The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-01-22
Recent Publications.

Ticknor & Fields, Boston, have issued in
their autograph edition of Dickens, Dduid
Copperasld, with eight of the original illustra-
tons. We have already expressed our opinion
that this is the most desirable of all the cheap.
editions of Dickens, combining as it does, in a
greater degree than any other, beauty, com
paetness and legiblity. (Received by Hall L.
Dayis.) ....-
Harper s. Brothers, New York, have pub
lished Stories of the Gorilla Country, by Paul
du Chaillu, author Of discoveries in Equato
rial Africa" >etc. 1t is specially intended for
young people, and certainly if a liberal admix-
ture Of the marvellous element be sufficient to
recommend book to that class of readers they
cannot fail to like this one. Here are all sorts
OF adventures with all sorts of wild animals, of
the brute and human varieties, gorillas, leop-
ards, cannibals, "rogue" elephants, big snakes,
big ants, mbouves-wh atever those may be-
and every species Of monster which may be
supposed to exist within the horrible wilds Of
Central Africa. NJ. du Chaillu is certainly an
entertaining traveller, but whether IL may not
be as well TO take some OF his statements with
q very small grain Of salt, we leave to others to
decide. The book is handsomely printed and
illustrated. tReceived by Hall L. Dsvis.)
Loring, of Boston has printed translation
of the lively brochure Of Andre Leo, entitled
The An.ericon Colony in Paris. Such Of our
travelled fellow citizens as may wish to see
themselves as clever Frenchman sees them,
can do SO by reading this pamphlet. (Received
by c. r. Chisholm Il Bro.her.)
David Tucker publishes in a neat pamphlet,
Lessons OF the Atoao a sermon by the Rev. Will
liam b. Hayden, pastor OF the Swede nborgian
Church in this city, in which some of the anal
ogies between natural phenomena and the
truths of Scripture are happily illustrated.
Harper and Brothers have added to their Lii
brary of Select Novels another of the thought
ful tales of George Macdonald, author OF San
malls of Quiet Neighborhood." 1t is entitled
Guild Court, a Loadoa Story, and win we'll re-
pay perusal. In the same series we have The
Brothers Bet, lively story, translated from
the Swedish Of Emile Carlen, the most popu-
lar, since Miss Bremen, of all Swedish novel
lists. (Received by Bailey and Noyes.) .a a.
PUrNAM's MAGAZINE, for February, has the
following table of contents Too True, a novel,
chapters III. and "; Broadway; Dante and
his latest Translators: Diary of James Feni-
more Cooper; A TAX with our Next Presi-
dent; The Mystery of the Gilded Cameo; lii
um Fuit; The Coming Revolution in England; ;
Making the Most of Oneself; Life in Great
Cities, Rome; Republic Of Elsewhere; A Sea
View; The Venus of Milo; Fitz Greene Hal
leck, with portrait; The Outcast; Monthly
Chronicle Occurrences; Literature; Fine
Arts; Table Talk. EN-
Several of the articles have more than COM
mon interest; those on Cooper and Halleck
are both good. The novel, TOO True, opens
| out well; the conception OF the principal char
acter is happy one. "The Mystery of the
| Gilded Cameo" is a clever extravaganza
'Ilium Fuit" is a poem by Z. G. Stedman,
very pleasing in style and sentiment The
| political articles in the number seem u little
crude. but the purely literary matter is good,
and the editorial department, withits chroni-
! Gle of events and gossip of books and things is
well written. On the whole, though Putnam 5
does not yet move off In the race with quite
its old free and vigorous stride, it shows vigor
and gives good promise of what 1t will do
when its managers shall have got their enter
| prise fairly in hand.
Messrs. Bailey & Noyes are the agents for
the magazine in this city.
DANGER TO THE ATLANTIC CABLE-Among