The Portland daily press., 1868-07-06
New Publications.

FROM THE OAK TO THE OLIVE. APIain Record
OF Pleasant Journey. By Julia Ward
Howe. IL mo. PIP. 304. Boston: Lee & Shep-
ard
A pleasant record of plain journey (if we
may venture to transpose Mrs. Howe's adies-
tives) from England to Greece, from the oak
to the olive, and through the intermediate re-
gions. Those of our readers who heard Mrs
Howe read the chapter on Hymettus some
weeks ago know that this is a Charming VOL
ume for summer reading, and those less fortu-
nate will reach the same conclusion when they
buy and read it.
For sale by Short & Loring.
FARM TALK. By Geo. E. Brackett, IL mo. DID.
13O. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
Whether these little papers have ever ap-
peared in any other form we do not know. If
so, it was well to collect them. Mr.. Brackett
is well known in Maine as an agricultural
writer and dedicates his volume to Mr.. s. L.
Boardman Of the Maine Farmer. The range of
topics is extensive, running from Pigs and
Poultry TO Agricultural Colleges and not omit
ting slap at the middle men, who after all
have place in the world and do some good in
their way. In each of his twenty-one essays
Nj. Brackett makes some suggestion which is
well worth thinking of, though to use his own
language I'VE mustn't believe everything we
read" The price of the volume in paper COW
ers is only 80 cents.
For sale by Short & Loring.
NURsEs AND NURsNG. BY Dr. H. r. Storer.
IL mo- pp 30. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
The nurse whom DR.. Storer here describes
is person so very different from Mrs. Camp
that we incline to the opinion that it must be
Mrs. Harris. In other words, we don't believe
there's no sich person." If such a paragon
should appear it will only be after the mil
lennium has begun, when her services will be no
longer needed. Nevertheless it is well to set
up high ideal of protest. Jual excellence aud
the practical rules which the author gives, for
the management of sick women especially, are
of the utmost Importance. DR.. Storer doe.
not believe in female physicians and gives his
reasons in this volume.
For sale by Short & Loriug.
THREE NEW STORY Books.
Fine times for little folks Here are three
new stories just published by Lee & Shepard
of Boston, "The Cruise of the Dashaway," by
May Manning, as salt as the salt sea spray;
Upside Down" by Rosa Abbott, and another
charming Prudy book-no, Dimpl book, "Dot-
ty Dimple at Home" by Sophie May. Now
then, will you young fry ever get your lessons
with all this reading on hand? For the worst,
or lest, of it is that each of these Tolumes be-
longs to series. The Cruise of the Dasha-
way is No. of the Helping Hand series; Up
side Down is No. 4 of the Rosa Abbott Stories;
and Dotty Dimple at Home is No. 2 OF the Dot
ty Dimple Stories; and each set is to comprise
six volumes. 1t will be absolutely necessary
to make rule, infexible as the laws of the
Medes and Persians, forhidding any child to
open these books till after school hours
For sale by Short & Loring.
BLAcKwooD's MAGAZINE for June contains
besides the stories of Grace Owen and Tim Grit
fin,a rather amusing review OF Mr. Ruskin's po-
litical theories, sour sketch OF the impeach-
ment trial (which the writer calls revolution
ary, as if prime minister were never remov-
ed in England except by revolution), another
letter from a staff officer accompanying the
Abyssinian expedition, and a highly compli-
mentary notice OF George Eliots new poem,
"The Spanish Gypsy"
Reprinted in this country by the Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, New York
THE NORTH BRITISH REVIEW for June has
been received OF the eight articles in this
number, those on the History of Writing, on
Sleep, and on Louis TX. OF France (Saint Lou
ISL will be acceptable to all classes of readers
The first gives an account of fac-similes of ma
tional manuscripts lately published by author
ity in England, and is full of antiquarian in
formation of the most readable kind, and the
paper on Louis TX. is one of marke biograph
| ical and historical interest Other articles are
Mistrals Mireio "a review with many extracts,
of very pleasing Provencal poem.) The Greek
| Idyllic Poets, Memoirs of Baron Bunsen,
| Schools and Universities, Churches and Creeds
Published by the Leonard Scott Publishing
| Company New York.