The Portland daily press., 1871-04-27

| The Descent Of Man by Darwin and the
Genesis of Species by Mivart, yesterday noticed
at length, are published by d. Appleton &
Co., New York, and for sale by Bailey s.
| Noyes:
A Lost Life Is a 800 page novel by Emily Fl.
Moore, C"Mignonette') published by G. w.
Carleton & Co., New York For sale by
Bailey & Noyes.
The Tribune essays By Horace Greeley, en-
titled What knoao of Farming, have been col
| lected into fine little volume of over three
hundred pages published by G. w. Carleton &
Co., New York. The anntecedent improbable
ty that man who has perhaps all things con-
sidered, the most ability and the most infiu-
ence OF any person now living, or that ever
lived, on this continent-who is one of the
very foremost of the great men Of this century
should write such medley of absurdities as
these essays are in soma quarters represented
| to be, is very great. From hasty perusal of
them we are inclined TO the opinion that every
| candid man who reads them will concede that
the humorists might with just as much propri-
/ ETY. take hold of Lowells last work, which
/ is excellent in its way, and try TO
/ make it the but of their leaden shafts Mr.
Greeley in his preface modestly disclaims any
pretext to a profound knowledge OF agricul-
| ture either scientific or practical But there is
| still scope left for an instructive treatise on
the broader features OF she subject. With the
| intense earnestness characteristic of his STYLE
this grand old man argues in the simple, di-
| rect but not too correct English of which be is
master, that good farming pays, and that it
| pays the farmer worth one, as well as the far
| mer who is worth hundred thousand dollars
Draining, irrigation, deep blowing, heavy fer
tilizing he holds to be for rich and poor alike
the source of gain The book will have an i'm
mense sale, we doubt not, and will deserve it
much better than that unhappy Political Econ
omy wherein is exhibited the terrible protec-
| tionist mania which comes so near running
great man. (For sale by Bales s. ,Noyes.)
j. G. Sharp, Rrincipal Sf the United Col
lege OF ST. Salvador aud ST. Leonard, st. An
Grews, has published five of his lectures to the
students of that institution in book which he
calls Culture and Religion in some of their Re
iataons 1t is republished from the Edinburgh
edition by Hurd & Houehton, New York
Mr.. Sharp avows himself one of those who
find culture worthy of serious regard only
when it ministers to faith-when it enables
men to see spiritual things more truly and
deeply. (For sale by Lorng Short & Har-
mon.)
A sprishtly little volume is My Discontented
Cousin, evidently a reprint from an anony-
nous English anthor. 1t belongs to tho
"Handy Volume Series OF Roberts Brothers.
Boston, and is fol sale by Loring, Short s.
Harmon.
| Roberts Brothers are famous for their good
judgment in selecting foreign books for ths
| American public. They bavejus brought QUE
in l6 mo volume of 400 pages Philip Gill
bert Hamerton's Thoughts ABOUT art, publish
ed originally as part of that charming vol
| ume A Painters Camp. Mr.. Hamerton Is now
| a fayorite authority on art, and every student
| will eagerly devour his books. The preface to
| we're attack on Hamerton's English critics who
| certainly appear TO have treated the author nm,
fairly. (F0r sale by Loring, Short & Har.
| mon.)
fourth volume of new, cheap and porular
edition of the works of this celebrated anthoI.
now in course OF publication, by T. b. Peter
sou 81 Brothers, Philadelphia, which are bsv-
ing very large ;, sale. The popularity Of ."Toui
Burke OF ours, Harry Lorrequer, ""Charles
OMaliey, Jack Hinton, ''"Arihur OLeary,"
Knight of Gwynne," aeon Cregan." ""Daven-
port Dunn, Horace TempleIon," and "a
Rent IN Cloud" have never teeu exceeded.
Levers works are full of genial humor. brill
i
| Burke OF Ours" is issued in a large octave vol
ume, with portrait of the author on the COW
er, price seventy five cents, and is for SAFE oy
all booksellers, or sent to any place, post paio'
by the publishers, on receipt of price oy n" Insm.
The Monarch of Mincing Lane by Wh, h..n pnaey rs
is the latest addition to HaiRn aiiiR1nst,ated' iFor
Select Novels. IL is n hney earmonS a,
Thomas the 9e SG%ic sai9e aft1s tSs has
ionnd IN n'e tmo E5,ropds School, fine opportu-
Ftght az az DS' ,ne exercise of his peculiar genius.
H His thlty-three Illustrations Of this brochure
eon, are nc his best hits. Tie good boy" William.
Who has waxed very fat, rolling up his eyes in
sapctimonious way, and exclaiming. 1T he's
| pleased Providence that should be stout" 10
fne. Some little anacbronisms, like the fl %
Napoleon running away with Alsaee aud Lor-
raine, are OF course unimpoItant from the hu-
morists standpoint Published by Francis
Il. Felt & Co, 455 Broome st. N. Y. Paper
covers, price %. For sale by Baily & Noyes.