The Portland daily press., 1878-05-11

man; and Professor Goodwin Smiths striking
and instructive comparison of the slayeowner
with the Turk. Other and not less interesting
articles are the discussion OF the future of
Egypt in which an English occupation of the
Nle-land Is foreshadowed, by Edward Dicsy,
the former editor of the London Neps; Pro-
fessor Blackie's instructive and interesting
review of Prussian history from the overthrow
at jena to the capitulation of Paris; Professor
Owens speculations on the future of the Brit
ish empire in India; and Goodwin Smiths
striking paper, which has provoked SO much
angry comment, in which he predicts the union
OF Canada with the United States.
The series is edited by Edward l.. Burlin-
game. The next volume, which promises to be
OF even more general interest than the first,
will be devoted to Questions of religious be-
lief" and will contain papers by Professor
Huxley, Frederick Harrison, Fitziames Ste
phen, James Martineau, Thomas Hughes, w.
r. Greg, Canon Barry, the Duke of Argyle,
and others. The series is for sale in this city
by Loring Short & Harmon.
Messrs. Harper Brothers. New York, pub
lish two volumes upon the study of Rhetoric,
one by Adams S. Hill, Professor of Oratory at
Harvard College, thoughtful and solid treat
Use, with many examples, and we'll suited for
textbook. The other, by Prof. de Mile, is
more copious and rather more entertaining, if
the latter may be said of manual of study
The examples are more varied and numerous
though more brief, than those in Prof. Hills
work. but it is less practical and direct and is
encountered with subdivisions under formida.
BILE Greek heads which gives it the appearance
OF an Iliad of the war of words A few er-
rors are to be noted in the rapid examination
which is all that journalistic review allows
such as the curious misunderstanding of the
episode OF francesca di Rimini, quoted as an
example; some other errors, less marked than
this, due to lack of the consummate critical
gift which is made of sympathy and imagina-
ton, and lastly, it is impossible not to protest
against Mr.. de Miles theory that journalism
is responsible for the dilution of literature.
"Verbosity," he writes Sis a fault in style
which prevails very widely at the present day
on account of the existence of certain depart
ments of literature which had no counterpart
in ancient times. OF these two may be men,
toned. Pulpit oratory. y The mod
ern newspaper. Here there is regular de-
mand for certain amount of writing to be
furnished at given time and to fill certain
space, &C." The stars indicate the field left
for the orators Of the pulpit to defend them
selves in, while the journalists will readily be-
lieve that Prof de Mile has gained his knowl-
edge OF their art in the newspaper offices of the
British Dominion, where, following the exam
pie Of the English papers, expansion is fine
art. and paragraph IS beaten out thin to cover
large areas of space. S1ch is by no means
American journalism, in which, as has been
wisely observed, the paragraph is taking the
place of the leading artcle and condensation
is the result, at once natural and necessary, of
the great press of matter which the growing
interests of the country bring daily to the
newspaper. On the whole, however, both of
these manuals of Rhetoric are carefully pre-
pared and merit praise.