Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-10-05

The Wide Awake for October ID.
Lothrop & Co, Boston,, is q bright and
very entertaining number. General o. o.
Howard has written an article for the
young folks entitled How Many Indians
in the United States?n Miss Rose Kings
ley, Charles kingsley's daughter, has a val
liable contribution about =" The Bow Who
Invented the Telegraph y Mrs. Goddard
Orpen in her Famous Stones" series
gives page of French history. After ex,
ceptipg Mrs. Whites Public School Cook
ing paper about dainty preparations tor in
yalids, and the kindred one by Mrs. Ca
vszza about Sleep Slippers" and Prof,
Starr S Geological Talk, . and Mrs. Clafin's
F" behavior letter, the remainder of the
number is given up to stories, poems and
pictures; notable among the latter is Mr..
Bndgman's amusing Court Calendar and
the eighteen Prize Nonsense Animals. The
serials are Margaret Sidney's Pepper" T"
and Susan Coolidges Little knight of
Labor The short stories are Patsey at
Scotia, by Leigh Young, Niobe,n by
Anna b. Wayne, "Salem Gibraltars, y bv
Elisabeth Merritt Gosse. and tom the
Star Boy" by Miss Bisley Seward.
The North American Review - for Oc-
tober has these papers The Warning of
the English Strikes by Henry George !;
. Progress and the Post, by Don NJ Dick.
insoA, ex-Postmaster-General; 1.-THE Ty-
ranny of Labor Organizations, by Austin
Corbin; Obstruction IN the National
House, y by Thomas B. Reed, NJ c.; Thea
tiers, Halls and Audiences" by Dion B ,uci-
cault; Storm-Center in Theology" j" bv
Rev. Newman Smyth, d d IAN English
View of the Civil War" by Viscount VOL.
seley; Ericsson and his Monitor" bv Pro
fesSor Charles W. MacCord " Lord Wolse-
ley's Mistakes, by Jefferson Davis; The
Open Door of Qusckery," by DR. William
G.. EggleStou, DR.. Austin Flint, DIR. r. Og-
den Doremus; Europe in Persian Eyes,
by S. g. w. Benjamin The Money Value
of Human Life, by John NJ Holcombe !;
" Naval Education in the Future" by Lieu
tenant G.. l.. Garden; VIII our Coal Sup
ply ever De Exhausted ?' by Edward P.
jackson.
"Cassell's Family Magazine" tor October
is very welcome, for it is g family maga-
zine pure and simple. Arabella NJ. Hop
kinson's serial, " A Woman's Strength" )" is
continued, followed by Next of Kin
Wanted There is a sensible article on
F" How to Dress Your Children, and a
story called the Missing Dean" "' A
Sugaring Off Party in Canada" is de-
scribed, followed by two chapters on " Our
Friends the Horses" The Family Doc
tor argues, not apropos of the Elixir OF
Life, however, that man may live to be
ninety. In the Old Palace of Croydon, y
is pleasing paper, the London and Paris
fashion letters are full of practical hints,
and " The Gatherer's record of new and
useful inventions is complete. The serials
Engaged to be Married" snd "A Man in
Million, are continued, and there are
poems and music to add to the variety.
Cassell & Co., London and New York.
The New Review for September
edited by Archibald Grove; Longman,
Green & Co., New York and Londonl, has
these papers 1.-THE Armenian Question, u
by NJ. Sevasly "a Century of French Art
at the Paris Exhibition" i" by Claude Phil
lips; " The Progress of Co operation" |. in
England, by George Jacob Holyoake II. in
France, by NJ. Millerand; Pitt and Tai
leyrand in 1892, " by the Baroness Blaze de
Bury; The Dying Drama" by William
Archer The French Elections" by Jos.
Reinach "Thomson's Travels IN No.
rocco" by Edward Clodd Wrestling in
Japan" by the Hon. George n. Curzon,
NJ. p.
The October number of the English
illustrated Magazine (Macmillan & Co
London and New York, comes in q new
dress and with the letter-press printed
across the page, the magazine is also con-
siderably increased in size. Its contents
are varied and of much interest, and the
articles are from the pens of foremost Eng.
lish writers. A new story is begun in this
number by the Earl of Lytton, entitled
The Ring of Amasis." The magazine is
generally much improved and beautifed
1t remains, however, one OF the cheapest
priced magazines known to current liter.
ature.
The Magazine of American His.
tory" (Mrs. Martha J. Lamb, New York;
is number of special interest, since il
takes up the history of famous Western
city, and accompanies the text with several
fine large portraits; and il has also a valu-
able paper on "Georgia-the Only Free
Colony" poem on S. L. NJ. Barlow, by
George Ticknor Curtis a paper On the
celebrations hundred years ago in honor
of the discovery of America by Columbus
Financial Condition of New York in
1888 :" Antiquity of the Tupper Family, "
and many other interesting papers.
The Ladies' Home Journal" Curtis
Publishing Company, Philadelphia for
September has a great variety of reading
matter of good character, clean and elevat-
ing in tone, and of sustained interest.
Some of the illustrations are photo grav-
ures, and very handsome. There are depart
ments for the nursery, for young readers,
for the library, the kitchen, the boudoir
and the conservat,;-v. 1t is a very attract
i've monthly, and remarkably cheap in
subscription price.
The Spellbinder is monthly uuarto.
issued as review, devoted to the Repub.
ilcan organization. 1t is published by
The Spellbinder Company, New York y
and the second or September number
opens with fine portrait of Vice Presi-
dent Morton. 1t is edited by Delmore Ell
well. 1t has articles treating of national
industrial progress, progressive legislation,
party news, political activities, etc.
The Home Maker" for September, edited
by Marion Harland, and published by the
Home-Maker Company, New York. has
great variety of articles by writers of estab
lished high character on household health,
art in the household, gardening, fashions,
homework, decoration, the Iarder, kitchen
and table, cooking for invalids. cheap liy
ing, together with stories and poems.
The Kindergarten" (Alice B. Stockham
& Co., Chicago, is again at hand and
proves, as we anticipated, journal of
growing Importance and value. The kin
dergarten system is extending so rapidly
over the country that it is rather a matter
of surprise that there has not before this
been established Western journal devoted
to its interests.
Harper's Young People comes to
hand weekly, and continues to be, what
we have always claimed for it, the fore
most weekly for children, in its method,
its literary character, and its influence upon
young minds.
s. w. Straub's Song Friend" (Chicago)
for the current month is well supplied with
vocal and instrumental music.
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