Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-29
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| From the Bancroft COMPANY San Fran
cisco, we have William L. Snyder's worl
entitled, The Geography of Marriage, O.
Legal Perplexities of Wediock in til.
United States G. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York and London. The author discusses
impartially the diversity of The laws O
marriage and divorce in all parts of the
world, giving more attention, however, Il
the laws of the American States. This de
bate involves all the questions affecting le
gitimacy, and those concerning remedies
for undisputed ills in the laws affecting the
domestic relations. One of the most inter.
esting chapters is that in which is treated
| the validity OF marrisge in one State that
in another is refused recognition. Thus, in
| Georgia il is the law that marriage that
would be held void in that State will be SC
considered in Georgia, no matter where
contracted. So in some States first cousins
may marry, but in others unions are held
invalid as being within the lines of consan-
| guinity, defined as forbidding marriage.
| Would the marriage between cousins in
| States where it is legitimate be held bind.
/ ing if the couple moved into State where
such unions are invalid The au-
| thor points out that in some States
| the answer would be yes, in others
| 1t would be given in the negative
Again, in all countries, except France, a
marriage, lawful at the place where con
tracted is recognized as lawful IN all other
| places, according to the established ethics
! of International relations. But 'bv the
| laws of France a Frenchman who marries
abroad is obliged to publish the bands and
| the notice of intention to wed in accordance
with the French law, in order to render
his marriage valid and binding in his
| native land. He is required to post no.
tice of the wedding in the office of the
French Consul in the country where the
| ceremony is to be performed, and to send a
copy of il also to theuffice of the Mayor or
other official head Of the municipality in
France where the groom resides or formerly
resided. Should Ftenchman, travelling
in the United States or even residing here.
seek the band of an American lady in we'd
lock, what would she know, or what could
she be expected to know about the laws. Of
marriage in France? Yet, if she should
marry under such circumstances, a failure
to comply with the French law with re-
pect TO publication and notice would enable
her husband, should he feel disposed. to
reject his manhood for selfish ends, 10 re-
pudiate the marriage in France with i'm
punity. The experience of Elizabeth Pat
lerson, who espoused Jerome Bonaparte,
illustrates This point. This mar
rage was solemnized by Bishop Carroll of
Baltimore, was recognized as valid by pope
Plus VII, not only 10 this country but in
France as well; yet the laws Of France re.
fused to recognize II, and the law has not
since been altered with respect 10 French
men marrying abroad. The work is COM
pact, and II not as exhaustive as a law
treatise, IS profoundly interesting.
From the author We have copies of The
Annual Meteorological Review of the State
of California for the Year 1883, by the Ne.
neurological Department of the State Aeri-
cultural Society" 1t is compiled by Ser
geant James A Barwick, Observer lat Sac
ramento) Of the Signal Corps, United States
Army, and Meteorologist to the State
Board of Agriculture. The volume is one
Of nearly 200 pages. 1t is an exhaustive
tabular statement of temperature, humid
ity, wind direction and velocity, rainfall,
ETC, etc for scores Of places in the State
for many years; indeed, covering the entire
history of the State since the American
occupation. In addition many valuable COM
parsons are made, and there are papers on
meteorological subjects Of infinite import
ance to the people By many writer's, and
liberal extracts from many papers and
journals These articles on health resorts.
characters of climates, revolving storms,
effects OF climates on the growth of trees
and vegetation, relation of forests to eli
mate, climates of chief countries, etc, are
of deep interest. The compilation of the
work has been well done and must have
involved long and patient labor, and it
bears the impress OF capacity and thorough
familiarity with the subjects on the part of
Sergeant BarwiCk. Examination of this
valuable work and the contents of which
we have by no means fully stated, i'm
presses US with the adyisability of Cali
| fOrnIa establishing, as have twenty two
other States. a State weather bureau as
supplemental to the Signal Service Ser
geant Barwick IS a Jealous advocate of
such a policy, and he backs his zeal by
strong reasons for il. The compilation Of
this book is a work of love with Mr.. Bar
wick. He receives n salary for his labor
for the State. The work is printed by the
State, however, and anyone desiring a copy
can receiyeit by addressing Sergeant Bar
wick at this city.
OF the great interest are the chapters of
Lincoln life in the July Century" The
! circumstances attending Lincoln's renom-
ination are set forth in the most authorita-
tive manner, and other chapters deal with
WadeDavis Manifesto and Horace Gree
| ley's Peace Mission. Remnants Siberian
paper for the same month is on " The Free
Command az the Mines of Kara" The
"Cenury's gallery of Old Masters reaches
this month the work of Gentle da Fa-
| briano, part Of whose Alteration of the
| Kings forms the frontispiece Of the mag
azine. Travellers in England will find an
other cathedral article by Mrs. van Rensse-
| laer. Frederic Remington, the artist, him
! self describes his experiences among the
| Apaches and COmanches but bis rather
! pessimistic impressions are offset by an
Open Letter By Hamilton Wright
| MaDie The Far West is depicted in Mrs
! Mary HallOCk Foote'S The Last Trip In -
| = timely contribution is Charles Barnard's
! article on Inland Navigation of the United
| States, and Mrs. Rensselaer's on the 'Ad-
| vancein Steamboat Decoration Woman
! in Early Ireland" is the illustrated paper by
| Mr.. de kay's Irish series, Bishop John f.
| Hurst in his article, The Temperance
Question 10 Iudia, gives results Of recent
| visit 10 that country. Rev. DR.. J NJ.
| Buckley gives instances Of "Presentiuants,
! Visions aud Apparitionsn The poems in
| this number are by William Wilfred Camp
bell, Edith NJ. Thomas, Benjamin S. Parker,
| Thomas Nelson Page, John W Chadwick
and several others. The Topics of the
| Time are The Day Of Independence,
| The Summer Exodus and what it Testi-
tes, and Outdoor Sports"
The Popular Science Monthly for
July is at hand ID. Appleton y Co., New
! York.. Thoughtful essays and interesting
| descriptive articles are very happily mingled
| in il. Professor Sumner opens the number
with discussion of the hequestion, What
is Civil Libefty?' A erimly fascinating sub
/ jec5 is treated by Charles w. Pilgrim, NJ.
D., of the State Lunatic Asylum at Utica,
New York. Study OF Suicide Sea
Butterflies, described by Professor Carl
| Yogt; and "Fungi-Alicroscopi Forms, by
| Professor T. II. Mcbride; Christianity
and Agnostioism is by Rev.. DR. Henry
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