The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-09-28
Recent Publications.

The Galaxy for October, has portrait of
Bismark. Its contents are various and of q
high order. Among them are the following:
Lady Judith, a Tale of Two Continents, by
Justin Mccarthy; In and About Pekin, by
N. B. Dennys; James Buchanan, by Hon. Ho-
ratio King; Overland, story; Does it pay to
visit Yo Semitic? l. Amour ou la Mort from the
Spanish of LARA, by Anthony Armstrong;
Will Murder Out? by Edward Crapsey; Tho
King of Prussia, by Justin Mccarthy; Drift
Wood; Literature and Art, and ten pages of
the humorous memoranda of Mark Twain. Mr..
McCarthy's paper on the King of Prussia il
exceedingly timed, and as its subject is now
one of the great central fgnres of current histo-
ryiit will find many readers, and even the
most careless skinner Of the magazine will read
it with pleasure. Miss. Logan's description OF
the 70 Semitic is well written, but the majes-
tic grandeur of the wonderful region did not
convert Olive into one of its admirers. The
exertion attendant upon the excursion was at
tended with too much physical exhaustion Mr..
King defends Mr.. Buchanan from many Of
the charges made against him, but confirms
the generally received idea of his weakness and
timidity.
Loring Short s. Harmon send us Putnam
for October. There are a few notable pieces
in it,; among them new and good story of Gen.
Putnam, the Antiquity of Celtic Literature.
Mrs. Austin's tale, The Last of the Proud Pull
sfers, and an illustrated article on "Folk-
Songs" by J. N. Blake. This is the last of
Putnam, for with Hours at Home it is to form
the new Scrbner's Monthly, to be under the
charge of j. G.. Holland (Timothy Titcomb)
and We may expect in the new publication
well edited and brilliant periodical.
The young folks of the present generation
are wonderfully we'll provided with books and
magazines; in truth they appear to have i'm
pressed almost one half the writers Of the day
into their service, and amid all the the mass
OF printed pages that are coming daily from
the publishers, it is remarkable that so few of
them are doubtful in sentiment or design.
Among our favorite magazines for the young
people is the Riversiae published by Hurd s.
Houchton, New York. The November num-
ber is full of good healthy matter. The River
side occupies place of its own, and initiates
none of its competitors, so it can be united
with any other in forming children's library
to advantage.
The Herald of Health for October contains
fifteen general articles on sanitary subjects,
and number of practical papers devoted to
| special subjects in connection with physical
| culture DR.. Holbrook, the editor, has succeed
| ed in bringing the subject of elevating man
hood, physically, morally and intellectually,
before the public mind in a very attractive and
effective manner in the pages of this publisa-
ton, and we have been both pleased end in
structed by its perusal. Published by Wood
s. Hobrook, New York at So per year. The
November number is to contain the first OF
series of exhaustive articles upon the temper
ance movement.
The american Odd Fello,u for this month has
eighty pages of choice reading matter. In its
list of contents We notice: The Corpse-ligbt
OF Redfarn, remarkable story of Scotia The
Island of the Sirens; Standards of Moral Mer-
it; Leaves from Rover's Life-Log; Oriensal
Sketches; Odd Fellow Gems; Danger from
Tobacco; Scientific and Curious Facts; HUI
mors of the Day; Brain and Muscls; De-
partments for the Family Circle and the Or
der, and other attractions. 81 25 per volume,
| 50 so per year. Address A. O.. u. Association,
p. o. Box No. 4217, New York.
Sports and Games is the title of little quar-
terly magazine published by Adams q Co.,
25 Bromield ST., Boston. 1t has nlnety-s'A
pages per number, and gives iul 'ns.r u''ious
| for an almost endless variety of outdoor and
indoor games and amusements for girls and
bows, including dramatic charades and musical
nisces for stage performance. ikThe price is
only 25 cents per year.
The Little Corporal for October, delightful
magazine that lives fully up to its motto
Fighting against wrong, and for the good, the
true and the beauthul-is published by Sewall
and Miller, at Chicago, at 81 so per year. It
has become great success aud numbers its
readers by tens of thousands.
The proceedings OF the Grand Commandsry
OF Maine, at its ninth annual couclave in this
city in May lasi, have been published in
handsome pamphlet of 24O pages, by Stephen
Berry, to whom we are indebted for copy
The Three Brothers is the title OF new novel
by Mrs. Oliphant published by ID. Appleton
g. Co., New York, and received by Bailey and
Moves II isNo. IL of Appleton's Library of
choice novels, an edition that Is remarkable
,or its beauty of execution and general at'ras'
e ,trln