The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1867-08-10
Recent Publiea,ie...

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Hurd & Houghton, New York, have ;ssuad
two more numbers of their exceedingly non,,-
lar " Globe Edition" of the werks of CHARLES
Dickens. These two volumes contain Mar
tin Chuzzlewit,' and /" Dombey and Son."
They are printed in the plain type that makes
this edition so valuable, and embelshed with
.he beautiful steel engravings, from designs by
'iipert and barley, which adorn the more
Wy Riverside Edition. Booksellers assure
''a1 there is no edition of Dickens for
"S" the demand is more steady than for the
oioDe' us cheapness, legibility. the substantial
style oi the volume, and the s,ner;or heaptv
and finish of its illustrations .or,h,, ~ ,o
make it favorite (For sale Inv R.i'ev .,
Noyes.) fus.II--
Messrs T. ID. Peterson and Brothers pb;,,-
delphia, publish lin paper covers) The Reho,
Chief, n Tale of Guerilla Life, by Gustavo
Aimard, a writer of whom be blush to saw we
never before heard. A careful consultation
however, of the title page of the present work
informs us that he is the author of The Prai-
rie Flower" "The Buccaneer Chief" I" The
White Scalper," and other kindred works.
From the same source we learn that this is q
tale of Mexican life as it exists to-day, which
strikes us as a very uncertain theme; and al
so that this is complete and unabridged edi-
tion." Beyond the title-paGe we have not had
courage to proceed with the dog-star raging,
bat any one who feelsdisposed to venture fur
ther can find the book with Chisholm & Broth
er. -f I..a ' -+
From Peterson Brothers we have also tho
(" Green cloth" edition of Dickens Little Dor
ritt." 1t has thirty-eight illustrations which
ought to have been left out as they only serve
to mar what would otherwise be pretty book.
The type is good the volume light and Of con-
venient form, and very tasteful in finish and
binding. 1t is an excellent book to sell at the
low price at which it is offered. Chisholm and
Brother) . ...
sfHistorical Sketches of Ireland, Ancient aud
Mederb,' is the title of a thick pamphlet, print
ed in very neat manner, and published by
Brown Thurston & Co. The author is Mr..
Edward r. Seaver of this city, gentleman
ardenty interested in all which relates to the
Sweetest isle of the ocean" and an enthusius-
Z tic explorer of the quaint old chronicles in
which her ancient glories are recorded. His
object in preparing this little book has been to
interest the children Of Irish emigrants in tho
history of the race from which they spring;
and he has collected a great deal Of pleasant
and curious information, from sources not ac-
cessible to ordinary readers He dwells with
patriotic pride on the glories of Ireland in her
palmy days, and the splendor of her early civ
ilizaton, and the power, the culture and the
grandeur which had their centre in "Tara's
proud Halls" His book will have interest and
value not only for the class for which it is in
tended but for such general readers as are fond
of the antiquities with which it mainly deals.
j. f. Tilton & Co., of Boston, have issued
the August number of the American Jour
nal Of Horticulture, and Florists Companion.
The following arr its contents: Among the
Berries, by E. Morris; Hepatica Propagating;
Collection and Transportation of Orchids, by
E. G. Herbert; Grape Culture. by G. w. Camp
bell Twining Stems; American Grape Grow
ing, by Geo. Husmsnn; Plant Lice and Scale
Insects, by f. G. Sanborn; A Plea for the
Kitchen Garden, by A. Hyde: Cyclamen:
Notes and Gleanings. Mr.. Morris article on
Berries is exceedingly interesting, and full of
valuable suggestions. He tells the following
story of lad in New Jersey: oib'
A gentleman within two miles of me, by
way of interesting his son "a young lad) in ag-
rieultural pursuits, gave him the free use of an
acre to cultivate as he pleased The shrewd
boy located a halt-aere on one side of his faith
er's barnyard, and the other on the opposite
side, He could thus trundle out dozen bar
row-loads of manure upon his ground whenev-
er So disposed. He planted his acre in Lawton
blackberries, cultivated them himself, and last
year, his gross sales of fruit amounted to six
hundred dollars. The year preceding his clear
profit from the same acre was four hundred
and. fifty dollars. - t-g,-.,t, .,..4
/ have walked through this magnificent ere
alton of juvenile care and shrewdness, and
must confess that no engineering fmy own in
the same line has been able to equal 1t. The
+ contents of the convenient barn-yard told pow
erfdlly on the canes, but more powerfully on
the quantity aud quality of the fruit. The fee
of the land, though in the best location, was
much less valuable than the annual crop.
Within gunshot Of this field are ten acres Of
the same berry, which last year yielded net
profit of fsur thousand two hundred dollars
mOfe than the land would sell for. ......
Cassen, Potter and oa,pin- a London firm
having house in New York (No JOG Broad
wayl send us the August and September num-
bers of "Cassells Magazine" which is appar-
emily made up monthly from weekly periodi-
cal In the number and excellence of it's en-
cravings, in the entertaining and popular
character ofits reading matter, and in the gen.
eral attrartveness OF its appearance 1t seems
to have the features which should constitute
its favorite. price 30 cents q number, or
SO so year. Walter Low, 596 Broadway, New
York; .."I.e. tl.. t..,.t
The "Boston Business Directory and Illus
trated Guide" for 1878, is received. 1t con-
tains the things which people want to know
first about Boston, and is Invaluable to the
casual visitor of the 'Hub." 1t is mailed for
so cents, postpaid, by George Coolidge, 8 Milk
st. Boston,