The Portland daily press., 1871-02-28
New publications.

Three murders, Il family of quasi lunatics,
a sister who takes brothers life by wilfully
tesdfyng against him in court, a secret mar
riage between an ear's daughter and one of
the nurderers who is hanged, a curse put in
to rhyme and darkening the fate of a family
for many centuries, viz:
When Grstang shall with Gustang mate,
TIE curse shall iail, howe yer late,
furnish with abundant incident the new nov
ell OF English lie by T. Adolphus Trollope,
brother of the celebrated Anthony Trollope
In,view OF the ultra sensationalism indicated
by the above resume one is tempted to call
the author simply"a trollope,' giving him on
ly that generic name 10 the ser sc IN which
old ladies use it as a term OF strong eIroba-
Ion and disapprova. Bnt be tells bis story
with so much dramatic power, sus aims the
interest so wei, introduces so much oi healthy
natural life among bis morbid people and
things that one is induced 10 fo,eGo that pur-
pose. The tone Of the larger haf of the
book IS sombfe aud derives its interest from
the pictrresqueness OF the situations and the
| unusual character of the events, but the last
| third viii redeem it with professional novel
readers Dy the tenderness oil the sentiment
| and the lived-happy ever-after style of con-
clusion. DR.. II. Shelton Mackenzie says that
| Anthony Trollope never wrote so good nov
el. 1t is published by T. B. Peterson &c
Brothers, Philadelphia, who also publish the
earl ier works of the same author For sale
by Bailey & Noyes.
| The author of Ecee Homo has published
volume containing variety of ESSAYS, the
principal of which, on Roman Imperialism,
| give the name to the book. The other essays
which are thoughtful, candid and discrimina-
ting, are on Miton's Political Opinions and
Poetry, Elementary Principles in Art, Liberal
Education in Universities, English in Schools,
the Church as Teacher of Morality and the
Teaching OF Politics. Prof Seeley takes
strong ground in his essay on Roman lmpe'
rialsm against those who in these latter days
have undertaken TO reverse the positions that
Brutus and Cesar have commonly held in the
| estimation of mabkind-to make it appear
that Cesar was the disinterested champion OF
the oppressed classes and especially of the
provinces, while Brutus acted as the repre-.
sentative of selfish aristocracy. He shows
that Caesar never contemplated the conse-
quenees that soved .fiom his acts, which
were mostly the result Of impulse and of obe-
dience to the requirements oi present ener-
gencies. In the second part of this same es
say the a1thor shows that the Roman Empire
fel, because it was uuable to cope with
its barbarian eaemies in arms; it
suffered this fatal disability because it
lacked men; it lacked men because OF
the sterility Of the people, and the sterllity
sprung from the lack of Industrial habits and
the enormous exactions levied to support
standing army iu the time OF the Empire.
| The volume throughout is marked by great
orininaity OF thought, ard felicity OF ex-
preston that will not be new TO the readers
| of Ecce Homo. Published by Roberts Broth
ers and for sale by Loring, Short and Har-
l mon.
Cro'on Jeaoets, romance by Emma l..
Mofett, OF Columbus, Ca, author of "Crag-
fon'," &c This volume is announced, with
confidence that the cultivated taste Of the
reading public will make it a success. The
author has taken for a subject page of his
tory on which is inscribed the names of
Prince Maximilian and the Princess Carlotta;
has gathered information from the most au-
thentc and official sources, and avoiding tire
some details, nduleing ia no sentimentalism,
yet filing the volume throughout win pure
elevated sentiment-has completed work
full of poetry and romasce. Tfe suseet Is
noble one and has been worthily handled
The eleoanee of court life, the love affairs OF
Tvrolese roblenen and Spanish maidens, the
in,rioues of political and military aciicians,
Tho dash of lif, in Mexico, all are introduced
and combined with a skill unusual in a youth
ful writer; and it is not veuturing too much
to predict that "Crown Jewels" will secure
for its author disniied position among the
writers OF the day. Published by Carleton
& Co., New York and for sale by Bailey &
Noyes.