The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-28
Recent PubiIeanoa..

d. Appleton s. Co., New York, have made
an extremely happy hit in their series of nov
els translated from the German. The histori-
| cal novels of Louisa Muhlbach have had an
immense sale; and others by Brachvogel, Ring
and Mundt seem equally popular. The style
in which they are issued is excellent, the
| light octave volume, with its clear double
columned page being convenient and attract
i've. A work of similar origin, though some
| what different in character, is the story of
HoD a Bride Was Won, or A Chase across the
Panlpas by Frederick Gerstacker, translated
from the German by Francis Jordan, and il
lustrated by CASTOR Fay. 1t is a spirited story,
full of incident and romantic adventure, and
will doubtless be favorite in the circulating
libraries. 1t is in the handsome style of the
Muhlbach novels. (Receved by Bailey &
Noyss)
Appleton's Library Edition of the waverley
Novels is both cheap and handsome. It is
made up by putting five numbers of the "tar-
tan" edit IN into a substantial cover with sew
eral fine steel illustrations. The binding-in
green and gold and bevelled boards-is in ex-
cellent taste. The second volume, now before
US, contains, Rob Roy, Old Mortality, The Mo-
~,
the price is but 1,75. OF the Library Dick
ems, made up in a similar manner from the
"pum pudding" edition and sold at the same
low price, the latest issued volume contains
Oliver Ttcist, Great Expectations, Bleak House
and the Pictures from Italy. (Received by
Bailey & Noyes)
The same publishers have issued, in a small,
neat volume, the Sermons on the Failure of
Protestantisna, by the Rev. f. c. Ever, Rector
of Christ Church, New York, which have ex-
cited so much discussion and feeling in certain
religious circles. The questions which they
open are of kind which we have neither the
time, the inclination nor the ability to discuss
proftably; we therefore leave our readers to
form their own estimate both of them and of
the questions which they involve. (Received
by Bailey s. Noyes)
A clear, well-printed copy of the wonderful
Vision of Dante ARghieri may now be bought
for fifty cents, the Appleton's having added
Cary's translation OF the Inferno, Pttrgatorio
and Paradise to their cheap Popular Ed ton
| of the Standard Poets" an admirable SERIES
| (Received by Bailey & Noyes.)
Of the cheap "tartan" edition of the Waver-
ley Novels, published by the Appletons, the
latest issues are The Tdlisnaan, The Betrotaed,
and The Highland Widoac. Sold for twenty
five cents. The same publishers have added
The Paeha Of Many Tales to their excellent If
ty cent edition of Marryatt's neyelss=6 6Rac~sva-
ed by Bailey & Noyes.)
The Letters Of Madame de Seuigne and the
Letters Of Lady Mary Wortley Montague, collee-
ted and edited by Mrs. Sarah j. Hale, a new
and carefully revised edition, have just been is-
sued in two handsome uniform volumes by
Roberts Brothers of Boston. No finer speci-
mems of epistolary writing are to be found
in English literature than is furnished by the
letters of these two ladies'. Two centuries
time have not taken anything from the vivaci
ty the grace and sweetness which reveal them
selves in the letters of Madame de Sevigne;
nor, it seems to us, can any number of years
avail to dim the lustre OF the brilliant and Wig
orous though erratic intellect that flashes
in every page OF Lady Mary's. Then,
too, the vivid pictures which these let.
ters furnish Of the manners and the social
life of the times in which they were written,
and the insight into the lives and characters
OF many remarkable persons which they afford
us, give to them as time recedes an ever in
Il
Brothers deserve our thanks for presenting
them anew to us in so attractive a form. IRE
ceived by Loring, Short & Harmony
Roberts Brothers have issued as number
two of their convenient and attractive "Handy
Volume Series" Doctor Jacob, by Miss N
Betham Edwards, an original and powerful
story, which has excited much attention. tits
| well and prettily bound in scarlet muslin f,
| aud sells for one dollar. (Received by Loring,
| Short & Harmony
| LippincoHs Magazine, for February, shows
table of contents agreeably varied Mr.. Rob-
ert Dale Owens novel of Beyond the Break
ers" is continued, the author still being occu-
pied with putting his figures on the canvass
| "Over Yonder" is the beginning of serial by
the author of "The Old Ma'amselle's Secret"
Miss Anne Brewster gossips pleasantly OF
American Artists in Rome;" the sensational
"Secret Agent" reapperrs, and makes further
revelations; there is a poem by 7. B. Read,
and another by Howard Glyndoir. The paper
on Thackeray, by James NJ. Barnes, is ably
written, but shows failure on the part OF its
author to fairly appreciate the quality OF
Thackeray' IS genius, Other articles are New
Wine in Old Bottles" by Eunice Drayton;
ssPrice of a Dream" story by Frank Lee
Benedict; "Phenomena of Memory, by Pro-
fessor Samuel II. Dickson; Southern Recon-
struction," by Tennesseean; ga Pennsylva-
MIA Magazine in 1775," by Jessie e, Ringwait.
(Received by Loring, short s. Harmony