Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-10
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

unpublished private letter of Leon Gam
BETA; SHERMAN and Mcpherson by
General U. S. Grant Constitutional Re-
form in Rhode Island" by Abraham Payne
and w. P. Sheffield; "Plan of the Ten
nessee Campaign" by Anna Ella Carroll
The Progress of Kansas" by Governor J.
A. Martin; " An Arctic Journal" by DIR.
Octave Pavy edited by Mrs. Lila May
Pavy; National Aid to Common Schools"
by Senator J. j. Ingalls, More About
American Landlordism," by Henry George;
"A Famous Diplomatic Dispatch by
Allen Thorndike Rice; The Dispatch as
Officially Printed" by William II. Seward;
" Fac simile of the Original Draft" as cor
rected by Abraham Lincoln; Notes and
Comments-Gen. w. B. Hazen, A. Kings
ley Glover, Lucy c. Crozier Richard DALEY
Lang, Irving Boardman, John o. Reeves,
August A. Levey unpublished letter from
Byron to Shelley.
Snow Bound at Eagles" is Bret Hartes
latest romance. 1t differs widely from any
fiction from his pen previously. The au-
thor has conceived the novel idea of intro
ducing two highwaymen, in the guise of
gentlemen, into a household in the alb
sence of its master. the last man of all
others they desired to meet. since they had
shortly before robbed him. But these
knights of the road, perhaps one of them
should scarcely be SO styled, were possessed
of courtly qualities, and in more respects
than one proved themselves to be gentle
men indeed, and certainly one of them was
a man to win a woman's heart, Just as he
did that of the heroine of the story, who
was one of the household of the very man
he had compelled to "hoid up" his hands
on the road. Published by Houghton,
Miffiin & Co., Boston and New York, and
for sale by C. S. Houghton, Sacramento,
at 81.
A handsome volume indeed is the pro-
fusely-illustrated book from the press of
Lee u Shepard, Boston, Young Peoples
History of England" by George Make
peace Towle. 1t is a book of 3S8 pages
with side indexing, contents analytical in
deX, list of Sovereigns, table of chronology
ical annals and other tables. We have
given this book special attention, and are
convinced that more useful young peo-
pies English history has not been issued
1t is intended for those above the grade of
intelligence for whom Mrs Younge wrote
and below the plane of reading proper for
the adult. And yet there are many mature
people whose early culture was Slight, to
whom this book will prove most welcome
especially those whose time and opportunity
will not permit the taking up of Green,
Hume or Macauley.
The " Century Magazine for April is a
very fine issue of a deservedly popular
magazine The frontispiece is superior
portrait of Longfellow as he appeared in
1913. There are number of war papers,
and one of special interest, Life on the
Alabama" by one of the crew, is illustrated
with great spirit, as also is another on the
the duel between the Alabama and
Kearsarge, and still another on the cruise
and combats of the Alabama. James
Watron's " Toy Dogs is paper in line
with others that have preceded it on dog
fancying. The second paper on Italy from
tricycle. appears. The Bric-a-Brac and
Open Letter departments are even fuller
and more replete with interest than usual.
Those interested in the subject of :" Man
ual Training" all who have the good
of this and the coming generations at
heart should be-cannot do better than to
read Charles Ii. Hams Manual Train
ing, the Solution of Social and Industrial
Problems" published by Harper & Bros,
New York, and for sale by A. L. Bancroft
d Co.,sSan Francisco, at 81 so. 1t is an
elaborate work, expository of the system
of the Manual Training School of Chicago,
largely. The author is enthusiastic in his
theories, and this leads him into something
of extravaganza and raphsody but it is a
work exhaustive and in every way valua-
Bile, and will command the attention of
every thoughtful educator.
Bric-a-Brac Stories" is the title of
fat octave volume by Mrs. Burton Harri-
son, with illustrations by Walter Crane,
The many stories are folk-tales of different
nations, but so modified and simplified as
to suit them to the tastes of youthful read.
ers. Sometimes a mere outline has been
given the meat and pith of an extended
story. at others the original tale is but
lightly touched. The book is freely illus
trated with outline pictures drawn by Wal
ter Crane, and is an admirable volume for a
present to lad or miss of say u to II
years.
From G. s. Houghton, Sacramento, we
nave two more of the admirable cheap
series "Cassell's National Library" edited
by Professor Henry Morley. The vol
umes are The Castle of Otrante,"
by Horace Walpole, and - Plutarch's Lives
of Alexander the Great and Julius Cesar"
Each of these volumes sell for 10 cents
a 'cheapness'' simply remarkable. The
for the fifty-two numbers of
the year is but So.
The Wide Awake" published by d.
terest to the young, is unusually so for
April. 1t opens with story about The
Button Boy" by A. NJ. Griffin, which is
by another equally good, entitled
u Taz-a-Taz," by +. l.. Stealey. Caro- Lloyd
tells of g The Boy Soldiers of Cherry Val
ley, and a very interesting account is given
of the moa, the giant birds of New Zealand,
now extinct.
The latest novel by the accomplished
writer William d. Howells is entitled
= The Rise and Fall of Silas Lapham." 1t
is one of the best efforts of Mr.. Howells,
who is too widely known and too broadly
approved to care for any analysis of his
literary style or any special examination
into his methods as a novelist at this time.
Issued by Tichnor & Co., Boston. and for
sale by c. S. Houghton, Sacramento, at
81 so.
The last issue of the New England
just at hand, has interesting
papers under the title of Along the Ken
nebec," by Henry S. Bicknell q Life and
Character of Daniel Webster" by Hon: E.
5. Tobey Forty Years of Frontier Life
Sheldon; "A Trip Around Cape Ann"
by Elizabeth Porter Gould etc. Pub
lished at 40 Milk street, Boston.
vi pei ocliCof icoucu Ntthlf,
we have Irish History for English Read
ers, from the Earliest Times to the Close of
the Year 1885," by William Stephenson
Gregg-a brief, valuable and trenchant
In Shallow Waters, novel,
by Annie Armitt: and Hurrish," a study,
by the Hon. Emily Lawless. These neat
little volumes sell at % cents each.
The April number of "The Library
Magazine John B. Alden, New York;
has among its contents these; Sir II. Maine
on Popular Government; The Babylonians
at Home, by G. Berlin Proem to Genesis,
by W. f. Gladstone; Mr.. Gladstone and
Genesis, by T. H. Huxley; Social Reforms
as subjects of Universal Study, by Prof.
Francis q. Peabody, etc.
The Magazine of American History"
gives in It's April issue General W. F.
Smiths interesting account of the first
battle of Shiloh. General Alfred E. Lee
gives an account of the battle at Bull Pas
ture Mountain, while General Mills gives
a striking picture of the Battle of Chancel-
lorsville. Published at 80 Lafayette Place,
New York