The record-union., 1891-02-01
NEW PUBLICATIONS

Id. S. Croker d Co. of San Francisco
have sent from their press work of great
value to very large and important Cali
fornia industry. 1t is entitl ed '.The Raj
sin Industry; Practical Treatise on. the
Raisin Grapes, their History, Culture
and Curing; by Gustav Eisen.u The
work is placed for sale in Sacramento
With Ii. {. Megerle, Fourth street. be-
tween j and X. Mr.. Eisen is practical
falsln-grower and large shipper, and
has made the industry close study for
many years. By training, reading. expert
ence as grower and observation here and
abroad, Mr.. Eisen is especially qualified to
speak upon the subject treated in this
work. The book we recognize as
one OF high merit and great use
fulness. Professor Hilgard, of the
State University, says of it: sit is GER
tainly most timely work, and one that
the authors training and experience
nave fitted him peculiarly to undertake
congratulate him and the raisin indus
Try OF the State upon the forthcoming
work, IN which recognize from the out
set the Germanic thoroughness and a GER
tam adherence to facts that do not always
characterize such publications" Pro-
lessor Il. }. Wickson, also of the State
University, says: Il discern in the work
q breadth Conformation and a faithtulness
IN details of practice which will consti-
tute 1t the standard treatise on the raisin.
y congratulate the author sincerely upon
has most excellent work" Colonel For
syth, OF Fresno, the Worlds Fair Com
missioner, writes: sit is a concise his
tory of raisin grape growing, and is
tactical guide for raisin-growers, con-
tanning full and reliable information
about how to plant and grow the vines.
anG how to cure and pack the raisins.
With this book in hand the mex
perlenced farmer or clerk can safely
engage in raisin-growing with eS-
pfactauon OF success from the very start"
Outing" for February is thoroughly
representative number from first to last.
q sbert Howarth, who was sent by "Out-
ing to the Azores on q cycling tour with
ROD. gun and camera, gives his interest
Ing experiences. Rowing at Oxford in
Produces the undergraduates of America
TO their klnSmen across the water, and
furnishes, in profusely illustrated arti-
cie, complete and accurate picture of
college life in England. "Curling'' finds
arr enthusiastic chronicler in G.. e. Cor
don. Turkey Tracking in Canadian
Srtow Fields" is from the facile pen of Ed.
WI Sandys, and in fishing for the Silver
KING, Mortimer Murphy puts before his
re hders another of the popular sports of
Florida's delightful winter. From the
SUNNY shores of Charlotte Harbor to the
frozen deeps of the sea of Azoff is a trans
pc sition more entertaining to read than
to make, yet sea fishermen will be as in
tel'ested in the one as anglers with the
other; and C. A. p. Talbot, who con-
tn butes the AZof article, has had residen-
tia and official opportunities of which he
has availed himself Wolf hunting ON
the northern slopes of the Pyrenees takes
the reader back in imagination to the past
cei ,turies. John l.. Anderson shifts the
see ne to South China, and entertains his
rea ders with one of his most graphic
yarns. Walter Camp reviews the past
season of college football, and J. Parmly
Palret the honors won in the lawn tennis
fiel in 1890. The amateur photographer
has an article, this time on "Genre
PIC lures" by Clarence B. Moor and the
nat ional guardSman learns more of the
active militia of Canada.
The west Shore cortland, Or.). the
only genuine illustrated newspaper on
the coast, has invaded the field of Cali
fornla, and the last number at hand from
l.. Samuel, the manager, has double
page picture of Mount Shasta and ada
cent. section. 1t is beautiful piece of
work in tints, and admirable in per
spettive. The ''NVest Shore'' also con-
ta1nS illustrations in o-lithopraphy
of Washington and Oregon views, and is
filled in its text departments with matter
relative to the development and produce
ton of the Northwest. 1t is the intention
OF the publisher to soon illustrate Sacra-
menao and the valley, San Francisco and
the coast adjacent. This is done with
out charge for the pictures, the publish
ers relying wholly upon the substitution
Inst on the paper and its regular income