The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-11-02
Recent Publications.


Recent Publications.
"Connelps Physical Geography" ihas been
published by d. Appleton s. Co. 1t is thin,
quarto book, like school atlas, and contains
maps, diagrams, and pictorial illustrations,
all designed to communicate instruction in
physical geography. These are accompanied
by abundant explanations. 1t is of course,
designed for use in schools and is one of Cor
nelps series of school Biographies. For sale ut
Loring, Short and Harmon's.
The House on Wheels, or the Stolen Child, by
Madame de Stolz, is an interesting story for
young readers, which has been translated from
the French, by Miss E. f. Adams, and pub
lished in very handsome style by Leo 8
Shepard. 1t is story of a boy who was stolen
by gypsies, and is told in very entertaining
way. There are twenty pictorial illustrations
by Emile Bayard. For sale at Bailey s. Noyes.
Appleton's almanac, for 1871, is very attrao-
tive. The illuminated cover is adorned with
group of gayly colored butterflies; for each
month there is graceful and appropriate de-
sign by Harry Fem, and a smaller one, not
less beautiful, by John A Hows, who also sup
plies four flower pieces, each representative of
its season. There are also number of other
engravings, with miscellany, poems and va
riety of general information. sit is published
by ID. Appleton and company, and Loring.
Short Sc Harmon have it for sale.
The North american Reyieac for October has
the following table of contents: British Neu-
trality during the Civil War, by President
Woolsey of Yale College; Limits of Natural
SapntiOn hv HI. Tka tho1
of History, by frederic Fl. Hedge; Congress-
ional Reform, by Gamaliel Bradford; English
Aristocracy and English Labor, by Edward
Brooks; Pierre Bayle. by T. Sheldon; France
| under the Second Empire, by H. w. Hemans;
Theodore Mommsen, by w. P. Allen, aud the
| usual notices of new publications. The arti-
Giles that will probably attract the most atten-
tion are those ON Congressional .Reforn and
the French Empire. The former is remarks
BILE for its abstinence from the indscriminats
invectve against members of Congress which
is characteristic of articles of its class But ID
has the fault peculiar to all articles on this top
ic of protesting universal panacsa for al
| the corruptive ignorance and carelessness that
pervade our national Legislature. Mr.. Brad
ford's panacea is modification of the English
/ Va
He would give members of the Cabinet per-
mission TO participate in the debates OF the
House and in the deliberations of committees.
He would begin with the Secretary Of the
| Treasury by way of experiment. The article
| is very valuable one, but it is curously
| enough made the medium of display of preju-
dices against Secretary Boutwell,. The main
suggestion will commend itself to the majority
| OF readers, and would perhaps be adopted if it
were not for notion which prevails extensive
| ly that whatever is English is necessarily bad.
| The article on the Second Empire tatss up in
detail Louis Napoleon's mistakes, and shows
that his whole career as a sovereign has been .
series of blunders. Published by Fields, o.
good s. Co., Boston.
| Old and Neoo for November contains even
more than the usual variety of interesting mat
ter The great French writer, Edvouard La
boulaye has an article ON the French Army
and George B. Woods writes of the Mystery of
Edwin brood, in which he decl ares that the
mystery will tantalxe the world forever. The
other leading articles are as follows: Six
months en- Five Cents, Ralph Keeler; Sylvia's
Song, Nora Perry; Suffrage and Education,
The Science and Learning of the Vatican, G.
| F. Winslow; The Wall in the PAan, Julia
Ward Howe; Pink and White Tyranny Chaps.
VIII, TX, Ky Mrs. H. 3. Stowe; Indian Sum-
mer, What Happened to the Khan and the
Poor Mans Son, Theology and Faith, Edward
A. Horton; Quack Chemists, f. w. Clark
Rebecca's Ma, Fred w. Loring; Talk about
the Tea-Table The Christmas Locket, a Christ
mas number of "Old and New" win be pub
| l,oA L.
link between the old and new years.
1t will contain articles by FL. w. Bellows J..
Freeman Clarke, Mrs. III. B. Stowe, Mrs. A.
D. I. Whitney, Edward e. Hale, Elise Polka
and others Of the most popular contributors to,
this magazine.
The subjects of some of the papers contained
| in it are: What the IChristmas-Tree told |:
Bethlehem, by traveller lately returned :
Christmas in Italy; A Christmas Carol, by
Mendelssohn; A Christmas Hymn; A Christ
mas Sermon; Christmas in Germany; Stand
and Wait, German story by the editor; The
Three Anniversaries. The advertising depart
ment of Old and Ne,c for November has some
entirely new features. 1t is printed in an at
tractive style and contains beautiful engrav-
ings.slt is the design of the publishers to make
| 'nis iealure speclalty.
From Loring, Short and Harmon we have re-
ceived "The Vivian Romance" by Mortimer
Collins, and (which is the Heroine" novel
by an unknown author. They form Nos. 3As
aud $40 of the Harper Library of Select Nov
els.
VIM. White g. Co. of Boston have sent us .
neatly printed and prettily illustrated volume
entitled 1.-THE Fountain: with Jets of New
Meanings" by Andrew Jackson Davis It
was written, the "seer" tells us in his preface,
in response to monition received in vision,
bidding him to write book with thoughts
for men and pictures for children, which the
| young as we'll as the matured can peruse with
pleasure and profit" "Truth, love, psaoo.
mercy, wisdom, labor, education, religion, ad-
monition, hope, these streams mast flow from
the beautiful Fountain which was the cen
trail figure in the visionary landscape.
The american Odd Felloao for November Il
full of good things. 1t contains much origi-
nal literary matter, and vast amount OF in
telligence of special Importance to the great
Brotherhood. In its contents we no"ce' 1Ae
Ghost that came to Martins Corner, astory st
peculiar interest; Odd Fellows Service ~
Ecba Canon (illustrated) Good of the Order;
Scientific and Curious Facts; Leaves from
pouor,s I,fe-Log; Humors of the Day; A
NIGHT of Terror: Odd Fellows Gems; Letters
from Europe; Defense of Odd Fellowship;
Mesmerism and Matrimony; Odd Fanciss;
Department for the Ladies, Youth, and Re-
bekahs; Miscellany; Poetry; Correspondence
from all quarters, Sc, Sc. Published by the
A.o.F. Association, No. 96 Nassau St., New
| vorl, q Ok ner VOL So 80 per year