Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-30

Hope Notuor; Mr.. Brisbane's Journal,"
Clarence Demine; lover the Teacups."
Oliver Wendell Holmes; American and
German Schools" John T. Prince. There
| are other valuable papers, notably one by
G. b. Shinn, of California.
The "Arena" for September has these
contents. Rt. Hon. William f. Gladstone,
frontispiece; Senator John T. Morgan, on
THE Race Question: Rev. Samuel W.
| Divorce Laws" Richard Hodgson, IL D.,
on physical Research" Charles Creigh-
| ton, A. NJ, NJ. D., on Vaccination
Walter Levin. on Robert Owen at New
Lanark;" Thomas P German, on THE
| Dominion's Original SIM James Realt,
| Jr., on THE Greatest Living Englishman;'
| Allen B. Lincoln, on High License and
High Taxes" Sylvester Baxter, ON "Legis-
lative Degeneracy in Massachusetts," J.
De Perry Davis, on Municipal Govern
ment."
| "Harper's Weekly for August Goth, be-
sides editorials on 1.-THE Election Bill in
the Senate Strikes and the Public, y
| Prohibition by Permission of Congress, y
Electrical Execution" etc. has "Argen-
tine Notes The City of La Plata;'' "On
Greenhow Hill," by Rudyard Kipling;
"The Encampment of the Grand Army OF
| the IlSDuUllC dl DOStUu, odcS-I lSlluS Oh
the Delaware" THE Pennsylvania Rail.
road Improvements" "a British Fleet in
Esquimalt Harbor;" John Boyle 0'Reilly,"
portrait and sketch; and a four page sup
plement on The Making of Big Guns"
| The number is nicely illustrated.
Us. Ogilvie, New York, has. issued a
paper-covered Composite Novel; entitled
His Fleeing Ideal" 1t is pretended
| that it is the joint production
| of P. T. Barnum. John L. Sullivan, Paul
| inc Hall, Miss Eastlake, Alan Dale, Ella
| Wheeler Wilcox, Bill Nye, and five other
| public people. 1t is the concentrated es-
sence of Stiffness. 1t is neither witty,
original, nor entertaining, nor well written.
| 1t is the yeriest fool piece of abortive hui
| NOR that has ever been brought to our no.
| tice 1t IS surprising that 0gilyie should
| have wasted money in issuing such 'rot."
The Popular Science Monthly for
September Cd. Appleton e. Co., New York;
is at hand. There are twelve leading
papers and four departments, all rich in
scientific news, debates and essays. Chief
| among the papers of the number are
Atkinson's final paper on the Tariff DIR.
Troressart's illustrated article on "Wild
Horses" Professor Huxley's paper on
THE Lights of the Church, and the Light
of Science" and Count Goblet d Alviellas
essay on the Migration of Symbols
OF the Good Company Series (Lee &
Shepard, BOSTON,, We have the August
number, a novel entitled The Blind Men
and the Devil" by Phineas. 1t is
an allegory-one of the most weird
fancies that the Imagination ever
conjured up. 1t relates to social and in
dustrial conditions, but the allegory is so
heavily masked that it is difficult to dis
cover the lesson sought to be impressed
upon the mind of the reader.
"Harper's Bazar'' for August ODD treats
of "An American Womans First Season in
London" by Elizabeth Bisland; What tc
Eat and How to Serve It," By Christine
Terhune Herrick, and fashions. 1t has
two serial stories. Isabella, in Measure
for Measure" double page illustration, and
a four-page illustrated supplement with
embroidery designs from the South Ken
sington Royal School of Art Needle Work
"Harpers Young People" for Angus
10Th has; "On the Border of the Sain
Martin Canal" Tommy Firms Saturday,
by James [. Ford; The Explosive Club
Mosses;" ''Invited to Go Yachting by W
J. Henderson; The Thunder of Waters,
by Kirk Munroe; "a Boys Town." by
William Dean Howells; "a Fish Tale,
music by ]. Remington Fairlamb; and
other charming articles.
| The Epoch" is publishing a series O.
interesting articles by well-known women
writers ON their favorite reading. Octave
Thanet's article is the first one. It appeared
in the Epoch" of August 18th. The
second one of the series, from the pen o.
Kate Epson Clark, will be found in the
Epoch" of August Odd.
Of the Riverside Paper Series (Hough
ton, Miffiin & Co., Boston and New York;,
we have the issue for August ID, sci Flu
redis,n by Maria s. Cummins. 1t is very
readable and entertaining novel.