Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-07-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

| NUMBER, on the irish land reform measure.
In the number, also, Mrs. Mona Card
brings to conclusion her philosophical and
| suggestive essay on THE Emancipation of
criticisms made on his work, Problems OF
Greater Britain Commodore Elbridge T.
Gerry has paper on THE Children Of the
| Stage" A valuable contribution is that OF
Hon. Chauncey NJ. Depew on Railway
Men in Politics." Speaker Reed writes on
| Contested Elections" The discussion as
to the relative merits of protection and free
trade which has been so fully and so ably
participated in by Messrs. Gladstone, Blaine,
Mills, Mckinley, Breckenridge and others
is summed up in an exhaustive paper by
Andrew Carnegie; the Prince of Wales, his
relations to English society and English
Government, his personality and his func-
tons are touched off in a paper by Justin
Mccarthy, NJ. P. There are the Notes
and Comments among which will be
found an article by Captain Parsell, who,
contrary to Captain Kennedy, thinks that
the steamship companies are not to blame
| for gambling on ocean steamers; an i'm
pressive statement as to the armament of
Europe by James NJ. Hubbard appears, and
a clever criticism of certain statesmen and
| politicians, to whom the Constitution is q
constitutional bugaboo, by Edward Stan
wood.
The Pacific National Guardsman" &C.
81. Leadbetter, Jr. & Co, Sacramento) for
June appeared at the close of that month.
The number is one throwing much more
care and thought in its preparation than
the initial number May. There is q
poem, THE Last Benedicdon," paper on
State Camp Grounds" by Major Cutler,
suggesting the need for regular camp for
| the use of the n. G.. G. History of Cali
fornia Volunteers During the Civil War
! is the first of q valuable and very interest
ing work by Acknowledgement R. B. orion.
How p Russian Officer Rode to the Ex-
position" is a capital romance. THE
Three Hundred is pathetic tale of the
late war, by W. G. Morrow. "a Close
Calf is military story By C. H Wille,ts,
| topics of interest to the National Guard
and is forcible, clear and to the point. A
song by J. n. E. Wilson, chapter of queries
and answers and a chapter of Guardsman
news notes close very attractive mum Der
As supplement the magazine presents a
complete roster of the officers of the Ma
tionai Guard of California, the first ever
published outside of official reports.
The Amateur Photographer Hand
! Book" Chicago. the John Wilkinson Co.;
San Francisco, Sam O. PARTRIDGE, is Ger.
| tainly complete work. Even those not
skilled in photography can understand how
clear and patient Arthur Hope is in his
text. The various processes are described
clearly and in detail, making it easy for
| anyone 10 produce fine work 1t contains
| the latest and best methods of developing
and printing. The chapters on blue prints
printing on plain paper and ornamental
photography, are notably of value. The
work is not the organ Of any manufacturer
or dealer, but is solely for the instruction
| and profit of those to whom it is addressed
1t is not padded with useless and WORKOUT
! stuH which no one cares TO read, but tells
exactly what all wish TO know, and tells ii
so all can understand. All this is clear to
US as we examine it. Few prints are more
beautiful than blue prints, yet they are not
extensively made because the process OF
preparing paper to give rich and brilliant
blue has never been correctly described
! Mr.. Hope here gives away the process. and
| this will alone secure for his book large
| sale.
THE Wind of Destiny is a charming
| novel by Arthur Sherburne Hardey. When
first published the New York Times de-
| clared that among the novels of the time,
The Wind of Destiny will achieve higher
eminence the more it is read and the more
| Its merits are weighed. If there be any
| that is ADLER, there surely is none that pen
etrates further into the mysteries of human
| lives and the secrets of human hearts, or
| that will more profoundly move human
hearts, 1t is issued by Honghton, Mifflin
Il Co., Boston and New York, as one OF the
| Riverside Paper Series. OF the same series
is "a Marsh Island" by Sarah Orne Jewett.
who is recognized as peculiarly the novelist
of New England life scenery and chsrac-
ter. She has positive genius for observing
and describing these and her humor and
| charming style give them a unique fascina-
ton. "a Marsh Island" is, perhaps, her
most famous novel. 1t abounds in those
felicitous descriptions of persons and scenes.
THE Great Conspiracy" is a pamphlet OF
300 pages, by Rev. DR.. Harcourt, of San
| Francisco, pointing out what is claimed TO
| be deep-lsid conspiracy by the Roman
Catholic Church against the American
public schools. Ii is introduced by paper
written by Bishop Fowler, and the Illus
trations are largely by Thomas Mast 1t is
one of the most direct, bold and vigorous
assaults upon the Roman Church yet made
1t charges deep. methodical conspiracy TO
overthrow free schools, usurp the functions
of the State and make the Catholic religion
dominant in political and governmental
fields. Its citations from Papal letters and
! bulls, extracts from addresses by Bishops
| of the Church, editorials of Catholic Jour
mails, and the resolutions of Catholic organ
izations are very full and numerous in
support of the charges made. California
News Company, San Francisco.
The numbers of THE Living Age" for
June 18th and July 9th contain Greater
Britain" Quarterly; The Great Equatorial
Forest of Africa" and "a Glance at Con-
temporary Greece" Fortnightly;; THE Law
in 1s47 and the Law in 1882 and Brought
Back from Elysium," Contemporary:
| Great and Big" National: Life in Damas-
! Gus" Cornhill; characteristics of Russian
Literature" and The Romance of His
tory" Temple Bar; Across the Cordillera
from Chile to Buenos Ayres," Gentleman S;
ION the Character of Nero" Macmillan;
"a Nordford Wedding" Leisure Hour;
''The Horses of the Pampas' and "Kaffir
| Humor," Time; Court Functions" Muir
rays; Notes of q Pilgrimage Spectator;
| with installments of Marcia" and with.
out Benefit of Clergy" and poetry. Littell
| & Co., Boston.
The appearance of the twelfth volume OF
the Alden Manifold Cyclopedia,D is OF
interest not only on account of the great
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marks the completion of the first half OF
this important work. These twenty vol
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ume is from Infant to Joppa. The ex-
tremely low price places within easy reach
of the reading public this Cyclopedia
which of all works of the kind is much
the best adapted to their needs. Alden,
New York. (Garretson, Cox & Co., New
York, Chicago and Atlanta.)
The Arena" for July has the full tex
of a modern play by Hamlin Garland, and
a portrait of Rabbi Solomon SCHNEIDER
Senator Hampton writes OF The Race
Problem" Rev. DR.. Martyr of Christi
anity VS.. Christianity Junius Henri
Browne of Physical and Moral Diseases, "
Z. S. Huntington of Thought as Force,
o. B. rockingham contributes a paper
entitled WHY Oppose Woman Suffraoe >