The Portland daily press., 1868-06-16
Keceuf Puhiicarion..

d. Appleton & Co., New York, have reprin-
TED IN neat duodecmo of 175 pages, Fraddy
as Dtscooerer, by John Tyndall 1t embraces
two lectures delivered last winter before the
Royal Institution of Great Britain, and gives a
brief but comprehensive account of the lite
discoveries and character of Faraday with
many interesting facts OF personal as well
as scientific character Professor TyndaIl
speaks of Faraday with eloquence and enthu-
slasm. His little book is not merely the tri-
butte of one man of science to another; it is the
warm offering of friend to the memory of a
good and truly great man. 1t is a fact perhaps
not generally known that Faraday's choice
beGween wealth and science was a voluntary
and deliberate one. The fame of his early
discoveries was such that business men were
ready to pay him almost any sums for his
services as chemist. He could easily, Pro-
fessor Tyndall says, have made e5OOO year
in this. But the latter who has examined
his accounts. finds that his professional in
come in 1882 was about e155. "From this it
tell with slight oscillations to 992 in 1887, and
to zero in 1888. Between 1889 and 1S45 in never
except in one instance, exceeded e22. From
the end of 1916 to the day of his death, Fara-
days professional income was exactly zero
Taking the duration OF his life into account,
this son of blacksmith and apprentice to a
book binder, had to decide between fortune
of e150,000 on the one side, and his uncovered
science on the other. He chose the latter and
died poor man. But his was the glory of
holding aloft among the nations the semitic
name of England for period of forty years"
Such unselfish devotion to the cause of truth
is rare anywhere; but we believe the lives of
men of science afford us many examples of it
as those of any class. The book should have
wide circulation. (Received by Hall L. Davis,
and by Bailey & Noyes.)
b. b. Russell, Boston, is the publisher of
new Life Of General Grant, written by the in
defat igable and popular John S. C. Abbott
Mr.. Abbott has very lively and taking style
and he knows how to dress his facts in an at
tractive and telling manner. His biographies
of Napoleon l., and the Empress Josephine,
his "Lives of the Presidents" and other books
have had an enormous sale, and the Life Of
Grant is not likely to be less successful. (Re-
ceved by John Hankerson, 2 Elm St., Gener-
al Aeent.)
Hamersley & Co., Hartford, Conn, have
issued The Book of Praise, a collection of
hymns and tunes for public and social wor-
ship, prepared under the sanction and author
ity and in behalf of the General Association of
Connecticut. 1t is mainly the work of the
Rev. e. p. Parker of Hartford, gentleman
well known in this State. 1t contains great
variety of hymns and tunes. many of the for
mer, selected from English, German and Lat
in hymnals, have never before been published
in this country. Much care has been bestow-
ed in the arrangement, each section being pre-
faced by title-page containing an analysis of
its contents. The book is inteaded to meet the
wants OF both congregations and choirs. Pres
ident Harris of Bowdoin College speaks of it
as follows: a- H.
l am delighted with the Book of Praise"
IL comes nearer than any have yet seen to
the ideal of perfect Hymn Book. 1t con-
tains the old hymns that still live in the hearts
OF christians, and none that are inserted
merely because they old. 1t is not book
of novelties or innovations. The range of Sc
lection is wide,and the choicest hymns of many
authors and many collections are here The
selection is choice and the hymns admitted
are of the highest order. All the hymns are
ft to be sung. They throb with devotional
fervor; they breathe in every strain ofworship
from the tenderest emotion to the loftiest
praise. 1t is q book of living song The ar5
rangement is the best / have ever seen, a~
the success of the arrangement is the p
markable ON account of the die'ru'
ran"S,. aSmns at once by spI;e
: " !, .,,,,- Deieq
who has been looking it over, tells m,' is de-
lighted with it.