The Portland daily press., 1867-02-19

the GALAXY, is now published bv the uo,.
as NO. 2S6 OF their Library of Select Novels
1t IS pleasant story of the well-known kind
which DIR. TrOllope produces in such affluence
and will repay a reading. The illustrations
which have appeared in the Gdlary accom-
pany the text
Received of A. Williams & Co.; for sale by
Davis Brothers
ipfNADo: ior No a Summer Trip. By Bayard Tay-
M ew hork: q. 2. Putnam and Son.
ihis little volume consists of tho sarias of
letters which MIR. Taylor wrote for ,bo NJ
horh tribune during his trim to Colorado in
the summer of last year. Thav ovhiI,;. -,
OF the writer's peculiar bower ot 81 -,
ton, and are full of STRIKING nossaaa.
liable facts. The information Will NJ "u , ,"'
Ioi sNe' III nesaru 10 farming and mining in
Coiorado VIII DC found very timely by manv-
Inc author seems TO have thoroughly enioyed
his tour, and he has made this account of II slso
extremely enjoyable.
Bailey and NOyes have it.
OBSERVATIONS ON THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF
HUMAN NATURE. A Lecture Delivered he
fore the London College of Professors Octo-
Der 10, 1865, by Edward L. Youmans NJ d.
New York: ID. Appleton & Co.
This is a thin pamphlet of less than fifty
pages, but containing large amount of valu-
able suggestion, and the results of much care
fui research into the workings OF the laws, both
physical and mental, of the human system.
From the following extract the reader will OBJ
tam at once hint of the purpose of the trea-
nse, and Of the idea on which it pr .ceeds:
Ihe scientific mathad Of ..,,l,-s.... l,,,..o,.
nature, important as may be its relation to the
management OF the insane and feeble-minded
ana valuable as is its service in establishing
the hnits OF mental effort, must lind its fullest
aapppheation to the broad subject of education
Fol, Whatever questions of the proper subjects
10 De taught, their relative claims OF the true
methods OF teaching may arise, there is n nri-
or and fundamental inquiry into the nature,
capabilities and requirements Of the being to
be taught, upon the calculation of which all
other questions Immediately depend A
knowledge OF the being to be trained, as it ia
the basis OF all intelligent culture, must be the
first necessity OF the teacher.
For sale by Davis Brothers, also by Bailey g.
Noyes.
HE VILLAGE ON THE CLIFF. By Elizabeth
Thackeray. Illustrated New York: Har-
per & Brothers,
This charming story which has been running
printed by the Harpers as No. 2S7 of their Lii
brary of Select Novels IL is among the very
best of the novels which the year has produc-
ed, remarkable for the clearness with which
its characters are conceived, and the delicate
skill with which they are drawn, as well as for
the picturesque vividness of its narrative The
illustrations" announced on the cover are un-
fortunately anything but an improvement; ev-
cry one OF them is blotch upon the book,
which otherwise presents a neat appearance
For sale by @. II. Chisholm Il Brother, 3O7
Congress Street and G. L. Depot.
PUTNAM's RAILWAY CLAssICs-G. p Put
nam & Son, New York have issued very neat
little edition OF Irvings Tales of Traveller
for the benefit of those who do not care to buy
the expensive edition of Irving's works. 1t is
printed, pleasantly illustrated, and
sold very cheap; the price in pasteboard COW
ers being only seventy-fve cents.
For sale by Bailey & Noyes.