The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1888-10-05
NEW OBLIGATIONS.

region which Is little known to the ordinary
tourist and traveller; region of forests and
snow-capped mountains and the abiding
| place of Americans, Saxons, Gvpsies,
| Roumanians and Hungarians OF each of
these people, as class, Mrs. Gerard gives
us most discriminating information. Iso-
lated as they are their customs, habits and
characteristics are strikingly peculiar, indi-
vidual and interesting. Mrs. Gerard has
this field quite to herself as, we believe,
there has been no other book written of the
Land Beyond the Forest. In 1888 the
authors husband was appointed to the COM
mand Of cavalry brigade in Pennsylvania
and stationed respectively at Hermanstadt
and Kroustadt, thus giving her an excellent
opportunity Of studying this portion Of the
Austrian Empire. The wild beauty of the
country, the singular admixture of races,
and the curious folklore awoke in Mrs.
Gerard strong desire to record her impress
sions of this country and people, and her
papers which were published in Blackwood,
the Nineteenth Century and the Contempt
rary Review, attracted much attention. We
have now full and satisfactory history with
Illustrations and maps-a book crowded
with delightful information. New York:
Harper & Brothers; Portland Loring,
Short & Harmony
p, Terenti Afri, Andria ct Heavton limo
roumenos. By Andrew f, West, Phi. D.,
Professor of Latin in Princeton College.
This is one of the volumes Of Harper's New
Classical Series, which have been prepared
under the editorial supervision Of Professor
Drisler, LII. ID. of Columbia College, and
are based upon the best ana most recent
texts, and with notes original and selected.
In this edition the text is that OF Umpfen-
bach Berlin, 1870. Professor West has con-
suited the most important writers as Bent
ley. Ritsch, Spengel and many others, and
more for purposes of illustration in the COM
parison of the metres of Terence with irreg-
ularities in English rhythms, has drawn
examples from Guests History of English
Rhythms. He has taken advantage of the
work OF others and added much valuable
labor OF his own, and thus made college
text book of unusual excellence in every
respect. New York: Harper g. Brothers
Portland: Loring, Short Harmony
Wrecked on Labrador. By Winfred A. |
Stearps. Mr.. Stearns relates the adventures
OF Y Benton family in their two trips to
Labrador, in a most entertaining manner
He thus presents to the young people who
may read his book an accurate description
OF comparatively unknown land. OF the
habits and customs in s'the Labrador" the
author says ''they are quite similar at the
present time to those which,obtained in Eng
land and France in the fifteenth and six |
teenth centuries" In fact Mr.. Stearns's at
tractiye volume is crammed with sugar-coat-
ed pills OF information, and while the boys
and girls think they are merely being
amused, 10! they have acquired considera-
BILE knowledge of Natural History "unbe- |
knownst," as our friend Mrs. Camp would |
say, for the young people of the Ben.
ton tribe are bent on collecting specimens
and forming museum, and they find large /
heid Tor study and investigation. New |
York: Thomas Y. Crowell & CO..
Twas In Trafalgar's Bay and Other |
Stories. By Walter Besant and James Rice
The beautiful American edition of the /
Besant and Rice Novels is now complete, |
the twelfth and last volume of the series |
being collection of the shorter stories of l
these authors, and containing Twas in |
Trafalgar's Bay, Shepherds All and Maidens |
Fair, such Good Man, and the clever little |
sketch LIE Chiere Dor. Perhaps one gets |
quite as perfect an idea of the felicities of |
style and the special charm of these writers |
from their shorter stories as from the more |
elaborate works, but either and all are Of |
standard value and win rank with the best |
OF modern fiction. New York Dodd, Mead |
q Co.. Portland: Loring. Short & HARMONY /
UP the North Branch, or A Summer Out
Ing. By Capt Charles A. J. Farrar Illus
trated. Ii the boys Of Maine do not know /
much about the forests and lakes of their
own State, they ought to, and they are sure
at least to enjoy Capt. Lamar's series of |
books, which contain record of sport and |
adventure in the wilds of Maine. There |
may be rather an excess of wolf, bear, cata- /
mount and that sort Of thing for one trip, |
but not more than the boys will like, and the |
books are clean and full of fresh air and Wig |
orous out-of-door life, which Is always whole |
some. Boston: Lee & Shepard; Portland |
Stevens & Jones)
The Search for the Star: A Tale of Life in /
the Wild Woods. By Edward Willett. Il 1
Illustrated. One would hardly take to the |
woods in search of a diamond star IAN heir
loom, or even Of the man who had stolen it, i
having no clew to his whereabouts; and 60 /
we think il the episode Of the jewel had been |
left out Mr.. Willetts story would have had i
more OF the air Of probability. Howe yer,
boys are not keen critics whei. 4, i exciting /
tale is In question, and ours will doubtless |
follow Henry Russell and Ben Halstead in
their Maine woods experiences, with as /
much pleasure as they found among the boys |
who went Up the North Branch. New /
York: Thomas Y. Crowell & co.,
Mask and Domino. By David S. Proudft
A very pleasing volume of poems, both
grave and gay, some of which are reprinted
from the Century Magazine, others having
appeared in the New York Daily Graphic
over the pseudonym Peleg Arkwright. Mr..
Proudfts muse is of varied moods, at times
sparkling and playful, then seriously senti-
mental, occasionally dramatically tragic. but
always interesting. His occasional poems. |
such as The Reunion full of "reminiscences
Of the late war between the States and Dec
Grafton Day, are unusually felicitous,
philadelphia: Porter & Coates.)
Irish Songs and Melodies. By Thomas
Moore. These old melodies are too well
known and loved to need any words of
praise. They are issued now in the delight
Iui knickerbocker Nugget Series. Every
page is adorned with delicate green tracery,
ana many of the songs have special illustra-
s,ons' new York: G. p. Putnam's Sons;
ror'iand; Loring, Short & HARMONY
"A petition to the next legislature of
Maine mas been circulated and nnmerouslv
signed az lar Harbor. representing that
sary for the better security of life and nror
erty, and for the promotion of rnnd nrGaer