The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1866-02-10
Recent Pubiications.

Tup rrrrrp,- OF WoIFGANG AMADEUS MozARf:
li7ea-i7s1l nslsted from the w,. Collection 81
Ludwig Nohl by Las -ois. is mo- New York;
Hurd and Houghton. it'l H u >tii'lt
We confess that on arst taking 70 these volumes
we did 50 with no expectation of fiji. IN tnsm
much which could have any special inter-" except
for the professional musician. 1t is seldo~ tns
case that person puts any of his real individuality
into his private correspondence that collections Of
the kind are apt to be little dreary. But If this ba
general rule, Mozart must be set down as excep-y
tion tc it. His letters transcript OF himself.
The ardent and sensitive temperament, the keen and
vivid intellect the quick impetuous heart the child
like gaiety of spirit, the ETHEREAL decacy Of fancy
which reveal themselves in the musical compositions
OF the great maestro all to degree discernible In
his correspondence. He was man who lived fast,-
we use the word in no invidious sense-who crowded
into the brief space of ve-and thirty years the OBJ
servations the achievements and the emotions oftwo
or three ordinary ilives. From every new incident
and experience he received the most vivid impress
sons and his power of conveying these in his letter
is peculiarly happy. All his triumphs, his disap-
pointments bis adventures Of travel his observations
upon men and manners, upon the remarkable per-
sonagss with whom he was brought in contact upon
the progress of literature and art upon all the varied
featuresof that wonderful age in which he lived and
of which he was part he recounts with the skin OF
an artist and the n0fve simplicity Of child. To
read his correspondence is like enjoying the personal
coInpanionship of man Of genius. Is ~ riHl't 2
There are few of these letters which It seems to
M might have been advantageously left out; butass
whole the collection is judiciously made The task Of
tho editor and translator, necessarily dBcuit
in case IKE this has been performed with taste and
ski and the Volumes are valuable addition to that
class Of literature which intimately connects itself
with art. ~ II
For sale here by Bailey g Eoyes. aafi ~ an ''I
o SHAKRspEARE's MENTAL PHoroaRApHs. This Is
the title Of pretty little volume published by Messrs
Hurd and Houghton, New York, and designed for
social and freside amusement. By an ingenious ar
rangement Of questions and answers, the mental
characteristics Of person sketched in success
sion OF quotations from the works of the immortal
bard. Sometimes these will be found 10 have point
and appropriateness exceedingly amusing. sIoHi
Bailey s. Noyes have the book for sale. alJ 81 r
YourH,s H1sroRy OF THE REBrLLIoN, from
the Battle Of Murfreesboro' to the massacre al
d Fort Pillow By Wiiiam M. Thayer, Author OF
"The Pioneer Boy" One volume lhustraoeo'-i
Boston: Walker, Fuller and Company. ],--as. L 5al
The substance of this 'shistory" is doubtless suf-
GENTLY accurate 30 fr events are concerned The
record of facts within the reach Of any one, so We
NAV suppose that the youth who may read 1t win get
no statements which cannot be verified. Nor do we
think that any readers it is likely to find viii have
mueh diflculty I'm comprehending It. It does not
lack simplicity. Whether the writer believes in
ameat tor strong mem we unable to determine,
but his Aith In the regimen of "ilk for babes" Is
apparentin every page of his book. That babes
are likely to thrive much mental pabulum 30 ex-
tremely diluted, Is point which may be questioned
However, II Is fashionable in these days to recognize
no difference between the childike and the childish,
toput nothing into chldren's books which could py
any possibility tax strain their youthful powers
The present volume being made up on tins popuiar
plan win undoubtedly find both purchasers ana
readers. .r..g d.
For sale by Short & LOring. ...--sl.. .lll
A NIeHr IN A woRKHousr, Is the tide Of q very
striking article from the Pal Mall Gazette, publish
ed in this weeks number Of Epsry Saturday. Its
authorship is attributed to Anthony Trollope; and
its appearance created considerable sensation In
London ON account Of the revelations 1t makes of the
shocking treatment of the poor in the so-eaed char=
table establishments of that city. Everv Saturday
also contains elaborate review of Victor Hugo's
new volume of poems, taken from lie Temps, and the
usual amount of well-selected foreign miscellany.
Published by Ticknor s. Fields, Boston,