The Portland daily press., 1873-10-04
TERMS $500 PER ANNUMIN ADVANCE.

book. As 'history made easy'' it is scarcely
safe to recomend, being about as reliable as
Shakespeare historical plays; but as a faith
fu picture OF the manners and the times it is
of much value, and for pleasant and interest
ing reading it is one of the best volumes of
the season.
Published by d. Appleton & Co. For sale
by Bailey & Noyes,
s- ind and Body.-By Alexander Bain.
In this volume of the admirable Interna-
tional Scientific Series the theories of the re-
lation of mind and body are taken up and
thoroughly discussed. The organs of sense
and motion, with which the nervous system
communicates, are studied in their operations
through life, and their intimate structure ex-
amlned; all the circumstances of their opera
tlon are studied, how they act upon the brain,
and how the brain reacts upon them. An at
tempt is thus made to compel the cells and
hbres to disclose their meaning and purpose.
A curious history is given of the theories of
the soul. The author attempts a judicial
tone, but his strong leaning to materaism
is apparent in every sentence. He concludes
with two sets OF properties, the physical and
the mental, ''double-faced unity, and warns
his readers, rather metaphysicay ard in the
spirit of the Athanasian creed, not to con-
found the persons nor divide the substance.
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by Bailey and Noyes.
The Land of Moab. BY III, II. Tr;srram,
Canon of Durham.
We have in this volume the results of the
expedition to the Land of Moab, undertaken
in 1871 under the auspices OF the British As
sociation. The recovery of several ancient
sites, the verifieatioB Of the scene of John
the Baptists Imprisonment and martrydom,
the discovery of Zoar, and the find ng OF a
palace of Chosroes were some among the i'm
portant results achieved by this expedition.
As valuable Illustrations of the careful accu-
racy of the scriptural narrative in the minut-
est details even the minor discoveries will be
looked upon with interest by the Christian
world.
Published by Harper & Brothers. For
sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
Miss Dorofby's Charge. BY Frank Lee
Benedict
Mr.. Benedict has long been favorably
known as one of our most constant and
sprightly magazine writers, but he has re-
Gently established himself as a maker cf ex-
cellent fiction by his acknowledgement of
the authorship of those capital novels, ''My
Daughter Elinor" and ''Mss Van Kortland."
This latest effort is scarcely equal to those
issued anonymously, but it is well told and
well constructed story; a trihe too intense
perhaps, and with spice of improbabiuty in
characters and plot. The interest IS unflae-
| ging, circumstance which in these days of
dull novels, goes towards excusing many
| faults.
Published by Harper & Brothers. For
sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
The AIdine.
This beautiful journal for October comes
out handsomely. Among the illustrations
are landscape from the interior of New
York, by A Leurie, the Eve of st. Agnes"
after Holman Hunt, ''Salmon Brook" by K.
Van Elten, "Falling Leaves" by ]. McEntee,
and the "Old Haven Mansion,' by Mrs.
Greatorex. Mr.. James Jackson Jarves con-
tributes very interesting sketch of Miss
Blagden, an intimate friend of Mrs. Brown
ing, and leader in Florentine Society.
Published by James Sutton & Co., No. So
Maiden Lane, New York. Price $5 per an
| nun.
Al Our Best by Summer Ellis.
We have bere 3O7 pages of pleasantly writ
ten essays on many of the topics which have
been stock subjects for the preacher for hun
| dreds of years. Though the text Is old it is
freshly treated, and enlivened with a wealth
of illustrations that at times fools us into the
belief that the topics are novel ones. Mr..
Ellis has certainly said all there is new to be
advanced on the subjects of which he treats.
Published by Lee & Shepard. For sale by
Bailey & Noyes.