Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-04-28

Fishers Child;n 1.-THE Frost Upon the
Pane" Judges Song" and Never tc
Know Instrumental Bella Poke
Mazourka;" Fred Wilson's clog dance, "Ir
the May, op 424;" "Rustling Leaves, CD 6S'
shepherd Boy" Sylphes' waltzes Bach.
MANN. and ''Zulma.":: F. Trifet, 40S Wash.
ington street, Boston.
John B. Alden. of New York publishes a
large series of periodicals, the principal OF
which is The Library Magazine" This
for its cost-$1 per annum, and issued
monthly. is marvel of cheap production
of the best literature. The April number
contains 225 pages of such papers as 1.-The
Constitution of the United States" by Hon
E. j. Phelps; The Mammoth and the
Flood u Quarterly Review; The Struggle
for Existence" by T. H; Huxley; The
Higher Education of Women" West.
minister Review Mystical Pessimism in
Russia" by N Tsakni; "Curiosities OF
Chess, by Rev. A. Cyril Pearson, ETC.
Another of Mr.. Alden's publications is
Literature" an illustrated weekly maya
zine consisting of news, select readings
criticisms, biography, ETC., and giving in all
about fifty pages of choice literature, each
week, for 81 per year. The Library Mag
azine" is also issued in weekly parts in
stead of one monthly edition for those who
prefer ii. Another of Alden's publications
is The Novelist" issued weekly in small
book page form of about forty pages, and
containing selection Of the best novels OF
the day. This is also furnished at 81 per
year.
Wide Awake for April greeted its
readers with eighty pages OVERLOOKING with
beautiful pictures, delightful stories and
poems. Mrs. Sherwood's serial, "Those
Coueips Of MahaItc -
the frontispiece, Easter Lilies is a
charming illustration Lieutenant Ere.
mont's breezy Indian story for boys, q
paper on Old Ballads of London Bridge, u
and tale of two children and hon
thnlIingly illustrated by Sandman, are all
captivating.-D. Lothrop Company, Boston
The Swiss Cross Magazine" devoted to
popular science, and published by n. D. c.
Hodges, AZ Lafayette Place, New York
while primarily intended for young people
being the official organ of the Agassiz Asso.
citation. is also one of the most interesting
and instructive publications for Older people
extant. Every number contains a large
amount of scientific information given in 8
popular and highly readable manner, and
which will attract and instruct Old and
young alike.
From the Bancroft Co, San Francisco
we have small but very handsome vol
ume, Letters, Sentences and Maxims, by
Lord Chesterfield, with a critical essay by
c. a. Sanite- Beuye, of the French Acad.
envy" 1t is the eighth volume of the
Knicl,erbucker Nuggets series, issued by G
?. Putnam's Sons, New York and London
1t is about as handsome an example OF
hook making, without being extra vagantly
embellished, and richly made as we could
wish to see.
The May number of " Peterson's Maya
zine in addition 10 its speciality, has q
deeply interesting article upon The Tenn
pies of Prestum;" story of How the
Church was Built" by Ella Rodman
Church; " The Morgan WILL" by Milton
T. Adkins; Miss Dayton's Whims," by
! Ms NJ 8 Peters; " Her Dead Face" by
Elizabeth /. Folsom; etc. Published al
BOG Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
The Story OF the CITY of New York " is
admirably told by Charles Burr Todd in a
handsome octave illustrated volume from
the rress of g. 2. Putnam Sons, New
York and London, and for sale by the Ban
croft Company, San Francisco. 1t is a
comprehensive work, surveying the causes
which led to founding of the city, and the
influences that have promoted its wonder
full growth.
Among the attractions presented to the
readers of The Metropolitan " in its last
number was an article upon Home Life
in France by Max O'Rell; Among the
Caucasian Mountains by David Ker
Japanese Tea-drinking Ceremony" by
Dan Beard; "reminiscences of Kaiser
Wilhelm" by Moncure D. Conway; etc.
Cosmopolitan Magazine Company, New
York.
The Field-Ingersoll discussion upon
Faith and Asnosticisin. which has been
running through several numbers of the
North American Review has Just been
issued in a pamphlet of eighty-three pages,
upon fine paper, and in very readable form.
1t is sold by the North American Review
Office, New York-price not given.
The May number of the Culver " is re-
plete with interesting original and selected
literary productions which will be highly
satisfactory TO its numerous readers. The
subjects presented are religious and secular,
and from the pens of our most gifted
writers. [Cassell Il Co., New York.