Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-06
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS,
From the Bancroft Company We have
! Theodore Roosevelts The Winning Of
the West 1t is in two royal octave vol
umes, and is from the press or q. p
! Putnam's Sons. 1t is scarcely necessary To
remark extendedly upon this fine work
that augnents their value, because il en-
hances respect for the author and BELIEF IN
his sincerity and capacity Volume !
covers the period from 1869 to 1875 and
volume brings down the history Of ths
| " est, from the Alleghanies to the Miss;s-
! sippl, to 1888. These. books, we Dreyiirs
VIII occupy first place in the well selectef
libraries of the land, because Mr.. Rbcss,
Tefts powers of observation are great and
hlgnly cultivated, but as a historical mar
rator he is superior. He is clear and fear
less IN his statements concerning convic-
t3on, grounded upon thoroughness or re.
sSarch ana conscientious weighing OF ar
t.s0rity. Nevertheless, there is a tone of
conservative or cautiOnary writing IN these
volumes OF their exceeding historical
value, the graces of their composition and
, the lights they cast upon the outside his
! tory OF the conquest of the Great West
country between the blue SUBMITS of the
AHeghanles and the father of waters
fress OF u. 2. Patnam's Sons, New York
sud London.
From T. Y. Crowell $50, IS Ass5r
Place, New York, we have ToIstoi's "Nv
Confession translated from the Russian
aud INTENDED to be companion book to
that entitled My Religion" Asa supple
ment to the volume there are sbonf 1ne.
pages on The Spirit of Christs Teaching
extracted from larger manuscript work
! that cannot be published in Russia. The
| volume, which is handsomely printed
| sells at 80 cents. From the same firm we
have also another volume by Count Toll
stoi, entitled Ivan Ilyitch," translated
from the Russian by Nathan Haskell Dole
The greater part of the volume, however
| is taken up by other papers by Tolstoi. as
II You Neglect the Fire You DON'T Pot It
cut Where Love Is, There God Is
Also" "a Candle" The Two Pilgrims, ;;
Texts for Wood Cuts" Popular L.
gends," Ivan, the Fool, :" Family Happi-
aess' and other papers. 1t is altogether a
| valuable book, embracing as it does so
much of the best work of Tolstoi.
Of Alden's Manifold Cyclopedia, ~ VOL
ames Is and IA are at hand John 3. Alden
publisher, New York;. Volume 10 EN-
braces topics alphabetically from "BIec-
| tricity to Exclaim," inclusive, and vol
ume IA from Exclude" to "Floyd, - in
| elusive. We have had occasion several
times to commend the method of this pub
llcation and its thoroughness, not less than
| the fact that 1t Is at once pronouncing
dictionary and cyclopedia. 1t fills s. field
that has not been occupied so well-that is,
the need for an exhaustive cyclopedia in
small form that can be placed so.cheaply
as to be within the reach of those of yfry
| limited means. The fourteen volumes
thus far issued are sold at 90 cents each, in
cloth, and IS cents in half morocco,
From Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston
and New York, we have Nos. and OF
the Riverside Paper Series" continuing
the 'Ticknor Paper Series" The volumes
are to be issued semi-monthly and will in
clude only choice literature. Those at
hand are "Hawthorne's Scarlet Letter, y
the first sustained work of fiction COM
pleted by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1t has an
Introductory note by George Parsons La
throp. 1t sells at so cents. The other
volume is John Ward, Preacher" by
| Margaret Deland. II is the forty. second
thousand of its issue. and sells at so cents.
The numbers to follow of this new series
include some of the works of Elizabeth
Stuart Phelps, Thomas Bailey Aldrich,
Oliver Wendell Holmes and Professor
Josiah Royce.
| The Magazine of American History ,,
for July edited by Martha ]. Lamb, New
| York;, is number that does the accom-
plished editor infinite credit, it being de-
voted mainly to her review of the late CEN
tennial celebration in New York city. II is
richly illustrated by Photographic views of
the more striking scenes of the celebration.
The pictures are rather small so far as the
human figures introduced are concerned
but they aye finely finished, and evidently
accurate in reproduction. A notable paper
in this number of the magazine Is the
parallel draw between Washington and
William the Silent, by NJ. NJ. Baldwin, and
still another is Henry Lee Reginald's paper
on the discovery of the Mississippi.
The Cosmopolitan for July John Bris.
ben Walker, editor, New York;, is a So.
perb number. The illustrations of the club
houses of Chicago are splendid examples OF
the advances made by Photographic art in
illustration. The paper on the Eifel
Tower, by Camille FlammarioD, that upon
THE American Bonpaartes by Eugene L
Didier, on "The Great (anti slavery Agei.
tation" by Tulia Ward Howe; on Social
Problems by Edward Everett Hale, are
especially valuable articles. Gail Hamil.
tons serial, The Murder of Philip Spen.
Ger" continues and with strong illustra
tons, as also Wong Chin Foos" serial "a
Chinese novel;.
"Belfords Magazine" (Belford, Clarke
& Co., Chicago and New York;, for july
has among other papers The Repub.
lican and Democratic parties by ]. W
Robb; Brains and Biscuit" BY Virgins
S. Patterson True and False Civil Service
Reform" by Lester F. Ward; THAT Easel
mating Greek" by James o. G. Duffy, and
Malcolm Bells complete novelette,, "Roa-
noke of Roanoke Hall"
"My Uncle Barbassou." is by Marie
Urhard, and is translation from the
French by A. D. Hall. Its sub title is
The History of Babassou's Turkish
Harem, bequeathed to his nephew in Paris
and duly chronicled by the latter" Rand
McNally & Co.: Chicago and New York,
The volume is No. II of the Rialto series
The Book Buyer" for July Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York; opens with a
beautiful portrait of Maud Home the writer
accompanied by sketch of her life. Arlo
Bates notes on literary topics in Boston
are newsy and crisp, as also are the some.
what heavier papers on English literary
matters by J. Ashby-Sterny.
From Harper & Bros, of New York, We
have OF the Franklin Square Library Mi,
cab Clarke" novel by A. Cowan DOYLE
and Cleopatra" the latest novel by II
Rider Haggard. The first sells at As, the
latter at % cents.
From CherIeS ID. Kerr u Co., Chicago
we have pamphlet entitled The Idea
Unitarian Church. by Celia Parker
Woolley, a paper read before the Western
Unitarian Conference held at Chicago May
10th.
"Our Little Ones and the Nursery fol
July, The Russell Publishing Company
Boston,, is very profusely illustrated, and is
well filled with poems, stories and sketches
adapted to the capacity ofvery young read
ers.
The Pacific Educational Journal" (Sar
Francisco for July is at hand. 1t is vel
supplied with matter, original and contrib
uted, of interest to teachers and parents.