The Portland daily press., 1868-09-22
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Recent Publications.

| ~. Appleton ana Co., New YORK, continue
their cheap and popular edition of the stand
ard poets, Mzton's Poetical Works being the
latest issue. In neatness of finish, clearness
of type, in general attractiveness, and in cheap
ness this edition of the great masters of Eng
lish song is unsurpassed. That the poor man
can, for the small sum of fifty cents, become
possessed of such treasure as the collected
works of Milton or Burns, or of Spenser's
| "Fairie Queen" or Chaucer's swell of English
undefiled," is something to call forth the thanks
| of all lovers of noble literature; and the pub
ishers to whose enterprise we owe this privi-
lege deserve our heartfelt thanks This series
will include, besides those already mentioned,
complete editions of the works of Campbell,
Pope, Dryden, Herbert, Krke White and 9th
ers. (Received by Hall L. Davis and by Bal
lev and Noyes.)
| The Appletons have also added to their
| twenty-i cent edition of the Waverley nov
els The Abbot, and The Pirate Of the series of
Captain Marryatt's novels. price forty cents
per volume, Peter Simple is the latest ISSUE
| (Received by Bailey and Noyes and by Hall L.
| Davis.)
| The fifth and sixth volumes of the Library
| Edition of the works of Charles Dickens, pub
| lished by the Appletons, have been issued. The
| contents of the fifth volume are Oliver T.oist,
Great Expectations, Bleak House, and the Pic
| tatres from Italy. The sixth and last -oume of
| the series contains David Copperfeld, Christmas
Stories, Tale of T5co Cities, and The Uncon,mer-
cial Traveller. They are very beautiful books,
| clearly printed in double -columned page,
handsomely bound, and illustrated with the
original designs ty Seymour, Cruikshank, H.
X. Browne and others. (Received by Hall L.
Davis and by Bailey and Noyes.)
G.W. Carlet0 & Co., New York, have pub
lished in paper covers, duodecimo volume of
$50 pages bearing this formidable title: "Ihe
Negroes in Negroland; the Negroes in America,
and Negroes Generally; also the Several Races
of White Men consid ,red as the Involuntary
and Predestined Supplanters of the Black
Races, by Hinton Rowan Helper, a Rational
Republican" This rational republican" will
be readily recognized by our readers as the au-
thor of "The Impending Crisis in the South"
of "Noioque," ,"&c. His is a case of negropho-
bia in its most Indignant FORM and his book is
written for the purpose of exciting hatred
against the colored r,ce.. 1t is almost wholly
compilation from all the books on Africa which
the writer could lay his hands on, and perhaps
we cannot give better idea of its tone than to
say that s. S. Cox and Tom Ewing ir., pro
nounce it udde naecum for all good Democrats
| That eminent apostle of Democracy, Senator
Doolittie, agrees to take 1000 copies of the
| book to be delivered at the rooms of the con-
| gressional Democratic executive committee.
Its peculiar theories have just had very prac-
tical application in the Georgia Legislature
(Received by Bailey & Noyes.)
| Harper and Brothers, New York, publish
The Opium, Eater mainly a compilation, intend
ed for the benefit of the unhappy class who have
contracted the fatal habit of opium-eating. 1t
gives an account of the authors successful at
tempt to cure himself of the use OF the drug,
and indicates the method by which others
may do the same. The cases of Coleridge, De
Quincy and others are given and there is real
| ly much useful information in the book for
the benefit of the unfortunately large class Of
opium-eaters in this Country. The book is
published anonymously but it is known to be
from the pen of Mr.. Fitzhugh Ludlow, who
has furnished some papers on the subject tC
Harper's Magazine. (Received by A. R obin
son, under Falmouth Hotel.)
| MAGAZINES.
Putnam's is the first of the October month
lies to come to hand, Its table of contents
shows the usual rich variety, and some of the
articles are exceptionally good. "St. Beuve
the Critic" is an extremely pleasant essay.
s'The Protestant Protest against Protestant
ism" grasps with firm hand certain questions
which are now agitating the religious world
Then there is clever paper on Louis Napo-
leon and his Empire;" an entertaining ac-
count of a winters residence in "The Land o.
the Troubadours;" sketch of university
Life in Germany" an elopement story, the
scene of which is appropriately laid in Chica
go; some chapters of the serial "Too True !;
up and Down Mont Blanc" an account of al
ascent in 1867, by New York merchant, ano
much other pleasant matter. BAILEY ant
Noyes, agents.)
The Broadtcay, started about year ago al
an Angio-American, Americo-Anglicar
monthly, has been enlarged and othsrwis,
made over, and comes to us now flying purely
British colors, and calling itself The Broad
,oay, London Magazine. Its most striking
feature is an original poem by Walt. Whit
man, entitled "Whispers of Heavenly Death; :
and its best one promises to be "Stretton," by
Mr. Henry Kingsley, which begins in this
number and will run through the year. 1t il
we'll printed, handsomely made up, and treel.
illustrated. published by Geo. Routledge
Son, 416 Broome St., New York;
The Atlantic Monthly opens with Mr.. Par
toms piquant article entitled "Inebrate Asy
lums, and a Visit to One" "Petroleum il
Burmah," by j. w. Palmer, furnishes somt
new information concerning very old oil re
gion. E. P. Whipple has an essay on Bacon,
and Whittier beautiful poem, "The TIVE
Rabbis." Pandora is a poem on Italy b.
Bayard Taylor kings Crowns and Fools
Caps" by Mrs. Jane G. Austin, describes tn
manufacture of hats. "The Finances of tn
! United States" are elaborately discussed by al
able writer. The conclusion OF "St Michael
Night" the second part of "The Face in tn
5 GLASS;" story of Southern life entitled "Ed
: mund Brook !" "Free Produce among the Qua
I. kers;" "The Man and Brother" part two
"Love's Queen" poem, and the usual liters
nv notices complete the contents of the mum
ber.
Our Young Folks, for October, is also q
hand. 1t has contributions from J. T. Trov
bridge, Miss Hale, I. B. Aldrch Mary Pre-
colt, and other favorites. We regret to mi
William Henry from this number; and W
very much wish that some of the writers fc
the Young Folks did not feel called upon t
adopt toward their young readers that 'air {
coming long way down stairs" which tn
' Rev. Mr.. Chadband employed in addressln
I "the human boy" Joe. 1t is really not tn
best method of interesting and rnstructin
: young people.
The Riyerside, for October, is as beautiful a
| avar n l.. Stephens re-appears in a charm
1 ing frontispiece illustrating the nursery rhym,
"Rowsty dowt, my fires all out" and there ar
, many more delightful things in the numbe