Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-03
NEW PUBLICATIONS,

X. Camp, OF Happy Camp, Cal. 1t is pub
lished by a. L. Bancroft X Co., San Fran
cisco. We have never before read any of
Mr. Camps poetry bat do not hesitate, on
reading a hall dozen out Of hundred or
more in this handsome volume, to COM
mend his style and bear testimony to his
genius. For example in these stanzas there
is poetic strength and beauty. This is from
a poem on the departure of volunteer to
a fever-stricken city by the seaside:
He stood in the twilight as the star
Grew golden IN the sky.
And never word his pale lips stirred
Save Kiss me- and Good by:
Then she n her lonely grief. and he
In the path where duty led
To the city of graves and sobbing waves,
The city OF the dead.
This is from the Legend of Kissimere:'
Full many long. long years ago,
In the land of signing pines.
Where the dalntlest blossoms forever blow,
And the breath ofthe breezes is as sweetly low,
AS lOve-song in the vines,
a dark-eyed Indian maid abode,
With a heart still proudly free,
For the hand of fate had opened the gate
Which darkens the years, and babe her wait,
And she DO we'd 20 the mystery.
From the Song of Life :"
Throb! Throb, Throb
'Tis the restless hearts refrain:
The burden sad ofsthe oceal's song,
Sweep NJ its Re ted sands along;
Tearing the cOrais and pearls from its caves
Lifting them up on its petulant waves,
And dashing them back again
Thrill Thrill Thrill,
And the chnlice of bliss runs Ter:
The nesting head on the heavIng breast,
Dropping and sinking unto its rest
The while impassiOned arms entwine
awakening ecStesies divine
That nee were felt before.
The Satistcian for 1856 is out. 1t is
" fat number. To enter into any due
detail about ii would be to absorb more
space than we have at command It must
suffice to say that its experienced editor
and proprietor, L. p McCarty, of San
Francisco, has issued the best number in
this effort of the whole series. The amount
of original matter found in the volume,
and no where else, is something surprising
that is, new ideas in statistical informa-
ton originating with Mr.. McCarty. and
which one would naturally suppose had
before been treated of. The present num-
Der IS the tenth annual edition, and al
though many pages have been set aside
from the previous editions to give place for
new matter, the present volume is much
larger, and contains an aggregate of over
100000 facts of which at least 30. GOO are
mathematical consisting of 100000 fig
ures). The book contains CAS- pages, over
lbs OF which are entirely new, and over 500
50 corrected that they become new. As we
have said, many new features have been
added in this edition. not the least of which
are its illustrations, four in number. two of
which. viz. The Flags of all Nations. =
and The High Domes, Columns and
Spires of the World" are colored plates.
a cut of the Washington Monument occu-
pies whole page, including complete sta
ustics regarding the same. The fourth
illustration is full-page cut of the Hon.
Leland Stafford, United States Senator
from California, followed by five pages re-
gardlng his unprecedented gift of over
S9,o0O,0oO worth of property, endowing a
university in this State. The Statistican -
Is simply invaluable. The business man,
Journalist or professional man cannot well
do without 1t. 1t is sold by subscription.
but however sold, orat whatever price, it is
one OF the best readyreference books and
know alls " imaginable.
Hyperasthesia is novel bv Mary
Cruger. issued by Ford, Howard d Hubert.
New York, and selling at ST. 1t is curl
Gus and Interesting idea that Miss Cruger
ADVANCES IN this story-which might be
called" Supersensitiven5s IS although it
IS based on the ancient and simple notion
of Contamination To induce nervous
and suffering child to stop fretting bv
means of attracting its attention to some
thing else than itself and its ills is as old
as the existence of nurseries; but the way
IN which Miss Cruger sets out with the diff
ticuity, that all of her characters with
whom the reader finds himself in sympa-
thy are in some way the subjects of over
sensitive susceptibilities (either of body. or
mind, or what for lack of better word
might be called morale), and the mode in
which she offsets the needs of each by
some corresponding element that the Others
have the wit or the luck to supply. and
thus brings about at last the blissful hygiene
OF happiness, is very apt, and shows a keen
, knowledge of human nature-perhaps es-
pecially of woman nature.
The April " Magazine of American His
tory is bright example of what taste
and scholarship can DO toward making au-
thentic history delightful reading. The
opening article, by n. II. Egieston. de-
scrlbes The Newgate of Connecticut" the
underground prison of the Revolution. es-
tablished in the old Simsbury copper mines
by that State. The story reads ike fiction
to this generation, but the picturesque
ruins are truthful relics, and may be easily
seen. The Civil War studies of this issue
are of the first interest and importance :
= Charlottesville" by William Howard
Mills; Shiloh-The First Days Battle.
April 9th, by the critical military his
torian, General William Farrar Smith ::
and Our First Battle - Blue Pasture
Mountain" by Alfred E. Lee, late Consul
General L. S. A. Published 80 LAFAYETTE
Place, New York City.
The Overland Monthly (San Fran
CISCO for April presents this appetizing
table of contents, in addition to poetry,
serials and departments "0n the Trail
of Geronimo" by Fred w. Stowell The
Real Mother" by a. A. Sargent; Some
One to Some Other by Charles Warren
Stoddard; The Land Question Stated"
by Alex. G. Eels; The Taxation of
Land by John H. burst "Yo No Me
Quiero Casar," by Agnes NJ. Manning: "A
Worshiper of the Devil" by c. f. B.:
" "reminiscences of Calaveras :" Mind
and Body" by Irene Hardy; Leaves from
a 40 Ledger, by C. f. Dyelman
Shoemaker's Contribution to the
Chinese Discussion" by Patrick J. Healy;
The Future Influence of China" by
Irwin Mcdowell Certain Phases of the
Chinese Question" by John f. Miller.
The second number of "The Forum y
90 Fifth avenue, New York;, is up TO the
high standard set in the initial issue This
review promises to take its place among the
foremost Of the land. The papers in this
Ae7''N ak NiAtN dlld Cldte, RN David
Dudley Field; AN Employers View of
the Labor Question by a. Carnegie;
g" The Negro in the South" by Prof Noah
h. Davis; shall on Eight-Hour System
be Adopted?' by George Gunton
" Florida" by Gail Hamilton; What
Roman Catholics Want" by Monsienor T.
). Preston How Was Educated by T.
W. Higginson The interviewer" by O.
T. Rockingham; Our Boys on Sunday"
by Elizabeth Cady Stanton The Ideal
Church by Prof. David Swing
From d. Appleton .& Co., New Yoelz, we
have the Apnl number of the Popular
Science Monthly" 1t is so repiete with
good matter, that we cannot give space
necessary for a statement of the contents.
We, however, call attention TO David A
Wells paper An Economic Study of
Mexico ;" Herbert Spencer's " Factors of
Organic Law = Prof. Huxley's Mr.. Glad
stone and Genesis = Geo. i. Kunzs Gems
OF the National Museum" and Geo. II.
Clarke-s The French Problem in Canada
The miscellany, literary notices, and con
else editorials, are as varied and interesting
as could be demanded by the most exact
ing.
kameham cha, the Coaquering King ::
the Mystery of His Birth, 4oves and Con-
quests is 4 romance of Hawaii. by D. c.
NJ Newell Knight Companion of the
Royal Order of kapiolini. L. is published