The Portland daily press., 1869-08-23
Recent Publications.
THE SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.

THE SEPTEMBER MAGAZINES.
As the sun outshines all lesser luminaries,
so does MIS-. Stoves True Story Of Lady By
ron's Life obscure all the other articles, worthy
of perusal as many of them are, in the Sep
tember Atlantic. To that remarkable revela-
ton, which has already excited what will per-
haps become one of the fiercest literary con-
troverSies of the century, We have already re-
ferred at length. After the reader recovers
from the mingled disgust and astonishmentin-
c!dent to perusal of Mrs. Stoves article he
will find himself well repaid by reading Par
toms "Log-rolling in Congress" sort of sup
plement to his Lobby Strikers of last month.
"Was Rechenbach Right?" is one of those
scientific extravaganzas in which Edgar A.
Poe delighted. Rev. James Freeman Clarke
treats of "Confueius and the Chinese in an
entertaining manner and Bayard Taylor has
story that is short and sweet. Trowbridge
and Howells furnish the poetry for the num-
ber.
Our Young Folks continues the "Story Of
Bad Boy" 7. M. Brewer tells iabout Hum
ming Birds; James Parton, of Discovery Of
the Madeira Islands; j. T. Trowbridge, of
Lawrence, Among the Iron Men; the author
antly of Gardening for Girls, and there are
several other articles by interesting writers,
and some good illustrations.
Hours at Home for September has been re-
ceived by E. G. Andrews, Sc Centre street. 1t
contains "a Double Literary Career" by H.
Willard ''A Pencil Sketch" by Prof. E. p.
Evans; Butterfly and Thistle" by Julia
Ward Howe; compton Friars," by the Au-
thor of "Mary Powell;' "The Diet of Brain
Workers, by G.. NJ. Beard, NJ. D.; "Folingsby's
Pond-The History of Hermit" by j. T.
Headley; ''The First Week of the Telegraph"
by VIM. P. "; "Neanders Last Birthday"
Translated from the German of Arnold Well
mer, for Hours at Home, by Mrs. Henry B.
Smith; "Lfe at Great Ocean Depths" by T.
Edwards Clark, NJ D.; "Christopher Kroy-
A Story of New York Life," by Miss 8. j.
Pritchard, and other interesting matter.
Harper and Brothers have published in pa
per covers The SeUen Curses of London, by
James Greenwood which we noticed recently.
Price 25 cents. The same firm have also pub
Iished cheap edition of Charles Reade's White
Lies. Paper covers; price 25 cents. Both of
| the above for sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
| Women and Theatres, Olive Logan's new
is made up almost exclusively of condiments.
| Pepper, salt, and perhaps a little vinegar, are
detected in every mouthful-if we may say So
| of her essays. We would not contend that
trace of sugar may not be discovered OCCASION
| ally, but saccharine matter is certainly not
| the characteristic ingredient of the work. But
| it is full of life, is as epigramatic as Victor
| Hugo, in form at least, if not in substance,
| and of all the books of the season is The most
readable If grave subjects are treated light
| ly, if there is want of reverence and some
| times of delicacy discoverable in the pages of
this book, it will be seen nevertheless by the
judicious reader that there is an undertone of
earnestness in it all, and that Miss Logan's
coarseness is only the frankness of woman of
| ability whose relations with the world have
| been more intimate than these of most of her
sex. Several of the papers collected in the
| volume before US have appeared in the period
icals of the day, including that on Nudity in
Theatres" which excited marked interest at
the time of its first publication. Carleton, New
York. For sale by Loring, Short s. Harmon.