Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-07

ment, with Their Lessons" is the title of
an interesting pamphlet upon the Wash
iugton Monument by Henry G. Darlington.
of the United States Army. The pages of
information are interspersed between pages
of poems upon Washington by General
Darlington which do credit TO his magma
ton, his patriotism and his pen. Lee &
Shepard publishers, Boston. Sac Fran
cisco; Samuel Carson & Co.
The Romance of the Canoness, Life
History" is a new novel translated by
Mrs. Perciyal, from the German of Paul
Heyse. writer to whose works we were
attracted ten years ago by the brilliancy of
the Imagination of their author, and his
capacity to depict ife's activities with re-
markable fidelity TO nature and the mo-
tives that inspire men and the passions
that control them. New York: D. APP
pleton d Co.
To those interested in the works of char
ity and of prison reform, the monthly pub
location from the press of g. 2. Putnam's
Sons, New York, entitled THE Interaa-
tional Record of Charities and Correction, >
will afford facts and statistics fully abreast
of the times upon the subject. 1t is edited
| By Frederick II. Wines, the leader of pres
ent thought in this field, and is mailed to
| subscribers for 10 cents per number or 81
| per annum
From Samuel Carson & Co., San Fran
cisco, we have Lee IL Shepard's Boston
most recent publication, THE Life and
| Times of Wendell Phillips,' by George
| Lowell Austin. II is new edition of q
work that first appeared in 1884, and won 4
| high reputation for its eXhaustiveness, in-
| partially and judicial discernment That
| the demand has been such to Justify q new
edition Is strong argument in It's favor.
"Muklebach's Hotel, is by A. NJ. Flem-
| ing, of Old Coso, Inyo county, Cal. 1t is a
well-plotted story, but the language used is
frequently too toploftical for readers OF
| good TASTE Simple words are best in novel
or other writing. Efortfulness in diction
is never pleasing. The story proves the
author to have literary ability and orig
inality of conception. Published by the
Bancroft Company, San Francisco.
:. Pipes from Prairie Land and Other
Places" is the title of a thin octave of
| charming poems by Minnie Gilmore. The
poems in the main are simple, but are mu-
! steal; some rise to lofty levels, others are
| upon the plane of homliest life, and those
in western border dialect are full OF origi-
nal and rich humor. London and New
York, Cassell e. Co.
Things Seen " is one of Victor Hugo's
OCOho
ton of notes on Talleyraud, Napoleon's
Funeral, The Riot of May 18th" Louis
Philippe. N. Guizot, Lord Normandy, Bal
FAC, and other topics covering a period from
| 1888 to 1875. Harper & Bros. New York
San Francisco: The Bancroft Company.
The last number of brakes Magazine
New York; contains a tersely written arti-
Gle by Edward S. Fowler, advocating 3 re-
duction of the surplus revenue by admit.
ting sugar and salt free of duty Her
Rash Experiment" by J. II. Connolly. was
the choice story Of the number.
The current number of the English
| Illustrated Magazine " macmillan & Co.,
New York and London) is varied in matter
and choice in illustration. Among the
lowpriced monthlies this chaste periodi-
cal has no superior.
Stay at Home My Heart and Rest" is
the title to new song, with words by II =.
w. Longfellow, and music by w A. Og-
den. Price 10 cents. Ign. Fischer, To-
ledo, 0.
The ladies pattern magazine, The De-
lineator," published by Buttericl & Co,
New York, reached its thirty first volume
the present month.