The Portland daily press., 1883-10-18
New Publications.


Two volumes entitled 'Chaucer to Burns and
Lyrics of XIXth Century, are the fir 1t ola series
of five intended to contain the best examples in the
several departments of English Verse from the time
OF Chaucer to the present, which are to be pub
nsned this Autumn by Charles Scribners Sons.
Inc editor of this comprehensive ANTHOLOGY ara W.
D. Linton and Il. Fl. Stoddard There are many
general COLLECTIONS of Choice English poetry in the
market, Danas. Brya' It's, Emerson's Whttier's, to
menuon no more; but this is projected on a somet
"nat oHerent plan. The titles of the three TO tn
coming volumes are Ballads and Romances, -
Dramauc selections" and Iranslations. 1t will
DC observed that the whole field is we'll compre-
nendeo under the titles of the five volumes, which
VIII contain in the aggregate about 1900 pages
The volumes are small, II mos printed ia excel
lent type, on clear white paper and neatly bound
lhere is no arbitrary arrangement of the poems of
each class under subject heads but the works ciyen
from each author stand together. The order OF au
tnors being determined chronologically. Two aims
nave been Kept in view, first, to make the collect
uon as whole more comprehensive than any other
ana, second to make it more accurate in the text
Inc confidence is expressed that the edition will be-
come an authority in the of correctness and
be favorite with critical scholars as we'll as with
the public. Each volume contains an ESSAY BY Mr.
which it covers. Such examination as " e have been
able to make of the two volumes now Offered cor
yinces us that the editors have performed their
work with care and good judgment and that
this collection Of choice English poetry is likely to
be thought the best to be obtained at moderate
price.
Our last literary association with Mrs. Fields
name is in connection with her husbands biogra-
Dhy n excel1ant nd do soIatf, nj
ent small volume, hardly more than a pamphlet,
deals with that important subject Associated
Charities The fact seems to be established that
uniformed giving of arms makes paupers. The
lad v no comes to the back door and, after telling
about his sick mother and crippled sister, bur SITS in
to tears and departs with twenty-five cents given
him by The lady of the house, or given by the
tender hearted servant, is becoming rase visitor
and investigation is taking the place of ignorant So
called aid Mrs Fields sketches very clearly the steps
necessary for organization in this new method of deal
ing with the cases of the destitute and shows plainly
to how much better advantage both time and mon
ey are spent than by the old way which offered out
ward relief but developed no Inward resources.
Chapters are devoted to t1e following branches of
the subject: what to do Tor Children;' scare
of the Aged;'' 'iIntemperance' and the effect of
the personal influence of the welltodo classes upon
the poor and miserable. It is book that cannot
fail to do good.
Mr. Ernest W. Longfellow, the artist pays grace
fu fial tribute to his father, the poet. by his
illustrations of twenty OF his popular minor poems
These illustrations, fifty in number are engraved
on wood by the best American artists after paint
ings made in most instances especially for this pur-
pose. Many of them possess the additional interest
of being faithful views of scenes familiar to and
loved by the Poet in Cambridge and NahaDt. For
frontspiece the book has an engraving by Closson
of portrait of the father by the son. which we are
told, is esteemed by the family the best likeness
ever made. 1t is an interesting picture, and pre-
sents an image of the poet different from any other
fthe other pictures the best to thinking are the
marine views, of which there are many Some of the
landscapes are very pleasing The figure pieces do
not seem SO successful. That of the vii age Black
smith is blem'sh. However that is but one, and
most of the illustrations are credit TO the artist
and the engravers. The book is issued by the pub
fishers in elegant STYLE AMI is likely to be one of
the most popular gift books of the coming season.
The author OF s.Recollections of Drum L er Bow
now clergyman OF Norristown, Penn, left school
and went to the war drummer boy with the
150th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers and
served about three years, participating in some of
the most important battles of the war; Chancellors
vile, Gettysburg, The Wilderness, Petersburg and
Hatcher's Run He tells the story of his army ex-
perience in way which will delight the boys The
book is especially commendabe because it is not at
all sensational but strs ightforward graphic mar.
rative of the stern facts of the war
All the little folk know Margaret Eytinge for her
fanciful and sometimes grotesque stories in prose
and verse have appeared in all the periodicals they
read. She has collected them in volume
which abounds in humor of kind children relish
The handsome and entertaining volume, comprls-
ing personal recollections of events from 1871 to
the close of the war; by Capt. ". H. Parker, U. S.
N. gives a valuable account &c many episodes in
our Naval History, that have been lightly passed
over AID even forgotten. The narrative is not only
full of information, but it is written in vein of
fairness that is charming the text on the title page
being Ths greatest friend of Truth is Time: her
greatest enemy, Prejudice
"The Diathas'' is fancy sketch of society in this
land, at say the completion of fifty centuries, when
glass shall be made so maeable as to be in common
use for building material and mach merry steam
shall have been discarded and little be left of our
base and bungling ways and means of life: when
Behring Strait shall have been bridged over. and
'Manhatten Island become one vast warehouse the
chief port of entry for population of more than a
thousand millions 1t is an ingenious and captya
ting little book.
:, English Verse" Edited by W. j. Linton and R.
II. Stoddard. I"Chaucer to Burns' 10 mo. 33l
pages ,sg II Lyrics of the XiXth Century; IL mo-,
(Loring, Short & Harmony Each 81.
How to Help the Poor" By Mrs James T.
Fields. Boston; Houghton, Miffiin and Co.
Q4oring, Short & Harmony
Twenty Poems From Henry wadsworth ong
fellow Illustrated from paintings by his Son, En-
nest W Longfellow.'' Quarto. 81 pages. Boston:
Houghton, Mifiin & Co. Noring, Short & Har-
THE Recollections of a Drummer Boy' By
Harry N. Kietfer. 16mo, 1872 pages. Boston,
James r. Osgo'd. [Loring Short & Harmony
"The Ball of the Vegetables and Other Stories in
Prose and Verse" By Margaret Eytinge. 8 vo,
GAG pages, illustrated. New York Harper & Broth
. "Recollection of Naval Officer. By Capt Will
liam Hayward Parker. New York: Charles Serb
ner's Sons. Noring, Short & Harmony
THE Diathas, or A Long Look Ahead" By Is.
mar Thuisan. New York: G. P. Putnams Sons,
(Loring, Short & Harmony