The Portland daily press., 1864-01-18
New Publications.

FRANK WILDMAN's ADVENTURES on LAND
AND WATER. By Frederick Gerstaecker
Translated and revised by Lascelles Max
all. Boston: Crosby and Nichols 1Gmo.
PIP. 3l2. For sale in this city by II. Pack
ard.
WILD SPORTS IN THE FAR WEST. By Fred
erick Gerstaecker. Translated from the
German. Boston: Crosby & Nichols. 10
mo. PIP. 800. For sale in this city by II.
Packard.
The title of these works fully indicate their charac-
ter. Those who are fond of reading works of the
most thrilling and exciting character in which hair.
breadth escapes. tragic and Of boldness
and daring are wildly narrated, will seek these
works and peruse them with the deepest interest
THE SISTERS ABRoAD,oR ANIrAIIAN JotJR-
NEY. Barbara III. Claiming. Boston:
Crosby d Nichols. l6mo. DID. 26l For
sale in this city by o. l.. Sanborn.
This is series of letters written by Hattie Who &C.
companied her uncle Allen tour to Italy Helen,
her sister, was TO make the tour for her health and
Hattie was TO accompany her Alfred had promise
from Hattie before she embarked that she would
write them good letters about they saw Of
interest, which promise she sacredy kept The first
letter dated at sea, and directed to her mother
Others directed 10 Carrie Lizzie and little Bob
and all of them well written and interesting letters
LIFE AND LETTERS OF JOHN WINTHROP
Governor of the Massachusetts-bay Compa-
ny at the time Of their emigration to New
England, in 1880. BY Robert c. Winthrop.
Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Smo. PIP. 452.
For sale in this city by Hall l.. Davis.
Thisis the history of man who was identified
with the early history of this continent II com.
1tttl. RE-. txys..s
was spent in England, and gives an account of his
labors as Governor of the Massachusetts, Bay compa-
ny. 1t is written in beautiful and easy style, that
always charaeterizes the productions of Hon. Robert
c. winthrop The writer, being descendant of the
subject ofihe narrative seems especially inspired in
pr, sentng the Life and Letters of his bonored
ancestor. This work should find place among the
standard contributions TO American biographical
literature. The general appearance Of the work is
such might be expected from its tasteful publish.
QUEEN NAB. By Julia Kayanagh. Three
volumes in one. New York: ID. Appleton
x Co. 12-mo, PIP. 4I6. For sale in this city
by Hall j.. Davis.
This is very wen written, easy soft of a book,
with nothing very startling thrilling in its compo-
siton. Those who have been accustomed to reading
the more exciting class of novels would fail to find
in this work the excitement that novel readers gen.
orally are In love with There runs through this
novel vein of good sense which entities il to fay.
orable consideration.
DREAM CHILDREN.-By the author OF "Sey-
en- little people and their friends Cam
bridge; Sever and Francis, rs mo pp, 14I.
For sale in this city by Bailey aud Noyes
This work is series of Imaginative stories of
the most amusing and interesting character; each
complete in itself 1t will be found excellent keep
sakeo the yong IL very neatly printed elegantly
bound and beautifully embclished with fhli-page
illustrations.
TIE Book OF PRAIsE.-From the best Eng
fish Hymn writers, selected and arranged
by Rounded, Palmer, Cambridge; Sever and
Francis. 10 mo PIP, $50. For sale in this city
by Bailey and Noyes.
This works. an attempt so select from the multi.
tudc of Hymn books u collection ofsueh examples
ola copous and interesting branch of popular Ultra
ture Ms have seemed to the Editor most worthy of
beingsscparacd from the mass to which they belong
The selection Is from some6tweny thirty different
publications some OF them quite ancient and arrang-
ed under appropriate heads with the of auth
ors annexed when known. This book is got up in
the best style ofthe University Press.
s1-Kit Carson has been made Brigadier
General.