Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-27

| vigor of Tolstei's style, nor his wonderful
| power of description, nor yet his capacity
| to analvze human motive. But she has
/ put forth book that does credit to ner
/ womanhood. and is reasonably true oil
| what might be supposed to be the effect
| upon jealous man of reading Tolstoi's
beastly book. ]. S. Ogilvie, New York, is
! the publisher.
| After the spirited ballad of Piping
JEAN" by Caroline d. Swan, which opens
the October Wide Awake" the reader
| comes upon q good football story OF
| Phillips Exeter Academy, by Mrs. Adeline
A. knight. The chapters of Mr.. Wards
serial. The New Senior at Andover, y
| chronicle baseball contest. Mrs. Harriet
Prescott Spofford is at her best in the war
| Camp" by Margaret Sidney, is a breezy
chronicle Jack and Esop's Jackdaw,
| by Amos r. Wells, is one of the brightest
of the school and playground series, while
The Scarlet Specter of Sandy Ridge" is
| perhaps the strongest of Miss McLeod's
| Acadian Old Folk Lore tales. "Brer Liz
ards Coats by Martha Young. is quaint
bit of story. Alexander Blacks Camera
Club" has seven fine photographs by anna
teurs. "a Quilt Expedition by Henry
Cleveland Wood, brings back to notice an
oid-time species of sewing work. "a Story
of 1872. Part L." By Olive Risley Seward,
is true story of Commodore Perry and an
ancestor of the author. Mrs. Clatiin's
"MargaTet-P Letters" Mr.. Bridgman's
Puk-Wudiie tale of Father Naples War
Paint" Miss Steinhauers sketch of Jack
Westherwax, Hero Mrs. Rayne's pets
Writing for Young Folks" and Mrs Sallie
Jov w hira's artiolo rrpnp stTpcuranoo opj
Advertising" agencies as business openings
for women, together with the Men and
Things" department, complete the prose of
the number. D. Lothrop Company, pub
fishers, Boston.
The conclusion of Mrs. Delands sid
ney' occupies the first place in the AT
lantic" for October, and the final chapters
have intensity of feeling. "Felica" comes
to a climax in the marriage of the heroine
with man, to whose occupation in life
both she and all her friends strenuouslv
object DR.. Holmes "Over The Teacups"
relates to marrying and giving in marriage
The first chapters of forthcoming serial
story by Frank Stockton are announced
The other striking papers are considera-
ton of Henrik Ibsens life abroad and his
later dramas, Mr.. Fishes Benedict Ar
nold's Treason" Mr.. J. K Paulding's "A
Wandering Scholar of the Sixteenth Gen.
tury"-Johannes Butzbach-Mr. McCrack-
ems account of Altdorf and the open air
legislative assemblies which take place
General Fremont. Miss Jewett's Maine
sketch, by the Morning Boat" and
poem by Miss Thomas on Sleep. The
usual Contributors Club, and several
critical articles complete the issue. Hough-
ton Miffiin 81 Co. Boston,
"The Wooing of Christabel" the serial
by E. Neal, now running in "Casselrs
Family Magazine" reaches an exciting
point in the October number. The Mill
tary School of Music, Kneller Hall, is an
illustrated paper. Some Facts About
Length of Life is of deep interest The
Wrong Berthe story in two chapters
will please the young women, while THE
Worries OF New Chum'" will prove
more attractive to the young men. The
Patent Protected Man" tells of all the
labor-saving devices connected with a
mans personal belongings. My Aunt's
House" is an amusing story. THE Ways
and Whims of Thomas, blue titmouse.
will interest those who enjoy stories of
clever birds. Patch Work: Past and
Present" is what its title indicates. The
fashion letters from Paris and London are
full and instructive, and so is the ample
"Gatherer" Cassell Publishing Company,
New York and London.
''Belford's Magazine" for October, besides
the editorials, poems, reviews and notes,
has these papers: President Lincoln's
Entry into Richmond" by Admiral Porter
U. S. N; "a Comedy of Errors" by Helen
w. Pierson THE New Political Science :"
by B. J. Sage; "Foreclosed," by LIE Roy
Armstrong; Matthew F. Maury," by a. j.
Little Irrigation and Legislation" by
Richard J. Hinton Early Discoveries of
America" by Captain W. H. Parker The
Quicksands of Toro," by Charles H. Shinn ;
Memoirs and Memories of John Charles
Fremont" by Don Piatt; "Esthetics and
Eating by Lalage D. Morgan; "a Scien-
ti6c Counterpart" story, by A. D. Red.
mond Estate Rights VS.. Capitalization,
by J. L. McWhorter; What is Justice to
the South" by r. c. Eldridge "a Ma
tional Revenue Congress, by j. F. Fergu'
Casseres; "Who Fought Our Civil War"
by A. B. Rohrbough.
"Harper's Monthly" for October is q very
interesting number. Among its contents
are: "Antoines Moose-yard." by Julian
Ralph Port Tarascop, the Last Advent
| pres of the Illustrious Tartarin," b. AL
phonse Daudet; NEW Moneys Of Lin
coins Administration, Their Origin Growth
and Value" by L. e. Chittenden; "a Flag
GIN" story by S. P. Mclean Greene /;
Industry" by Professor J. S. Newberry ;
Agricultural Chile" by Theodore Child /;
Nights at Newstead Abbey" by Joaquin
Miller. In the editorial departm ent George
William Curtis discourses upon the practi-
cal sense of Christendom virtually reject
ing the Christian ideals as impracticable.
William Dean Howells writes about the
faulty of certain modern novels, and re-
views several new books. Charles Dudley
Warner explains the meaning of the word
"locoed' The illustrations are profuse
and very fine.
Youth and Age" is the subject of the
frontispiece in The Culver" for October.
"Men Who Have Stuck to Their Posts is
the opening article. The Children's
Hymn is by ]. R. Eastwood. with the
Halt and the Manned is what its title
indicates. Luminous Bodies is the not
altogether descriptive title of a sermon
preached by the Rev. ]. R. Macduff.
Joyce Halliday's Mistake" is a story, and
Little Sallie Lunn" will interest children.
tributed by Professor Blake, Mrs. Au-
Meade's clever story, in the Second
Place" is continued. There are articles
designed especially for Sunday reading
and others in lighter vein, but there is
never anything in the pages of THE
Culver" that might not be read with per-
feet propriety on any day in the week.
(Cassell Publishing Company, New York. }
From Laird & Lee. Chicago, we have
their Worlds Ready Reckoner and Rapid
Calculator" 1t is designed for everyday
use by merchants, lumbermen, manutacl-
| urers, farmers mechanics and housekeep-
ers. The book consists of a number of
| tables, ingeniously arranged, by which the
| price of anything at any price may be cal
culated without mental work. An inter-
esting department of the book is the table
of money and currency of the world, in
which the values of foreign money is re.
duced to the equivalent value in United