Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-24
CURRENT LITERATURE.
SOME OF THE MAGAZINES OF THE DAY,
AND WHAT THEY CONTAIN.
McCarty's New Philosophy = Sensible
Rules to Promote Health, Happiness
and Longeyity-New Novels.

L. P. McCarty of San Francisco, editor
and proprietor of the "Statistician,n has
entered the field of authorship in the in
PRODUCTION of book entitled "a New
Philosophy Radicals Idea of Health.
Happiness and Longevity" It is from the
press of Carson & Co.. San Francisco, and
is volume of about 10 compact octave
pages. Mr.. McCarty's idea is not q new
philosophy" 1t is not philosophy in
deed, but simple, vigorous and altogether
practical statement of well known facts
concerning habits that viii tend TO keep us
well and 10 prolong our lives To recite
his advice, even synoptically, is impos-
sible, but it may be said as merely indioat.
i've of its doctrine, that he advises of calm
ness OF thought and calmness of action.
regularity in our habits, rigid personal
cleanliness. avoidance of excessively Int
or cold food, plenty of rest and sleep. but
10 iaziness; deliberaiion in eating, Austen
/ ton from excessive use of stimulants.
/ avoidance of tobacco and intoxicsnts, and
/ so on through long list of sensible rules.
/ He urges uniformity of dress, regular hours.
the observance OF code of sensible rules
WAFER
! tanks as mediums Of water supply for de-
nestle purposes, etc. Heinsists upon perfect
ventilation of all living-rooms, and of
certain wise rules in the preparation of
food. He favors cremation, in which he is
/ fortified by the bsst reason of the age and
the development of sanitary scieIce. We
cannot agree with him as to the treatment
of the social evil, but do concur with him
that the evil of undue use of liquors must
have treatment by government. There are
, in the volume hosts of precepts and cpl
grams that as rule are wise and the rene-
! tition of which to men and women cannot
but tend TO their good. There are also nu-
merous receipts and formulas, some of
| them that the author of the volume has
| tested, and others that be presents upon the
authority OF physicians, sanitarians and
others. There are also very many useful
directions for simple treatment of ordinary
complaints, for the dressing of wounds
and the care Of the bodily health when as.
saulted by epidemics. In short the book,
without being a treatise, is straightfor-
ward recital OF the experiences OF prac.i-
cal man in search of the best means to
conserve health, promote longevity and
secure happiness, and its reading will bene-
fit any one not thoroughly lead in sanitary
and hygenic laws.
The Culver" for June opens with
poem, Her Feeble Steps," which has the
honor Of the frontispiece. A paper on the
| Revelations of Character follows. The
serial, Worthy to be Loved is drawing
TO a close and will be succeeded BY in the
Second Place by L. P. Meade, the popular
author of Scamp and - The first chap
tiers of this serial are given and they pro-
mise well for the future. "Restlessness'
| is the title of q paper by the Rev. ]. B.
/ Gladstone which IL will ho wall fo,.
men and young women 10 read. Rest
| lessness is one of the evils of the age,
and anything that helps to restrain it is
| timely. The Morning Sunday School
| Room" is an illustrated paper which will
attract Sunday-school scholars as well as
teachers, for it shows US that Sunday
! schools are about the same the world over.
Some Marvellous Works of God" is the
title of an article describing the geysers
/ IS a paper on "Old English Parochial
Psalmody.n Besides these there are a
number of pretty poems, some short stor.
| les, music, and articles designed especially
| for Sunday reading. The number is an
excellent one and fully up to the high
standard of this magazine Cassell Pub.
fishing Company 10 cents copy, 81 80 a
year in advance.
| "Casselps Family Magazine" for June is
| full of choice reading matter, poetry as
well as prose, and enlivened with graphic
illustrations. A scientific article explains
with pen and pencil How Sounds are
Made Visible" An "Anglo-American"
writes of The American Parliament" A
description of the Capitol, which that
gifted and versatile Frenchman, Max
o Rel, declares to be one of the most i'm
posing and grandest buildings in the world.
this writer says would require a paper to
itself. THE Voice in the Woods is the
prize short story. The poem, The En-
gagement Ring" which follows, refers to
the frontispiece. There is an interesting
paper on monograms and another equally
| interesting on Robes of State.n Fashion
Is discussed in London and Paris letters.
There are short stories, continued stories,
| the Family Doctors dissertation, and an
unusually full "Gatherer" Cassell Pub.
! fishing Company, New York and London
| OF the STORY of the Nations" series we
have from the Bancroft Company, San
| Francisco (G. P. Putnam's Sons press, New
York;, The Story of Russia" by Profess
sor w. P. Morrill, reader in the Russian
and Slavonic languages, in the University
of Oxford. 1t is graphic writing, we'll
defined outline of Russian history, with
grouping OF such chief facts as it is
necessary to understand to comprehend
| the development of the country from the
little Grand Duchy of Muscovy in the
| fifteenth century, to the present mighty
empire. There is nothing political about
the book, and very little is said of the in
ternal difficulties of Nihilism, Information.
alism, etc. The author has confined him.
self rather to history of the nation down
to the accession of Alexander II. and
Alexander III, as related TO SUGGESTIONS.
wars, institutions, laws, language, the
| 1ao, of,o
the Polish revolutions, etc.
beautiful frontispiece by E. H. Garrett,
which illustrates a story as beautiful, by
Annie Bronson King, entitled Little Sir
Lionel" The number is almost entirely
given to short stories; among them are
spot the Mustang" by d. B. Waggener,
"Martha's Travels" by Katharine B. Foot,
''Ickery Ann by Mrs Ella W. Peattie,
"Missmilly," by Mrs. Jessie Benton FIRE.
mont, The Rubber Boy" by Florence E.
Weld, Blossom" by Mrs. Kate tyson
Clark, The Indian Guardian by Grace
| 1.-THE Quest of the Whipping Boy" by
Georgiana Washington, and 1.-THE New
Senior at Andover," by Herbert D. Ward.
Alexander Black continues his illustrated
Confessions of an Amateur Photographer"
Mrs. Sallie Joy Whites Business Open.
ing" is for girls. d. Lothrop Company,
publishers, Boston.
| The frontispiece of the Magazine of Art
for June is photogravure of Hubert
Herkomer's famous painting, The Chap
! ter OF the Charterhouse." /: is very much
in the manner of Mr.. Herkomer's Last
Muster" NJ. H. Spielmann has paper
on Current Art" Another paper, Sat
suma Ware and its limitations, by Masa-
yuh Kataoka. There is the first of a
series OF papers on the National Gallery of
Ireland. A paper to attract attention is
"Rhone Sketches" by Joseph PenueIl.
The Literary Remains of Albert Durer,"
with illustrations, is a valuable paper. as
| also w NJ Rnsseftiis ..por.ra;ts e /, 49,