The Portland daily press., 1872-01-16
Recent Publications.

The Harpers appear to be the first of the pub
fishers to recover from the exhaustion incident
to the preparation for the holidays. Among
their January publications is the venerable
Martyr Paine's Physiology Of the Soul and In
stinct as Distinguished from Materialism. Mr..
Paine is a sturdy conservative in his philoso-
ply, and does battle loyalty at the head of the
old guard against the materialistic tendencies
of the modern physical investigators. He be-
lieves that the soul is IAN Independent, self
acting, immortal and spiritual essence" OAR
win, Huxley and Spencer, as well as Spinoza,
are earnestly disapproved The volume treats
the theme quite exclusively, containing over
seven hundred octave pages. The author has
been long and most favorably known as the
writer of the Institutes of Medicine and other
medical books. The basis of the present work
was lecture delivered more than twenty years
ago before the medical department of the Uni
versity of New York. 1t is embellished with
portrait of the author and is dedicated to
Fletcher Harper.
Next comes the indefatigable Jacob Abbott
with a new volume of Science for the Young
entitled Water and Land. 1t is an elementary
treatise on physical geography, sweetened for
the intellectual palate of the young by famil-
lar colloquial style and profusion of really
excellent illustrations. Though it is an un-
pretending juvenile work, it. will be found to
contain very full outline of the science. in
GLIDING the more recent discoveries and fresh
est theories ~
Z A Boys Travels Round the World is the
work of Master Smiles, eldest son of Samuel
Smiles, the well-known English writer. This
lad, who is but sixteen years old, was re-
covering from an attack of Inflammation of
the lungs in the winter of 1863 To hasten
his conyalescence his father sent him to Aus
tralia. Finding employment there, he remain
ed for eighteen months at Majorica, town in
the gold-mining district of Victoria He re-
turned home at the beginning of 1871 by the
Pacific route, oia Honolulu, San Francisco and
New York. The present narrative is arranged
by his father from his journal and letters, but
the language of the boy is mainly preserved
1t is an attractive book for old or young There
are several illustrations. 5is5 Is e
Border "Reminiscences by Gen. R. B. Marcy is
collection of racy sketches of Western and ar
my life, some of which have appeared in Hdr-
per's Magazine. They are extremely humorous,
and the reader is assisted in approaching them
by large number of droll Illustrations. Just
the book to drive away the blues after reading
about Tweed and the New York Custom
House. ss
No. $40 Of Harper's sLibrary of Select Nov
els is Far to See by Lawrence w. NJ Lock-
hart. Paper covers. Price IS cents s, 81.
All these publications of Harper & Brothers
are for sale by Loring, Short Il Harmon.
The Speeches, addresses and Letters of Vim.
D. Kelley, Member of Congress from Pennsyl-
vania, have been published in volume by
Henry Carey Baird, the industrial publisher.
The speeches relate wholly to industrial and
financial questions. The volume has an intro
duction, with copious notes and an index The
economical views of Mr.. Kelley are well known
in this country, and are the subject of a contro-
versy which has once and may second time
divide political parties. An admirer of Henry
G.. Carey, his "great master, in economic sci,
ence,'' to whom this volume is dedicated, he is
of course an extreme protectionist, and believers
in that theory will here find it ably supported
On application to Henry G. Baird, Philadel-
phia, this volume will be sent postage free to
any part of the United States Price So. y sB@