The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1891-01-26
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

INV 1OD1uOk1IIONo.
s'The Cosmopolitan Railway is the
title of work Qarge oetavo) from the pen
OF William Gilpin, late Governor of Colo
RADIO. 1t is from the press of The History
Company, San Francisco Cloth. 50 So
The scheme of the work is so broad, and
involves such varied and intricate cues
tons, that without closer study than we
are prepared to give it at this time,
we cannot pass judgment upon it. The
questions debated, propositions advanced,
political problems involved, govern
mental and International questions con-
sidered are many, largely new and all of
profound interest. Governor Gilpin' idea
is that there should be railway system
to traverse the continent and continue it's
course north and west across the Straits
of Behring and across Siberia to connec-
ton with the European systems of
railways. Such plan and such
practicable, and he believes that the
scheme will be consummated at no far dis
tant day. He points out that already this
continent is banded by many railway
lines from sea to sea; that an Asiatic rail-
way across Siberia is approaching ac-
tuality, while several systems in America
are drawing nearer and nearer towards
the narrow Strait that separates the oldest
from the newest continent known to
history. His purpose in the book be-
fore us is to throw light upon
an obscure region, and invest it with a
fresh interest, and to show how great
cosmopolitan chain of railways can be
made to nearly girdle the globe and con-
serve the best interests of the peoples.
The effect upon the nations of such q
work, its political aspects, its civilizing
influences, its emancipating power, its
relation to race problems, to the questions
of emigration, immigration, commerce
and tariffs, are subjects exhaustively dis
cussed. Several large maps accompany
the volume. There is in it y great deal of
interesting historic recital, reviews of
northern expeditions, statistics of Eng
Gsh, European and American railways,
extended accounts of Russian industries,
society, commerce and progress, and of
European, Indian and Asiatic systems of
transportation, and debate of the relation
of all these to the proposed cosmopolitan
railway. The work, wo think, Will at
tract q great deal of attention and excite
no little criticism among engineers and
railway men.
Music-loving girls, and those with vocal
aspirations, will find treat in the La
dies Home Journal for February, in
which Emma c. Thursby, Campanini,
Madame Albani, Clara Louise Kellogg,
crisp and practical articles on voice-train-
ing, piano-playing and music and vocalics
generally. There appears Sister Rose
Gertrude's first printed article on "My
Work Among the Lepers;' Edward Bell
amy follows his original nationalistic
ideas in an article on woman in the
Year 2O0O;p George w. Cable writes of
Whitney's new novel, "a Golden
Gossip Mrs. P. T. Barnum. with por-
trait, is sketched by skillful hand:
Josiah Aliens Wife" and Rose Terry
Cooke each has a story. DIR. Talmage is
especially good in his department., as are
also Mrs. Margaret Bottome in her
Kings Daughters and Mrs. Mallon in
her fashion pages. Nos. 433 and 435 Arch
street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The Atlantic Monthly for February
has these papers: 'Some Unpublished
Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb,''
William Carew Hazlitt. 1.-TWO Philoso-
pliers of the Paradoxical,' Shopenhauer,
Josiah Royce. 1.-The Ride to the Lady"
plored Corner of Japan" WIKI, PEREZ
ing House, Alice Morse Earle. 1.-THE
House of Martha" XVIII.-XXI., Frank
r. Stockton. 1.-The Next Stage in the
Development of Public Parks,' Alpheus
Hyatt. "Hesterna Rosa," Graham r.
lord Cook. Felicia" XIV, XIV, Fanny
N. D. Murfree. IAN Object Lesson in
Civil Service Reform" Theodore Roose-
welt. "a Long Unpaid Debt" William
Everett. Orchard Henry Dana" ''Sir
Walter Scott by his own Hand" Pub
lished by Houghton, Mifflin g. Co., Bos-
ton.
The "Forum" New York; for Febru-
airy contains these papers: "The Vanish
ing Surplus" Senator John G. Carlisle;
Formative Influences Professor B. l..
Gildersleeve, of the Johns Hopkins Uni
versity; an photographed essay giving
"reminiscences of old Southern life; "The
Next Step in Education President C.
K. Adams, of Cornell; WAS the Emin
1.-The Physical Basis of Mind" DIR.
Henry Maudsley; .Bowdlerized Biog-
raphy," Walter Levin; ''As the Chinese
See U.s. President w. A. p. Martin;
1.-THE Farmers Changed Condition."
Professor Rodney WEIGH, of Chicago;
the change from country gentleman to
a peasant; THE Government and the
our Indian policy; .'The Four Modes of
Life" Major J. w. Powell; political
PIogress in JAPAN" Rev. w. E. Grif1is.
"Harper's Young People" for January
20, 1891, contains the opening chapters of
a charming historical romance, entitled
Men of Iron," written and illustrated
by Howard Pyle. The story is full of
the manners and customs of the time
have been carefully studied, so that the
story and illustrations present as true
picture of that early period as modern re-
search can discover. The same number
of the Young People contains the con-
clusion of "Campmates," Kirk Munroe's
interesting an popular STORY of the
Palms," and the usual variety of short
stories, poems and sketches.
f'rhe StOry-Teller,, for January m
Lothrop & Co., BOSTON, contains COM
plete the novel for young readers, en-
titled 1.-THE Dogberry Bunch" 1t is
from the pen of Mary Hartwen
Catherwood and is freely illustrated. 1.-THE
'StoryTeller" is issued monthly, each
number containing complete tale by
writer's of prominence. The number for
December presented the story of 1.-TWO
Young Homesteaders," by Theodore r.
Jenness.
We have received the holiday issue of
''The Fairhaven Herald" Washington.
1t is a large quarto of twenty-four pages,
illustrating the town of Fairhaven, which,
though not yet two years old, has had
wonderful growth and boasts of great
number of large and handsome buildings.
The number of the Herald before us is of
high credit, and is indeed thing to win
the warm approval of every competent
judge of the typographical art.
n. W.fAyer 81 Son, newspaper adver-
Using agents, Philadelphia, have issued
very large and handsome twelve-sheet
wall calender for 1891, a copy of which
the RECoRD-UNIoN has received.
True Kindness.
To arm ourselves with a pleasant. cor
dial manner and deal it out in equal