Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-24

ments and serials: Weakness of the
ticles of Confederation" by John Fiske
The Thrush - Marsh Rosemary" by
Sarah Orne Jewett; Memories of Lon
dom by W. J. Stllman; The Hearts
Call" by Edith NJ. Thomas; " The Genesis
of Bird-song," by Maurice Thompson ;
The Secret Out" by Paul Hermes The
Golden Justice" by VIM. Henry Bishop
1.-The Aryan Homestead" by E. P. Evans
Life Beyond" by Christopher Pearse
Cranch To Zeuxis," by w. w. Story
Waldsteins Art of Pheidias y Long
fellow :" " The Contributors Club
MacMillan's Magazine for April
(MacMillan g. Co., New York and London)
presents the following table of contents ;
"a Legend of Another World" by the
author of A Strange Temptation !"
g Thomas Love Peacock" by Geo. Saints
bury - The Musical and the Picturesque
Elements in Poetry" by Thomas Whit
taker An Old School-book," by J. H.
Raven " Present Day Idealism y Gen
eral Readers" by one of them " A Cos
sack Poet" by W r. Morrill, FyYie
Castle and its Lairds," by Mrs. Ross
'' Henry Bradshaw by Arthur Benson.
"The Mexican Guide" for 1885, selling
at s., is at hand, from A. L. Bancroft &
Co., San Francisco. 1t is by Thomas A.
Jauvier. and is published by Chas. Serb
ner's Sons, New York. 1t has in cover
pockets two fine official maps of the City
of Mexico and environs. The book con-
tains the information every visitor to Mex
leo needs. The greater portion of the vol
ume is devoted to the City of Mexico and
its curiosities, and the places and roads
near that center.
From C. S. Houghton wholesale and re-
tail bookseller, Sacramento, we have vol.
II. of the Household Manuals" issued
by Estes & Lauriat, Boston. II is by Ellen
H. Richards, Inspector in Sanitary Chem
istry in the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology, and treats of " Food Materials and
their Authorizations" The title suffices to
disclose the value of the subject to the gen
eral public. The treatment appears to be
thorough and authoritative. The volume
sells at IS cents.
Casselrs Family Magazine ;Cassell &
Co., New York, Paris and London) for
May is rich in illustration. Its frontis-
piece, He Loves Me- is an especially
fine example of wood engraving. Another
amusing chapter on character in members
OF the body is given us in text and illustra-
ton of " Frauds" The g." Gatherer is re-
plete with scientific information. The SER
ials, music selections and miscellany are
up TO the usual standard.
John B. Alden, New York city, the
publisher who puts forth books at so cheap
a rate as to bring upon him all sorts of
criticisms by competitors, has issued neat
narrow page volume of Froudes Histori-
cal Essays" at so cents. 1t is in heavy
boards, beveled edges, muslin finish and
gilt top. The selections are from Froude's
Short Studies on Great Subjects.
OF Harper's Franklin Square Library,
we have the 5l7th number, THE Strange
Adventures of Captain Dangerous" by
George Augustus Sala very stirring nara
tive, full of romantic interest and involv-
ing some of the most admirably related
stories of slavery, love, escapade and plot
among the Turks. with all manner of ad-
ventures by sea and land.
From A. E. Greenay, publisher, Sacra-
mento we have pamphlet of choice Sc
lections for parlor entertainments, by Her
bert Nourse, populer reader and elocu-
zionist. The forty-two pages contain a
great many admirable selections, both prose
and verse.