Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-28
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The ''City Argus" San Francisco has is
sued holiday number that reflects much
credit upon the publishers. Its covers are
photographic and in colors. There are sew
eral full-page fine photographic portraits of
prominent men of the State; double page
cartoon in honor of Governor Stanford,
and representing him as receiving the con-
gratulations of the people for his philan-
throphy and far. seeing benehcence; large
supplement sheet giving birds eye view
of San Francisco, with the portraits of
many prominent citizens on the broad
margin; a supplemental sheet in colors
giving view of the Hotel Del Monte, and
a supplemental sheet illustrating the Vina
ranch of Governor Stanford in Tehama
county, with scenes in various parts of the
vineyard, stock grounds, etc. There are
seyenty-eight pages in the issue, and on
many of them are wood. cuts presenting
views of California and other scenery.
"Cassell's Family Magazine" that ushers
in the new year is fine number. The
opening chapters OF three serials give IN
urual promise of interest. The first is by
the author of Monica the second by
Kate Eyre, and the third by the author of
Paul Knox Pitman. Each one of these
serials is admirably illustrated. There are
short stories of excellent quality. In the
descriptive articles there are The Artistic
Aspect of Railways, American Farming
for Woman" illustrated by Dellenbaugh,
and "a Wonder of the North" the famous
Forth bridge, which the North British
Railway Company have undertaken 10
build across the Firth of Forth. There are
batch of receipts for making "Delicacies
for the Winter Tea Table" and a word with
the Family Doctor" There are also
fashion letters from London and Paris, and
"Gatherer' filled with practical informa-
ton.
The atlantic Monthly" for January
(Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, has
these papers: Sidney" by Margaret De-
land The United States Pension Office"
by Gaillard Hunt; English Love Songs"
by Agnes Repplier; "a Precursor of Mil
tom" Echo Song" by Thomas B. Aldrich;
The Tragic Muse" by Henry James;
John Dickinson by Frank Gaylord Cook;
Orne Jewett; Sonnet" by David W. NJ.
Burn; The Begum's Daughter" by Ed
win Lassetter Bynner; Mems Sana,n by
Edith NJ. Thomas; over the Teacups," by
Oliver Wendell Holmes; Recent American
Fiction" "The Government OF Switzer-
land;,' THE Contributors Club and the
other regular departments.
The Arena" for January has these con-
tents: God in the Constitution, by Col
onel Robert G. Ingersoll; Spots on the
SUM-" by Dion Boucicault; THE Original
Blue Beard" by Louis Frechette; Ma
tonalism," by Laurence Gronlund "Evo-
luton in Spiritual Ideals" by Francis A
Doughty THE Crime of Capital Punish
ment," by H. o. Pentecost; "Nationalistic
Socialism, by John Ransom Bridge; 80
Destroy the Rum Power" by Henry
George; "Comanche, Poem of the Ser
ras, +" by Joaquin Miller; "a Legend of the
Saguenay," by W. H. II. Hurray Editorial
Notes.-The Present" Shall we Continne
to Kill our Fellow-men ?" "The Great Need
OF Ethical Culture"
The "Sanitarian" for December DIR. AN
Bell, New York; has besides many health
reports, reviews and selected MISCELLANY,
these special papers: International
Comfy in State Medicine" John B. Ham
ilton, NJ. D.. l.. L. D., Surgeon General U.
S. Marine Hospital Service "Our Clothes"
Lucy NJ. Hall, NJ. D. Relation of the
Dwellings of the Poor to Infant Mortality"
Alfred c. White, G. E.; "Food-Its Rela-
tons to Health" Miss Juliet Corson
"Nestle's Milk Food ;" Sanitary Entomb-
| ment The Ideal Disposition of the Dead, y
Rev. G. r. Treat Sam Jones on the
Faith Cure" Physiological Conditions
and Sanitary Requirements of School Life
and School-houses," A n. Bell, A. NJ,
NJ. D.
The Church at Home and Abroad"
| presbyterian Board of Publication, Phila-
delphia) is at hand for January. There are
| sixteen original papers by prominent cler-
| ical writers and laymen on topics of es-
pecisl interest to churchmen. There are
several illustrations, the chief ones relating
to the Sidon Academy, prominent mis-
sionary enterprise.
| The American Bookmaker" for Deem
| Der Howard, Lockwood & Co., New York
/ is freely illustrated, and contains in its
| forty eight pages much matter of high
| value to printers, binders, librarians, pub
fishers, illustrators, designers, etc., and es.
pecially some excellent articles on motors
and printers and binders machinery, with
| illustrations.
| The holiday issue of 1.-THE Journalist
| (Allan Forman, New York;, is at hand. 1t;
| quarto pages number nearly seventy, and
are replete with choice matter of Interest
not only to the newspaper man, but tc
| literary people generally. 1t is a capital
number, crisp, original and clean.
"St. Nicholas" for January (The Century
| COMPANY, N. ~, ike us predecessors, Is
model magazine for young folks. Mary
Mapes Dodge is doing great service to the
rising generation by her success in editing
this clean, beautifully illustrated, enter.
tanning and attractive magazine.
| The New York Commercial Advertiser
has issued large quarto holiday annual
| that is creditable to its taste and enterprise
| There are in the annual four pages of fine
| photogravure art reproductions, many
wood-cuts and great variety of holiday
reading.
| The January number of 1.-THE Del Monte
| Wave" has more beautiful photographers
of scenes about Monterey and San Fran
cisco, and some very superior portraits Of
| types of the beautiful women OF Cali
| fornia.
The Catholic Almanac" for 1890 (Diep
enbrock & Co.. San Francisco is at hand
1t is very neat annual, freely illustrated
| and we'll filled with matter of special in
| terest to members of the Roman Catholic
| faith.
The Christmas number of the Youth;
| Companion" perry Mason & Co., Boston,
| is a quarto Of twenty-three pages very
handsomely printed and well illustrated.
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