Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-09-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Popular Science Monthly" edited
by w. ]. YOumans and published by D.
Appleton & Co, New York, is at hand for
September. Its contents include The
Growth OF Jelly fishes" Professor w K.
Brooks; "Chinese Mortuary Costumes"
Adele NJ. Fielde; "Ey -mindedness snd
Ear mindedness, Professor Joseph Jas
troW; AntagOnisms" Sir William +
Grove, F. K. 5; Mental Traits in the
Poultry Yard" Benjamin Karr; Under
ground Waters and Mineral Veins Pro-
fessor G. 4. Dsubree; :" Writing Machines
for the Blind. Arthur Good Expert Tes-
timony," Professor Frank Wigglesworth
Clarke; Animal and Plant Lore" Mrs.
Fanny D. Bergen 9 How the Opium Habit
is Acquired Virgil c. Eaton Stigmatiz-
alton" Rev Richard Wheatley THE
Turning Motion of Plants Conway Nc
MILAN; Sketch Of Carl Frederick Gauss,
and the usual valuable editorial reviews
and notes.
The September 81 Forum New York.,
which begins the sixth volume, contains a
review OF the Republican National Plat
form from a Democratic point of view, by
Senator Blackburn, of Kentucky. Plank
after plank is taken up and discussed by
the light of the Republican party's record.
To this number the Marquis of Lorne con-
United States. The third Of a series of
economic articles which convey the latest
investigations of Edward Atkinson into the
condition OF American capital and labor,
appears. The Rev. DR.. Munger points out
the benefits that religion has received from
The death Of many superstitions. There
ere seven other article in the initial num-
Der of this new volume on Social Discon-
tent" the Effect of High Explosives in
~. al.
agement of Railways the =" Public
Schools" and the " Increase Of the Alcohol
Habit"
The Magazine of Art" for September
is a splendid number Theffontispiece is a
superb photogravure Of Gustave Courto;s'
painting "a Sword Shall Pierce Through
Thine Own Soul also" Following this is
valuable paper on the " Language of De-
sigu," by Walter Crane; carefully pre-
pared paper by F. Mabel Robinson on Art
Patrons; )" then follows paper on " Art in
the Thester," giving portrait of Mary
Anderson in her Hermoine dress designed
by Alma Tadem, Forbes Robinson as Leon
ties in a dress designed by himself, Henry
Irving as Werner in the dress designed by
Seymour Lucas, A. r A, with the court
scene from A Winters I 1ale." There Is a
paper on the "This Years Salon." by
Claude Phillips. Mr. Ruskins museum at
Sheffield is described by Edward Bradbury,
and there are other valuable papers and a
beautiful poem by Walt, Whitman.
The Century Magazine" for September
Century Company, New York; is upon
our table. 1t is elab5rateiy illustrated, and
its contents. as usual, full of interest and
exceedingly varied. George Kenpan's
Siberian papers appear as also the Hay
Nicolay Lincoln biography. Walt Whit
man and John Vance Cheney have poetry
in this number. Professor Holden, of the
Lick Observatory, discourses of " Siderial
Astronomy-0ld aud New" George R.
Parkin tells of noted school, "Apping-
ham :" Charles NJ. Carter writes OF The
Industrial Idea in Education = Mrs EIiz-
abeih Stuart Phelps eulogizes and criti-
cises 4" Edward Rowland Sill" as a poet :
S. P. Cheney writes of Bird Music -
John Addison Porter of college Frater-
mites" There are some fifteen briefer Pc
pers also, and the usual serials and depart
ment notes and comment.
Casselrs Family Magazine" for Sep
tember opens with the first chapters of a
new serial, Comrades Once" by Thomas
Keyworth. Easy Continental Trips, y
shows how one can go from England to
the continent and spend fortnight in
sightseeing, with very little expense. The
Family Doctor discusses " Ventilation and
door games. and living in the open air as
much as possible. Nellie's Trousseau -
is another practical paper, and will give the
girls useful hints. A paper describing the
work of 3 cooking class precedes a long de-
scriptive poem by l.. J. Drake Brockman on
king Philips Invincible Fleet" There
are q number of short and continued stor-
les, two interesting an6 suggestive fashion
letters, and Gathecer filed with prac-
teal information. Cassell & Co., New York.
All boys will enjoy the frontispiece of
the August " Wide Awake" The Crisis -
wild Canadian river-scene: also the &C.
companying story of peril and pluck,
Saved on the Brink" by Macdonald OK
lev: and both boys and girls have fun over
James Otis complete serial, E" A Neck-tie
PARTY" In "Tne Elephants of an Indian
Prince" Miss Risley Seward offers the
Young folks the most entertaining elephant
article ever written, all from her own ex-
perience with the finest elephants of Asia.
Edward Everett Hale writes about Boston
Common as it was in Revolutionary days.
Mrs. James T. Fields contributes a long
suggestive story. A Helping Hand" writ
ten for young women just from school-a
noble story There are many other attrac-
tions in stories, poems, prize-questioDs and
pictures. d. Lothrop Company, Boston.
"Tbe Culver" for September is opened by
tho Rev. T. f. Thistelton Dyer, with an
Interesting STORY Of the Spanish Armada :"
which will never cease TO be one of the
most romantic incidents in English his
torv. "How Big the Sky is, is short
raner which precedes the monthly INSTALL
psent of the serial 'Ip Her Own Right"