The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-03-05
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Saved By the Sword. A Novel, By Bob
ert Rexdale. Illustrated by John Calvin 4
Stevens and Bert Poole Boston: Winthrop
Publishing Co.; Portland: Stevens & Jones.)
Il is not quite in vogue, the preferring an
article of home manufacture rather than
foreign, but, nevertheless, where it is mat
ter of literature we must all feel kindly in
terest and take a certain pride in the sue
cesses of our native writers. That Mr.. Rex
dale's first novel has proved a fortunate ven
ture its popularity demonstrates. The au-
thor has succeeded very well in just what he
attempted. which was to write clean, fresh,
wholesome sensational novel "a novel of ac-
tion and incident, which would amuse and
interest the general reader. Saved By the
Sword is all this, and very creditable work
in every respect
A Happy Find. Translated from the
French Of Madame Gaguebin, by Miss E. V.
Lee. New York: Thomas Y Crowell q
Coz This is charming story, full of French
vivacity and humor, yet pure. simple and re-
ligious in tone. 1t is the history Of little
founding who fell into tender hands and
found home in loving hearts. As in all
"a uC shOhC NCEC HCdfy UuIuCuo anu Dlb-
ter sorrows to be borne. but the outcome was
happy one.
An Errand Girl. A Romance of New York
Life. By Evelyn Kimball johnson. (New
York: G. w. Dillingham; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony This is pleasant story,
written with the Best intention. 1t recouDts
In simple and unpretending way. the adj
ventures of little family of waits and
strays, left fatherless and motherless in the
city of New York, and is book which will
doubtless find many interested readers.
Sam Loveps Camps. Uncle Lisha's
Friends. Under Bark and Canvas. By
Rowland e. Robinson. New York: Forest
4 Stream Publishing Coz here we have two
kinds of dialect, that Of the original Vermont
Yankee. and of the Canadian Frenchman.
The author of this story explains in a note
the meaning of various phrases used by his
characters which would otherwise be quite
incomprehensible to the general reader
Mr.. RobinsOn's volume win delight the boys.
especially those who have camped, and
others who have not and would like to try it,
The latter will find out what fun it is from
the experience of Sam Lovel and Antoine,
hunters and trappers. not boys but men.
Aryas, Semites and Jews, Jehovah And
The Christ. By Lorenzo Burge. Boston:
Lee & Shepard; Portland: Stevens &
Jones.) Ones curiosity is excited by the
title-page of this work, which includes the
following: SO A record of Spiritual
Advance from the HOUSEHOLD or personal God
of the Semitic AbranI, and from Jehovah, the
tutelary or national God of the Israelites
to the Universal Father revealed by Jesus
the Christ: With the Contracts made be-
tween the Household God and Abram; the
tutelary God, Jehovah and the Israelites
and between our Father in Heaven and all
mankind. ' Also the circumstances
incidents, and events attending the prepare
ton for and the PRONUNCIATION of the second
revelation" Mr.. Burge is the author of
''Pre-glacial Man, and The Aryan Race"
and in that volume speaking of the history
revealed In the. earlier chapter of Genesis, he
said: Great as is the value of this history,
1t has been preserved merely as vehicle in
which to transmit record of the first reve-
lation made by the Deity to man through the
Aryan race; the duty laid upon that race to
promulgate it their neglect of that duty, and
their consequent removal by God from the
civilized world.
In the present volume Mr.. Burge proposes
to resume the thread of history, and show
the movements Of the Deity in the selection
of a people through whom, in the fulness of
time men should be sufficiently enlightened
to receive, and from whom that being should
proceed, who, as Gods messenger should
again give to man, that revelation before
given to the Aryas and rejected"
Red Carl. Translated from the German of
j. j. Messmer by Mary e. Ireland. New
York: Thomas G. Crowell & Co. "Red CARR
was originally written in German by the
pastor of German church in Baltimore, and
is something more than an amusing story.
The scenes are laid, for the most part, in
New England manufacturing town, but oc-
casionally we get glimpses of the far West.
The original title of this story was
In, Strom der Lett, or "The Tide of Time"
and 1t contains much that is valuable con-
corning the labor question, socialism and
temperance, interviewer with charming
romance. The Neumann family are delight
full people to know, the daughter Frina being
one of the most captivating creatures of
modern fiction.
The author has pictured the eventful lives
of a colony Of German emigrants in one of
large manufacturing cities. The story well
shows the harm that can be done by an agi
tator like Red Carl, and what curse such
man may be to the people who come under
his influence.
Gertrude's Marriage. BY w. Heimburp.
Translated from the German by Mrs. j. w.
Davis. Illustrated. New York: Worthinp
ton & Co.. This is an exceedingly interest
ing story by one of the most popular German
noyelists of the day. 1t is the study of the
heart of a woman. who wishes to marry for
pure love and thinks she has found her ideal.
Later she is LED to believe that her husbands
thought was of her wealth, and then follow
days of sorrow and misunderstanding. until
at last series of dramatic situations bring
the young couple to their senses, and the re-
suit is a reconstruction. Simple as are the
of which the story is constructed,
slender as is the plot,yet the art of the author
Is perfect, and his style exquisite. We pre-
iict that "Gertrude's Marriage" will be one
If the favorite novels Of the year. The |
heavy paper, bold type, broad margins and |
pretty photograyure Illustrations give the |
book very attractive appearance although |
t is in paper covers,