The Portland daily press., 1871-12-20
Recent Publications.

The latest addition to the ''Wonder Series"
is The Wonders Of Water from the French of
iaston Tissandier, edited, with numerous adj
litons by Prof. Schele de We're of the Univer-
;ity of Virginia. 1t is an elegant book in all
respects 1t has sixty-four illustrations, and is
bound in green and gold Charles Scribner &
Co.. New York;
Insects at Home is a large 8vo volume of go
pages, by Rev. j. G. Wood, whose Homes ,citi-
Dut Hands has already made the public acquaint
I'd with his skill in treating scientific subjects
in a popular manner. The present volume
. would enable an amateur entomologst, without
iurther instruction, to collect name and classi-
fy numberlsss specimens of the ''bug' family,
ON the glow-worm to the gnat, and from the
butterfly to the daddy-long-legs 1t is sufficient
y elementary for the beginner, while it is suffi-
GENTLY comprehensive to satisfy the require
nents of those who need book of reference
merely The number of illustrations is ZOO,
part of them large full-page plates and part of
hem wood cuts. In addition to the utility of
his branch of natural history-that which ena-
oles the gardener and the agrculturist to form
most needful acquaintance with their dear
,st foes'-it is as interesting as fairy tale. To
learn the structure and transformation Of in
ects-to find out for the first time how the
cricket chirups and the death-watch drums
how the butterfly and the beetle pass from
sheir larval to their perfect shape-to learn
these and thousand other important and in-
seresting facts, is a delight that few are so in
seusible as not to appreciate. Charles scrib-
ier & Co., New York;
A Co. hos c.r IL t..
beauty, all except the cover which is in poor
saste 1t is profusey illustrated, and contains
capital Christmas story by Oliver Optic and q
ine Thanksgiving story by Elijah Kellogg.
There are the usual calendars and column left
blank in every month for such memoranda as
little folks like to make. published by Lee s.
Shepard Boston.) .-......r
Anna 7. Randall has prepared, and A E.
Winship No. l Cornhill, Boston, furnishes to
families or schools admirable volume on
Readiny and Elocution, with directions for self
culture, and to teachers. The hints are valua-
BILE, and there are 17O varied extracts for parlor
or lyceum readings, selected from standard au-
thors. .-....fi..l ...r.
Voice and Action, from the same, is moro
elaborate treatise on voice culture, action and
gesture by Prof. Frobisher, New York slocu-
ZIONIST, who not only gives the theory but tho
clearest practical directions in this neglected
| department of study. BY diagrams and tables
as well as in copious selections for reading tho
| student is led ON in natural and progressive
1 method to perfection in the noble art. ......,
Fitzgeralds Exhibition Speaker furnishes dia-
locues, comedies and tableaux with instruction
as to stage, costume aud dramatic action, with
an added treatise on gymnastics, profusely il
lustrated with engravings, 12mo, 26S PIP. 81 %.
Sheldon & Co. also publish Shaw's Manual
of English Literature and q sketch of Ameri-
can literature with an index to each The
whole is rich thesaurus for reading and
for reference. Stephens Sears with Lee &
Shepard is the New England agent. .-f,.. y