The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-06-02
Terms $500 per amman. In udyonce

MILLBANK; Novel by Mrs. Mary j. Uolmes
Author OF Tempest aud Sunshinen "Eib'
lyh's Mistake" 'Lena R,yets. etc P',h.
lisbed by q. w. Carleton & Co. For sale INV
Bailey Il Noyes.. tai
The stories by Mrs. Holmes are all of a
domestic character. Their interest, therefore.
Is not S" intense as II they we're more highly
seasoned with sensalionalsm; but il is OF a
heaithy and abiding character. Almost any
new book which her publishers m eht choose
W announce nom her pen would Get an iui-
me iiate and general reading. The interest
y. h'r 'ales begins at the begins at The he
?inn'n. ana IS maintained To Inc close. She
,"''"iao'y points healthy moral aud adorns
"soou ,se' ner sentiments are sound. her
ssy"Peinies SO warm and ready. a,d her
kho"ieoSe OF manners, character, and the va
rieu inc'uents OF ordinary life is 90 thorough.
thai she would lind it difficult to write any
other Than an excellent tale. il She we,e ~
try it, "MilbaDk" combines ali the wall
known excellencies OF its predece ssors, which
is saying all that even its author could de-
sire, IL 1t were her fayoriie production
CoMMON-sENsE IN THE HoUsEHoLp: A
Manual OF Practical HousewiIery; By
Marlo3 Hariand, author OF .'Alone," "Hid-
den Path" ""Nemesis,' &C. One vol I2mo,
cloth. Price 81 Is. For sale by Hoyt,
FOgo Il Breed. aa v1.
Messrs. Charles Scribner & Co. have inst
published work by that popular author,
Marion Harland, which is sure 20 fad even a
larger circle, not only of readers bul Of inter
es.ed students, than have any of her previous
productions; and this, too, Notwithstanding
the iacs that it is venture in a d, f.rent t;oI1
from that in which which she has achieved
such Wide reputation. The work deals with
solid matter OF fact as is indicated by lis ii
tle, 'C0mmCn-sense in the Household. n
Manual OF Practical Housewifery.r The
work is dedicated TO My Fellow-housekeep-
ers, North, East, South, and West" and the
author states that the "volume embodies the
gleanlngs OF many years From the "iamiIiar
laik which forms the first chapter-"a talk
OF woman With woman we make the follow
ing extract, striking the key upon which the
work is written: "rhis'-referrng 10 serio-
comic incident in her eaily life as house
keeper, was the beginning of the hoard of
practical receipts nov offer for your inspec-
tion. For fifteen years have steadily pur-
sued this work, cleaning here and sitting
there, and leyyiug such remorseless conlrbu-
tions upon my friends, 10 whom l lear The
SasSes paper My sls bSn ooE sncs m ssssOnS sseO%s
help you. L believe it will, il for no other
reason, because it has been faithful guide TO
myself-a reference beyond value in seasons
OF Goubt and need. have brought every
receipt to the test OF common sense aud ex-
perience. Those which have so tried nv
sell we've obtained from reliable housewives.
the best know. / have enjoyed the work
tily, and, rom first to las., the pursua-
sion has never left me that was engaged in
a good. cause. Throughout have hau ycu,
my dear sister, present before me, with the
little p'ait between your brows, and the visit
full look about eye and mouth, that reveal to
me as words could not-J our desire to do your
best"