.
From JOHN B. Alden, New York, we have
" The Glasse of Time in the First Age" by
Thomas Peyton of Linculnes lime"
General Peyton was born in Boystin, Eng
land, in 1906. Paradise Lost has been
claimed to bear strong resemblance to his
poem first published in 1920. 1t is one of
those literary curiosities that has been the
theme OF much discussion. The famous
poem is too well known to historical
readers to need any extended notice here.
Alden's enterprise places it now within the
reach of all at a low price.
OF Harper's Handy series, selling at %
cents each, We have three more of the
weekly volumes, " Fortunes Wheel" a
novel by Alex. Ines Shand, and Lord
Beaconfieid's Correspondence with His Sis
ter-lS32 to 1852 and the novel, "a Man
of Honor" by ]. S. Winter. The series
gives for song works of sterling merit.
The Life of Parnell. !" the uncrowned
King of Ireland" is at hand from the San
Francisco News Company. 1t is issued by
the Excelsior Publishing House, New
York. 1t is written by ]. S. Mahoney, and
is a comprehensive and compact statement
OF what Parnell has achieved for Ireland
The Rand-McNalIy Official Rail-
way Guide for February is out
from the press of the National Railway
Publication Company, Chicago The vol
ume is of $40 pages, with several maps
full time tables and much valuable infor-
nation for the travelling public.
OF the three leading efforts of the genius
of Charles Esbert Craddock,' we place
the Prophet of the Great Smoky Noun
tain" first. 1t has appeared as magazine
serial. is familiar already TO large class of
readers. The charm of the tale is in the
Roses of Shadow is novel by T. R.
Sullivan, published by Charles Scribner's
Sons, New York, and for. sale by A. L.
Bancroft & Co., San Francisco. reada-
bic novel, but without special strength. It
pleases rather than interests
Criss Cross is Grace DEMO Litchfield's
last novel 1t is from the press of G. P.
Putnams Sons, and is for sale by A. Wald-
tenfel, San Francisco. The story is told in
series of letters, fresh, crisp, natural and
in every way charming.
subtle analysis of character from studies in
real life. 1t is not story of ideals, but one
close to earth. For sale by c. S. Houghton,
Sacramento, at 81 %, and published by
Houghton, Miffiin Il Co., Brooklyn, New
York.
From A. L. Bancroft & Co., San Fran
cisco, We have Henry Carey, Baird & Co.'s
+" Handbook OF Useful Tables for the
Lumberman. Farmer and Mechanic" 1t
is very useful ready reference
MAGAZINES.
The " Atlantic Monthly y for February
(Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, presents
with much other choice matter, these pa
pers: Classic and Romantic by +. H.
Hedge " A Salutation,' by Louise Imo-
gen Quincy; Americana" by Justin
Winsor; The United States after the
Revolutionary. War by John Fiske;
Elisha Mulford," by II. E. Scudder
" Ewes Daughter by Andrew Hedbrooke;
" The New Portfolio " two :" Occasional y
poems, with an introductory, by Oliver
Wendell Holmes I" On the Present Condi-
ton and Prospects of Architecture by
Henry Van Brunt Grant" by Thomas
Wentworth Higginson A Shakespearean
Scholar - General j. 4. B. Stuart :"
" Folk Tales - " Tennyson, the Conserv-
ative.r
Macmillan's Magazine for February
lMacmillan & Co., London) presents the
following table of contents The Great
Gladstone Myth THE Situation i'm
Egypt" by K. Hamilton Lang; Poetry
and Politics." by Ernest Myers; Febru-
pion of Her Sex" by w. Minto Foot
ary Filldyke," sonnet "a Cham
prints = s'Some Random Reflections:' -
Long Odds, by H. Rider Haggard:
Moses Mendelssohn - The Arolliad-an
Ap:c of the Alps y Matters in Burmah,''
by Major General McMahon.
Casselrs Family Magazine " for Feb
ruary is at hand. 1t is one of the best and
brightest numbers yet issued. The con-
tents are altogether too full for recapitula-
ton. They embrace stories, poems. dress
paper. health article, the always interesting
Gatherer,s and the usual serials, with
many fresh and handsome illustrations.
New USE FOR TULEs.-At the recent
meeting of the United States Supervising