The Portland daily press., 1865-10-19
Recent Publications.

4dE x1EtLE OF LIFE. 10J OWcu NlcIGullu, du-
thor of Lucille" etc. Boston: Ticknor &
Fields. Paper So cents.
Should any one who may take up this little
brochure, on perceiving certain clumsiness in
the manner of the author, and want of f1ex-
Utility in his handling of the peculiar measure
he has chosen to adopt, be thereby deferred
from reading to the end, he will deprive him.
self of genuine pleasure. Though not equal
ing in picturesque vividness of description and
in melody of yersifcation some of the former
poems of the same writer, yet there is a grace
in the conception, delicate and thoughtful
meaning in many passages which is by no
means too common. The Oriental story, quaint,
almost Biblical in its incident and imagery. of
the Apple of Life," is made to embody
thought which is not Oriental and which is
wholly modern, but in such manner as to inn
press the reader with no sense of incongruity.
The picture of Solomon, lord of the earth,
sitting bowed with age in his garden to watch
the declining sun, then passing feebly home
ward through fountains that "fed with cool
music green odorous twihghts,' is most felici-
tously conceived and exhibits some of the au-
thor's best peculiarities. The whole poem will
wen repay the brief time it will take to read
it. Bailey and Noyes have it for sale.
PorT1cAL TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN. / Volume, with Portrait.
Philadelphia J. B. Lippincott & Company.
Price 80. y we stfNe
In this volume have been collected many of
the most striking of the spontaneous tributes
of affection and esteem rendered to the memo
~ Of the late beloved President by the poetical
writer's of our own and other countries. Per-
haps no single event in history ever called out
| expressions of feeling so many andin one sense
so various, yet in another SO wholly similar. Of
course in collection of this kind there is very
wide range in point of ability, since these trib-
utes vary from the rich wreath twined by the
highest poetic genius of our time to hemodest
offering of humble affection laid like some
simple flower upon that sacred bier. In MAX
ing their collection thus comprehensive the
publishers have, we think, done wisely, as they
have thereby made it show the universally of
the sentiment eflove and reverence which Mr..
Lincoln had won for himself, and
IS .aspeak the anguish of land sH
That shook with horror at his fall" efl
The external appearance of the volume is in
keeping with the spirit and purpose of its con-
tents. 1t is printed on fine paper, bound in
beyeled boards, and tastefully gilt and is a book
| of which every one will wish to possess a
| copy. a{risI - saaaa i IS
For sale by Bailey & Noyes. -
Coop COMPANY FOR EVERY DAY IN THE
YEAR. One Vol. limo, full gilt Boston:
Ticknor & Fields. 1865.
The sight of this elegant volume reminds us
that the holiday season is again drawing near.
In the great variety of beautiful books appro-
pirate as gifts, which that season will produce,
we shall be likely to find few more desirable
than this. 1t contains miscellaneous collec-
tionfof choice passages from writers old and
new, whose names are so high above all praise
that it is only necessary to cite them. Here
are represented Milton and Spenser and Dante,
| Goethe, Scott, and, coming downto our own
time, Hawthorne, Lockhart, Aytoun, Emerson
Mrs. Jameson, Lowell, Whittier, and many
others whom the worldi is not likely soon let
4 die. Every person familiar with current and
with classic English literature will be likely to
find here someo of his established favorites, and
can hardly fail to approve the taste which has
collected these acknowledged gems, and given
to them so attractive a setting. OF the seven
teen beautifully executed steel plates which
/ adorn the volume, nearly all are portraits, and
some of them are rare. These alone are worth
the price of the volume.
For sale by Davis Brothers,
| stssfffs. flttifkss s------A'-s
/ ATA1.ANrA IN CALYDoN. A TRAGEDY. By
/ 1Algernon Charles Swinburns. Boston: Tick
nor & Fields. 1866. r4 TcF
! wedisiike to speak Of work like this I'M