Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-06-28
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and Montegut. accompany the article
Among the other illustrated papers are
Howard Pyle's quaint account of "A Fa-
nous Chsp5ook Villain y Types and
Contrasts" by Lee C. Hardy; Social Life
in Oxford" bv Ethel NJ. Arnold: DR..
Henry Lansdell's narrative of a journey
through Baltic Russia; p Some Colonial
and Revolutionary Letters" by Frederick
Daniel; l.. E Chittenden continues his
"reminiscences in an article on Treasury
Notes and Notes on the Treasury Robert
s. Peabody, in Architecture and Democ-
raey, discusses the influence of demo-
cratic institutions upon architecture. In
the department of fiction there are several
short stories, also Two Letters, by Bran
der Matthews Gllustrated): Truth and
Untruth,' by Matt Grim and The Scare
crow" by S. P. Mclean Greene illus
tratedl. Besides Mr.. Aldrichs poem.
'Thadalia," which occupies the post of
honor in the Magazine" there are poems
by William Sharp, Matthew Richey Knight
and George Edgar Montgomery. George
/ William Curtis writes of the value of
criticism, of some aspects OF art, and of
the change which has taken place in the
observance OF our great national holiday.
The July Wide Awake" Cd. Lothrop
Il Co., Boston, is full of the fun and the
dependence celebrations and patriotic rem
iniscences abound. The frontispiece Illus
trates "Fhe Little Fifer." true story bv
Helen NJ. Winslow. Mrs. Clara Doty
Bates has true story of Grandfather
! Musket' What's in Name ?n chron-
icles the trials of little school girl whose
name was "Independepce Day. The
Freedmen's Fourth al the Capitol is bv
NJ s An Old Flag is the famous STARRY
flag of Paul Jones and his wer ship. the
Bon Homme Richard. Indian Baseball
Players is 6y one of the Indians gradu-
ating from Hampton. Craps" is a spir-
tied New Orleans story by James B. Gable.
| Two Wills, by Mrs. Jessie Benton FIRE.
! mont, commands attention. "The Quest
OF the Whipping Boy" by Georgiena
| Washington, continues to be amusing the
"Acadian FOLKLORE" SERIES by Miss Nc
Leod, is kept up. Mrs. Whites Business
! Openings for Young Women relates to a
comparatively new opening But per
haps nothing in the number will be read
with more interest than the July section of
Mr.. Wards serial, The New Senior at
Andover."
"Littell's Living Age" (Littell & Co..
BOSTON, Tor the weeks ending June 18th
and 2lst contain The Prussian Monarchy
and the Revolution of 1913, by Sir Row
!
zine; The ColonePs Boy Cornhill; The
Comte de Clermont," Nineteenth Century;
out of the Deeps," Temple Bar; "A Quiet
Corner OF Normandy Murray's Magazine
"A Girls Religion" Longman's Magazine;
Maurice de Sake Temple Bar: Noun
| tain Sheep Gentieman's Magazine; The
| Cry OF the Parents Macmillan; Insect
Communists, National Review; .'Rathil-
let, Blackwood; Robert Browning"
Quarterly; DIR. John Covel's Diary, Gen
tleman's Magazine; Poor Mrs. Caring
ton Temple Bar; Newfoundland and the
| French Fishery Question: National Re
view The Gold Fever in Madagascar. y
Standard; and poetry.
Company, lew York. has over thirty
papers. Chief among these, beside several
stories and poems and the reviews and edi-
tOrials, are: 'Mormonism in Idaho,n by
Captain John Goldman Some Notes on a
Neglected Book, by Joaquin Miller: "The
Gardeners of Kentucky" by Junius Henri
Browne; Stephen A Douglas by LYMAN
Prumbull; "a Dark Woman, = by Richard
Il. Stoddard 'Mozart's Idea OF Conform
ance," by Fred Lyster storms and
Earthquakes by Dr.. Felix L. Oswald
| Woman" by Clarence S. Darrow Sex
| agesimals, and the Origin of Hours and
L
Charust Movement in England By NJ. NJ.
| TrumbGll; Books Worthy of Note" by
| W. Hazeltine; English Literature in En-
| gllsh Politics" by Adam Badeau
| The opening and closing scenes of Mr..
| Besant's new novel, tArmorel of Lyonesse."
! are laid among the Sicily Islands. Tradi-
ton relates that these islands, now many
! miles from the mainland, were once
united to Cornwall by q region of extreme
| fertility. This was the ancient country of
! Lyonesse. 1t was inhabited by people
| remarkable for their industry aud piety.
No less than one hundred and forty
churches stood over that region which is
now waste of waters; and the rocks
| place OF large city. According TO an old
English chronicle, Lyonesse was over
whelmed by an inundation of the sea on
the 18th of November, 1899.
| 'St. Nicholas for July 1.-THE Century
| Company, New York; opens with charm
ing revolutionary story, freely illustrated
There follows an article On cycling by Eliz-
abeth K. PeDneli; several short stories: the
serial, Crowded Out O Crofeld," by W.
| o. Stoddard; an article on boat sailing: an
account of adventures in Africa, by Lieu
tenant Glave, one of Stanley's officers; a
paper on hawks and their uses; Walter
Caup's third paper on baseball playing, and
a paper on summer costumes. 1t is a
bright, crisp and altogether engaging num-
Der OF foremost magazine for young folks.
The Atlantic Monthly for July (Hough-
ton, Mifftin d Co presents very full and
remarkably strong list of papers. Chief
! among these are in a Volume of Sir
Thomas Browne, by James Russell Lowell;
Athletics IN American Colleges by Sarah
| Orne Jewett: DR.. Holmes chat "Over the
Teacups;" Fire Horses" by 81. c. Merwin;
The Language of Recent Norwegian
| Writer'S" by w. II. Carpenter; "a Vesu-
| Wan Episode" by w. Chauncey Langdon.
The editorial departments are full and up
to the high standard set by this old and
sterling monthly.
"How an Ocean Steamer is Managed" is
| the subject of an article by W ]. Hender-
son, which forms the illustrated supple
ment to "Harper,s Young People" for June
24th. To most persons contemplating an
ocean voyage, as well as to all young read
ers, this article will convey valuable infor-
nation upon subject not generally well
understood.
The Electrical World" for June 21st
| Times Building, New York is of especial
interest. We do not know of trade and
scientific journal combined more newsy or
better conducted than this weekly
quarto. It is certainly one of the most dill
igently and best edited journals of its class
yet produced-if not the superior of all
others.
| Among the noteworthy articles in "Har-
per's Bszsr" of June 9th is s. sketch by
| Mrs. Helen H. Backus President of the
| Vassar Alumnse, entitled "Vassar at TWEEN
! ty-five." Emma Moffett Tying contributes
to the series of papers on exercise for
women, an article On Walking"
An article on the Training Schools for
Recruits at Davids Island by Henry L.
Nelson, with numerous illustrations by L.
| W. Kemble, will be one of the leading
features in the forthcoming number of
"Harper's Weekly"