The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1886-05-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The summer novel is getting to be per-
manent institution in this country, and just
now a flood of light literature of various
grades Of excellence or badness, is pouring
in upon us. Among the best is The River
side Paper Series of (Houghton, Mifflin q
Co. Boston: Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon.) of which we are to have thirteen new
numbers for the coming summer, which all
promise to be bright and entertaining. The
one already out Miss Phelps's Burglars in
Paradise, is all that, being in the best and
cheeriest vein of this popular writer. In the
list we find two wholly new stories, and are
anticipating clever and brilliant brochure
from the pen of Parke DaDforth, whose nom
de plume conceals the personality of com
parativeIy new candidate for literary honors,
for whom we predict distinct success.
In the Rainbow Series of Cassell and Com
pany we have two new numbers, King Solo
mons Mines, by H. Rider Haggard, another
of the many clever books of adventure, full
of facts spiced with romance, sort of gild-
ed pill of information, and a more than US
ually good story, entitled Witness My Hand,
which is romance pure and simple, not too
narrowing in plot, and ending as all novels
should, with, "and so they were married"
Another novel in paper covers is Mr.. Julius
Chambers's Lovers Four and Maidens Five,
published by Porter & Coates. party of
young people meet at Cresson Springs in the
Allegheny Mountains, and in this romantic
and fascinating locality there is the usual
amount of loye-making interspersed with
several of the old mountains legends, and
much fine description of scenery. One
naughty girl in the group raises the mis-
chief for the rest, and succeeds in upsetting
several "well-laid plans" The fifteen origi-
nal pictures by Sword and Schill make the
book very pretty, and it will be found pleas
ant summer reading. Very contrastive in
style is the collection of stories entitled
Tales of Eccentric Life, by DR.. Hammond
and his daughter, Mrs. Lanza which the APP
pletons publish. These all turn upon pecu-
liar mental conditions, and are apparently
the direct result of physicians experience
in cases of disordered brains and maladies of
the nerves. 1t may all be fiction, but it has
the ring of singular and interesting reality,
and will be of value to the student of psyco-
logical phenomena.
In the purely practical line we have the
being entitled Look Within, and containing
information about Cooking, Chemistry,
Clothing, Law, Etiquette and Science, Gar
dening, letter writing and housekeeping. Or,
as the author states, Hints upon every
emergency that arises during the life of
man, woman or child" All this for twenty
five cents.
Of
the French of M. Fauriel, New York: A. c.
Armstrong & Som, is a work of much inter
est as giving fresh evidence of the real char
acteristics of the first Napoleon, of his
coarseness, cruelty, lack of principle and of
the heartless treachery with which he
formed and carried out his purposes. While
written many years ago, the manuscript OF
this work has'been but recently discovered
and authenticated. NJ. Fauriel was secre-
tary for Fouche, whose portrait he draws
with consummate skill, and was an eye wit
ness of nearly all the scenes, which he so
wildly describes. His book serves as con-
frmation and commentary upon the Me-
moirs of Madame de Remusat, the two writ
ers, although moving in different social
spheres and belonging to different schools OF
opinion, being in complete accord on certain
facts. This manuscript of Fauriel was found
among the papers of the Condercet family
and was recognized by the handwriting. 1t
was unfinished, breaking off abruptly in the
middle of sentence. The first chapter is
an Historical sketch of the events which
preceded and foreshadowed the destruction
of the Republic, dating from the 18th Bru-
marie" and the second, very modestly en-
titled Notes on the principal events of the
English conspiracy, prior to the arrest of
Moreau," contains many highly interesting
facts and views. Chapter third was never
written, but Fauriels notes show that it was
to have contained an account of the arrest of
Moreau and Pichegru, their trial and the ex-
ecution of the Due d Enghien.
NJ Lalannes skill in arranging, and ammo
tating this work, and the manner in which
he has carried on the tragedy from the au-
thor's unfinished sentence to its close is be-
yond praise.
Ruhainah, by Evan Stanton New York:
Cassell g. Co.; Portland: Loring, Short 81
Harmon), is a very charming and rather I'M
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