The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-08
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oeen repubi>hed by the Leonard Scott Pub
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IorR. Ii Is a number OF more than average
excellence, and also, on account of The subjects
OF some OF lis papers, of more than usual in.
terest to the readers in this country. Occas.
ion has often been taken to comment IN ,bs
variety of topics treatel in this nub,ica,;or.
but the number now issued ia rpmsrkabiv ex.
curslve, and few will open it without Hudips
something to eugross their attention. Amour
the papers which will be upiversalIy read are
tne following: american Literature" "John
wes'ey's Cosmosraphy,"' "Tbe Laws of War;
uunrowder." and "The New. York Gold Con.
spraey. No other Esglish Review barmo.
nIzes so thoroughly with the progressive soirit
OF the age 1t will be with lively interest that
the public will take up this pumber and road
the kindly critical and appr. ciatiye remark,
on our writer's, dead and iv ug. In the frs,
named article; and the equally critical but no,
81 kindly comments on the heroes of the 10
Gold Conspiracy, which forms the subject of
the last article, and which, as striking chap.
ter in the history of finance. has been thought
worthy OF place in the pages ot a quarterly
review.
DR.. Dio Lewis's Talks about Peoples ls.ous.
dchs, published by elds, O,go d & Co, aui
for sale in this city by Loriug, Short aud Har-
mon, is another Of those works waich will adj
to tue authors reputation b. the skill Re u>es
Ia popularizng useful information. A dry.
medical treatise on dyspepsia few people will
read, though it is qniie generally known that
We Americans are race OF dyspeptics and
that Indigestion lays the f,unditio ot a largo
number OF the most prevalent and destructive
maadies. But this is a book tina. person
at al interested in its main purpose nigh
read with great satisfaction on account OF its
vivacity, its aboundDg good bumor and i's
richness in anecdoe. DR.. Lewis is the
great apostle of Eup. psia, il we may say SO,
preaching daily the gospel OF good food, pure
air, sunshine and exercise. He believes that
"gluttouy counts hundred victims whera
drunkenness counts Que aud that the Ameri-
can people are Constantly poisoning th, M
selves by putting Improper load in iu proper
quantities iuto dsordered stomacbs. He be-
leves that after the temperance reform comes
the TODD reform, and being patriot as well az
a physician, and believing as every genuine
Yankee should that this country whips 'hs
uaiverse," he begins his campaign with a no
be confidence "Let Que lose heart,' he
says,-"if he lives in the United States and has
good cause he will wn.' L. may perhaps ts
said that the more Important facts stared in
this book are rot ncw-tbal We all knew before
th 1t food SHOULD te properly maslicattd, and
why; th-t temperance in eating is a great by.
gienic virtue al d that plain fcod Is more easily
d gested than rich com pounds artfu'ly eontriv-
eli to tempt the appetite. But ih, Sc truths
AID many more are here enfo:ce1 and illus
trated by a Nan who in his own person pre-.
seuts overwhelming proof Of the value of hs
theories. They are presented 10 such way
tnat no one can avoid an impulse TO enter inn
msdiately upon a course OF life that shall bring
the bucyancy of spirit, the sw-etn' S. of sleep.
the Joy in existence and the siren .th of muscle
that ave. promised to those who violate no law
OF their nature aud live a temperate lite. To
the discussion of the question OF cheap food We
sh Ill refer elsewhere.
A new juvenile by Capt. Mayne Reid is al.
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readers with whom the uhof's reputation il
we'll established. The Casta,cays story Of
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which every boy will revel aud in which many
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Messrs. Little, Brown and Co. of Boston,
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bs prevented, by j. II. Robinson, a practical
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in his discussion of the snbject, and the book
is Of uuioubted value. Received from the pub.
fishers.
The Little Corporal Magazine for November
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Since its enlargement and improve ment, nd
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