LITERARY NOTICES by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 16, 1893

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 19, No. 49.

LITERARY NOTICES.

By Editor

BEFORE US lie three neatly printed and beautifully illustrated pamphlets. One is entitled "The Grand Cañon of the Colorado River," a description of one of the sublimest pictures which nature has to exhibit. There is but the one grand cañon in existence. This pamphlet tells the cost of a trip to the cañon, and how it may be reached from the nearest railway station, Flagstaff, on the Atlantic and Pacific, a branch of the through system of the well-known Santa Fe Railway.

Another is a fine souvenir of the World's Columbian Exposition, containing illustrations of various buildings, reproduced from water-color drawings. It also contains a map of the Santa Fe route.

The third booklet is a substantial volume of over 150 pages, entitled "To CALIFORNIA AND BACK." It is especially descriptive of New Mexico, Arizona, and Southern California—sections of country unknown to many in the East. Profusely illustrated by pen sketches of interesting objects to be seen along the route of the well-known and most accommodating railway route to the West, the Santa Fe. We have been east and west over various routes, and we do not know of any which presents any better accommodations than the Santa Fe. Ticket office 650 Market Street, San Francisco; corner 10th and Broadway, Oakland.

"THE TEACHERS' TOOL CHEST" is a little pamphlet of 40 pages, giving many good suggestions to the Sabbath school teacher. Illustrated; price, postpaid, 6 cents. Address Silas Farmer Co., 31 Monroe Avenue, corner Farmer Street, Detroit, Mich.

John B. Alden is now publishing "Alden's Cyclopedia of Natural History," profusely illustrated, in two volumes, of 1,000 pages each, nonpareil type. The price for the set is low, in cloth $1.50, in half morocco $2.00, postage 20 cents. Volume 1 is now ready. Catalogue of 128 pages sent for a 2-cent stamp. The Elzevir Company, 57 Rose Street, New York.

The October Californian is a fine number, rich in its illustrations and good in matter. Among the most interesting articles are "Around the Garden of the Gods," by J. J. Peatfield; "The Wild Woman of San Nicolas Island," by James M. Gibbons; "California as a Health Resort," by P. C. Remondino; "Fra Diavolo of El Dorado," a descriptive sketch of Joaquin Murietta, by Neith Boyce, and the "Currency Question," by E. R. Endus. For sale at all book stands. Price, 25 cents.

Thanks are due for the Abstract of the Fifty-first Annual Report of the Board of the Seventh-day Baptist Missionary Society.

"MINNESOTA," a Brief Sketch of Its History, Resources, and Advantages, is the title of a pamphlet issued by the Minnesota Board of World's Fair Managers. Well printed and nicely illustrated, and gives a large amount of information regarding this great and resourceful State. Copies can be had of George N. Lamphere, Moorehead, Minn.

The October number of the Cosmopolitan is an immense number, at a small price, 12½ cents. The September number reached a sale of 211,000 copies. "Some Rejected Princesses," "Private Schools for Boys," "The Papyrus Plant," "Notes on Ancient Rome," are a few of the many interesting articles.