Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-06


modern literature, and in none so necessary
as IN English literature which, in extent
and variety, surpasses all other literature
together. This book will carry knowl-
edge of English literature where it could
not otherwise go, since it will make read
ers familiar with many writers whose
works are only known to students,
and OF which the general knowledge is
slight. If the greatest writers have written
too much. and we know they have, it can
not but be that lesser writers have done the
same and to an inconceivable measure If
the reader of these pages is moisture of this
fact, he would be sure of it if he had read,
as | have all of Sucking. and Carew, and
Browne, and Bronze, and Cotton and their
fellows, and would wish that he had been
contented with the best of their work. as il
exists in Percy or Ellis. or whoever else
has since transplanted it into poetic an
thologies.' Mr.. Stoddard should have add
ed this other fact, that while such works
as this winnow out chaf, and give the
masses the best of the work of copious
writers, and examples from a vast number
OF writers of many eras, they also give us
things which else would certainly be lost
to nine hundred and ninety-nine of every
thousand = the gems and diamonds of
thought that have been born of ANONYMITY,
and the galaxy of brave thoughts and flash
ing sentiments and beautiful epigrams, and
graceful poems, and wonderful examples
OF written oratory that have stood alone
with no mates or brethren to make
book those wonderful and brilliant waits
upon the sea of Reimbursement chill
dren OF parents who have had scarce other
progeny than the one or two that have
won them the gratitude of the world of
| readers. Mr.. Browne has done his work
thoroughly well in this book, certainly as
intended, popular in its scope. His volume
| IS beautifully embellished and greatly en-
riched by over 400 choice engravfngs. some
OF them the very best specimens of the art
in wood. The text is printed on heavy
paper, IN so large and clear and handsome
type, as to invite the infrmest eye to the
pleasure OF perusal. The 900 pages are di-
vided between these departments Home
and FIreslde, Love and Friendship, Gimp
SEES of Nature, Country Life, Freedom
and Patriotism, Camp and Battle, Descrip-
ton and Narration, Places and Persons
Wit and Humor, Sentiment and Refisc-
ton. Grief and Pathos, The Nobility of
Life, The Better Land and Miscellaneous
A most valuable supplement gives brief
sketches, alphabetically arranged, of the
| most eminent authors quoted.
From Fords, Howard & Hubert. New
York, we have the small parchment paper
quarto, entitled The Infant Philosopher :;
or, Stray Leaves from Baby's Journal" 1t
is by L. 5. Verdi NJ. D., and sells at so
| and so cents. Dr. Verdi occupies a high
| position in the medical profession. He
has, in this simple volume, made a babe
| tell how babies should be treated and all
his ailments remedied. 1t throws strong
and clear light upon the grave mistakes Of
| careless nurses and short-sighted mothers
| The policy of silencing the child's pain by
| any convenient nostrum, without for a
moment considering the after-effect upon
| the chllds system, is stigmatized with
! especial force; nor could it be better done
| than by presenting this quaint little picture
of the babys own feelings under the stupe-
| flying and facilitating dose Incompetent
and reckless nurses come in for a liberal
share OF the young philosophers naive in
| vecuve; mothers who treat babies as
! though they were senseless machines of
mere flesh and blood. are sharply looked at
more than once; and there is one chapter
which describes, with most amusing sim
pliclty, the confusion caused by the numer-
| Gus foolish nicknames for familiar objects.
first taught to the baby 1t is DR.. Verdi's
idea, as voiced by his Infant Philosopher
that names of things should be plainly
and simply taught to the child, to avoid
the confusion into which its mind will in
evltab!y be thrown. when it comes to dis
card the baby names and learn the words
OF ordinary conversation. The chief charm
OF the book is its quaint simplicity.
" The Century magazine for February
Century Company, Union Square. New
York., is superbly illustrated and admira
bly, adapted to the midwinter season. In
fact there appears to be- on the part of the
publishers, determination to illustrate
each succeeding number with more and
more of artistic excellence. Among the
leading papers are Antoine Louis
Burge,' by Henry Eckford; Anecdotes
of McClellans Bravery 1.-The Dance in
Place Congo" by Geo. w. Gable; "Will
the Land Become a Desert ?" BY J. E.
Chamberlain; Recent Architecture in
America, by Mrs. Schuyler Van Rensse-
laer; another war paper from the pen of
the lamented General Grant A Land of
Gladness," by Chas. Howard Shinn (of the
Overland Monthly" San Francisco: a
war paper by General James Longstreet.
and one by Allen C. Redwood. There are
the serials by Mr.. Howells, Mary Hallock
Foote and Henry James. The Memo
randa of the Civil War" contains articles
by General w, F. Smith, Colonel f. d.
Grant and General z. d. Keyes. The edi-
torial open letters and bric-a-brac depart
ments are very full and interesting. There
e'PPS"A III thO OpcIl Letters IOrtN-IlNe
brief papers from leading authors on the
question of international copyright.
From Oliver Ditson e Co. Boston we
have handsome volume. entitled Kin
kergarten Chimes" 1t is by Kate Douglas
Wiggin, of the California Kindergarten
Training School, San Francisco. and sells
at 81. 1t is book of very convenient di-
mansions, its nice and clearly printed
pages midway between sheet music and
octave size, containing 81 songs on its 100
pages. Each song has an accompaniment,
in good taste, but not difficult which NAV
be PLAYED on the piano or reed organ. The
compiler evidently knows how to make
good poetry and good music. aud is. more
over, a practical kindergarten, which
means not only teacher of little children
but usually an enthusiastic one. and one
practically acquainted with the improved
method
The North American Review" for Feb
ruary go Lafayette place, New York. con-
tains perfect galaxy of brilliant letters
from Colonel lngersoll Judge Neetson.
Senator Evarts, James P. Koluler, George
Z. Barton, Pierre Lorillard, Eugene Man
tuert, 5. S. Herrick and H. J. Chase. These
papers constitute the main contents "The
Congo and the Presidents Message" BY
John A. kasson Representative of the
Shi'eu suites at tne COnlerenceG Race
and the Solid South" BY Cassius NJ. CLAY.
" Some Fallacies of Science" by OuidaH
Americas Land Question by A. J. Des-
mond The Campaign of Shiloh" by
General G. T. Beauregard Aristocratic
Tendencies of Professionalism" by Oscar
Fay Adams; England and Ireland" by
Henry George Shermans Opinion of
Grant, by Allen Thorndike Rice; Let
tiers, General James B. Fry. In addition
will be found the entire correspondence be-
tween Mr. Rice, editor of the Review
and Generals Sherman and Fry, relative
to the charge of the latter against General
Sherman.
We have received the report of the pro-
ceedings of the American Forestry Con-
gress of its Boston meeting, September.
1885. The statistical parts of the volume,
and the general demands made for forest
preservation, together with papers on util-
iZatinn of tim herm ans zrasta in r,,a,,rEnrt-