The morning call., 1893-05-28

the Goyernment controls its currency.
New York: Thomas and Y. Crowell &
Co. For sale at the bookstores.]
FIELD ENGINEERING. = William Fl.
Searles. C.E., and member of the American
Society of Civil Engineers, has published
Field Engineering" handbook of the
theory and practice of railway surveying.
location and construction, which ought TO
find valued place in the classroom of the
student, the office of the practical pre-
fessional and in the field of active construc-
tion. The subject-matter of the volume
cheering which will be met in
that department of railroad building.
Beginning with preliminary surveys the
work discusses maximum economy in
grades. curves, simple and compound,
tUrnOuts and levels. These are all carefully
illustrated. Under the head Of ''consirue-
ton" the author treats directly with the
practical side of railroad building. taking
up the different problems which meet the
engineer in the field. Elaborate examples
are worked out, and the cost of work,
methods of construction, and directions
for meeting difficulties and avoiding mis-
takes are infinitely gone over.
TangeDts. externals, chords, middle
ordinates, velocity, impact. traction.
cube roots and reciprocals, grades and
grade angles are cOmpactly treated in care
fully compiled tables, together with log
arithmlc sines and cosines. Altogether
it is a valuable pocket companion for the
engineer out on the grade as 1t Is for office
reference and schoolroom use. New
York: John Wiley 81 Sons. For sale by
Osborn & Alexander.
THE CENTURY MAGAZINE. = 1t would
be difficult to find within the same COM
pass such wealth of genuine literature
and artistic illustrations as are EN- braced
in the bound volume of the Century Mag
aZne containing the numbers from No.
veuIber, 1892, to April, 1893 1t is a veri-
Ia BILE treasure house of fact and fancy
Here may be fsnnd all the striking features
that have appeared IN this most popular of
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months, including the richly illustrated
articles on the Worlds Fair; the strong
review of the career of the Chicago an
archists by the Judge who presided at
their trial; The reply of the Russian Sec
rotary OF Legation to George Remnants
articles on Siberia, and many other serious
essays of more than passing value.
Biographical papers are numerous iand
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| fury holds a leading place. In this
volume there are more than score of
complete stories by Mark Twain, Thorn as
Bailey Aldrich, Brander Matthews. Ell
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other prominent writers.
There are poems by a number of the
| best-known authors, and. of course, the
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OVERLAND MONTHLY June Over
land is one of the most attractive issues of
the year. lis articles cover wide range
Of subjects and the Illustrations are excel
lent. Seldom has better pictorial Work
been done in California than the process
reproduction Of drawings by Grace Hud-
son, which accompany her husbands
article on the Pomo basket max
ers. Another well-illustrated article
is ''The Private Soldier" by Alvin H..
Sydenham. The most interesting article
In the number, however. appears under
the very prosaic title of Frauds on
Marine Underwriters" 1t is by Caspar
L. Hopkins. pioneer author who pos
spsses a rich fund of "reminiscences. He
relates in simple yet graphic style the de-
tails of several cases of barratry--a crime
of which little is now heard. but
which hourished on this coast in the
chaotic years following the discovery of
gold. There is material in these brief
annals of crime upon the high seas for