Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| From The Bancroft Company, San Fran.
cisco, We have the latest publication, " New
Law and Form Book for Business Men" 1t is
by Frank Triplett, and is adapted to use in
all States and Territories west of the Mis-
souri, river. 1t is a departure in several
respects from the methods EMPLOYED in
compiling form books, and we Judge Mr..
| Triplett's methods to be decidedly pro-
gressive. valuable feature of the book is
the supplemental each chapter, which gives
succinctly the law upon the subject
treated in each locality So, too, the copi-
Gus notes at the foot of each page are syl-
lib OF leading decisions upon points in
volved in the blank form given While it
Is not advisable to attempt TO act as ones
own lawyer. there are fields for form books.
and we can well understand the usefulness
OF this volume of nearly 600 pages to mer-
chants, bankers, farmers, mechanics, build
ers, contractors, miners, real estate agents
consiables, Justices, insurance agents, and
even to many hurried members of the bar
The Popular Science Monthly for jan
uary, edited by w. ]. Youmans, presents
these papars IN addition to its regular edi-
torial departments 1.-The Guiding-needle
| on an Iron ship" by Lieutenant Com
| mander I. A. Lyons, g. S. N; House
Drainage from Various Points of View"
by John S. Billings, NJ D., U. S. A.;
Town Life as Cause Of Degeneracy." by
q. b. Barron. NJ. d Sea Lions and Fur
Seals" by w. II. Larrabee; Genius and
Talent" by Grant Allen; Intentional
Geometry" by Edward r. Shaw; Science
and It's Accusers." by w. D. LIE Sueur;
The Suanetians and Their Home by
Douglas w. Freshfield; The History of a
Doctrine" by Professor S. P. langley:
Gauss and the Electric Telegraph The
Sacrifice of Education" Ia protest.; sketch
of Moses Ashley Curtis with portraiD.
D. Appleton & Co.. New York, are the pub
fishers.
The Overland Monthly Is. FL, is at
hand for January. It is spirited number
and is quite freely illustrated Us leading
articles are; Hydraulic Mining Has
trated,' Irving NJ. Scott; The California
Palestine, Charles H. Shinu; Surrender"
NJ. q. ellington; "A Christmas on the Ar
kansaw,' Marshall Graham; "On a Jury
in Washington Territory" M. R: Ave
Sanctissima," Melville Upton: Ballad of
the Death-Stone," Flora B. Harris; Three
Pines" (concluded), Leonard Kip; "Me
an Babby" Ninetts Eames; "Midwinter.
East and West" Virna Woods; "Confed-
crate Make-Shifts,' Neal Wilson; Belle
boo" l. Fl. Ballard; "a Year of Verse"
Recent Biography" editorials and re-
views; book reviews.
The Forum for January Forum Pub
fishing Company, 253 Fifth Avenue, New
York;, is al hand. There are ten ESSAYS
within its covers, as follows: lis Union
with Canada Desirable" by Senator J. s.
Morrill, The Need of Another Uniyer-
sity." by Andrew D. White: "An Easy
Lesson .sS in Statistics, . by Edward Atkinson;
" The Recall OF Minister'S" by President
James B. Angel; Defeated Presidential
Candidates" by James Parton; " Unfiu-
ished Work of the War" by George B.
Cowlan; The Chinese Exclusion Bill" BY
Senator Dawes; q Raid Upon the Treas.
nry," by Leonard w. Bacon; Getting
Into Print" by James Payp; Jottings on
American Society" by Max. O'Ren.
The Magazine of American History"
for January (Mrs. Martha ]. Lamb, N. W,
is UPON our table and proves TO be even as
charming an issue as The Washington
Number" The leading paper is by Mrs
Lamb, Historic Homes and Land Marks"
Glusrated). and the frontispiece is a fine
portrait Of General Nathaniel Greene.
There are sixteen papers in the magazine.
all Of patriotic and historic interest. This
magazine is really an almost inexhaustihle
mine OF delightful historic information,
and 1t holds the key to mass of compar-
atiyely buried material. bearing upon the
truth of modern history Its articles ALWAYS
timely, admirably written, animated, Wig
orous and readable.
The WoIld of Cant" is q novel from
the press Of j. S. Ogilvie, New York and
Chicago, that is announced as a compan-
ion book to Robert Elsmare" 1t bears no
authors name. The publisher invites crit
ical review of it. If it is ct all comparable
to the original, it is q work of high merit,
but time has not warranted reading the
book. When it shall have been examined
we may take occasion to again refer to it.
From a. L. Burt, the publisher, New
York, we have Chss J. Benamy's novel,
"a Moment of Madness" 1t is one of the
popular Manhattan series of choice fiction.