The Portland daily press., 1885-10-24

| to climate, expectation and consumption;
questions underlying exchanged conditions
| in general which control the rise and fall of
prices at home and abroad-these are the
| topics of successive chapters in which they
are presented with breadth of view and
intelligence which cannot fail to interest and
instruct the merchant and restrain the spec
ulator.
Marvels of Animal Life. By Charles
Frederick Holder. (New York: Charles
Scribner's Sons; Portland: Loring, Short q
Harmon). 1t must be very dull boy or girl
who is not more than interested-eyen de-
lighted-with Mr.. Holders iMarvels of AMI
NAL Life. The author is a fellow of the New
York Academy of Sciences, and has pub
lished several works on Zoology &C., but he
has never been more successful than in the
present attempt to interest young people in
natural objects, and incite them to investl-
gate for themselves. The present volume is
chiefly devoted to creatures of the sea, the
fishes, their habits and ways and the homes
they build for themselves, and in connection
with these various other forms of animal
life.
MI. StfCo 10 CAtldOluAIdlJ Typos,
and describes many peculiar animals that we
do not find in the common routine of natu-
ralist's study, so that the book is curious, en-
pertaining and altogether out of the common
There are full Illustrations, which aid the
text and are very cleverly done.
An Original Belle. By E. P. Roe. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co.; Portland; Lor-
ing, Short & Harmony The admirers of this
popular writer will be delighted with his lat
est effort. An Original Belle is written in his
most thrilling style, the story opening with
the civil war and ending in the great draft
riots in New York. The battle of Gettysburg
is wildly described, butwhere the author is at
his best is in his description of the great
riots. He places the event of those uprisings
before the reader by following the move
ments of one of the characters of the story,
who is made to take a prominent part in
quelling them describing the various scenes
with wonderful power of pictorial descrip-
ton. In joining the events of the riot with
the previous part of the story the author uses
rare skill The proofs of the historical part
of the book were submitted to several army
officers who pronounced the description ac-
curate. The books appear in new and at
tractive binding, and all his other books
have been issued in uniform editions.
AS We Went Marching On: A Story of
the War. By G. w. Hosmer, NJ d. New
York Harper & Brothers Portland: Lor-
ing Short & Harmony DR.. Hosmer's story
is of the recent war in the United States and
is very well and prettily told The style is
simple and unpretentious, but there are
many incidents of local interest and much
that must have familiar ring to the men
who served in the Union army. The cover
of this little volume bears the cross of the
badge of the Sixth corps-and indeed the
thread of romance running through the book
only serves to tighten what is really true
sketch of the experience of an officer in some
of the notable battles of the war. If itwere
less well written than it is it would still find
many readers who would delight in living
over again the old days through its pages
Driven Back to Eden. By E. P. Roe. New
York: Dodd Mead & Co; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmon. This is book for young
people, butts by no means uninteresting tothe
older ones. 1t first appeared as serial story
in the columns of st. Nicholas, and now
comes bound in cloth and gold, with all the
fine Illustrations that attracted so much at
tention in that magazine. The story is of
city family who became tired of living in
city flat and decide to move into the country.
They spend nearly all their means in pre-
pairing their home, and after they get there
have to make their own living. Hence the
book is largely practical Mr.. Roe has COM
bined his inimitable art of story telling with
his practical knowledge of gardening, in this
volume, making it one of the very best books
to put into the hands Of the young.
The Boy Travellers in South America. By
Thomas w. Knox. (New York: Harper &
Brothers; Portland: Loring Short Har-
mon.) If the young people find this beautiful
book as fascinating as do their elders they
will hail with delight its advent, and happy
will be the boy or girl who shall receive it as
Christmas gift Its handsome covers, clear,
large type and abundant illustrations make
it a ''thing of beauty" apart from the in
terest and utility of its contents The style
of this popular writer is too well known to
be described, but as usual he fills his pages
with information which is as fascinating as
a romance, and we have the pleasure of
knowing that while our children are being
amused they are also acquiring valuable
knowledge.
Poems of Nature. By John Greenleaf
Whittier. Illustrated from nature by FL
bridge Kingsley. Boston Houghton, Miffiin
& Co.; Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
The poems which compose this elegant vol
ume are A Summer Pilgrimage, The Three
Bells, A Mystery, Storm on Lake Asquam,
Summer by the Lake Side A Memory, The
Palatine, Mountain Pictures, A Sea Dream,
The Lakeside, June on the Merrimac, The
Last Walk in Autumn, The Old Burying-
Ground The illustrations are fifteen in
number, each covering full page. The
frontispiece is portrait of John G, Whittier.
etched by S. A. Schoff The book is printed
in large type with wide margins and is taste
fully and elegantlyIbound. 1t is one of the
most attractive books of the season.
The American Caucus System. By Geo.
Lawton. (New York G. P. Putnam's Sons.)
This is one of the living questions of the day
and is well handled by the author. He first
ferrets out its origin and the derivation of
the word, tracing it to Boston and pronounc
ing it a genuine Boston notion. Then comes
a consideration of its purpose and utiliry,
its fitness to promote the ends of practical
politics. The defects of the caucus system
are admitted and its abuses pointed out. But
the author argues that on the whole, it has
served its purpose well in the past, and will
long survive as the fittest mode of ascertain
ing the popular will and making it effective.
Only let good citizens do their duty and all
will be WELL
Philistinism. By r. Heber Newton. (New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons) The authors
aim is TO expose equally the fallacies of skep-
tics and the errors of Calvinists and other
believers who have failed to apprehend the
teachings of Christ. Mr.. Newton is an ex-
ponent of the left and extreme wing of the
Broad School. Of course his liberal views
are unpopular with the two opposite parties
whom he vigorously assails. AS writer he
is ready, and as speaker fluent. Hence he
h. hno ant in he