The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-07-08
DAILY PRESS.
SATURDAY, JULY 8, 1871.
Recent Publications.
PORTLAND.

Ltttte Sunshine's Holiday is a new juvs-
nne oy MISS Muloch, author OF John Halifdz,
| uentee"dn' 1t is beautiful little story for
cnlidfen oy one of the best writers of our
times. 1t is finely illustrated. Harper G.
Brothers, publishers. For sale nv Ior,ne.
Short & Harmon.
No. 1853 of Harper's. Library of Select Nov
els, just issned, is entitled jVon-Not Wooed,
by the author of Bred In the Bone, A Beooar
on Horseback, &c. Paper covers. Price 50
cents. For sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
Two new novels published by G. w. Carle-
ton & Co., N. Y, have been received by
Bailey & Noyes. These are Delaplane by
Mansfield Tracy Walworth, author of War
acick, &C., and The WidOwer, by Julie P.
Smith, author of several well knownInovels.
The last especially seems to be- written ia a
lively, sparkling style that renders it pleasant
reading. Both are large, well bound Volumes
printed in an attractive style, and both seem
to have the elements of wide;popularity.
Lucille and other poems of Owen Meredith
are published by James R. Osgood q Co.,
Bsston, in that form of paper covered volume
that has commonly been held sacred to minor
works of fiction. In this velume are several
poems, besides the larger ones, Lucille and
The Apple of Life, that are we'll known to
most persons of literary taste. Price so cents.
For sale by Hall L. Davis.
Nonsense Songs, including lstories, botany
and alphabet, is new contribution to hu-
morous literature, by Edward Lear, author
Of the well known Book of Nonsense. Mr..
Lear is not humorist, however, in any prop
er sense OF the word, and he..no more rises to
the dignity of satire and satire and irony
than Mother Goose, though the appreciation
of his laughable effects requires much g,eater
maturity of intellect than the understanding
of the works of that estimable lady. His
nonsense is pure nonsense which ranges all
the way from folly that results from consid-
cradle exercise of the IMAGINATION, like the
creation of being called "a Quangle Wan
gle" or ga Boss-Woss," to stark gibberish i'd
iocy. Among the other sources of Mr..
Lears humor, such as it is, is new and fan
tastic misuse of words, and the coming of
laughable adjectives. OF the grotesqueness
of his drawings. no one needs to be told who
has ever seen the Book of Nonsense. One
can hardly tell why, but it must be confessed
that there is surprising amount of enter
ment in Mfr. Lear's nonsense, which is good
deal better than much of other peoples So
Der good sense. James R. Osgood & Co.,
Boston. For sale BY Hall L. Davis.
The Journal of Social Science, No. 3, for
1871, has been published by Hurd & Hough-
ton for the American Social Science Associa-
tion. 1t contains papers by F. L. Olmsted,
c. c. Perkins, Francis Bacon, s. A. Duncan,
President Woolsey, E. L. Godkin, D. D.,
Field, FL. A. Hill, G. B. Emerson. Hume and
W. R. Ware. The department of General
Intelligence contains very large amount Of
matter relating to social science topics that II
of the greatest possible value to students so
that branch of knowledge. For sale by Lo-
ring, Short & Harmon.