Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

wide Awake" for january opens with
a besutitul poem by Mrs. Cavazza. Mrs
Kate Epson Clark follows with the true
revolutionary war tale of "Peggy's Bullet"
Mrs. General Fremont tells capital story
too, in THE Deck-Handp a fanciful
story by Della Lyman, "Polly's Visit to
the Book Kitchen" has fantastic pictures
by Bridgman. Grace Dean Mcleod gives
a romantic historical story of early Canada.
The second chapter of Alexander Blacks
Confessions of an Amateur Photographer
is enjoyable reading. Mrs. Clara Doty
Bates follows with some amusing verse,
''Photographing the Baby In "Sampo
Lappelil'' readers have a most beautiful
story by Zacharias Topelius. The serial
stories show a satisfactory diversity of
kind and are bv W. o. Stoddard, Boyesen
and Grant Allen. Lieutenant Hamilton
tells the boys how to fight a snow battle
Mrs. Whites Business Openings for
Girls" is worth special attention. D..
Lothrop Company, Boston, publishers.
The scholars of public schools will be in.
terested in an offer made by the Youths
Companion, . in its issue of January 9th.
Iis purpose is to stimulate them in COM
mendable competition and at the same
time increase their love for their country.
The publishers offer to present a fine large
bunting flag, 8 by 10 feet, with fortytwo
stars, to that public school in each one of
the forty-two States and Territories, which
shall send to them the best essay, not ex
ceeding 600 words, on THE Patriotic, Inhu-
ence of the American Flag When Raised
Over Our Public Schools These essays
will be received until April 1, 1890. The
award of the flag will be made as near June
LIST as possible in order that the successful
school may feat the STARS and Stripes
over its building upon the Fourth of July
next. wThe essays must be submitted to the
teacher of the school, who is to forT-ard
only the best.
Every Other Week" is new quarto
| journal of sixteen pages, published by the
Waverly Publishing Company, New York,
| Chicago and st. Louis. 1t is finely Illus
trated and geographically is model. It
| is filed with literary matter of clean and
suong character Its selections cover
news and original criticism, fiction, written
for the paper, poetry, music and dramatic
| notes, etc. We are favorably impressed
with the paper, which is certainly hand
| some one. The executive and business
offices of the new fortnightly are located at
| ST. Louis.
! The Pacific Educational Journal for
| j
has this table of contents: "Dicta from the
| Work of Comenius,n Attitude of the
Teacher to His Profession" Scientific
Temperance Instructions" 'School-room
! Beautiful Memory Training "Whai
| Teachers Should Read, DIR. a. E. Win
ship" THE Boston Horse and the Electric
| Car" THE Better Way Educational
| Circular" In addition are the Institute
and the State official departments.
A timely article on the new plants intro
| duced into cultivation during the year just
past appears in Garden and, Forest fol
| January Sth, and in the same number
George Nicholson continues his pleasant
description of the gardens of the Riviera
One phase of the national forest problem
is discussed editorially, and novel theory
of the function of the so.called knees" o
the Bald Cypress is forcibly set forth in {
communication from DR.. Robert Il. Lam
born.
The Sanitary Era" for January wv.
Conant, New York; treats Of protective
hygiene, bacteriology, mortality reports
tabulated, medico-phy sioloey, pathology
and other topics considered from sanitary
point Of view; even mental physiology i:
made department of much interest. Tht
Era is bold newsy and valuable jour
nal.
From Frank Leslie's illustrated News
paper we have received large sheet which
is colored photographic copy of Millet''
"Angelus." We have no means of know
! ing how good copy it is, but on the faes
of the picture it deserves commentator
since it is very handsome plate of the or
der of colored photographic work.
The philadelphia Musical Journal fol
January Gould & Woolley. Philadelphia
is the first number of the fifth volume. 1
has many pages of new music, fine por
raft of Master Shauck, the pianist, ant
news notes, criticisms and selections il
variety.
1.-THE Coast Review" for January q. G
Edwards, San Francisco) is filed will
matter of especial value and interest t.
business men and insurance agents ant
underwriters.
The "Song Friend" IS. W. straub & Co.
Chicago for January has seven editoria
articles, ten selections, brief but to tn,
point, and three new pieces of music.