The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1892-12-19
new PUBLICATIONS.

Rev. II. e. Jewett, now of Vacaville. a
son-in-law of the late Rev. l. +. Owl
neil, ID. d., has issued a handsomely
printed memoir Of that distinguished
clergyman, who was for so many years
pastor Of a church in this city. The book
is an octave, sells at 81 60 net or with
postage paid 81 70, and is printed in Oak
land, the residence OF Dr. Dwinell' $
widow, from whom the copy we have was
received. Mr.. Jewetts work has been a
labor oflove, but we do not discover that
his profound respect and deep affection
for the man has warped his judgment as
an author. The memoir is fitting trib-
ute to the memory Of one OF the best and
pureSt of men, a divine whose whole
life was a shining example of
the refining and purifying intlu-
ence Of the Christian religion. The
memoir is a faithful account OF the active,
land and i'll California; OF his service in
high positions Of national character for
his church; of his travels III the Old
w GRID and his later activities in educa-
uOnal and Christian work after mis- retir
acy from his tWenty-years' passionate i'll
this city. Not the least interesting chap
ter in this volume Of over 800 pages is
that outlining his work as an institution
builder. The passages rejecting DR..
DwinelPs beneficent activity and public
spirit in all State and municipal matters
OF moment are to our knowledge
true and accurate. Mr.. Jewett might
well have expanded them and have added
to them. In large sense DIR. DWinell
was puDlicist. While gentle, patient,
untiring pastor; while q studious, fin
ished and deep-thinking scholar, he
found time to keep abreast with public
thought on other lines, to work in Amer
lean harness, to give of his precious mo-
ments to literary, scientific, charitable
and social improvement and educational
movements in Sacramento and in the
State-in short, he was here not only the
ideal pastor, the cultivated student whose
high range of thought caused him to be
looked up to by ALL but he was the ideal
citizen, the courageous, progressive,
broad-minded, liberal in all things, Just
Sacramento ought to testify to the loving
regard in which its people hold the mem
DRY of this good and pure man by buying
many volumes Of the memoir, which is
rendered especially valuable by its pre-
Servation in an appendix of some Of the
richest fruits of the fine mind and genius
of DR.. Dwinell, in the form of several of
his sermons. An excellent portrait of DR..
Dwinell graces the volume, and also sew
eral pictures of churches and buildings
related to the story of his life and works
The "Arena" for December (B. o.
Flower, editor, Boston, opened the sew
enth volume. The Arena" is the freest
of free lances; we know of none that is
so absolutely independent. While its
editor is perhaps radical in some direc-
tons of reform, his journal is a common
field for honest debate and free expression,
The Arena" is certainly potential
literary agency in progress, since it is so
completely an incorruptible forum. The
December Arena" is notable for the
timeliness of topics discussed by repre-
sentative thinkers. Compulsory Edu-
cation" Government Ownership of
Railways" The Opening Of the Worlds
Fair on Sunday" The Rapid Spread of
Occultism in Paris" "Evictions in New
York, !" Are We Socialists, . "Religious
Persecution in Tennessee; these are all
live topics, with which even the busiest
of thoughtful persons are more or less in
terested; while among subjects more
strictly literary IN character will be
found: "a Chinese Mystic" "W hitter
and Tennyson," "Religious Thought of
Colonial Days." 1.-The Defense of Shake
speare," by the eminent Shakespearean
scholar, DIR. A. Nicholson, and Miss
Dromgoole's charming Christmas story.
The breadth of thought and the conspicu-
Gus fitness OF the authors represented to
discuss the subjects in hand are worthy
OF note. as for instance: Bishop j. l..
Spalding on the ''WorId's FAIR; Rev.
Lyman Abbott, so strong an advocate of
universal justice, on Compulsory Arbi-
tration"; Napoleon Ney, distinguished
among thoughtful Frenchmen, and a
grandson of the French Marshal, on the
Occult in Paris" SO important a work
as the story of a woman adventurer, I'M
attended by any white person, penetrat-
ing the wilds of Africa, is criticised by
such as Sir Edwin Arnold, Professor
Swing, Colonel Knox, Colonel Nc
Michael. Mr.. McLoughlin's startling
paper on "Evictions in New York" is the
first of series Of discussions on Social
Conditions of To-day" that will attract
wide attention.
The "Christmas Wasp" (San Francisco
is fine thirty-six page paper, profusely
illustrated with colOred cartoons and line
engraVings by leading artists in Cali
fornia. The Devils Christmas Card"
the Ideal and Real Society Reporter"
"A Drama Without Words" and tile
"Chivalry and Shovelry' are all spirited
illustrations i'll colors. The literary con-
tributions include a number ofIllustrated
short stories, among the most amusing
being Theodore Bonnet's tale, How [
Engaged With the Frisco Nine" and w.
w. Naughton's description Of Peter Jack
sons Christmas dinner. when thieving
Celestial supplied the festive fowl for the
occasion. But having thus much noted
the attractions the Wasp" claims, let
us ask the promoters if they really think
they are witty or wise in catering, as
they have done for some months, to the
vicious taste for the leg show?'' Is it
the part of a witty cartoon critic to make
its pages resemble the police Gazettes'
and flash journals by such liberal display
and eXaggeration OF female charms?