Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-21
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

way companies in the United States and
Canada; officers of all street railway COM /
panies in the United States and Canada
officers of private tram and lumber rail- |
roads, ETC., etc; officers of auxiliary enter
prises-express, slecping-car, and equip
ment companies, etc. etc; officers of in
dustrial enterprises dependent on the rail
way system-car~axle manufacturers, raIi
mills, locomotive builders. bridge builders,
contractors, ETC., etc; officers of aSsoca-
tons OF railroad officials and of railroad
employees, Boards of Railroad Commission
ers, etc. etc, To these are added special
lists of general managers, general Supezin-
tendents, chief engineers, master mechan-
les. master car-builders, master car.paint-
ers, general freight and passenger SCENTS.
purchasing agents, etc, etc. an alphabet
ical index to the names of alt the officials
mentioned, with a convenient system Of
reference, showing lines with which each
is connected and an alphabetical index of
cities and towns, by means of which can
be escerteined the names OF all officials in
any particular city or town at once. II is a
comprehensive and exhaustive guide and
reference book for the purposes indicated.
III. Y. and II. W. Poor, publishers, New
York; 81.
From John B. Alden, publishers, New
York, we have the Library Magazine for
December. Ii is most excellent publica-
ton, giving perhaps the largest amount
and variety of first-cass literature that is
issued at The same cost TO the reader IL
contains the leading articles from most of
the reviews and leading magazines of The
day, taken from advance sheets, and also
presents numerous original articles from
the best writers II is furnished to sub
scribers at 81 per year in monthly num-
bers, or weekly ct the same price Also
from same publishers, we have "Silas
Warner" by George Eliot, complete in four
numbers of the @ Novelist, and also issued
complete in one consolidated number of
same and sold Tor 10 cents. Also, the same
publishers, in the Irving Library series, is
given in three numbers Of the series the
treatise OF General o. NJ. Mitchell upon the
Planetary and Stellar Worlds" which IS
highly interesting and instructive.
The Century Co.. New York, have given
TO the readers of Z" st. Nicholas most
excellent number in the January issue
One attractive feature is the new poem by
Whittier, entitled THE Brown Dwarf of
Rugen." The poem is fdlly illustrated
and appears in this number for the FIRST
time in print. Henry w Jessup relates
the amusements in which Japanese chill
dren engage, which are interesting and
amusing. Another article which will
specially interest the young ladies, is by
ASiShiOllA1l W IL u. o.. A. de-
scrlbing military company of girls in
their teens, which he commands. The
article is illustrated, and will no doubt be
the means of many such companies being
organized, and probably with profit to
health and physical Development
The January Wide Awake is the New
Years issue, a fine holiday number. de-
hghtfully pictorial and including an auto
graph letter from Mr. Gladstone. The ar
ticle about this great English commoner,
and also one about the foster children of
George Washington, the first of Mrs. Har-
riet Taylor Upton's series of Children of
the White House" are extremely interest
ing and instructive. Other interesting con-
tributions are, My Friends, the Dogs
p" Miss Maud Howe and her dog Sambo. .
Professor Roberts story of The Bull and
Leaping-pole,' an article by Mrs. General
Fremont about the old flagship, Hartford,
etc. ID. Lothrop * Co., Boston.
" Beautiful Songs is the name OF a new
Sunday school singing book by S. W
Straub, of Chicago. The hymns in this
book are of lofty Christian character, and
possess more than ordinary merit. The
lines have swing and spontaneitv about
them that cannot fail to inspire. While
they are easy, they are not trashy " nor
incorrectly composed. The large and clear
type used in =" Beautiful Songs " is a feature
that is unusual and very important. 1t
contains 1872 pages, and is printed on fine
paper. Price, 80 cents.
The official monthly magazine OF the
Agassiz Association The Swiss Cross -
improves with age, and should be in the
hands OF every grammar and high-schooi
scholar in the land Volume iII. opens
with January. 1t presents matters of nat
ural history and simplitied science in such
way as 10 be intelligent and attractive to
all thoughtful readers of even quite Youth
ful years, and will cultivate taste for helm
tul and expansive reading. Published bv
n. ID. {. Hodges, Il Lafayette place, New
York
The January Metropolitan opens with
"A Battle with the Sioux" by L. b. Plat
which is sufficiently intense and realistic
Tor the most adventurous spirit Mrs.
Katherine B. Foot tells about IAN Orphan
IN Japan iAe great astronomer, Richard
\. Proctor, seeks In an interesting paper to
answer the query, Have ghosts been
seem while" The Crime of Micah Rood
IS told by Ellen w. Peattie, and T. Comhc
tells OF The remarkable Courage of Alb
dios Muller" Schlight & Field Co., New
York.
The Peoples Magazine - THE New
Moon published at Lowell, Mass. fur
nishes, perhaps, the greatest variety of
reading for the home of any publication
issued. In addition to its excellent stories
both complete and continued, it has in its
last number these dcnartments: House
and Household, Children's Chit-chat Cur.
rent Comment, Literary Leisure, MirthfuI
Mention, Wisdom's Moyings and Answers
10 Correspondents.
The Interstate Reader Magazines
issued monthly by the Interstate Publish
ing Company, Chicago, could be profitably
placed In every family where there are
children. The series contain the Grammar
school, the intermediate, and the Primary
Monthly Magazines. All are illustrated
anu the reading is adapted to the ages in
elcated. The matter published is instruct
I'VE and attractive to young readers.
Macmillan's Magazine" for January
cote, by Lord Coleridge Pictures at Sea ~
by w. Clark Russell; Forestry" bv
George Cadell; Something Like a Bag
ny ;. NJ. Burrows; " Dr. Johnson's StvIe >,
by DIR. Birkheck Hill "My Uncle's Cl0cl,.',
Some Distant Prospects of Eton College,
Sacharissa's Letters by Miss Cartwri,b,.
Chris, by W. Z. Norris.
The Christmas number of "Nortb,s
Philadelphia Musical Journal" contains
among other pieces of music, " Jean Of
Jeanette" by Gustave LANCE Gnstru-
.eSasol u OoOu NlSul, My Love, trOOd
Night" vocal duet by A. Geibal Bird
of Paradise Gallop," by A Webster, and
My Little Favorite's Waltz" by NJ. Louis.
T.. A. North & Co., Philadelphia, pub
fishers.
MeSsrs. Palmer & Rey, San Francisco
have issued their volume of specimens of
eiectrotype cuts and ornaments for the
present year, and it will be found of much
convenience and value to printers and
newspaper men. 1t is very complete and
consists of 225 pages, covering nearly every
design ever used. and large assortment of
fancy borders, ornaments, etc.
From Joseph A Hoffman, bookseller
and stationer, POS Montgomery street. San
Francisco. We have received an excellent
chromo-lithographic portrait of Queen Vic
torla, from the copyright photograph of
Alexander BosSino, and printed by Forbes
d Co, Boston. The portrait is surrounded
with home scenes, containing in groups the
children OF the Queen.
North's Philadelphia Musical Journal
LOT january contains these pieces of music
MdlQenS' Vows y ono no cow. L.