The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-07-21
New Publications.

BATTLES of the Union" by Captain Will
lard Glacier is not a new book, but new
and enlarged edition of IL is soon to be pub
lished, and fresh canvass made for sub
scribers.
We have received the "Maine Register
for 1888, published by Hoyt, Fogg and Dun
ham of this city. The work is compiled by
Edmund 5. Hoyt, pursuant to orders of the
Legislature. II would not be easy to over
state the value of this year book to the
people of the State. 1t should be in the
house of every family which wishes to be
intelligent in respect of all our important To-
cal interests. Whatever one would like to
know about this State which a Gazetteer
would furnish, and much besides, be can
learn from this full manual and may rely
on the correctness of the information. We
do not know of a better publication Of the
kind relating TO any State or country.
The Atlantic Monthly for August con-
taiDs chapter Ill and " of the new story
"A Roman Singer by f. Marion era wford,
two chapters of George Parsons Lathrops
Newport and the second and last part of
Henry James's record of an excursion s'En
Provence" Here are three of the leading
names among the younger literary men of
the time and contributions by them would
give distinction TO any magazine. The Rev.
Brook Hereford in studious essay on 1.-THE
trustworthiness Of Early Tradition makes
much of the unqnestionable fact that
tradition in the days before written records
was an essentially different thing from what
tradition is in these times, and that it is en-
titled to more credence as being itself kind
of record than the modern school of critics
has been willing to give to it. Sarah OrRs~
Jewett tells in her delightful WAY pretty
love story, giving it the titIs-,sfhe Hare ana
the Tortise" for reasons which appear to the
readers. The scene Of this story is in the
city instead OF the Country, but its people
are as distinctly those of New England as
are the farmer q sailors whose character
portraits she p ,r delineates. Prof. Her
bert Tuttle's n per on Academic socialism is
valuable andwill be especially interesting to
the political economists and to educators.
he represents that the present tendency of
the GerMan Universities is to indoctripate
thelr Students with the idea that the inter
ference of the state with the business and
other important concerns of the people to a
greater extent than has been thought wise
in England or America is right and prop
er. Professor Tuttle discovers tendency in
Americans to drift away from the English and
toward the Contint ntal theories of practical
administration of government. Ernest W.
Longfellow gives pleasant "reminiscences of
of the artist Couture. Charles d. Warner
tells about the Spanish coast. There are
elaborate reviews of McMaster's new his
tory of the United States; The memoir of
of John A. Dix and of Ernest Remains Rem
iniscences. The Poetry is by Charles F.
Lummis, Grace D. Litchfeld and Mrs.
Piatt
An August number of Harper's Monthly
is treat to the eyes which love to look upon
good pictures and the articles are of the
kind to which readers take kindly in these
midsummer days. George Parsons Lath-
rop writes entertainingly of the scenery, in
dustries and people of "The Heart of the
AlIeghanies." Hugh Craig contributes an
article in which the achievements of famous
American horses are well described. The
illustrations show Maud S., Parole, Iroquois,
Foxhall, Hindoo, Glenmore, Trouble and
Rarus. Some of these are very fine, espec-
tally the head of Glenmore. Mr.. era g
thinks American horses are equal to any in
the world. Another of the interesting ar
ticles in this number is the biographical
sketch Of the Crown Prince of Prussia, a
man of high distinction for character and
achievements, as well as for his prospects.
c. FL. Farnham describes in an agreeable way
the manner of life of the French Canadians
''War Pictures in Time of Peace" relates to
the Franco-Prussian War. It is written by
R. F. Zogbaum. "The British Yoke
is the title of an article contributed
by T. W. Higginson treating of the
old colonial days in America. J. D. Jerrold
Kelly gives practical account of the mod
ern yacht with diagrams illustrating pecu
liar constructions. All of the articles we
have mentioned are illustrated, but there is
much more of interest in the number, in
Guiding poems by Wallace Bruce, Margaret
Veley and t. B. Aldrich, a story by Harriet
Prescott Spofford, with large instalment
of the serial story "a Castle in Spain," Mr.
Curtis in his easy chair discourses in bis fas-
cinating way about the Brooklyn Bridge, the
occupations and education of women, the
philosophy of Jenkins, the society of the
Cincinnati and John Howard Payne. The
other editorial departments are filled with
matter of excellent quality.