The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1870-06-11

Fields, Osgood & Co. have just published
G. @. Collins ("Carleton" of the Boston Jour
naD new book entitled The Seat of Empire. 1t
is the record of the excursion OF a party of
travellers, comprising among others, ex-Gov.
Smith of Vermont, Judge Rice and Philander
Coburn of Maine, to the northwest, in which
the fertility, the wealth of river slopes, the
boundless water power, the delightful climate.
the mining capacities, and the wild, pictur-
esque beauty Of the landscape of this impor-
tant part Of the country, are most agreeably
developed. The book abounds in useful infor-
nation, interviewer with the wild experience
and amusing incidents of camp life. For
piece Of graphic description, we refer to the
midnight Thunder Storm for an irresistibly
comic picture, we recommend the chapter
"Round the Camp Fire." and "Boys Once
More" No one can read the book without
feeling that the land surrounding the sources
Of the Mississippi has natural resources which
will make it play an important part in the fu-
ture history of the country The book has al
so an excellent Map, prepared from the sur
veys of the U. s. Typographical Engineers and
the Royal Engineers of England, showing the
entire railway system of the country north of
Southern Virginia. from Nova Scotia to Cali
fornia, including the Union and Central Pa
cific railroads, and the Northern, now under
construction. 1t may be had OF Hall L. Davis.
From Loring, Short s. Harmon we have a
fine copy of Anthony Trollope's novel, The
Vicar Of Bullhampton, published by the Har-
pers; printed in octave form, well embellished
and handsomely hound: very conveniently
formed volume.
Guilty or Not Guilty is the title of thick
12mo novel; got up in Carleton's usual good
taste. 1t is founded on terrible tragedy that
occurred in New York about the close of the
last century. The characters, the author tells
us, are genuine; and the mourniui story IS
told with considerable power. The book Will
please those who are fond OF the sensational
| and mysterious. For sale by Loring, Short Sc
Harmon.
grounded on Fact" ought to be the motto
placed over the title of Abbott's History of
Queen Hortense AS romance il is very in
teresting but as the veracons record of actual
events it will not bear the crucial test The
true history of Hortense probably ought not to
be written, but that affords no reason for falsi-
flying the facts. She was not the woman the
Bonapartist romancer would make her. and no
protest against English lies will produce
conviction that she was. Count de Morny and
the present Emperor of France were born out
of wedlock, and Mr.. Abbott has undertaken
an impossible task when he seeks to establish
the purity of their mother. This romance of
Hortense is published by the HaIpers, and
Loring, Short & Harmon have it for sale.
Bailey s. Noyes have Dsraeli's last novel,
Lotiair, ON their counters in different forms:
one of which, in paper covers, TOR popular Cir
culaton, is afforded at the low price of 81 90,
Lifting the Yell is one of Charles scribner s.
Co.'S latest publications. 1t speculates ON the
spiritual world, and in method is similar to
Miss Phelps "Gates Ajar." The doctrine is
developed in narrative and dialogue chiefly be-
tween two women. 1t is for sale by Lofing'
Short s. Harmon.
| Old and Ne,o has transferred It's hesuq"ar-
ters to the publishing house OF Messrs. hooerts
brothers thus becoming nominsily what it
| has alwavs been actually, a Boston magazine.
II will issue the July number under the uew
auspices, beginning the second volume OF lit
erary enterprise which has been wonderfully
successful from the start