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| Iecltil, uolSnteuS lHe reauer AHecLlOn lOf ner,
her description of high tide by which she
was surrounded in a sea-cave is very thrilling
and everywhere she proves the same, brave,
lovable and faithful woman. The Diary and
Letters of Nine. D'Arblay can never lose any
thing of their charm and interest as long as
| good and brilliant women have any part in the
happiness of the world, and Miss Woosley has
| taken a gracious task in bringing out a new
| edition of the book which has given refined en-
| joyment to so many readers since it was first
written.
Life of the Prince Consort. BY Theodore
| Martin. Vol. V. New York: d. Appleton &
| Co.; Portland: Hoyt, Fogg & Donham.) This
is the concluding volume of the biography of
| this excellent Prince, written at the desire of
! Queen Victoria. 1t is impossible to read a
chapter of the volume without full and sincere
admiration of the Prince, whose goodness,
| judgment and tact fitted him so perfectly for
his difficult and responsible position. Second
to the Queen in political position, he in no
case lost the dignity OF the husband in the re-
spect of the subject The glimpses of the
home life of the palace are exceedingly inter-
esting. Mr.. Martins task was in many re-
seeming to over-praise, and to weigh the mer-
is of a man so well loved and so lately dead
but no fault need be found with the fervor and
good taste with which his work has been done;
and the Queens acceptance of the volumes
guarantees their fidelity and merit. Prince
Albert's life we'll deserved record as bameess
among kings. A portrait of the Prince, en-
graved after photograph, and likenesses of
the Princess Royal and Princess Alice embel-
lsh the volume.
Professor Goldwin Smiths Memoir of Cow
per- included in the Men of English Letters
Series, New York: Harpers Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony is not one of the most at
rractive or well-executed volumes of the series,
but will of course be of profit and inter-
est as a sketch of man whose
genius and sorrows deserve remem-
brance. 1t is not an easy task to reconcile the
traits of such life into the smooth coloring of
portrait but there is quality of light bitter
ness, a lack of sympathy in Prof. Goodwin
Smiths manner of treating his subject which
to change from metaphorical painting to
music-is constantly out Of tune and jarrng.
1t may at least be said, that while the volume
contains much of interest, it is not in the au-
- -
thors best vein.
Life and Work of DIR. Muhlenberg (New
York: Harpers; Portland; Loring, Short &
Harmony is large volume containing a me-
moir written by Miss Anne Ayres, Who lived
like a daughter in the family of Dr. Muhlen-
berg for eighteen years, and thus had ample
opportunity for observing the character she so
much venerated. DIR. Muhlenberg is well
known, particularly in the Episcopal denom-
nation to which he belonged, as the founder
of St. Luke's Hospital in New York, and his
charities and benevolent plans were extensive
and practical. Miss Ayres has written tire
memoir with enthusiasm and minuteness of
detail, in way to interest many readers in the
useful and pious life of which it is a record.
Chevalier Wikoff's "Reminiscences of an Idler
New York: Ford, Howard & Hubert Port
land: Hoyt Fogg & Donham). The author
travelled much and had great opportunities for
seeing and hearing of affairs, which he did
not fail to improve: and his adventures were
varied and numerous The book is racy and
unfailingly lively, and indeed dullness cannot
be counted as one Of Chevalier Wikoff's faults
The volume also contains a store of useful and
interesting notes regarding the political history
of America for the last thirty odd years. 1t is
of a kind somewhat rare in American litera-
ture, and will afford much instruction ON some
pages and amusement on Others though occa-
| sionally very coarse and often irresponsible.
The Phaacan Episode of the Odyssey New
York: Harpers; Portland: Loring. Short &
Harmony is an edition comprising the Greek
text of the 6th-l3th books of the Odyssey, in
Greek text revised by DIR. A. G. Merriam of
Columbia College. 1t contains an excellent
| summary of the argument of the poem and
notes so copious, so poetic and so illuminating
that they are of great literary interest to read
ers innocent, of any knowledge of the Greek
| language, as well as useful to students. An
appendix concerning the discoveries of di Ces-
nola and Schliemann adds to the worth of this
model Textbook. Under such instruction as
| Professor Merriams the classics must lose all
| their dryness and grow fresh as if watered by
the very springs of song.
Messrs. Harper publish a new edition of the
Students Hume's History of England re-
vised and corrected by MIR. j. S. Brewer of
Kings College, London, illustrated by wood
cuts and MAPS 1t is in good print and con-
| venient form. The same publishers issue in
their Half Hour Series Tales from the Odys-
| sey, by "Materfamilias, - not very we'll told;
and it is hardly worth while to attempt the
telling Of them after Prof Church's exquisite
| work, Tales from Homer. British and Arneri-
can Education, by Mayo w. Hazeltine, an
essay comparing the universities of the two
countries; and an excellent biography of Glad
stone, by Henry W. Lucy Uorng, Short 4
Harmony - Aiae % SA-
Mr.. Edward G. Reynolds has done a worthy
and patriotic thing in compiling a little manu-
al for the use of the scholars of the public
schools of Maine, which contains the Declara-
ton of Independence, Constitution of the
United States, Constitution of Maine, and
list of the Presidents, and Governors of our
State. Questions are appended in convenient
form for testing the pupils understanding of
the essential truths of these great masterpieces
of good sense and good language If this excel
lent manual be used throughout the State,
and its provisions made an essential and early
part of the training of children in our schools,
the danger of communism, greenback heresies
|
in our land. published by Dresser, Mcclellan
& Co., Portland). ssae.-s
Mrs. Beauchamp Brown Boston: Roberts
Bros; Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony is
the latest volume of the No Name Series, and
is rather ambitious romance Of Boston soce-
ty. With its world-weary coquette, irresisti-
BILE and muscular young minister, impassioned
woman with several histories, and grimly in
tellectual old lady, it is curious mixture of
Ouida and the Wide, Wide World. 1t is quite
entertaining, but far from being literary sue
cess; and its mildly pietistic close is fairly
comic after the much be-peppered social sensa-
tions of its earlier chapters.
Eastward 10. Adventures at Rangely
Lakes By Capt. Charles A. j. Farrar (Bos-
tom Lee & Shepard; Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmony, is capital book for young men.
1t relates the adventures of a party of boys
who make an excursion to Rangely Lakes, and
their exciting adventures with big trout and
moose and bears, are told with spirit and in