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same time there are lines so crude and
| anateurlsh that we are astonished that
the same authorship should claim both.
| The Genesis of Nature, Considered in
| the Light of Mr.. Spencer'S Philosophy
as Based Upon the Persistence of En-
ergy," is the title of a compact octave
volume by Thomas II. Musick, from the
press OF John B. Alden, New York. Mr..
Muslck has been very happy in this
fresh adventure into the endless diver
sion OF book-making." His considera-
Ilon OF OF the discussion isyery perspicuous
:thu Dy no means tireSome, notwithstand-
ing the care he takes to be precise and the
repetition i'll which he INDUCES for en-
phasls. There is throughout the text a
loyalty 10 truth and a sincerity and
honesty OF purpose that commends the
admiration Of the reader. Weregret that
we cannot in any brief manner indicate
the line pursued, while extended COM
nent we cannot now indulge in. 4 full
reading completed may find us at liberty
TO review the work.
OF the Social Science Library. pub
Ished semi-monthly by the HUMBOLDT
I fuollshlng Company, New York. we
nave ilS, No. l. 1t is j. +. Thorold Rogers
six Centuries OF Work and Wages. a
History of English Labor, it is an
abridged edition with charts and ap-
pendlX by Rev. W. d. T. Bliss. and an
introduction by Richard T. EIy of the
1acuIty of the Johns Hopkins University.
Rogers was Professor of Political
ECONOMY in the University of Oxford.
ana none more deeply and calmly than
he studied the wages and labor question.
The result of his Investigations pursued
Tor twenty years has given to the world
priceless body Of exact information.
From NJ. l.. Hammers music store.
Sacramento, we have - y cath Autun1 n
Moonlight waltZes for the piano forte.
these four WaitZeS are in sheet music
form, nine pages, and are published bv
Ollver Ditson q Co., Boston. The author
IS Miss Hattie Harris, now Of Wilson,
n. e., but who is a native of Sacramento,
She is the daughter Of William Harris
who was formerly wholesale merchantin
SACRAMENTO. The musical composition
referred to does the author credit, The
waltzes are brilliant, original in stvle,
ana testify to ability to compose OF no
ordinary character.
Notes on American Schools and Train
ing Colleges by j. q. Filch, NJ. A.. LII.
! D., Is from the press OF Macmillan d Co.
! London and New York Professor Fitch
is one Of the official Chief INSPECTORS OF
Training Colleges of Great Britain. The
volume Is one OF notes made during an
| oitlclal holiday season the author enioyed
| IN the United States. They are very in
teresting as criticisms Of our schools from
| the standpoint of trained educator OF
| England.
y dramatic, sustained, vivid, tragic
story Is that Of Clinton Ross, entitled
! The Speculatorn 1t is from the press ot
q. 7. Putnam's Sons, New York, and is
a rivulet of text in a sea of margin. For
the graphic story-a tale of Wall street
IS short, but it makes a fair-siZed book
| by the method indicated. But then such
q style is very handsome and very rest
1ul TO the eye. For sale by the Bancroft
! Company, San Francisco, at 70 cents.
| The bound volume of the Century II
lustrated Magazine" November. 1890 to
| April, 1891, makes very handsome vol
ume, and is reflection OF the current
literary thought and comment for the
! period covered. The Century is among
| the foremost agencies of periodical liter
ature in refining the tastes of the general
reading public, and in augmenting the
thirst for wholesome reading and for the
acquisition of knowledge
Part one of Professor Sanderson,s
"Epltome OF the Worlds History we
/ have from the Boston School SuDply
| Company. 1t has been revised and con
| densed from the original, with emenda-
| tions and new matter by Professor John
! Hardiman. 1t is a work the character OF
which is sufficiently indicated by its title.
1t must be found an efficient aid by teach
ers. The volume covers the ancient and
medieval periods.
From John B. Alden, publisher. New
0Ik, we have volume - Of Aiden's
| Manifold Cyclopedia. II takes us from
/ Perseverance" to "Pluperfect" We
! have SO often spoken III terms of sincere
praise OF this admirable work that il is
! now not necessary to more than announce
the appearance OF the twenty ninth vol
ume.