Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

'Casselrs Family Magazine" for March
opens with an iustallment of that spirited
serial, Monica; or, Stronger than Death :"
Some Cats OF Larger Growth is lively
paper on tigers. The devoted sister who
nursed her brother back to health through
case of typhoid fever, gives the conclu-
| sion of her experiences, which ought TO be
profitable reading to amateur nurses. The
CITY of Sheereefs is described. The
Family Doctor" tells what he thinks of
so-called tonics. My Cookery Glass and
what Taught 1t +" is a thoroughly practical
! paper, as is - a Family of Boys, and How
they were Started in Life" The two
fashion letters are filed with their usual
amount of early information. The
Gatherer" is usually full, and among the
novelties 1t reports is an electric table
waiter" Not a serving man with electricity
coming through his veins, but an electric
railroad for the dining. table on which the
viands are placed on a car and set rolling
the length of the board at a touch upon ts!e
button by the finger of the host. Cassell&
Co., New York.
The thing that will strike the American
reader the first in the Magazine of Art
for March is short paper called Some
Plain Words on American Taste in Art"
The writer hides his identity under the
name Of John Smith. The other articles
of this number are a carefully prepared pa
per on Current Art," " profusely illustrated.
The studies in English costume are contin-
ued. There is a capital paper on THE
Progress of English AR" by Ford Maddox
Brown. There is one about Helmick's Irish
types and review of Hamerton's ''Saone,"
with illustrations. The most important
paper of the number is one on Aususte
Rodin, by Claude Phillips. The frontis-
piece of the number is photogravure from
James Bertrand's Virginia" which por-
trays the dead body of Bernadin de st.
Pierre's heroine washed mp by the tide
And there is page engraving after one of
Alfred Parsons sympathetic landscapes.
Casseil & Co.. New York.
The Atlantic Monthly" is at hand for
March from Hughon, Miffiin & Co., Bos-
ton. Its contents, varied and choice, are
in addition to the regular editorial depart
ments: Miss Temper's Watchers by
Sarah o. Jewett; "Carolo Mortuo," by
William G. Lawton . The Aspern Papers,
by Henry James; 1.-The Dawes Bill and
the Indians" by James B. Thayer; Cover
the Teacups," by Oliver Wendell Holmes;
D. Steele; The Dying House." by T. W.
Higginson; Yone Santo-A Child of
Japan by E. H. House (serial); The
Marriage Celebration in the Colonies" by
Frank G. Cook; "Virginia's Wooing," by
Oliver I. Miller :" The Despot of Brooms-
edge Cove" by Charles E. Craddock; THE
Law of Fashion" by n. S. Shaler; Il" Be-
ginnings of the American Revolution bv
John Fiske.
From O. P. Farrell, the publisher, 400
Fifth avenue, New York, we have the ar
gument made by Robert G. Ingersoll in the
trial of c. B. Reynolds for blasphemy, at
Morristown, New Jersey. 1t is a handsome
Svo., Sc pages, on fine paper. Cloth, 80
cents; paper cover, % cents In this argu-
ment Ingersoll shows his great forensic
powers. 1t is one of his most brilliant pro-
ductions, and it is his chosen field of intel
lectual combat.
The American " Forget Me-Not" maya
zine. for February, has three especially
good stories, one of which is, "The Head
Clerk :" another, "a Tale of Biscay." bv
John B. Ketchum, and the third, '.Grace
Stanwood; or, Scenes in Country Life"
The Forget Me-Not" is published by the
American Literary Agency, 50 Nassau
street, New York, at 81 per year monthly
"The Art of Investing is the title of
practical little book by "a New York
Broker" Most of the articles in the book
gained their first popularity by presenta-
ton in magazines and papers. They led
the author into extensive correspondence,
and this has led him to put them into book
form. D. Appleton & Co.. New York, pub
fishers.
The Fables of Florida comes from the
press of John B. Alden, New York, in bev-
eled boards, gilt edges, beautifully printed
and fully illustrated by j. j. Grandville.
The translation from the French is by
General ]. W. Phelps, of the Historical
Society of Vermont.
The printers Journal entitled Paper
and Press" published by W. NJ. Patton,
Philadelphia, presents some of the finest
specimens of engraving and of press work
anywhere to be seen, besides furnishing
much valuable information for all classes
of publishers.
THE New England Magazine for Feb
ruary, contains descriptions and illnstra-
tions of some towns, together with portraits
and brief biographies of leading residents.
In addition it has several well-written short
stories. Published at 36 Bromfield street.
Boston.
The Chicago Glide Waltzss,'' by Clsr-
ence r. Sidney, and published by P. NJ.
Wolsieffer, Grand Crossing, H., will be
sent to any address upon receipt of so cents
in stamps. There are four different wallzes
included in this set of glides-all for so
cents.
:" The Deemster" is a romance of the
Isle of Mau, by Hall Caine author Of The
Shadow of a Crime D. Appleton & Co.,
New York, publishers.