The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-01-14
Recent Publications.


TWELVE YEARS WITH THE CHIDREN.-Mot-
toes and Echoes, in Morals aud Mission
WORK. by w. Warren. Portland: Pub
lished by Hoyt and Fogg.
We desire to call special attention to this
little volume as the initiatory step in an enter
prise eminently deserving of announcement.
The publishers conceive that the very large
demand, throughout the State, for books of the
kind desired for Sunday School libraries
should draw at least some portion of its supply
from home; and they have accordingly issued
this az the first of series of works of that
class. If it meets with a reception sufficient
ly favorable, it will be speedily followed by
others the manuscripts of which are already
In hand. We commend the enterprise of these
publishers, and trust it may be crowned with
success. Certainly the volume before us is
one of which az maiden effort they have no
reason to be ashamed In execution and ap-
pearance it would do credit to long-establshed
and experienced houses. The paper, type and
press-work are excellent, the il .ustrations at
tractive and the binding elegant. Thus much
OF the mechanical execution of the book: the
character of its contents is very well indicated
by its title. Its author, the well known Sec
retary of the A. b. @. f. NJ, narrates such of
his missionary experiences as relate to chill
dren, and would therefore be supposed to have
an especial interest for youthful readers. 1t is
their verdict, not ours which must approve his
work.
For sale by the publishers
THE PRESENT AGE AND INNER LIFE. AN
GENT AND MODERN SPIRIT Mysteries Ex-
planned. A Sequel to Spiritual Intercourse
Revised, enlarged and illustrated By An
drew jackson Davis, author of Natures D-
VINE Revelations" ,""Great Harmonic, ,""Are-
bula," etc.. etc. Boston: William White &,
| Co., Banner Of Light office.
We give the title of this book in full. believing,
that we may1thus, perhaps, convey a more accu-
rate idea OF its contents than by any description
OF our own. We confess with regret that what
Mr.. Davis calls the "Harmonial Philosophy"
is not perfectly Ineligible to US; and that after
somewhat careful examination OF the book
we do not feel competent to present on our
own part any statement of its leading ideas. We
are therefore compelled to content ourselves
with the following from the publishers pre-
face:
We take pleasure in offering this volume as
a compend of the harmonial philosophy of
SLiritualism, and as repository of Facts de-
monstrating the grand truth o. open commu-
nication between the two worlds. OF all the
authors works, this is, without doubt, the
most complete in treating the laws and condi-
tions of medumship; being most thoroughly
devoted to consideration and elucidation of
the facts and principles CT Spirilualism, both
ancient and modern. We therefore present
this book as embodying important and reliable
Information on the most interesting subject
known to the mind of man-"Life and Immor-
tality.'
BLLNDPTTs. A Story of Scottish Life. New
York: g. P. Putnam & Son. Reprinted by
special arrangement with the Edinburgh
Publishers
OF making ofbooks there is no end, and es-
pecially of making novels; but if they could all
be as good as this one we should hardly be
disposed to think them too many. We do not
know who is its author; indeed, we have the
impression that in England, where it has at.
tracted no little attention, it is received as the
work of new writer. Old or new, however,