Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-11-30
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

begins its career with December, with g
brilliant array of contributors, among
whom are found Rev. Minot J. Savage
Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER, ". q. II. Muir
ray, Mary A. Livermore, o. B. Frothing-
ham, n. P. Gilman. Helen Campbell, Hud.
son futile, Professor Joseph Rodes Blu
chanan, Rev. Cyrus a. Bartol, George E
McNeill and others Searches less promi.
nent. The contribution of Rabbi Schind.
Ter on History in the Public Schools
evinces deep thought and degree OF orig
inality seldom found in magazine articles.
The Rev. MinOt J. Savage writes OF "Agen-
cies that are Working Thelogical Reyolu-
ton a paper well calculated to command
the attention of thinkers. w. H. H. Muir
rays treatment of the religious question is
an able effort of a brilliant thinker.
Helen Campbell. who by her Prisoners OF
Poverty produced such profound sensa-
ton among those who live and work for
the world contributes a paper of more
than passing interest. Taken as a whole.
the initial issue of The Arena is q note.
worthy contribution to the magazine liter
allure of the day.
"Godey's Lsdy's Book for December is
a Christmas number. A beautiful steel
plate illustration, "Baby's First Christmas, -
is a gem q handsome colored fashion
plate is devoted to the ladies, and folded
colored sheet is designed expressly for the
little folks. a story, The Fires of Yule, -
by Max Wander Wyde. Five Thousand
Dollars for a Wife, by theauthor of WED.
ded to Misery" Among the short Xmas
stories is THE Story of Agnes, by Mrs.
Nora Marble; Ralph of Ashmead." by
Olivia, and "Noddleskin's Christmas Din
ner,n by T. II. Fsrnham. Several good
poems are interpreted. "a Wheel of For
tune" by Olivia Lowell Wilson. is another
serial. The Children's Corner; is a new
feature which cannot fail to please the lit
tie folks. The Beautiful Home Club BY
Emma J. Gray Fashions, Work De-
signs" and illustrations Household De-
partment," By Mrs. I. D. Hope, appear.
"The Forum New York; for December
has these valuable papers Divorce in
the United States" BIZ Edward J. PHELPS.
ex-Minister to England; Can the Race
Problem be Solved ?" by Professor Henry
A Scomp, of Emery College, Georgia; Re
igous Teachings in Schools" BY Bishop
B. j. MeQuaid, of Rochester, \. Y The
Possibilities of Electricity" by Park Ben
jamin; do We Want Industrial Peace ,"
by Professor William G. Sumner. of Yale;
is Medicine q Science?" by DR.. George NJ.
Gould. of Philadelphia; Immigration and
Crime" by William NJ. F. Round; The
Natural History of Dogma" by Professor
Charles G. Everett of Harvard; Expert
ences With Spiritualism, by Rev. NJ J.
Savage; The Farmers Defensive Move
ment," by William a. PETER OF Topeka,
Kas.
The Popular Science Monthly" for De-
cember ID. Appleton d Co, New York;
hoe Ofh
THE Descendants of Pale1lithic Man in
America" by DR.. Charles C. Abbott
'Glass-making," by Professor G. Hanford
Henderson: plain Words on the Woman
Question" by Grant Allen; New Phases
in the Chinese Problem" by Willard B.
Farwell; Governmental Aid to Injustice"
by George NJ. Wallace; "Israelite and In
dian, by Garrick Mallery; Mental and
Physical Training of Children" by Jessie
o. Waller; The Struggle of Land and
Sea" by DR.. Vinzenz Hiloer; THE Rovsl
Society Of England" by DR.. William c.
Cahill; Speech and Song" by Sir Morpll
Mackenzie, II song; "Suspensi1n of Vi
tslity in Animals, by NJ. Victor Laporte.
The Overland Monthly" for December
presents holiday appearance. The open
ing article is "a Visit to Ventura County,"
by Ninetta Eames. The illustrations are
:, numerous, and successful specimens of
photogravure. The last insIalnent of
Leonard Kip's Tale of the Incredible"
brings the story to a conclusion. GROW
ing Up With Dakota is an amusing sketch
of life in the new State, and THE Tale of
a Joke" and "Spectres on the Overland
Trail, are snort and good. Mr. 0'Meara
presents "A Chapter of California History"
regarding the circumstances under which
Samuel Brennan came to California. "Pov-
nd fr,S Coz
tinGes NJ. W. Shinn's interesting study of
that subject.
THE Culver" for December has for its
frontispiece beautiful colored plate called
The Parsonage Garden new serial.
Worthy to be Loved" by f. Neal, author
of My Brother Basil, is begun. A paper
BY the Rev. DR.. Newman Hall is entitled
BE of GOOD Cheer" ''Jottings from a
Minister'S Note Book" is interesting. ION
the Church Floor is paper on the tombs
of the dead. "Lowel's Religious Poetry
is accompanied by portrait of Mr.. Lowell
Providence is a sermon by Rev. J. B.
Macduf. 4 paper, Never Young and
DID, is by the author of "HoW to be
Happy Though Married The usual sto-
ries, poems and departments appear. Cas-
sell & Co., New York.
The Atlantic Monthly for December
papers: The Old Bunch of Grapes
Tavern Edwin Lassetter Bynner The
Tragic Muse" Henry James, December
0ut-of- Doors Bradford Torrey Fury
alus," Edith Wharton; THE Njeces of
Mazarinn (serisll, Hope Notnor "Archi-
lecture, in the West" Henry Van Brunt
THE Begum's Daughter" Serial, Edwin
Lassetter Bynner; "Delphi-The Locality
and It's Legends William Cranston Law
ion Border Warfare of the Revolution"
John Fiske; school Vacation n S.
Shaler; Latin and Saxon America, Albert
G. Browne; Two Lyrics" Thomas Bailey
Aldrieh.
Highway Improvement is a pamphlet
from the address of Colonel Albert A.
Pope Of Boston before the Carriage Build
ing Association last month. 1t is a sens;-
bic address, full of excellent reasons for the
maintenance of good roads in any civilized
country.
'The Evolution of the Electric Incandes-
cent Lamp" is a pamphlet by Franklin
Leonard Pope. Henry Cook, Elizabe tn,
Nj, publisher. 1t is freely illustrated and
appears to be an exhaustive treatise upon
all the inventions for incandescent electric
Lighting.
The Electrical Plant in India.
s'There has been discovered in the for