The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-02-22
Recent Publications.

Rev. I. De Witt Talmage has written book
about the Nominations of Modern Society,"
Some of the subjects have been treated by him
in lectures and sermons, but many of them are
entirely new. Mr. Talmage avoids dizziness at
any cost His denunciations of trite vices and
follies are made as fresh and piquant as if he
had made an entirely new discovery of sins to
be preached- a4.a;..--r -.---aoDuncIation OIL
~Leprous Newspapers" is one of the best
things in the volume. While reprobating with
excusable vehemence the unmeasured evil
wrought by the flash literature that obtains so
wide circulation, the author appreciates fully
the great office filled by the newspaper in this
century. He says: aa
81 now declare that consider the newspa-
per to be the grand agency by which the Gospel
is to be preached, ignorance cast out, oppress-
ion dethroned, crime extirpated the world rails
ed, heaven rejoiced and God glorifed.'
Elsewhere he most truly says that "a man is
no better than the newspaper he habitualy
reads Mr.. Talmage is very severe on indis-
criminate dancing, stock gambling, cub-houses,
intemperance and kindred vices. published
by Adams, Victor & Co., New York, and for
sale by A. Robinson.) sla.
Caroline of Brunswick is the third series of
George w. M. Reynolds To those who like
their historical novel executed in the ultra SEN
sational style this large, double-columned,
closely printed volume of over four hundred
pages will be very pleasing. 1t will be proved
to him with singular minuteness of detail that
the Court of George Ill was more prohigate
than that of Louis XIV. Price$1. published by
I. b. Peterson & Brothers, Philadelphia ,;szS
Plain Talk about Insanity: it's causes, forms.
symptoms and the treastment of mental diseas-
es, with remarks on hospitals ard asylums,
and the medico-legal aspect of insanity is
written by 7. w. Fisher, NJ D., late of the Bos-
ton Hospital for the Insane. published by
Alexander Moore, Boston. and for sale by Lor-
ing, Short & Harmony
Afei','dl and Vegetable Parasites of the Human
Skin and Hair, by DR.. B. Joy Jeffries, has
three chapters which treat respectively of can
imal Parasites of the Human Skin,' ''Vegeta-
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Alexander Moore, and for sale by Loring,
Short & Harmony
1t is happy thought of d. Appleton & Co.
to issue new illustrated edition of Cooper's
A'N'SA' A"0 1"oe " 1eo AhVfetcuUo,
of 1885,, is the first of the SERIES Paper covers.
Illustrated by F. o. G. barley. Price g cents.
For sale by Bailey & Noyes
THE STOKES TRIAL.-The Boston Transcript
gives Stokes counsel novel hint that may be
valuable to Mr. Graham even. 1t says:
The trial of the late Col Fisk, of New York,
for assault with intent to kill upon Edward S.
Stokes, makes slow progress; some infOrmality
in the presentment of the Grand Jury, by
which blame seemed to be thrown upon Mr.
Stokes having been discovered. This righted,
the prosecution, headed by John Graham, ex-
pect to be able to prove that Col Fisk logged
Mr. Stokes to the Grand Central Hotel, chased
him up the ladies' stairway, firing at him as he
went, till at last, witnesses coming upon the
scene, and detection being inevitable, the
would be assassin turned his weapon upon him
self and committed suicide rather than be ar
rested 1t is also expected to be shown that
the pistol used by Mr. Stokes had been forced
upon hun in self-defence by friend; that he
didn't know how to use it, and in handling it
1t accidentally exploded; that it was not loaded
at all and that he never h I'd any pistol. Should
any defence be attempted. Mr. Graham is pre-
pared to prove,-to the satisfaction of a New
York jury-that Col Fisk was not killed. but
died a natural death, and that he is not dead at
all, having been personated in his coffin by a
hired Erie ruf1n.
HISTORICAL RELIC.-Under the above head
ing appeared in the Bangor Wing sometime
last sumner, and which was extensively copied |
by other papers throughout the State, an ac-