The Portland daily press., 1871-10-05
DAILY PRESS.
PORTLAND.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1871



Recent Publications,
"Sam Slick" is TO the younger gene, a,ion n,
readers nonaen ct prdetereo niha. He is known
to be the typical Yankee, but only men of ad
vanced age know his origin aud place in litera-
ture. Hurd & Houghton have done well,
therefore, to publish as one OF their Riverside
Classics Sam Slick of Slickoille, with lustra-
tions by barley. Judge Halliburton, the au-
thor OF the once universally popular Sam.
Slick letters, died in England only six years
ago, but our "Artemus Wares" ""Hosea Big.
lows, "''Nasbys," "Pbe n,xes" and other later
American humorists had caused him TO be al
most forgotten. His letters first appeared in
the Nogo Scotian in 1885, and though their
satire was directed about equally against the
provincial countrymen of the author and the
compatriots of Mr.. Slick they obtained wide
circulation in both countries and in England.
Haliburton's vein of humor is a very quiet one,
as becomes British Tory and will perhaps
hardly seem humor at all to those whose no
tion of tun has been derived from the ortho-
| graphical extravagances of humorists of the
| Billings school. But the moIe judicious will
| hnd genuine pleasure in the rich old flavor OF
| the papers, and not the less because of their
| incidental revival of the memory of men aud
| things third of century ago. By the way,
one cant help inquring if any such creature
as this Yankee OF Haliburton's is now any
| where to be found, except in Sam Slick, the
| american Notes of Dickens and other foreign
literature? The portrait may be good one tf
sour athers," but we would fain believe that
the curious inattention to obvious moral dis
vinctions, the obtuseness in regard to the
usages of good society and the impertin ent GU
riosity have disappt ared with the traditional
bell-crOwned hat and striped trousers of our
ancestors Certainly the New Eng a oder of
to day has parted with that overweeniug ac-
quisitiveness that wa, formerly thought to be
characteristic. tFor sale by .Loring, Short &
| Harmony
| The latest addition to Harper's Library OF
| Select Novels is Anne Farness, by tie author
| of Sacristan's Household, &c. Paper covers /;
prize 65 cents. (For sale by Loring, Short &
| Harmony
1t is pleasant to find that Mr.. William j.
Rolfe has found sufficient encouragement to
continue his edition of Sbakespeare's p ays
with notes. The idea il, as we explained with
reference to his Merchant of Veaice 10 furnish to
the student of Englsh literature the same IA
cities for an intelligent understanding If the
text as are offered to students of Greek and
Latin. The notes explain obsolete words, eluci
date obscure passages, explain historical aiiu-
sions and clear up all the obstacles in the path
OF the young reader. TIE Tempest with Mr..
Rolfe's noe, has just been Published uniform
wifi 10 Merchant n ha linz IN
are exqu site, and the flexible covers of the
little volume and its general attractiveness
will give it a large sale. Loring, Short &
Harmon havei it.
Lee & Shepard, Boston, have published an
other of those delightful stories of the up
ward and Onward Ssries," by solver Optic.
1t is entilel Criagle and Cross-tree, or the
| Sea Washes OF Sailor. There are IA illustra-
| tions. (For sale by Lor:ng, Short and Hsr-
mon.)
Lee and Shepard have just issued diamond
edition of the Poetieal Works of Burns from
the English edition of Rev. Robert Aris Will
mott. This little volume contains not only the
usual introduction and glossary, but there are
explanatory notes and an English rendering of
the hardest words on the same page with the
text. There are several illustrations, and two
alphabetical indexes. A very compact and
handy edition. (For sale by Loring, Short &
| Harmony
| Among the Juveniles for the holidays tha.
begin to make their appe arance in great mum
| bers, We have seen none more attractive THAI
The Children's Album of Pretty Pictures ant
| Short Stories, by"Uocle john" the twenty
| six h thousa d OF which has just been pub
lished by Lee & Shepard. The profusion O.
Illustrations is remarkable, full page engrav
ing facing every page of letter press. No story
exceeds a page in length, and each is of a char.
acter to suit the taste of boys and girls of IRON
three or four to seven years old we should say
The Children's Sunday Album, published By
the same house, has passed to a third edition
1t has over $50 illustrations, and is adapted t.
the same class of readers as the volume frs
| mentioned. Both are for sale by Lo ring, Shor
| & Harmon.
| Lthe-Fotk Songs, by Alexina b, White, ar,
| more didactic in their tone than those of Moth
| er Goose, but they would do no aiscredit I,
that famous old singer. Not dull or unmu
| sical piece in the whole collection, W hich is in
troduced to the world by Hurd & Hooghton
with all due attention to nice thick paper and
plenty of cuts. For sale by Loring, Short s
Harmony
The les on of gentleness and kindness tC
dumb animals is the moral of 1.-The Auceh-
Mariner" by Coleridge, and SO it is of Tn
Jndge's Pets, juvenile just published b,
Hurd & Houghton. This "Story of a famil,
and its dumb friends, is written by E. John
soa and illustrated by E. B. Bensell. Ever
the old folks will enjoy the pets, but the child
rem will be delighted with them. (For sale b.,
Loring, Short & Harmon.
| In the second volume of his Life and Time
the late Lord Brougham will interest a muct
wider circle OF readers than in his first. The
story of the trial of Queen Caroline and th,
prosecutions that she suffered from her un
worthy spouse before and after that event will
always be an interesting chapter of history
Brougham not only tells US of the conspicuou
and honorable part he took in her defense, bu
INDUCES in some extremely interesting iemi
niscences Of both Queen Caroline and the la
mented Princess Charlotte. He seems TO hav
enjoyed the confidence of these ladies with few
Interruptions through all their troubles. TIL,
American reader will also find the chapter re
lating to the "Orders in Council" which hat
so important an influence on the relations be
tween this country and Great Britain, OF grea
interest: Brougham himself regards hi
agency in securing the repeal of these OF Ider
as the noblest achievement cf his life
Ths correspondence between the autho
and the great Wing leader, Earl Gray
| will interest the student of the Eng
Iish politics of half century ago. The ss
sassoation of Mr.. Perceval, the English prem
| Ter, is among the events described in this vol
ume. II that tragedy had happened in ou
day Bellingham would have besn sure of es
Gaping capital punishment on the ground G
mental incapacity. Volume two brings tn
story down to the year 1929. 10 au interest
e ing note appended to this volume the edito
+ in answer to many inquiries, states that Lor
Proueham began his memoirs in the fall
i 1861, when in his eish y-fourth year. and con
e pleted them in 1867 when in his ninetieth yea
}. Published by Harper & Brothers and for sa
by Loring, Short & Harmony
D. Appleton & Go. have added to the
"HandyVo'ume" edition of Dickens Worl
= Martin Chuzzle,oit There are certain chapter
l.. in tins work that Americans with senstiN
feelings should skipif they would keep the
e temper, but no one OF any literary pretensior