The Portland daily press., 1869-11-10

RECENT PUBLIC ATOMS The american, Odd
FeLloaU This magazine (be official organ of
the Ordcr) for November contains an excellent
original story, entitled "The Death Plot;' to-
getber with an attractive variety of miscella-
neous reading matter of general interest, and
a vast amount of reading matter for the fra
ternity 1t should be taken by every Odd
Fellow. The american Odd Fello,o will next
wear be greatly enlarged and improved, when
the price will be $3.50 year. or 81, % vol
ume. Published by John w. Orr: No. 96 Mas
sau street, New York.
charming little volume is that issued by
Fields, Ossood & Co., and containing James
Russell Lo,CeUs Poeticdl Works complete. 1t
is called the Diamond Edition" The type,
though small, is very clear and distinct, and
any one with moderately good eyesight can
read it easily. The volume includes all of Mr..
Lowell's poems, serious and humorous, and
thousands of his admirers will be glad to get
his works in so beautiful and compact form.
The same publishers have commenced the
issue Of Miss Thackeray's novels, in uniform
style with their beautiful editions of her IA
theirs novels. 1t is printed with double-col-
umn page, with clear type, and handsomely
bound in green morocco cloth. This volume
contains "The Village on the Cliff "From an
Island" and several shorter stories. Miss
Thackeray authorizes the publishers TO issue
this edition
Both the above are for sale by Hall L. Davis,
Exchange street.
Hartwiy's Polar World. The Polar World !:
| Popular Description of Man and Nature in
the Arctic and Antartic Regions of the Globe
By DIR. G. Hartwig, Author of "The Sea and
its Living Wonders" "The Harmonies of Ma
ture, and The Tropical World" With Addi-
tional Chapters and 1GO Illustrations by the
American Editor. 8vo, Cloth.
Those of our readers who are acquainted
with DR.. Hartwig's former books on PHYSICAL
Geography, especially his Tropical World"
will not be disappointed by his description of
man and nature in the Arctic and Antartic
regions OF the globe. Whereas within the trop-
les the variety and abundance of nature throw
man and his works into the shade, in the
Polar World man becomes the most import
ant and interesting animal. A great part of
DR.. Hartwig's book is taken up with the adj
ventures and hair-breadth escapes of discov-
erers by land and sea-Norsempn, Firms, Cos
sacks, Russians, Dutch, English, and Ameri-
cans. Among these the Finn philogist Castren
is rhaps the most interesting. He wore out
his life travelling across the frozen deserts of
Northern Europe and Asia, fiom Lapland to
Lake Baikal, studying the languages of the
most remote tribes, and died soon after his re-
turn to the University of Helsingfors. Equal
ly interesting is the account of the Cos
sack Conquest of Siberia by the adventure
GUS robber Yermak TmOdajeff The book
contains several lively sketches of the natives
of these Indictment regions, including not only
the Lapps, Samoydes, Jakutus, etc. of Europe
and Asia, but also the Esquimanx and Indians
OF Arctic America-PaU Mall Gazette.
Just published by Harper Brothers and for
sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
Josh. Billings farmers All,nisor for the
year 1870 is the funniest thing out, and as
Josh says contains all that is necessary for all
minax and good deal besides, Beautifully
printed by G. w. Carleton, N Y, and for sale
by Loring, Short & Harmon Price % cents.
Everybody should have one. 1t will please
everybody except doctors. They won't like it
because it is so irth-provoking that it drives
away great deal of"bile' and tends to pre-
mote the health of the community.
Harrer & Brothers have Just published
another illustrated book by that vouminous
and popular author j. S. G. Abbott and en-
titled the Romance of S Danish History. 1t
will be at once that the subject is peculiar
ly well adapted to the writer, or, it that doesn't
express the idea correctly, that the genius of
the author is peculiarly well adapted to make
very instructive and entertaining book upon
the subject. Wedoubt if he ever entered upon
a wider field for the display of his exuberant
fancy. Among the contents we notice the
following titles Early History of Spain
Moorish Invasion, Marriage of Ferdinand and
Isabella Christopher Columbus, Charles v and
his son Philip the reign of P hilip ID and the
Spanish Bourbons. There are theirs but we
have room only tor specimen.
The same house has issued No. 800 of their
Library of Select Novels "Wrecked in Port"
by Edmund Yates. I'm -t.
Mr.. Yatess novels have mnt-mark of their
own, deeply impressed and unmistakable
They are Mr.. Edmund Yates's novels, not imi-
tations OF the novel-writing of successful pre-
decessors.- London Examiner
He is an accurate observer and has n oood
share OF humor.-London ReUie,c
Mr.. Edmund Yates deserves the thanks of
6tdse novel readers, for he has actually given
us something original and startling Brook
Ign Times.
AS narrator of life in London, Yates ranks
next to Dickens.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Mr.. Gates is a rapidly rising man, and has
but one or two superlors among the young
English novelists.--Neg York Citizen.
Paper covers so cents. Both the above for
sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.