Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-25

Alleghanies y English Literature at the
Universities y Nancy Dedman . The
British School at Athens - Keepsakes :"
My Ghost, by julius Sturgis.
The thirty-if successive year of Ar
thurs Home Magazine is commenced
| with the January number, which is now
| out OF its contents these are prominent :
Story by @. NJ. Boutelle, g Won in ST.
lence )" war memory, entitled. The
Raid, by Miriam Baxter " Up at Win
dows,h by r. C. " Meyers How She
Saved Money" by Eben E. Rexford i" Mi
randa,' by Dorothea Deane; etc. I. 5.
Arthur & Son, Philadelphia.
Godey's Lady's Book for January
| tW. E. Striker, Philadelphia, publisher,
presents the opening chapters of Miss Rose
Elizabeth Cleyeland's new story, entitled,
Robin Adair.n There is fine steel-plate
frontispiece, many pages of fashion plates,
two OF music, four of fancy work and one
of architecture. There are also household,
society and fashion departments, short
stories, drama, poetry, etc.
From the press of White, Stokes 6
Allen, New York, we have received a copy
of the third series of THE Good Things OF
Life"-a holiday volume, handsomely
bound and embellished with blue and gold
The subjects of the work are the cartoons
upon society-its peculiarities and foibles
as shown and reproduced from Life ,
For sale by C. S. Houghtou, Sacramento;
81 so.
The December number of " Widewake'
| appears as special holiday number, and
IS a credit to its publishers-D. Lothrop q
Co., Boston. Il is very finely illustrated
for the young folks, and contains over 10t
- holy
Or young people. This is good time fol
parents to make subscriptions Of such mag
azines for their young readers.
Among The contents of the December
Cosmopolitan Magazine" are these I'm
der the Mistletoe," by Harriet Prescott
Spoford Ny Lady Pokahontas, by ]
west" by VIM. T. Hornaby; "A Little
South American" by Oliver Thorne Miller
:" Our Doorbell," by w. Heinburg; etc
Sohlight & Field Co., publishers.
w. E. Garnet has strong recital in the
Church Magazine " for December upor
I The Commonwealth vs.. Jagorson >" Five
Questions in Socialism u are discussed by
Beverly E. Warner Why Christina!
Sermon was Cut Short" is told by Alice
King Hamilton in pleasing story. Othel
articles also appear. L. r. Hamerly & Co.
Philadelphia.
The Musical Herald published by th'
Musical Herald Company, Boston, give
its readers for December these Christina
pieces For Unto Us a Child is Born ;
anthem, by David Roberts "Hark thu
Joyous Bells" by A. g.; and Let Gu
Gladness Know No End" Bohemian
carol, by Carl Reidel.
The last number Of " The Sanitarian
has an exhaustive article upon The In
fluence of Ground Water Upon Health
: Treatment of sewerage" is discussed
as also "Albuminoids of Milk" "Atmos
pheric Ozone" Duration and Economica
Value of Life" etc. [l13 Fulton street, New
York;
The Book-Buyer" tChas Scribner (
} Sons, New York a. L. Bancroft & Co., Sa
Francisco, is very freely illustrated nun
Der, and besides the review is really cats
!, logue of some of the very best of recen
i publications by American and Englis
houses.
Babyhood Magazine" for December
full of practical and valuable hints fc
health preservation and cure. 1t also ha
illustrated subjects both upon health topic
and in fancy needlework. Babyhood Pull
9 fishing Co., New York.
! Three Vassar Girls on the Rhine
another quarto of the well-known Vassa
+, series, issued by Estes & Lauriat, Boston
: The volume is by Lizzie w. Champney
, and is profusely and very handsomely i
. Illustrated.
: The holiday issue OF Harper's Youn
' People" is beautifully illustrated an
f ornamental number. It also contains
2 supplement of interesting matter for til
j. young folk. Harper Bros, New York.
j One of the brightest story magazines
: The New Moon published at Lowell
q Mass. lis stories and extracts are shor
) spicy and always very readable.