The Portland daily press., 1863-07-29

NASErrE AND HER LOVERS. BY Gwynne. New
York; James s. Gregory. i2nc. Pr. $50. For sale
In this city by A. Robinson.
A lively French story OF The Revolution.
WEAK LuSss, AND How TO MAKE THEM STRONG; or
Diseases of the Chest, with their Home Treatment
by the Movement Cure. BY Dio Lewis NJ d
Boston: Ticknor Fields. l2mo. pp 800. For
sale in this city by Hail L. Davis.
DIR. Lewis discusses, in this volume, not only the
cure but the prevention OF consumption. That dis
eases of the lungs eau be cured he assumes in
controvertibly proved by thousands of post s5rfem
examinations, which have revealed the and
cavities left by healed abcesses Food, clothing,
exercise, and the best exercises, are handled with
theauthors usual freedom and enthusiasm. Hewll
test his theories this fallby opening in Boston hos
pital for the treatment of consumptive patients.
SUBSTANCE AND SHADOW: or Morality and Religion
in their Relation 10 Life. An Essay upon the Ply
sizes of Creation. By Henry James Boston.
Ticknor Fields. l6mo PIP. 500. For sale in
this city by III. l.. Davis
BY Substance and Shadow, Morality and Religion,
are here meant freewill and Conscience and their
consequents. The shadow cast by that Divine sub
stantal gin of human freedom, which renders men
in their own estimation morally responsible beings,
is the consciousness Of wrong doing which underlies
all religion The book aspires to present system
ofphilosophy wrought out Of what the author calls
WAR PIcruREs FROM THE Souri,: By D. Estvan,
Colonel Of Cavalry in the Confederate Army. New
York; ID. Appleton a Co. l5mo. PIP 352. For sale
In this city by ii. l.. Davis.
sketch Of the progress of the war from Sumter
to Malvern Hill, ostensibly by German officer who
has seen service in the Crimea and vibrated along
the Atlantic coast since 1861 from Pensacola to Bull
Run. W
CRITICAL History OF FREE THOUGHT in refer
ence TO the Christian Religion. BY Adam Storey
farrar, N; A. New York: d. Appleton & Co. II
mo. PIP. 4s7. For sale in this city by II. L. Davis
This history comprises the eight lectures deliv-
cred before the University of Oxford last year, on
the famous Hampton foundation-"to confirm and
Establish the Christian Faith, and to confute all
heretics and schismatcs,n in the words of the pi-
Gus Canons will The author aims to portray the
facts, the causes and the moral of keptcism and un-
belief respecting the Christian revelation.
WHAT TO EAT AND How TO Cook 1T. containing over
athousand receipts, systematically and practically
arranged TO enable the housekeeper TO prepare
the most difficult simpler dishes in the best man
ner- By Pierre Blot New York; ID. Appleton &
Co. i2mo. PIP. 259. For sale in this city by II. l..
Davis.
Mons Blot, late editor Of the Ainanack Gastrono-
miqae Of Paris, and of other astronomical works,
fayors the inhabitants of this Gland TERRIBLE separ-
ated from Paris by leagues Of salt water, with
manual da cuisine, impolitely called cook book.
lie is especially strong soups, and many Ameri-
tables would be the better furnished for his re-
ceipts in this department.
THE NATURAL LAWS OF HusBAxDRY By Justus
V Won tl.eeig, Edited By John Biyth ~ D New
YORK ~: Appleton Co l2mo. PIP. 3S7. For sale
in this city by H. l.. Davis.
Sixteen years have passed since the publication of
the sixth edition Of Professor Liebig's Chemistry
applied to Agriculture and Physiology" These
years of experiment and reflection have not shaken
the distinguished authors faith in the Mineral The.
ory- Some slight notifications are admitted to his
former views but he sill claims that every one of
the elements Of food must be present in the SOIL for
the proper growth Of plant. and regrets that he
has never yet met Fan agriculturist who kept ledg-
er in which the debtor and creditor account of ov-
ery acre Of land is entered" To the student Of ag-
rieutural chemistry IL IL needless to say that this
treatise is exceedingly interesting.
OUTDOOR PAPERS. BY Thomas Wentworth Iig-
gnson. BOSTON, Ticknor Fields. l6mo. DID,
$40. Por sale in this city by IL. L. Davis.
Readers of the Atlantic Monthly will reilcmher
the breezy freshness of these papers by the Colonel
of the list South Carolina, once the Rev. W. Higgn-
son, but always robust and hale in mind and body
and fully believing in both Not the least charm
of these essays Lies in the exquisite finish Of what is
called their style.
LIFE IN OPEN AIR AND OTHER PAPERS By
Theodore Winthrop. Boston. Ticknor 4 Fields
l6mo. PIP. 3i7. For sale in this city by H. L. Davis
The last of the half dozen volumes which too late
taught US Winthrops worth. A portrait accompa-
mics it, engraved from crayon Likeness drawl from
life few years since. Hail and farewell, dear mar
tyr to Liberty