The Portland daily press., 1865-07-27
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LETTERS TO VARIOUS PERSONS: By Henry d.
/ Ihoreau, author of "A Week ON the Concord
and Merrimack Rivers, = +" Walden" etc.
1vol l6mo. Boston /: Ticknor 8 Fields aq7a
Is 1t is apt to be the fortune Of men like Tho
reau that the world does not really find them
out until it has lost them. People in general
are not very penetrating, and the eccentricities
of such men are like rough burr, which only
the frost of death can open, and reveal the,
sound, sweet kernel within. This strange. I'm
tanned recluse, with his ideal reverence for
truth, and his savage scorns of shams, his love
for nature and for books and his contempt for
men and newspapers, his inaptitude for COM
mon life, and want Of rapport with those who
live in it, could not hope to find his fit audience
at once. Indeed, he viii never speak to a wide
circle of readers hut the fow WHO 10 appreciate
the rich pecularities. of his genius will have
an enjoyment most keen. The letters of Thor
eau exhibit as might be expected, his pecul-
iarities in marked degree. We have no diff
Guilty in crediting the assurance given by Mr..
Emerson in his preface, that they have been
trimmed and altered by no presumptuous hand,
that they are just as they came from the brain
of their author, and as truly representative of
the individualman as the pine-cone is of the
pine. The few poems which appear at the
close of the volume have the same wild flavor
Of nature about them. The book win be found
o choice companion for the seaside, or other
vacation ramble.a ad 81 saas 4qsF ilSiass 81 IS IN
For sale by Davis Brothers. sis 81 taAt AAsa
COMPANION POETS FOR THE People. Boston
Ticknor 8 Fields. I. s.. \ =. -
n Number Three of this beautiful series is at
hand in the shape of National Lyrics by
John g. Whittier It comprises most of those
poems of the fiery hearted quaker which relate
TO national events, written at different periods,
some of them more than thirty years ago, and
others in the present day. The style of the
volume is uniform with the former numbers of
this series. The illustrations are by White
Fenn and Charles Barry. si&s 1o'A
To be had Of Davis Brothers. ee
UNDER GREEN LEAVES" A Book of Rural
Poems. Edited by Richard Henry Stoddard.
New York Bunce & Huntington. s
8 This is Number Three of the Cottage Library
Series, and is the prettiest thing yet. It is the
very book to read in these delicious summer
days, beside brook or under tree. The
poems it contains have been carefully cuIIed.
largely too, from old collections not within the
reach Of every reader, and among them will be
found some of the choicest gems of song from
shakspeare's down to- our day The illustrations
are exquisite. These numbers are sold at the
low price of thirty cents each.
Received of A. Williams & Co., Boston. and
for sale by Davis Brothers.
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TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF THE AssAssINs AND
CoNsPTRATORs. @EN EEH8Efr e
Admirers Of the bloody style Of literature.
those who revel in narratives Of crimes and
horrors, will find their taste fully gratfed by a
book of 200 closely printed pages just issued un-
the above title BY I. B. Peterson s. Brothers,
Philadelphia. Itpurports to contain, and APP
parently does contain, complete history of
the assassination at Washington, Che trial, with
IT., evidence and the arguments of counsel, the
details Of the executions, and sketch of the
life ofeach of the Condemned wretches. 1t is
freely illustrated with villainous- looking wood
cuts, and forms kind of Murderers Complete
Manual or Treatise on the Theory and Prao-
tice of Assassination I Nevertheless such is
the morbid craving to feed ON this class of hor-
rors that it viii doubtless find both purchasers
and readers.