The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1865-12-12
Recent Publications
The YOUNG AMERICANS History OF MODERN
HEROES. :

The YOUNG AMERICANS HISTORY OF MODERN
HEROES.
This is the somewhat ambitious title of series Of
books, published by William II. Appleton, New
YORK, purporting to relate the biographies of Gem
erals Grant, Sherman, Mitchell and Sheridan, of
Vice-Admiral Farragut and Capt. Ericsson. The Sc
ries is completed in the volumes now before us,
devoted respectively to Farragut and Sheridan
They are written by the Rev. P. G. Headley, known
as the author of ''Napoleon and his Marshals. /"
and washington and his Generals" books which
had kind of cheap popularity several wears ago.
We have examined the present series with some de-
gree of care, and confess ourselves at loss To deter
mine what object has been served by bringing them
before the public. They contain no facts with which
every newspaper reader is not perfectly familiar.
ehey nave little suggestive value and no merits of
style to recommend them. The best that can be said
them Is that they are not likely to result in injury
W any boy into whose hands they may fall; but to
Iner them to Young Americans" as ADEQUATE and
worthy biographies of the noble men whose names
they bear, is to assume for them character which
they do not deserve.
For sale by Bailey g. Noyes. -..f
The LITTLE CORPORAL. Et -e....ea
This beautiful paper, the very best child's paper of
which we have any knowledge, is published by AL
fred L. Sewe Chicago, at the extremely low price of
one dollar per year. The contents of every number
ar racy, wel-written and varied; adapted to the
taste of children without being in any sense childish
and the illustrations, games, etc., extremely well
got up, and very entertaining. The paper should be
in every family where there are children, and we
think no more appropriate delightful holiday gift
for household Of young folks could be chosen than
years subscription to the Little Corporal. 1t
no O ~ Ia1,o
GoDEY's LADY's BOOK for January contains the
first part Of Miss Leslies inmitable story of MRS
Washingto Potts, written many years ago for
this magazine, and now republshed at the request
subscribers. We ink this an excellent idea, and
one which might with advantage be carried still fur
ther. No living writer among equals Miss Leslie
IN that peculiar power of seeing and delneating the
small follies Of society which she possessed; and
there are pictures of American lite more truthful
md graphic than her "Sketches" afford. We doubt
# the blishers of the Gladys Book" could do
sheir readers more acceptable service than to re-
produce more Of these charming stories in their
pages At any rate, offer the suggestion for what
it is worth. s.sr So zF
The contents of the present number of this veteran
magazine are fully up to the ordinary standard of
richness and variety.
NEW JUVENILE Books.
Twomore Of the dainty little volumes OF the series
called The Hillside Library, are published by Hen
ry Hoyt, Boston. These entitled respectively
THE Violet" and sLittle Franky's Friend" The
same publisher hiss also issued in single neat vol
with pleasing illustra ions, "Ellen Vincent
and "The Blank Sheet" both reprints from the is
sue Of the Religious Tract Society of London.
From Robert Carter & Bro hers, New York, we
have, complete in one pretty volume, two touching
ballads by Miss Sewell, ''The Lost Child and The
Romance OF the Malice Scrub" For the benefit Of
such Of our readers as may not be of the fact
we may say that the 'sMallee Scrub" is desolate
Tract of the Australian "bush" and that this ':ro-
nance" relates the true and simple story of three
little children who were lost there and wandered
abont for period of nine days, without food or
drink, when they were providentially discovered,
and taken to their home. pr
All the above are for sale by H. Packard. 81