The Portland daily press., 1869-08-09
Recent Pablica.ien..

The author Of the Pictorial Field Book Of the
Recohttson has again made his appearance as a
historical writer. There is hardly any one
who would be more heartily welcomed by the
general public. fhis time he serves up the
war of1S12 in the same attractive manner that
he presented the history of the Revolution in
the work to which we have referred. The new
book is Lossing,s Pictorial Field Book Of The
War Of 1912. 1t is issued by Harper and Broth
ers in a large, well printed and beautifully
bound volume, illustrated with several bun
dred engravngs on wood by Tossing and Bar
rit mostly from original designs by the author.
These engravings are in the highest style OF
art, and consist Of portraits of distinguished
men, tattle scenes and sketches of scenery and
objects of interest in the vicinity where the
great events of the war took place. Mr.. Los
sings method is peculiar. He not only studies
books and consults authorities, but he visits
personally the localities where the events he
describes took place, making sketches with his
ever ready pencil The popular character of
his works should not lead the fastidous critic
to the too hasty conclusion that Mr.. LOSING Is
a superficial writer who amuses, to be sure,
but does not instruct. This would be serious
mistake. So far as comports with the general
scope of his work he treats his theme philo-
sophicalIy. The new book Is for sale by Loring,
Short and Harmon.
The same publishers have issued The PhilOs-
ophy Of Teaching, by Nathaniel Sands. Mr..
Sands views represent the existing tendency
to a reaction against the exclusive devotion to
classical studies characteristic of English, and
in less marked degree, of American schools.
He is the champion of the utiltarian ideas Of
education that are becoming so widely preva-
lent. Though conservative educators will be
reused to antagenistic thought and action by
this work, it is more than probable that Mr..
Sands ideas will meet with very large degree
of public favor. Certainly his book is peculi-
arly suggestive, and one that no instructor of
youth can afford to ignore. For sale by Loring,
Short and Harmon. i+''
Another valuable educational work issued
by the same publishers is the Parser and Anol-
yzer, by Francis A. March. 1t is small 16mo.
volume with flexible covers, written by an em-
inent instructor who is Professor of the En-
glsh Language and Comparative Philology in
Lafayette College, with a-view to render the
elements of grammar Ineligible to the youth
full mind. This is one Of the hardest tasks that
teachers or authors of text books have to un.
dertake We are convinced that the elenlen-
tary treatise of Mr.. March, with its appropriate
illustrations and diagrams, is calculated to
prove extremely useful in the school room.
For sale by Loring, Short and Harmon.
Daisy, by the wen known author Of Wide,
Wide World and Queechy, is one of that innu-
merable series of fictions that are likely to be
founded on the late civil war. The accomplish
ed author gives the old familiar charm to her
story, telling it in 50 simple, natural and un
affected a manner as to win back to her the
hearts Of such old friends as have grown cold
| In the interval since there has been anything
new from the same source. Published by j.
| p. Lppincott and Co., Philadelphia, and for
sale by Bailey and Noyes.
1 The Maine Journal of Education for August
has rather more than the usual variety'of mat
ter. This periodical deserves better support
than it receives from the teachers Of Maine.
| Published by Brown Thurston, Portland.
The International Rail,oay and International
Guide for Augusti is received, and will be found
indispensable to railway men and the travelling
| public generally c. r. Chisholm and Co.
The admirers of Henry Kingsley, auth
or Of Sratton and Ravenshoe, win be glad
| to hear of new work from his pen. Hetty IL
the title Of the new book, which will, we are
sure, add to the enviable reputation Of the
writer Harper and Brothers have published
it in paper covers as one of their Library of
Select Novels For sale by Loring, Short and
| Harmon.
From the Pacific coast comes the Overland
Monthly for August, freighted with the best
thought of the extreme West 1t pays especial
attention to local interests, and its sphere is
one of the most excellent ofour monthly peri
odicals.