Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1891-01-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


| from Talleyrand's long. pected Memoirs
| is the most striking feature of the January
Century" A sketch of Tallevrand by
| Minister Whitelaw Reid prefaces this in
stallment. Before plunging into the gold
| discovery the California series pauses at
| the Pioneer Spanish Families in Califor.
MA" of which Mr.. Charles H. Shinn writes
| with special reference to The Valleios, a
supplementary paper, by Mr.. John T.
Doyle, giving an account of the contem-
porary life in the Spanish Missions of
Alta California" Both articles are illus
| trated from authentic sources, Mr.. Fem
having made a special trip to California to
make his sparkling drawings of the Mis-
sions, which refute the charge that Amer
lea has no ruins" Further glimpses of the
simple and courteous pastoral life before
the gold discovery are afforded by series
of short articles in the department of Cali
fornia," on "a Californian Lion and Pr
rate, y "a Carnival Ball at Monterey" "a
Journey from Monterey to Los Angeles"
and domestic Life in 1927" and there is
a characteristic letter from Suffer to Alva-
RADIO. Under the title, "a Romance of
Mo5gan's Rough Riders" contribution is
made to the group of articles on the expe-
riences of prisoners of war In the FIRST of
three chapters, General Basil w. Duke,
who was Morgan's right-band Brigsdier,
describes General John H. Morgan's FAM
Gus raid into Indiana and Ohio; General o.
b. Wilcox contributes chapter on the
| capture of large part of The command.
and Captain Thomas H. Hines relates how
Morgan and few of his officers tunneled
out OF the Ohio State Penitentiary. The
| frontispiece of the Century" is a portrait
OF the sculptor Augustus Saint. Gaudens.
The opening article of the number is c.
| w. Coleman's description of the fine old
mansions along the lower James, with
| number OF picturesque illustrations by
| Harry Fem. Octave Thanet tells a true.
| timely, and thrilling story of IAN Irish
Gentlewoman in the Famine Time of
| lsi7-S. Mr.. Rockhill, the Tibetan traveller.
describes the Mongols of the Azure Lake.
Mr.. krehbiel, the musical critic of the New
York Tribune, has an article with music)
on Chinese Music. Colonel Carter of
Gainesville" by Hopkinsou Smith, and
James Lane Aliens Sister Dolorosa" are
continued. The complete stories are I'm
Maiden Meditation" by George A. Hib-
bard; "Nannie's Career" by Viola Rose
boro'; and 'At the Town Farm" bv Miss
Carpenter. In the Topics of the Time"
and open Letters" the following subjects
are discussed: How to Develop American
Sentiment Among Immigrants" ballot
Reform as an Educator" The Decline of
Superannuation," The Library of Ameri-
can Literature, New York as Historic
Town, Protection for the Red Cross, "a
| World Literature" and "Who Was the
First Woman Graduate p Among the
lpoets of the number are James Wbiicomb
| Riley, Virginia Frazer Boyle, Mr.. Kenyon
and Mr.. Luders.
| Outing for January is a superb holt
| day number, seasonable in matter and ele-
CANT in illustration. The Mystery of a
Christmas Hunt is a Christmas story
| Lost in the Rockies" is midwinter ad-
venture. The Last Paper Chase by
| VIM. Earle Baldwin. enriches the incidents
of the field. Nothing in Outing" will
awaken greater interest among college bows
than The Old Boy and the New" a no.
nance OF the football field, told by ]. Sey-
| mour Wood. An admirable paper on Flash
Photography" by ". |. Lincoln Adams
teaches OF the cameras possibiIiti AR
tifcial Skating Ponds" BY c. Bowen Vaux,
and How to Sail on Skates" by f. ID.
Rogers, are full of practical lessons for our
boys and girls. An interesting paper for
| Fair Women on Modern Wheels bv
| Charles Clay, tells of opportunities of the
cycle. How We Shot the Rapids at
! Chambley" wildly sketches the exciting
incidents which befell a hardy canoeist
| Fish Spearing on the 0tonabee,n q very
pleasing paper, weird experien re among
the blackened stumps and twisted roots of
the drowned lands, is wildly told by T.
Arnold Hamilton. Among the Egyptian
Quail is a very pleasing paper. Editor
Shinn of the Overland Monthly" contin-
ues his charming descriptions of pleasant
wanderings with rod and gun in the region
of Shasta of Siskiyou," while in Jupiter
Inlet" st. George Ra.hbone, abounds in
sailing, fishing and hunting records made
amid the tropical luXuriance of q delight.
full Floridian winter.
Among the greetings for the New Year
some of the heartiest come from the Janu-
airy number of The Ladies' Home Jour.
nal" Oliver Wendell Holmes, George
| William Curtis, James Whitcomb Riley.
George w. Childs and Will Carleton ioin
with Henry ". Stanley. John Wanamaker
Rutherford B. Hayes, Joseph Jefferson,
Lawrence Barrett, DR.. Talmage, Bishop
Newman and other well-known men to
weave for the women of America garland
of good wishes for 1891. Besides the open-
| ing chapter of Mrs. a. ID. T. Whitnev's
new serial, "a Golden Gossip" there is the
second part of Sarah Orne Jawetts Christ
mas story and the conclusion of Anne
Sheldon Combs "Pasquale." Nine. AL.
bani-Gye affords US charming glimpse OF
Queen Victoria as guest and friend in her
! eydCCh dt Lea
Julian Hawthorne contributes clever de-
scription of our sea coast in winter. II.
Steinway tells how to care for piano. A
clever series of portraits and articles-"Un-
known Wives of Well-known MEMS
! begun. General Lew Wallace, Hezekiah
| Butterworth and Robert J. Burdette make
the boys page very attractive. Kate Tan
matt Woods, Junius Henri Browne, Eliza
beth R. Scovil and Lucy C. Lille are
among others whose good things appear.
Curtis Publishing Company, Philadelphia.
The January Forum" opens with re.
view of the colonization and division of
Africa down to date. Thomas G. Shear
man writes on "The Coming Billionaire."
President J. c. Price, of Livingston College,
| North Carolina, himself q colored man,
discusses the question whether the negroes
seek social equality with the whites. The
biographical essay is by President Dwight,
of Yale, who points out the relative ad-
vantages from his point of view of the COM
mercial life and of the life of teacher.
Eliza Lynn Linton argues the necessity
of maintaining marriage as it is for the
preservation of society. The Rev. Charles
Dana Boardman writes of Conservative
Progress in church, in politics and in So
ciety; w s. Lilly discusses the nature of
real liberty; Edmund Gosse writes of the
VI POCbti ObSAiAA SAiiAth oilOWo hOW
the construction and service of railways
might be improved, and John d. Chsmplin,
Jr writes about the increasing American
habit Of manufacturing ancestors.
The North American Review" for jan
uary has these papers: The Future of
the Indian Question: by General Nelson
A. Miles, U. S. A.; Ireland in the Light
of History by W. e. II. Lecky; THE Re-
striction of Immigration" by Henry Cabot
Lodge; The Dow,ies OF Women in
France" by Madame Adam; "a Witness
for William Shakespeare" by DR.. w. ].
Rolfe; How Shall We Man Our Ships?"
by Admiral Luce, U. s. n; Vital Statis-
ties of the Jews" by DR.. John S. Billings;
"Reminiscences of American Hotels" by
Max O'Rell; "Can We Coerce Canada?p by
Erastus Wiman; 1.-THE Late Financial
Crisis, by Henry Clews; "A Toothless and
Hairless Race" by Edward P. Jackson;
"Ap Opportunity for the American Negro"
by James NJ. Hubbard; "The Uselessness
of Flying Machines" by Arthur NJ. Cum
mings; blow to Teach Citizenship" by
Samuel W. Mendum; 1.-THE Brutal Sex"
by Oscar Fay Adams; IN Favor OF the
jew" by NJ. Bourchier Sanford.
''Macmillans Magazine" for December,
1890, has these papers: He Fell Among
Thieves" by D. Christie Murray and
Henry Herm an. ssThe Universities and the