The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1895-11-02
A visit TO our Cloak Depa

mate views of General Sheridans
widow and General Sam Houstons
daughter, their families and home-life
NeedlewOrkers will delight in Helen
Mar Adams Colonial Embroidery De-
signs" illustrated by the author. Also,
there is the conclusion Of Mrs. Bella
my's story, THE Luck of the Penden-
nings''; Mr.. Bangs final report of The
| Paradise Clubs" meetings; Mr. Bur-
dette's THE Relief of the Slamrack" !;
and delightful musical number, The
! Constellation March," by ThOs. Clark
| OF special timeliness are a chat on or
| ganizing and conducting a literary club
! by Louise Stockton; Ruth Ashmore's
Mistress of the Small House; Mrs
Lyman Abbott's Social Life of a
| Church.; Mrs Mallon's Questionable
Visiting Costumes" and Miss Hoopers
Accessories for Dainty Gowns"
| San Francisco, the largest seaport
| city of the far West, would be the most
| vital spot at which a foreign naval
power could strike, with the design OF
| cOnquering that part of our country.
Lieutenant Yates Stirling, approaching
| this, writes a most entertaining and in
| structiVe article. prOfuSely illustrated.
| in Harper's Round Table for October
29th on how this great city could be
| defended. describing various land bat
tories, submarine torpedoes and the
maneuvers of our warships and their
crews during an imaginary attack and
! defense of the Golden Gate In the same
number OF the Round Table SHARK
! Catching in MidOcean' is the title of an
| illustrated article by a. J. Kenealy:
How Girl Can Come to New York
and Find Employment by Elizabeth
| BiSland, treats of a subject that is sure
| to interest many people; English Liza"
is q Halloween story by Hezekiah But
| terworth "Oakleigh," a serial story by
! Ellen Douglas Deland, which ends with
| this issue, will be followed in the next
number by the first installment of For
King or Country" a story of the Amer
lean Revolution, by James Barnes
THE Overland Monthly" (San Fran
cisco for November is very freely illus
trated. It's features are: lei Captain
and Natural Tunnel also, frontis-
piece, "The Pass by Alfred L. Town
send, and portrait of senator William
! M. Stewart. These follow: LAS Talked
in the Sanctum," by the editor; Il he
| Greek Church on the Pacific" Arthur
Inkersley, illustrated; Afterwards"
| Frederick A Bisbee; Gold Not Neces-
sary for Foreign Trade" William NJ.
| Stewart; "Yat." Elwyn Irving Hoff-
man, illustrated: Speculation" Will
| lam H. Anderson; Among the Red
woods" Rounseville Wildman, with
pictures; Extracts From Mrs Lofty's
| Diary" V. Ethelberta. Batterman Lind
say, with picture; THE Quicksands Of
Pactolus. Horace AnnesIey Vachell,
with drawings; joaquin Murrieta, F"
with pictures; "By Kibesillah," Vic
tor Shanet, with sketches; Beauty
From Ugliness," Carrie Blake Morgan;
EARLY California Schools" S. S. Boyn-
ton, with pictures by Dixon; "Domi-
noes, the National Game of China, :"
| Stewart Culin; "a Breath" Clarence
| Hawkes.; "Mazatlan," David Starr Jor-
dan.
| Young people will find much to in
crest and please them in theNOvember
number of Frank Leslies Pleasant
| Hours for Boys and Girls" (New York;.
There is a capital short story by Oliver
| Optic; an article giving some excellent
| hints for boys on buying and using q
gun, by VIII F. Pond; an interesting
| description of an incident of the war
! by j. Frederick Thorne; valuable
paper on Children in Japan" by A
B de Guerville; an illustrated poem
about an arithmetical puzzle by Cliff
| ford Howard; a story for little folks;
| a description of q new and exciting
game for boys, several illustrated
! jingles, and number of puzzles while
| the two serial stories by Edward S.
! Ellis and Jeanette H. Waiworth con-
tinue with increasing interest. A
unique feature sarts in the November
number, the editors talks about the
new books for boys and girls. The
number is nicely Illustrated.
The Arena" Boston) Magazine has
closed its sixth year. 1t is a magazine
the views of which very often do not
accord with our own, but it is abso
lutely the boldest and most fearless Of