Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

In the January Century the last in
stallment but one of The Life of Lincoln"
appears. Supplementary papers by other
hands are printed on the pursuit and death
of John Wilkes Booth. The frontispiece
is portrait Of Professor John Byrce; ac-
companying is sketch of Professor
Bryce's life. A notable paper is Miss
Amelia B. Edwards account OF the recent
discoveries at Bubsstis. in Egypt. A very
full installment of Jeffersons autobiogra
ply appears. Henry James has fully
illustrated paper on Daumier, the famous
French caricaturist The second of the
Present Day Papers, is by Rev. DR.. Dixie,
and has to do with Problems of the Fam
ily." Professor Fisher publishes paper
on "The Gradualness of Revelations"
Another of Timothy Coles engravings of
the 'Old Masters" Is given. A valuable
paper is that by Professor Edward S. Hol-
den, of the Lick Observatory. The fiction
consists of new chapters of Mrs. Bars
Friend of DIVA" and Stockton's THE
Merry Chanter;;'n also, stories by Matt
Grim and John Heard, Jr. Among the
editorials is one on the care of the Yosem-
lite Valley, and open letters on the same
subject The number is profusely illus
trsted with fine examples of engraving on
wood.
The Magazine of American History"
opens the new year and its twenty third
volume with bright and readable num-
Der. This periodical has awakened popu-
lar interest in everything that relates to
| the heroic past. An admirable portrait of
| William Cullen Bryant forms the frontis-
piece "a Rare Picture of Early New
| York painted on the panel of an old
Dutch war vessel, is a contribution both in
| text and illustration from the collector,
Dr. Thomas Adds Emmett. Uncle
Toms Cabin and Mrs. Stowe" an ex-
tract from the new work of Mrs. Nc
| Cray, appears. and is illustrated.
OF special interest is the study by Hon.
Gerry w. Hazleton, Federal and Anti
| Federal" Hon. James W. Gerard
shows with dramatic force, in the
| longest paper, The Impress of Ma
tionallties Upon the City of New York. +"
"Ralph lizard. the South Carolina States
man." comes from the pen of DR.. Mani
gault of Charleston; American Republics
Their Differences" by George W. Pavey.
| In its several departments and in all its
varied features the number for January,
$780, is fully up to the standard of this at
| tractive magazine. No. 743 Broadway
New York city. Mrs. Martha j. Lamb,
| editor.
! y
Brisbane Walker, New York; is richly illus.
trated All the papers, except one and the
poetry and editorial, are illuminated by
fine photographers. Chief among these are
"Bouguerau, the Artist" by Carroll Beck
With; Columbia College" by Professor
| Boyesen; Sugar Cane and Sugar Making,
by w. II. Ballou; Development OF the
Coat and Waistcoat," by w. H. Bell; "a
Cruise around Antigua" by Poultney Big.
low; Famous Beauties" by C. S. Pelham
Clinton; Romantic Story of Great Cor
poration," by Macdonald Oxley; 'St. Mary
of the Angels" by T. A Janvier. In the
editorial department are sketches by Mr.
Walker, Edward Everett Hale, VIM. ST
Walsh and Geo. Parsons Lathrop.
The Arena" the new review and maya.
zine, is at hand for January. This second
number proves the capacity of the man.
ayers of the Arena" The leading papers
are God in the Constitution" by Colonel
Ingersoll; spots on the Sum- (of Shakes
peare), by Dion Boucicault; The Original
Blue Beard" by Louis Frechette; Nation
alism,n by Laurence Groulun6; Evolution
in Popular Ideals by T. A. Doughty; 20
Capital Punishment" by H. o. Penticost
"Nationslistic Socialism," BY J. L. Bridge
ITO Destroy the Rum Power" by Henry
George; "Mamelons" (the first part of /
prose poem of wondrous beauty, giving s
legend of the Saugenay), by Rev. W. H. H
Murray.
The Forum" for January has thes,
papers: 1.-THE Tariff and the Farmer" by
John G. Carlisle Prehistoric Man il
America" by Major John w. Powell
"The Ethics OF Marriage" by w
Is. Lilly; "Womans Place in the
State by Professor Goodwin Smith; Dem
ocracy in England" by Henry Labouchere
The Problem of Air Navigation" by Pro
fessor R. H. Thurston; Abuses of the Veto
Power" by F. A. Conkling; Magnetism
and Hypnotism," by DR.. ]. NJ. Charcott
THE Wrongs of the Ute Indians" by G
T. Kercheyal; Horace Greeley's Cure FOL
Poverty" By Professor Rodney WEIGH.