Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-19
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

for October published for Harvard Univer-
| sity) is at hand. Its Boston agency is that
of George H. Ellis, 141 Franklin street.
There is no journal of the country that
deals with the weightier problems of po-
litical and social economy so exclusively
as the one under notice. II is at once Of
the most scholarly character and the most
fearless demeanor. We esteem the Quar-
terly as one of the most thoughtful pro-
ducts of the press in the last half of the
century. The papers in the present num-
Theory of International Trade by c. .Bas-
table; The Depreciation of Farming Land
by Alfred H. Peters; President Walkers
Theory of Distribution" by Simon N. Pat
ten; Nationalism, in the United States"
by Nicholas P. Gilman; Notes and Mem
oranda;" The Cost of Production of Capt.
tai" by J. Bonair; East London" by F. C.
Huntington; Recent Publications Upon
Economics" IAN Act Concerning Insur-
ance in Case of Disability and Old Age
A handsome new paper has been offered,
to the public from Boston under the title
I" The Transatlantic; Mirror of European
Life and Letters" 1t is printed from new
type CT the old French Elzevir face never
before used on an American newspaper),
on sixteen good sized and gracefully.pro-
portioned pages, and with a cover. Repre-.
sented in the pages of this first issue are
such authors as Henrik Ibsen. Ernest Re-
nan, Emile lola. Guy de Maupassant, The
odor de Banyille and Frederic Harrison
There is no original matter in the paper
the purpose being to draw entirely from
the periodical and other literature of
France, Germany Italy, Spain, Belgium
Austria, Holland, Switzerland, Great Brit
ain, Russia and the Scandinavian PENN
sula. 1t is to appear on the LIST and 18th of
the month, and is issued by the Transat-
lantic Publishing Company, Boston.
"Peterson's Magazine Charles J. Peter
son, PhiIadelphia) for November is at
hand. The numerous illustrations are good,
from the beautiful steel. engraving to the
double fashion-plate. The literary con-
tents are strong. Alice Maud Ewell's
Wychams Ordinary is the most dra-
matte of her productions. Howard Seely
has a sketch, "a Thanksgiving in the
Southwest" "Out of the Night" by
Elizabeth Phipps Train. is beautiful tale
of Halloween. Minna Irving contributes
one of the best lyrics from her pen. Mrs.
Marion E. Pickering's poem, 'Thanksgiv-
ing Day" is superior. Miss Elizabeth
tendent, gives valuable paper on the treat
ment of burns. The needlework and other
departments offer much of interest. The
publisher, for next year, promises new con-
trlbutors, new and larger type and various
other attractions.
The English illustrated Magazine
macmillan & Co., New York; for October
is number of more than usual excellence.
A. G. Swinburne sings of THE South
Coast in a delightful lyric, Mrs. Jeune
treats of Children in Theaters," Sir J. F,
Dickson of "Ceylon," Mrs. Wordsworth of
English Girlhood," Henry W. Lucy of
white and Silent Nuns" g. B. Shaw of
Wagner at Bayreutb;;' the Earl of Lytton
begins the story of The Ring of Amasis,"
which he says has been pirated and butch
cred in the United States, and he is desir-
Gus that the people of America shall read
the story in It's true form. There are
other valuable papers in the magazine.
The illustrations are excellent, and the
first among them is a portrait from the
National Gallery by Frans Halls.
An admirably engraved portrait of the
| well-known American author, Constance
Fenimore Woolson, is the frontispiece of
the October number of the Book Buyer
| Charles Scribner's Sons, New York;, &C.
companied by sketch by Arthur Sted-
man. son OF well known poet. Numer-
| GUS other papers give value and interest to
this number, prominent among which is
the brief sketch, also accompanied by a
| portrait from wood engraving of Henrik
Ibsen, the Norwegian writer, whose dramas
have aroused so much comment in London
| the past season. Another portrait that will
| interest great many people is that of
Blanche Willis Howard, the author of
zone Summer" The other features of the
Book Buyer are as entertaining as usual.
! We have received the eighth number, in
| pamphlet form, of the New York Tribune'S
extras on New Empires in the North
west" There are to be monthly issues OF
| these-reprints of selected articles from the
Tribune. They include correspondence
| editorials, and historical, descriptive and
statistical papers upon topics of the broad
est interest, relating to industry, develop
ment OF the country, great events of the
day, art, literature, science, business, etc.
| In this day, when the newspaper has grown
to such dimensions, that to keep their files
is quite out of the question, this new
method of perpetuating the cream of the
matter in irst-class paper, such as the
| Tribune is, is an excellent one.
The wide Awake" for October Cd. 10th
| rop & Co., Boston, is well filled with papers
calculated to interest youths and delight the
smaller readers. 1t profusely illustrated.
| General Howard has an instructive paper
| in the number; Susan Coolidge's Little
Knight of Labor" continues; Celia Thaxter
has poem Mary B. Clafiin's Daisy
Letters" continue; there is paper on in
valid cooking; another on the famous
necklace of history one by Professor Starr,
on Geology; the Prize Nonsense Ami
mails are continued, and also the Five
Little Peppers papers.
| Macmilan's Magazine" for October,
| macmillan & Co., London and New York;,
is at hand. It's contents are: Marooned, y
by W. Clark Russell; "Verdi's Otello y
Archibald Prentice" by R. Dunlop; A
| Scholastic Island" by ]. Theodore Bent
" English Birds of Prey y " Kirsteen,' by
Mrs. Oiphant, Chapters VII. and TX
Canada and the Jesuits," by Goodwin
Smith. 1t concludes Volume Tx, and is
accompanied by an exhaustive index.
From the Census office Department Of
| the INTERIOR we have the report on the
statistics of wages in manufacturing in
dustries, with a supplemental report on The
average retail prices of neeessaries of life
| tits by Joseph D. Weeks, Special Agent
Tenth Census of the United States,
The fourteenth number of "Shopell's
/ Modern Houses an Architectural Quarterly
(R. W. Shoppell, New York; is at hand fol
| the current quarter 1t is large q1arto
With great many designs of buildings and
| some text matter on architectural subjects
The New Moon for October New
Moon Publishing Company Lowell, Mass,
presents some twenty articles, addressed tc
| general readers. and of interest to old and
young
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