The Portland daily press., 1877-08-04

S'J VIII iLs appearances III ocrlDnerb
monthly. The first installment of the story
Will appear in the November number of the
magazine DIR. Eggleston has given more time
and much grea,er care to the preparation of
this story than he has ever before given To a
literary work.
Still another book from the "ChaIlsnger'' ex-
pedition is forthcoming by ]. j. Wild, of the
Civilian Scientific staff. 1t Is called "Thal-
assa" and deals particularly with the depth,
temperature and currents of the ocean.
The early volumes of the "London Series Of
English Classics, (under the general editorship
of Messrs. Halese and Jerram) will be Mar
lows "Doctsr Faustus," edited by DR.. Wagner
of Hamburg; Every man in his Humour'' by
Mr.. Wheatley, and Paradise Regained," by
Mr.. Jerram.
WalIace's "Rassia" and Bakers Turkey;
will soou find companions in McCoan's
Egypt" Mr. McCoap, lately editor OF the
Devant Herald. is now engaged in writing
new work on Modern Egypt which will shortly
be published abroad by Messrs. CassslI, Peter
& Galpin under the title of Egypt as it is"
One of the notes of false criticism is a ten-
dency to incessant and uncalled for compari-
son; superiuous comparison, put In the place
OF penetrating, finely -sundering analysis.
Small critics are always comparinQ--say, for .
modern English illustration, Fielding with
Smollett, Thackeray with Dickens, TenDyson
with:Browning Gothe himself never compares;
he always appreciates. He estimates the work
| of evefy iadividnal according to its simply in
trinsic individual worth. Thus, to take again
an example drawn from English literature. he
enjoys and critcises each separately, and with
| out comparison with the other. Walter SCOTT
and Byron. For a direct comparison bet ween
Schiller and Gothe, 1 shall let the poet critics
speak for Themselves. Schiller says: "Com-
pared with Gothe, am, and shall remain, q
poetcal thing of shreds and patohss.' When
Gothe heard OF comparisons between himself
and his more popular rival. he said that in
| stead of comparing them, Germany ought
rather to be proud of possessing two such
poets. Thus while avoiding that direct COM
parison which condemn, it will yet be neces-
sary to anayze their several qualities and char
| acters in order to arrive at clear understand
| ing of the nature and scope of the noble dual
kingship OF letters which commenced in Wei
mar in 1799.-Contemporary RevieW.
The Literary World says: Schoebel, q re-
| cent French writer in little work. entitled
LIE Mythe de la Femme ct du Serpent, has re-
| vealed amongst other discoveries OF sufi-
ciently wonderful nature, what he supposes the
American estimate of Boston. He discusses
| the well-known habit among unsnlightened
nations of each fancying itself placed in the
| geographical center of the world cites sever
| instances. traces them all back to . primsya
| tradition of central Garden of Eden, and sud-
| denly crowns his climax with Boston, as II he
supposed it metropolis of Dragging Indian
| chiefs. He refers to an article in the Kolnsche
Zeitung of July, 1874, for his authority, and
| solemnly goes on thus: This idea Iviz, of
Edenl, though In degenerated form, is also to
be traced as the basis of the claim Of the Amer
leans that their country is the center OF the
world; and of their custom, in accordance with
| this claim. of calling Boston, which is their
principal city telr cite par e1cellence the Hub
that is the middle (vlz., OF the Universe)"
ID. Appleton & Co. will publish in this coun-
try DR.. W. B. Carpenters Mesmerism, Spirit
uslism, etc, Historically and Scientifically
Considered. They are also bringing out re-
print of the Rev. Samuel Peters's notorious
General History of Connecticut.
Concerning Mr.. Henry James the London
AtheD@um says: "He has read Balzac, IL 10
be possible. just little too much; has read
him until he has fallen into the one sin Of his
| great master, the tendency to bestow refined
dissection and analysis on charact ters which are
not of sufficient intrinsic interest to deserve
such treatment"
"A ooiAoopouuoub VI tuo NdtlOu says OF tn6
recently discovered copy of Charles and Mary
Lambs "Poetry for Children" whose edition
of 1903 was supposed to be the last; 'The
writer of this has now before him COPY with
the following title-page: Poetry for Children,
entirely original, by the author of "Mrs Leices
ter's School, Boston: Published BY West g.
Richardson and Edward Cotton. 1872. The
book contains eighty.one poems, while the
original is said to have contained eighty.four
1t has probably escaped notice on account of
the absence of the authors name from the
title-page."
"a Review of the Ancient Lituraies of the
Church of England before the First Prayer
Book of Edward W." shortly to appear in
London, will contain the surviving Scottish,
Irish, Welsh and Cornish fragments of the old
British Liturgy, as well as the chief portions Of
the Anglo-Norman uses of Sarum, York, Here
ford, etc., with. ii rs hoped, tho Ordinary and
Canon of the hitherto unpublished Drummond.
Rosslyn and Stowe Missals
"The New England Ministry Sixty Years
Ago" is to be represented in memoir, by the
Rev. Serene d. Clark, of the Rev. John Wood.
bridge, D. D., which will treat of "his method
of work, bis high moral and educational infiu-
ences, his great success in powerful revivals,
his theological views, and the theological con
troversies of bis time, beginning with the
New Departure of Stoddard.' Lee & Shep-
ard will publish the book.