The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-24
Magazines.

Hours AT HOME, for September,l is an eA-
cellent number. DR.. Bushnell continues his
papers on the "Moral Uses of Dark Thlngs;'
Mr. TT T. Tuckerman contributes pleasant
essav on astreets;" the "Diary and Letters of
sorab p;arnont" afterwards the wife of Jona-
than Eawardsl are continued, as also the story
of storm Cliff; :" there are papers on the "Agr-
cultural Resources of California; sHow to
Use the Dictionary" Pilgrimage andC Cholera
and variety of other articles. Sold by E. C
Andrews, S6 Centre street. 81 4 =
THE HISTORICAL MAGAZINE, for September,
commences the twelfth volume Of the publica-
ton, and the second of the present series. 1t
continues to show the marked improvement
in intere st and value which has characterized
it since it came into the hands of the present
editor. The number opens with AN article by
Judge Bourne, President of the MaineHistorlcai
Society, which had been offered as an answer
to remarks in the Congregational QuarterN,
and rejected because "it was little too sharp
on the historical charlatans of Boston; and TINS
is followed by curious paper, by DIR. brlnton'
the well known ethnologist of Westminster
Penn. OH "Two of the Myths of the American
Aborieines;" some original letters written by
Captain Henry Sewell of the Revolutionary
army, and communicated by MIR. Boardman, Of
Augusta, Me-; continuation of an important
paper on the establishment of Episeopacy in
New York, and one on Woman's Rights in
Massachusetts,; a sketch of "The Three Castles
of the Mohawk Indians" by j. r. Simms; a
"Chinese History of America"--a most curious
paper, communicated to the Historical Ma
gazine by the State Department at Washing
ton; collection OF inedited letters on the
| Hartford Convention, with single letters now
first printed, by John Adams, jefferson Davis
| and General Hampton; paper on "The Battle
of Ramsours Mills, by Professor Rockwell o
N. c.; one ON Harlem, Fifty or Sixty Years
Ago." extracts from the Dutch records of the
city of New York, and large collection 0
floating Historical Items, Notes, Queries, &c
Published by Henry B. Dawson, Morrisania
New York. 't1aaf'A YFE 80
/ The EDINBURGH REVIEW, for July, (reprin
of the Leonard Scott Publishing Company il
received 1t contains ten articles, viz: " Thu
Early Administration of George Ill !" '".Agri
culture and Prices in England (1256-14OO);
Professor Terriers Philosophical Remains;
The Council OF Constantinople;" "India
Costumes aud Textile Fabrics" "Life an
i Speeches Of Lord Plumket;'' g Wine and tn
Wine Trade" |" Josiah Wedgewood;" "Bur
toms History of Scotland = g The Military In
situations of France" sses r7g..I s, y. ,.,, g
! -Iaa H.s 4lt trfH s4iair al vase
The RIVERSIDE has grapes upon its covel
and any number of beautiful things within
: Two fine full page illustrations by Stephen
aud Hyde, and number of smaller ones;
fairy tale of six Little Princesses; a Russia
story; !, an account of the "Once Upon a Tim
Club;"a" The Little Bachelor" "A Ride on
Whale" and various other enjoyable thing
, make up the number. p aol.f0 3 ll5W d SD
II ~ -siiNf g. - go 'gailaii g 81 sui5ssq +
II EVERY SATURDAY for the current week hs
an unusually full table of contents 1t il
cludes the story of Mistress Barbara" til
lace maker, translated from Der Bazaar; an az
count of "Sheridan's Duels with Captain Ma
thews," from All the Year Round; "Davy Jone
Junior" by button Cook; "Rusticus at I'll
Belgian Ball." "Hard Names y ssSilcote of 81
cotes,'' by Henry Kingsley, Chapters LIN
) NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.; = g lighted Beings
In, Difficulties. -Third Stage;;''' "Blushing
the usual Foreign Notes, and a poem by WI
liam Morris, author of the Life and Death
Jason" e'''.1s 9t
j TN7F 10 si5zssTID ---------r9 syrf ss9dF T.
THE NURSERY number nine, is just as fires
and charming as ever. ut contains three I,
i Oscar Pletsch's incompatible drawings illul
trative of child life, and some ten OF lively
more wood-cuts by other artists. The readin
matter is as usual, lively, original, and jud
ciously adapted to. youngest readers" Pu1
: lished by J. L. Shorey, Boston. ''
II Our Boys AND GIRLS, the weekly illustrat,
magazine published by Lee & Sheppard, Be
a ton, seems to be a very general favorite Its
; lustrations are good, it has a corps Of able an
popular writers, while the editor, Oliver o
tic, is a host in himself. The number for til
week contains chapters of Oliver Optics sto
Of "Breaking Away, or the Fortunes of st
dent;'' Ralph Loring on Hoshoo Island
d "Life in India;' Round Robin,p and mu,
| Othar altar If infaraut