The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-04-14
Literary Intelligence.

Messrs. Leypoldt & Holt, have published in
delightful little volume, bound in flexible
cloth, In the Year ID, by Fritz Reuter-, trans
lated from the Platt-Deutsch, by Charles Lee
Lewes. 1t is story OF the French occupation
of Germany under Napoleon, and besides pre-
senting very wildly the state of county
over run by foreign soldiery. it abounds in
droll situations, in capital sketches of German
character and in the happiest touches of dry
humor and of delicate sentiment. The story
has been translated into variety of Europe
an languages in all of which it is popular.
This English version is admirably made, the
quaint flavor of the original being very happi-
ly preserved. 1t first appeared in the Tauch-
nitz edition, but the favor with which in has
been receiv ID has induced the publishers to
offer it in the present neat and unique form.
(Received by Hall L. Davis.)
The American News Company, New York,
are che publishers of poem founded on the
invasion of Macmillan, aud entitled The
Me1acdn; or, Love and Land. Its author is
Mr.. John NJ. Dagnall, of whom we blush to
say we never heard before 1t is written in
the blankest of blank verse, with lofty dsre-
gayd of all ordinary metrical and even gram
NAUTICAL rules; and may perhaps be best de-
scribed as kind of dime novel done in verse;
. 1t isvery neatly printed and bound 9nd is Law
ishly illustrated With wood-cuts of some
what gu hing description.
From Leypoldt & Holt we have also Mozart.
Biographical Romance, translated by E. R.
Sill from the German of Herbert Rau. The
The object of the writer of this book as defn
ed in his preface, is "to bring closer to the
heart of the German people one of its noble,t
sons; and so to newly awaken a love, a vene.
ration and enthusiasm for Mozart and for his
creations" 1t tells the story of the great
Maestros romantic and chequered life in an
interesting manner, and with sufficient adher-
ence to historical facts introducing at the
same time into the narrative some personages
and situations which are fictitious. AS pic
ture of society aud manners at the epoch 10
which it refers it is remarkably good. The
volume is handsome duodecimo of 1926 pages.
(Reeeived by Hall L. Davis)
ID. Appleton & Co., New York, have issued
In small, cloth-covered pamphlets, three vo.-
umes OF the Mastery Series OF Text Books for
learning languages, by Thomas Prendergast
The theory upon which this system is based
has been freely tested in Europe, and has
proved very successful. 1t reverses the usual
plan, for instead of setting the pupil to learn
the grammar and study the language. it
makes him learn the language and study the
grammar. Prof. Gallaudet states that he
tested it as regards acquiring the German lam
guage, and the result was thai after study of
less than two weeks he was able to sustain
conversation in the newly acquired language
on great variety of subjects. The volumes
70 nd h. n.
ana french and German lessons (Rece lived
by Hall L. Davis and Bailey & Noyes.)
The Leonard Scott Publishing Company
have issued their reprint of the North British
Review for March. 1t has articles on "Trade
unions;" "Freuch Criticism" "The Finan-
cial Relations of England and India" Re
cent Spanish Romances;" popular Philoso.
phy In its Relation to Lie;" "Montalembert's
Monks of the Vest" ''The Queens High
land Journals" "The Atomic Theory of Lu.
cretius," and Ireland" .
tlt4sil. ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Appletons announce in press and to be
Issued the present month, two more volumes
OF their Tartan. edition of SCOTS novels.
viz: Old Mortality and The Antiquarv: fresh
numbers of the favorite "plum pudding" edi.
ton OF Dickens; new historical novel en-
Titled John Milton and his Times; and new
IL ODE" edition of Buffers Hudibras, similar
to the Dante and Tasso recently published.
Ihey will also publish in few days M. Louis
Figuiers Ocean World in an octave volume
with over 400 illustrations. This work. de-
ser'ptlve history of the sea and its inhabi-
tants is conceived in similar spirit with 1.-THE
vegetable World" by the same author, also
published by the Appletons. A new novel by
Miss Julia Kavanagh, and one by the author
OF "Cometh up as a Flower" are also among
the announcements for the month of April.
j. B. Burr & Co., of Hartford have in press
a work entitled "Graut as a Soldier and a
Statesman" which will be ready for publica-
ton shortly, and will be sold by subscription.
The title intimates i4s contents.