The Portland daily press., 1880-05-08

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tina, New York. g. P. Putnams Sons; Port
| land Loring, Short & Harmony contains
| number of smoothly written and agreeable po-
| ems, OF average merit. Without any preten-
| sion, the author writes easily and prettily and
her volume will give especial pleasure to her
| personal friends. The first poem, Thanksgiv-
| ing, is natural and pleasant sketch of the
| time-honored festival
Alaska By Rev. Sheldon jackson, CNew
| York: Dodd, Mead & Co.; Portland; Hoyt,
| Fogg & Donham) gives an account of the mis-
sionary labors in the territory of Alaska. 1t
abounds in illustrations, showing weapons,
utensils, ETC., of the Indian tribes and gives
an interesting description of their strange Gus
toms and the progress they have made toward
enlightened civilization.
Messrs g. p. Putnam's Sons, OF New York,
portland: Loring, Short & HARMONY publish
Nos. TX. and X. of their sanitary series of
Hampton Tracts for the People. The first of
these little pamphlets is DIR. Elisha Harris's
practical and suggestive treatise on Cleanliness
and Distinction; the other is an admirably
written pamphlet by Mrs. NJ. f. Armstrong on
the care of little children and is entitled Our
Jewels. Without techncalities to confuse, or
elaborate theories to lessen the benefit of these
tracts, they are in every way adapted to set
people to thinking and acting for themselvesin
matters of health and the prevention of disease.
Already the novels prepared for the pleasure
OF Summer idlers begin to peep forth from un-
a Hrxyl laau of
may be counted among the harbingers of warm
and sunny weather as much as mayfowers or
bluebirds.. Among these Mr.. John Esten
Cookies Virginia Bohemians, story Of the
"moonshiner" district is lively and well-told.
The circus people are drawn with genuine
dramatic vigor and the reader will find his in
terest attaching quite as much to the Left
handler, Gentleman Joe, little Mignon and
Glare de Lune as to the personages of the story
who, by right of precedence. might claim his
sympathy. This novel belongs to Messrs. Har-
per's Library of American Fiction. (For sale
in Portland by Loring, Short & Harmon)
Messrs Harper publish in their Half Hour Sc
ries Mr.. Henry James's wearied and something
wearsome Diary of Man of Fifty, and bis de-
liciously touched Bundle of Letters. Fellow
Townsmen, in the same series, is a novelette,
by Thomas Hardy author of Far from the
Madding Crowd, etc. 1t can only be described
by the word ''ornary." In their Franklin
Square Library Messrs. Harper publish a
beautifully written story, Prince Hugo, by Ma
ria NJ Grant, whose exquisite novel, The Sun
Maid, is fresh in the memory Of readers of fic-
tion. The poetic and graceful style, the power
and refinement of her stories give them place
among the choice novels of the day From
Generation to Generation, strong and very
beautiful Scottish story by Lady Augusta No
ell is included in the Franklin Square Series.
The pathetic shadowed life of the young hero
and the delicate twilight brightness Of the
storys end are finely rendered by the pictu-
rescue touch of the writer. Messrs Harper's
publications are for sale in Portland by Messrs
LoriDg Short & Harmon.
The Little Mountain Princess, by Ella S.
Cummins Boston: Loring) is foolish, poorly
written novel with tone of vulgarity contin-
ually obtruding itself. 1t is of the cheapest
sort of fiction, and dear at any price.
Messrs. 1. X. Funk of New York are contin-
ually making valuable additions to their STAN
dard Series. These volumes are printed in
large pamphlet form, on firm paper, with clear
and readable type, and are in every way speci-
mems of good book-making. Recent additions
to the series are Tennyson's Idyls of the
King; Ruskin's Letters to Workmen and La
borers Fors Clavigera); memoir of Rowland
HILL with anecdotes and sayings, compiled by
Mr.. Vernon j. Charlesworth; and Knights
Of ia
an exceedingly valuable and attractive history
The prices of these pamphlets range from 10 to
30 cents Messrs. Funk deserve to be classed
among the benefactors of the reading public
Mr.. Eugene Lawrence's Primer of American
Literature is printed in Messrs. Harper's Half
Hour Series: portland; Loring, Short s. Har-
mon.) A work upon American literature that
makes no mention of Bayard Taylor and only
casually refers to Stedman and Stoddard is be-
meath criticism.
Books Received.
The Elementary Principles of Scientific
Agriculture. By N. I. Lupton, Professor of
Chemistry in Vanderbilt University. Cloth, 1O7
PIP. New York: D. Appleton s. Co. Portland:
Bailey s. Noyes.
n SHUT AlIe Oh CnurIeS Dlckens. With So-
lections from His Letters. By Charles H. Jones.
Paper, 260 pp., 35 cents. New York: d. Apple
ton & Co. Portland: Bailey Noyes.
Memoirs of Napoleon, his Court and Fam
lily. By the Duchess D'Abrantes (Madame JanotJ
In two volumes. CLOTH 588 s. 54S PIP. New
York: D. Appleton & Co. Portland: Bailey s
Noyes.
Mrs. Beanchump Braun. No Name Series.
Goth, 319pp., 81. Boston: Loring. Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmon.
Knights Popular History of England.
Vol. ii. Paper, 315 pp., 80 cents. New York:
l. X. Funk & Co.
Rowland Hill; His Life, Anecdotes and
Pulpit Sayings. By Vernon j. Charlesworth.
With an introduction by c. H. Spurgeon. Paper,
AZ pp 10 cents. New York. 1. X. Funk & Co.
Idyls of the King. By Alfred Tennyson. Paper,
102 pp., 20 cents. New York: /. X. Funk & Co.
Monsieur Lecocq. From the French of Emile
Gabariau. Paper, BOG pp., so cents. Boston: