The Portland daily press., 1863-04-30
New Publications.

New Publications.
The INVASION OF THE CRIMEA: Its Origin, and
an Account of its Progress down to the Death
of Lord Raglan. BY Alexander William King
lake Vol l. New York Harper & Brothers.
~ mo. pp. $50. For sale in this city by II. l..
Davis.
Since 1856 the mass of papers addressed to the
English headquarters during Lord Raglaa's
command in the Crimea has been in Mr.. King
lakes hands, The collection is singularly per-
feet and methodically arranged. Mr.. Kinglake
was himself an eyewitness of many of the actions
which he describes He has furthermore receiv-
ed abundant and willing information from
French and Russian officers who served in the
Crimea. and from other sources. His preface is
dated on the first day of the present year. So
patient has been his labor upon these rich mate
rails His first volume traces the origin of the
war which first broke a European peace of near
ly forty years, beginning at the middle of the
century, reciting the events which marked the
founding of the present French Empire and laid
upon it the necessity of foreign warfare for the
sake of internal tranquility and ending with the
first great shock of arms, the Battle of the
Alma.
The execution of the work is worthy of its OPP
portunites. OF the vigor of its style we need
say nothing. The eloquent passage reprinted on
our first page this morning is selected almost at
random and needs no commentator. The mar
rative is such as might be expected from clear
and powerful intellect dealing with abundant
materials. 1t is sharp, distinct, forcible, and
the plans and illustrations, drawn in many cases
from official sources, leave nothing to be desired.
Mr.. Kinglake is now sixty-one years of age, a
barrister by profession and student of politics
by choice and natural bent. He was elected to
Parliament in 1857. Thus conversant with men
and affairs, he bears no resemblance to themere
ly literary, closest writers of history. As au-
thor, his reputation hitherto has rested selely
upon the brilliant record of eastern travel call
ed "Eothen,'' which created a marked sensa-
ton some twenty years ago, and which, it is
said, was brought out by the author himself af-
ter vain endeavors to md publisher This
circumstance, if correctly reported, must rank
among the curiosities of literature.
THE GOLDEN TREASURY of the best Songs and
Lyrical Poems in the English Language, Sc
lected and arranged with notes by Francis
Turner Palgrave, Fellow of Exeter College,
Oxford. Cambridge: Sever & Francis. 16mo
PIP. 405 For sale in this city by Bailey
& Noyes.
The four Books of Mr.. palgrave's anthology
contain the choice lyrical pieces Of the best Eng
fish poets during three centuries, arranged in
the most natural order-that of time. The
names which may best serve to mark these four
periods are as the Editor in his preface,
Shakespeare, Milton, Gray, Wordsworth-and
perhaps Pope's name for Gray's would better
serve to mark the character of the third, the
eighteenth century. The exquisite typography
of the Cambridge University press, the tinted
paper and handsome green and gold binding
combine with the merits of the books contents
to form a list of rare attractions for the lovers
of good poetry, for philosophical students of
English literature in its gradual development,
and for mere bibliomaniacs.
Boys By John G.. Edgar. New York:
Harper Brothers. 16mo PIP. AL. For sale
in this city by Hall L. Davis
genuine old-fashioned boys book-coarse
type, coarse woodcuts, and coarse sketches of
tWenty-ohe seaIarlhg Nortnmen ana English-
men, from the mythical Rollo and Hasting to
Nelson and Collingwood.
MANS Cry AND Cons GRACIOUS ANSWER.
Contribution toward the Defence of the Faith.
By the Rev. b. Franklin. New York: ID. Ap-
pleton l. Co.-lhme nm o. r@--s-'- = -
These ninety-four pages give the grounds Of
the authors faith in Personal God, in Mi
raculous Revelation, and in the Christian doc
trines of Sin, Redemption and Salvation.