The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-12-24
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Miller's Daughter. BY Alfred Tenny-
son. philadelphia: j. B. Lippincott & Co. /;
Portland: Stevens & Jones) One of the
most attractive books of the Holiday season.
The illustrations are by II. Winthrop Pierce,
Edmund 81. Garrett, Harry Fem, j. Apple
ton Brown aud j. D. Woodward. The en-
craving is the work Of the John Andrew &
Son Company. The engrayings are thirty
In number, several of them full PACED. In
design and:execution they leave little to be
desired, The letter press is of the finest
description, the paper is of the best quality,
with heavily gilded edges, and the cover Is
exceedingly tasteful. The price of the book
is So.
Battlefelds Of 81. A Narrative of the
Military Operations of the War for the
Union up to the End of the Peninsular Cam
paign. BY Willis j. Abbot, author of the
Blue Jackets of '61 With illustrations by
w. G. Jackson. New York Dodd, Mead &
Co.; Portland: Loring, Short & Harmony
Mr.. Abbott in this volume tells in an enter
tanning way the story of the beginning of
the war Of the rebellion and the salient fea-
lures In the progress of that strife up to the
end OF the Peninsular campaign. The book
does not purport to be an exhaustive history
OF the war, or philosophical discussion of
Its causes, OF scientific treatise on the mill
tary movements of the two armies, though it
deals somewhat with both. 1t is a sketch of
the outlines of the great contest. with details
enough et,t,a to give it life and interest. The
style OF the author is easy and sometimes
graphic. The book is probably meant es-
peclaliy Ior young readers. but it will prove
interesting to readers of every age. The
volume abounds in Illustrations, and as a
rule very good ones.
Man and His Maladies, or The Way to
Health. A Popular Handbook of Physi-
ology and Domestic Medicine in Accord
with the Advance in Medical Science. By
A. e. Bridges, b. A., M. D., F. r. c. P. E.,
author of The Demon of Dyspepsia, &c.
The ordinary do ctor's book" so called,
which undertakes to describe the symptoms
of different diseases with sufficient exactness
to enable the layman to recognize them and
encourages him to prescribe for maladies he
knows little about, is doubtless productive
of much more harm than good. The symp-
toms of diseases very different in their char
acter and requiring very different treatment,
are frequently so similar as to puzzle the
professional. The inevitable result, then, of
encouraging the non-professional to make
diagnosis is serious, and sometimes fatal,
error in treatment. A scientific treatise on
the functions Of the various members of the
body, adapted to the popular understanding,
with statement of the conditions of health
and disease, of the causes of the common
diseases with sufficient indication of their
symptoms to put people on their guard, is
always valuable, and too many of them can
not be circulated, provided they conform to
this description. The book before us is one
of this class. 1t deal largely with the struc-
ture Of the principal organs of the body.
describes the functions which they perform
and Indicates the conditions under which
they will probably do their work and when
they will fail and why. AS regards curative
means, attention is directed chiefly to diet
and exercise, and the administration Of
drugs, except a few simple ones, is left
where it ought to be, in the hands Of physi'
clan. New York: Harper & Brothers:
Portland Loring, Short q Harmony
The Story of the Irish in Boston, together
with Biographical Sketches of Representa-
tive Men and Noted Women. Edited and
Compiled by James Bernard Cullen. Illus
trated. Boston; James Cullen g. Co. +;
Portland; MCGOWAN & Young) The pur,
pose OF this book is accurately indicated by
Its title. 1t is to give an account of the set
Element, progress and development of the
Irish and their descendants in Boston, from
the earliest times The book is largely made
up OF appreciatiye Biographical sketches of
lrishmen or men of Irish descent of the past
and present, who have won distinction and |
prominence in Boston, with portraits Of |
many OF them. There are fifty-one sketches |
~ ~ ~; Inc volume contains a large amount |
OF information specially valuable to Trishmen,
but yet Of general interest.