The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-30
new PUBLICATIONS.
Columbian Cyclopedia- Bicycles and
the Military.
The New Year OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES New
Candidates for FaVor-Good
Journals for Youths.

Volume NXVII. of the COLUMBIAN
CyclOpedia" has come to hand. Its gen.
eral characteristics are the same as those
of its predecessors, and we are pleased tC
note that the high standard which they
reached is fully maintained. II there is
any change in its quality the work grows
better. some idea of its fullness may bC
gained from the fact that this volume lo
some $50 pages covers only about half o.
the topics commencing with the letter
''S''-the first title being San Mateo; the
last, Sinclair. Within these limits will
be found a large number of subjects OF
great interest to people OF diverse occu-
pations and professions. The mechanic
will find articles Oh the saw, sewing ma
chine and screw propeller, while tho
farmer and livestock owner will natur-
ally turn to those on Scah, seed, sheep
Shepherds dog and strawberries. Among
the medical topics will be found scar
latina, Scrivener's palsy, scrotuLa, scurvy
and sea sickness, and so on through the
attractive volume. In the line of biogra-
ply this volume is remarkably full anC
interesting. There are also sketches OF q
great number of men and women who
have become famous in various lines
The volume contains great number OF
topics on wide range of subjects which
fall into the line OF general information
as savings banks, SaXons, scandinavian
mythology, science, scottish music
sculpture, Senate. Septembrists, sewer
age, Shay's Rebellion, shoes and shoe man
utacture, shorthand, silk and silver
There are many helpful illustrations, and
the work is a good prOnOuncing and de-
filming dictionary as well as cyclopedia
Garretson, Cox IL Co., Buffalo, N. Y, are
the publishers.
"Cycle-Infantry Drill Regulations, y is
a neat pocket volume prepared by Brig
adier-General Albert OrdWay and pub
lished by the Pope Manufacturing Com
pany, Boston. 1t opens with the full
speech of General Miles on good roads
and the bicycle as a military aid. Then
follow the drill regulations for a bicycle
company. General Ordway thinks, that
owing to bad roads it is not probable that
cycle infantry in organized bodies can be
used in field service in this country. But,
he adds, they would he valuable auXil-
larry forces to an army i'll the field for use
individually, or in small detachnents fol
courier and signal service. They would
be Of high value in defense of long lines
of Notifications and i'll cases of riots in
cities. The tactics laid down are easily
understood, and the movements are Illus
trated with Ineligible diagrams. We
should think that this little volume
would be of great value to cycle clubs.
We have published so much about the
good road agitation, and have presented
such a quantity of matter in that interest
and so commended Mr.. Pope for his I'M
firing labors in this agitation that it is
not necessary to refer to this volume
more fully further than to say that it is
closely related to the movement to better
road conditions in this country.
The social laws which govern girls al
the theater, opera and concert form the
third of Mrs. Burton HarrisOn's excel
lent papers on the "Well-Bred Girl in So
ciety," in the Ladies' Home Journal, -
and William Dean Howells supplements
it with his story of American girl-life
1.-The Coast of Bohemia" How Dumas
Wrote Camille is told by Dumas himseli
through Lucy II. Hooper. A companion
article is by Mamie Dickens, GLOW My
Father Wrote His Books" Two other
articles are Mrs. Admiral Dahlgren's de-
scription Of Social Life in Washington, -
and Mrs. Burton Kingsland's reasons for
the danger of a Social Career" The
first installment of "Mr. Beechers I'm
printed Words is given. Edward Box
writes on 1.-The Literary Chances in New
York" Ruth Ashmore writes of Girl
Life in New York City" A sketch and
portrait of the wife of H. Rider Haggard
is by Ada Chester Bond. Palmer Cox
has his famous Brownies on a raft An
illustrated poem by Flavel Scott Mines is
called 1.-The New Year Minuet." All
through the issue there is brightness 0!
entertainment and evidences of careful
editing. The Curtis Publishing Company
of Philadelphia.
In the January "Wide Awake" appears
Margaret Sidney's paper on Whittier
with the Children" The article is pro-
fusely illustrated. A leader is the inter
esting paper by Frederick A. Ober in his
series, entitled The Bridge that Spanned
the World" Kirk Monroe contributes a
pithy article About Bicvcles." The
stories are especially bright, and are
Annie Howells Frechette's BILL" Mary
Kyle Dallas 1.-The Little Turk" and
Mary P. w. Smiths Behind the Ward
robe" The serial stories are by William
o. Stoddard, Molly Elliot Seawell and
Theodore r. Jenness. Kate Putnam Os-
goods Ballad of the Bonny Page'' is
full of strength; Mary Mel. Watson's
lines to "a Heather Missionary" are
charming, and so are NJ. +. BIS dog
poem, "a Morning Calr'; Mrs. NJ. Il,
Butts $50 the Snow Comes Down." and
Richard Burton's Landlord and Ten
ant" The men and things department is
full of bright paragraphs. Meynelle's
frontispiece of Whittier with the children
has almost the softness and strength OF an
oil painting. d. Lothrop Company. pub
fishers, Boston.
The Forum" for January is an especi.
ally fine number, and gives promise o.
greater volume and usefulness for the
new year. The contents are: 1.-THE Crisis
in Silver" Henry Hucks Gibbs. ex-Goy-
ernor Bank of England; shall the State