The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-08-31

The London Quarterly Reuie,o for July, re-
printed by the Leonard Scott Publishing
House, New York, has the following table of
contents: Eastern Christians Scientific
uersus Amateur Administration The May
lay Archipelago" Keble's Biography "The
Argument of Design = "The House of Conde;"
"The Royal Engineers and Permanent Fortifi-
catons;' 'Lucan;" "The Truth about Ire
land"
The Overland Monthly for September pub
lished by A. Roman s. Co., San Francisco, has
variety of interesting matter. Among the
more noticeable articles are the following: "The
Cruise of the Monadnock, No. 2.;" white
Pine" ''The Story of Hermann" "Renewed;'
Celebrated Historical Diamonds ''The At
fair of the Villa A. Sufficient" "Are
our Public Schools Failure9 No. IL "The
Pacific Acknowledgment" National Charac-
teristics;" "a South-Sea Idyl."
The Radical for September will be read with
eager attention by persons whose religious
convictions have a latitudinarian tendency.
1t contains: "The Task of Religion an ad-
dress delivered before the Cambridge Divinity
School By John Weiss; "On the Merciless
Cruelty of Children's Books" by e. w. Win
throp; 'The Arrow" Edwin Morton; "Condi-
tion," by W. A. Cram; ''Wild Red Lilies" by
NJ. r. W.; "From the Country" Carl Wren
slers report of himself and others. VII.
"He Rejects the Bible" by G. X. Whipple;
"Requiescat;" ""Does Social Advancement De-
pend upon Political Organizations, by VIM.
b. Scott, The Radical is published by its pro-
prietors at % Bromfield street, Boston.
Hurd & Houghton, New York, have pub
lished Mary Howitt's translation of Hans
Christian Andersen's new novel, The Lnlpro-
risatore. Andersen is known as the most sue
cessful author of childrens' stories now living
The present volume shows how well he can
sustain himself in field where he is compare
lively unknown. The novel will have the
same charm for readers of mature minds that
his stories do for young people. For sale by
Bailey s. Noyes.
The Three Bsrnices, or Ansernao Of the Crdg,
is historical romance OF some pretensions
from the pen of Mrs. A. M. Bright of Tennes-
see, who lovingly dedicates her work to her
two deceased sons, one of whom fell at Seven
Pines. The Author explains the purpose of
her work in the preface thus:
Regarding Ancient History as u Ioieraoie
pattern for guess work only,-since historians,
in the olden time were, as now. subject to
bribe, political bias, personal enmity and IA
vortism,-there is a wide margin tor fiction
lists to build upon; especially as modern COM
pliers, out of so many puzzling contrarieties.
know not which to choose as authentic. /
have, therefore, seized upon certain doubts
and uncertainties regarding Bernice, and have
assumed that there were three, of that name
fourishing in the same era, whose several ac-
tions, being ascribed to one, have ensoiled the
name and fame of that Bernice, who, with her
brother Agrippa, heard Paul's defence before
Festus. have endeavored, in these pages, to
remove the odium from her character.
Published by Claxton, Remsen and Hahel-
finger, Philadelphia. For sale by Loring, Short
& Harmon.
The same publishers have now ready Sea
Drift, a charming little story by Fadette. For
sale by Loring, Short Sc Harmon.