Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-31

Lersay- Beaulieu; "The Physical Labora-
tory in Modern Education by Professor
Henry A. Rowland Good Time and Its
| Ascertainment," by Professor Isaac Sharp
less; Recent Progress in Chemistry" by
Professor H. G. Bolton; 1.-THE Prediction
of Natural Phenomena" by DR.. a. Schafft.
In addition are the usual editorial and
other notes.
The Overland Monthly for August
(120 Suffer street, San Francisco) presents
as its leading papers a Manual Training
School for San Francisco" by William G.
Raymond a story, " Gohsted," by ]. w.
GaIly; " Cap Grants Old Post-Fort Hum
bold" by n. S. Giberson a tale 4" Curri-
luck joe" by Thomas s. Collier tale,
The Letter From Brazil" by J. W.
HAYES Personal Recollections of the
Vigilance Committee" by w. O. Ayres a
story in rhyme, =" Head Us off and then
Corral Us" by A. E. Towner; % Petrarch
and the Universities, by Alfred Emerson j;
Art and Nature" by Eva Carlin Up
Snake River by l.. w. Coe: A Romance
of the RedwOods,' by X. L. Carnarthen :;
editorials and book reviews, and the al
ways pleasingly varied Etc"
"Zoroaster." by F. Marion Crawford,
which we have been unable to read until
not think il is so strong or forceful work
as either Mr.. Isaacs or ''Dr. Claudius."
by the same author. But without contrast
ing it with these or other works of Craw-
ford's, is is phenomenal dramatic produc-
ton, a romance of weird weaving, and full
of Oriental imagery and Eastern mystery.
1t is, IN fact, prose poem, in which the
rare imaginative powers of Mr.. Crawford
are given full play. 1t is fascinating
novel, brilliant, and of absorbing interest.
Press of Macmillan & Co., London and
New York, and for sale by James T. White
Il Co., San Francisco, and c. s. Houghton,
Sacramento, at 81 so.
Mrs. J. Gregory Smiths "Atla, a Story
of the Lost Island from the press of Har-
per Bros New York. is for sale by A. l..
Bancroft IL Co., San Francisco, at 81. A
small volume, but one of strange interest.
Under the guise of fiction Mrs. Smith has
presented the result of years of research
concerning that wonderful country, the
Merope OF Theopompus, called by the
| Greeks The Garden of Hesperides, and
| by the ArgonautS The Island of Flowers. !"
| In this volume, in apparent fiction, she has
| successfully-to a surprising degree-em-
| bodied the idea of the stupendous civiliza-
| ZION by which, g according to Hindoo ge-
VI Sh' ~ nSo NNStAOyN VI liiOuStUu
four hundred years ago"
The t 'er" is up to its high stand
ard Of variety in presenting cuts and ac-
counts ofnew useful and simple inventions.
d" The Run 10 Copenhagen" is neat bit of
travel recital. July Garden Gossip" is
timely enough for August The music
| page is The Fair Maid of Derry" The
chit chat on dress appears as usual the
regular serials. the prize poem (by Kath-
arine $. Masters Rae), and other valuable
| papers, practical and fanciful.
"A Conventional Bohemian" by Ed
mund Pendleton, is from the press of d.
Appleton & Co. and for sale by c. S.
HoIghton, Sacramento, at 81 so a charm
ing novel, original in plot and treatment,
chaste in dictlon, and full of incsiye and
| thought-provoking epigrams and para
graphic wisdom on aims ard methods in
life.
Casselfs Family Magazine (Cassel &
Co., New York, London and Paris for
August. is as bright and crisp as ever. The
frontispece-" Loves Bright Dreams
a charming picture The article on dolls
and their manufacture is full of odd inter
est and information.