The Portland daily press., 1867-12-06
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lished "a very handsome volume, unique in
style both as to its external appearance and its
contents. 1t is entitled LoUe an Letters, and is
| selection from the correspondence of various
celebrated personages, with biographical
sketches of the writer's. Here, beginning with
the famous letters of Abelard and Heloise, we
have specimens Of the love epistles of such di-
verse personages as Henry Eighth and Anne
Boleyn, Burns and Clarinda Swift and his
Stella, Vanessa and Varina,-luckless trio of
victims to one Of the worst of clerical scoun-
drels ,-7also of Goethe and Bettina Brentano,
Walter Scott Mirabeau, Madame de Sevigne,
Nelson and Lady Hamilton, Daniel Webster,
Ninon L Enclos, the famous Mariana DIAL
caforada of Portugal, and many more almost
equally distinguished. The letters are not all
amatory; some are descriptive OF love and
lovers, and some are humorous, but all bear
on the one topic. tReceived by Bailey 8
Noyes.)i 'j aAii'"s1a 7IjoH a3oHJj-sa-,- ''
Hurd and Houghton of New York, publish
One VIE too Many; or Rip Yam Bigham, a.
Tale of Tappan Zee, by Edward Hopper 1t is
written in verse, in a dismal, far-off imitation
of Sake, and seems intended to be funny. If
the story here spread over two hundred pages
had been compressed into twenty, it might
have had point; as it is we are puzzled to
find where the laugh comes in. (Received by
Bailey & Noyes) ai.... l..sl,r. -. .,,a,1.
Sheldon g. Co., New York, send US The Sea-
toms Tale, and Other Poems, by Theodore Til
ton. In a small volume, so handsome as to be
a pleasure to the eye, are collected a score or
two of those graceful and spirited occasional
pieces with which the busy editor of the indie
pendent seems fond of beguiling his few
leisure hours, These poems, if not of the high
est poetic merit, are yet marked by purity
and manly elevation of sentiment and often
by grace and power OF expression which
hint to us of what their author might do were
he to leave the graver themes that occupy him,
and cultivate the poetic faculty that is in him
Among them is The Great Bel Roland, whose
heroic toll We remember sounding so grandly |
out when the whole nation was rising to arms |
Another, which paints quite wildly roman
tic night-scene, we printed yesterday Two |
little poems for children are among the best in /
the volume. (Received by Bailey s. Noyes} i
G. w. Carleton s. Co., New York, send us |
CORY O'Lanus; His Vie,os and Experiences, a |
collection of sketches of popular manners and |
current events, originally contributed to a
Brooklyn newspaper. Their humor is Of the
broadcast, and the illustrations with which the !
volume is literally garnished are in harmony
with the text. tReeeived by Bailey g. Noyes) |
d! Appleton &c Co.. New York, have pub
ished an authorized edition Of Upton's Infantry
Tactics, Double and Single Rank, which by
command of General Grant is adopted for the
Instruction of the army and for the observ-
ance of the militia of the United States The
Eolume is neatly printed and of convenient
Size. tReceived by Bailey & Noyes.) .f}b |
w. A. Townsend and Adams, of New York,
publish Horse Portraiture, by Joseph Cairn
Simpson. 1t is a handse me volume of nearly
i've hundred pages, with a frontispiece repre-
'enting Bonner's Dexter" and contains
great amount of what seems to he useful and
PRACTICAL Information on all matters relating
o horse breeding. We are not qualified to
pronounce upon the accuracy of the authors
or the soundness of his theories
md suggestions. but he writes of turf matters
n very chatty and readable style, and like
nan who knows what he is talking about
Received by Hall L. DavsD
Harper & Brothers, New York, have added
% their Library of Select Novels" Oarlyoa's
Year, a novel by the author of Lost Sir Mas
angoerd. 1t is favorably spoken of by Eng
lsh reviews. Received by Hall L. Davis.) /
The Harpers also publish Freach's E7enaerta-
q arithmetic for the Slate, a work for begin
lers containing some new and valuable fea-
ures. Teachers will do well to examine it. |
Hall L. Davis.) '' -@j si.-i l.
u. Appleton q Co. have published a revised |
dltlon of CornePs intermediate Geoqrayh,,
Which forms part second of a systematic series
II school Biographies by S. S. Cornell. This
cries has been for some time before the pub.
&c, and its merits are widely recognized. The
maps in the present edition have been altered |
0 correspond with the changes in boundaries
Vhlch have occurred recently. bailey 81
Joyes.) iiala b a.a .5.s. 10 .-q $50 o-
George Coolidge, Boston, has issued The In! |
US almanac for1868. 1t is an extremely pretty
nd convenient little volume, containing, be-
des what is usually found in an almanac, a |,
eat diary, and much useful information as y
ell as entertainment, Every lady wants it !
is mailed for so cents, postpaid, by George {
coolidge, 3 Milk Street Boston. '''"'''t,
he AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HoRTIcULTURE {
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laga|lne winch in the single year of its ex- I
'oa'e .''' ioseo au extraordinary success. I
| fact it was success from the beginning, /
I'd we are not surprised to learn that ;ts NH, ]
'hers, Messrs. J. e. Tilton & Co, nronose >
rye expenditure during the coming vear in
III further enriching and enlarging it's naoos =
is beautiful and valuable magazine which j
one interested in the subjects of which it G
BATS should be without. The principal arti- +,
rs in the present number are, "a Lament for s.
e Season., Small Fruits "Old and New =
omes," the Apple Worm and Maggot," +
ASSIGN Flowers" about Grapes" "The a
'ple Crop in New England" and "The Pie tt
ant" The "Notes and Gleanings" and u
ditors Letter-Box" are as usual, full of r
actical information. p
ALMANAcs.-The illustrated Annual Req eC
er OF Rural Affairs for 1868, is published bv Sc
ther Tucker q Son, Albany, N. Y, and for IN
mere by Hall l.. Davis. 1t is full of illus M
'iohs and practical information useful to
n ,l AT Davis's may also be found the
~ FRANKLIN Almanac" for 1853 nphl;sbed 60