The Portland daily press., 1862-12-27
New Publications.


in England" was born on the path of Novem-
Der, 1922, at Lee, in Kent, and died at Damas-
Gus on the 31st of last May. His great work
remains fragment and indeed the design
was so vast as to preclude the possibility of its
completion, even had the fortyyears of his life
been increased to threescore and ten. The
first volume of that work was dedicated to his
mother, the second to her memory. Here we
have glimpse of the mans real character.
The son of London merchant removed from
school in his fourteenth year by his own re-
quest, and thenceforward solitary unremit-
ting student, with no encouragement save from
the home circle and no opportunity of meas
uring himself with rivals, he naturally, with
all his wealth of learning, command of lam
guage, and vigor of thinking, fell into those
pitfalls of rashness and inaccuracy which lie
in wait for the recluse. The two articles which
compose this volume discourse delivered at
the Royal Institution in March, 1858, unfold
ing ''the Influence of Woman on the Progress
of Knowledge and a review of John Stuart
Mills treatise son Liberty" published in 1859,
exhibit the merits and defects which belong to
the work by which his name is known, the
work to which more than twenty years were
consecrated. The Photographic portrait, ia
cling the title page, shows a thoroughly Eng
lish face, a high, bald forehead, massive, double
chin, clean shaven, with the inevitable whisk
ers, and look in the eye which is not eaxctly
Tennyson's "stony British stare" but is nev
ertheless perfectly selfpoised and resolute.
THE STORY oF>THE GUARD. A Chronicle of
the War. BY Jessie Benton Fremont. Bos-
ton: Tickuor & Fields. III no. PIP. 227. For
sale in this city by Hall l.. Davis, So Ex-
change street.
If for the price of this volume access were
offered to collection of the letters of Col.
Fremont and his aids, written in the field dur
ing their short campaign IN Missouri, and adj
dressed to Mrs. Fremont, the privilege would
be eagerly embraced. II, in addition to this
favor, it were permitted to hear Zagonyi him
self relate the history of the famous Body
Guard, which he commanded at Springfield,
the pleasure could hardly be overestmated.
''Zagonyi's English says one who has heard
him, sis like wood carving" Mrs. Fremont's
book is in great part made up of these letters
and of the very words of Zagonyi, rude, un-
grammatical, but forcible and picturesque,
scrupulously reported. There is no attempt
to construct a regular narrative; the story of
the Guard must still be drawn from Major
Dorsheimer's sketch of "Fremont's Hundred
Days in Missouri" published in the eighth vol
ume of the Atlantic Monthly. But instead of
story, we have here charming succession of
drawn with the careless grace of a woman's
hand. How exquisitely ndire is the footnote,
in which Mrs. Fremont tells of "Charley's"
determination, though only ten years old, to
accompany his father, and of his appearance
when the troops were reviewed at Syracuse
by the Secretary of War. All the mother
speaks in the triumphant words, at was no
small test to go successfully through real re-
view, as part of sereral thousand cdralry."
In short, this is a woman's book, from the
emblematic sword and wreath with psyche,
the soul, fluttering upward, and the legend,
Their good swords rust,
And their stecds dust,
But their souls are with the saints, trust"
on the title page, to the wild 'Song of the
Guard" which whimsically follows "rHE END"
words and music.
THE ARMY OF THE PoToMAc: its Organiza-
tion, its Commander, and its Campaign. By
the Prince de Joinville. Translated from
the French, with Notes, by VIM. III. Hurl-
bert. New York: Anson d. F. Randolph.
Svo. PIP. lis. For sale in this city by Bailey
q Noyes, SO & SO Exchange street.
This is an excellent translation of an article
which appeared last October in the Rerue dies
De,lr Mondes, under slightly different title,
andbearing the signature, "A Trognon, under
stood to be the nom de plume of the Prince de
Joinyille, who, accompanied his nephews,
the Comte de Paris and the Due de Chartres,
during the period of their service in the Army
of the Potomac. All parties alike, the friends
of Gen. Mcclellan and his enemies, if such ex-
ist, will desire to read this clear. able criticism
of the "Peninsular Campaign hitherto appar-
emily so inscrutable. The Prince de Joinyile
is a military man of high attachments and
much experience. He is not infallible, but his
opinions must be weighed before they are dis
carded. His narrative has all the symmetry
and grace, the transparent clearness and ease,
which SO eminently belongs to the French his
orical style.
By Nehemiah Adams, d. d
Boston: Ticknor d Fields. 16mo. PIP. 2l0
For sale in this city by ii. l.. Davis, 50 Ex-
change street.
This is probably the first time that sower
ever made bread of his seed corn before scat
tering it broadcast over the land. Dr. Adams
says in his preface, that he has useful habit
of putting down in brief such reflections as
may be turned 10 account in preaching; and
that these shaving answered this purpose" are
now selected and published. There is an oc-
casional sound kernel like this:
One OF the first things which a physician
says to his patient is, "let me see your tongue"
A spiritual adviser might often do the same.
But there is also weary lot of chaff cheap
pig corn, and musty at that. There is no
need to call one from the dead to bear witness
that man involved in quarrel had better
keep his temper. Yet this is one OF DIR. Ad-
ANS aphorisms:
Unless we have kind feelings toward those
whom we are obliged to oppose, our opposi-
tion will hurt ourselves, and perhaps more
than it hurts them.
This perhaps suggests another cautious,
conservative utterance, and with that we take
our leave of this elegantly printed, but rather
empty volume. DIR. Adams says:
No one, probably, was ever disappointed at
finding himself in heaven