The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-13
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The Drifting Island. A Sequel to Kibboo
Ganey or The Lost Chief of the Copper
Mountains. BY Walter Wentworth. Illus
trated. Boston: Roberts Brothers; Port
land: Loring. Short & Harmony This is
story of adventure in Africa. 1t is made up
of thrilling adventures, exciting scenes and
hair-breadth escapes from crocodiles. SER
penis, gorillas. cannibals. etc., and of the
wonderful exploits of two daring boys, Bob
and Ted, their dog, Jack, Col. Leslie, and
Nap. an African chief. To all who like the
unreasonable and improbable this story will
doubtless prove very Interesting
All Around the Year is new calendar for
1891 issued by Lee & Shepard. It is designed
in sepiatint and color by j. Pauline Sumter.
Printed on heavy cardboard, gilt edges. with
chain, tassels and rings. Size 4ax5A inches.
Boxed, price 50cents. The marvellous sue
cess which has attended the production of
Messrs. Lee & Shepards calendars in previ-
GUS years has led them to bring cut an en-
tirely new one in 1891, which far surpasses
any yet issued in the designs and quality of
workmanship. In addition to the calendar
for each month, each card contains charm
ing design and In delicate tints and colors.
(For sale by Loring, Short & Harmony
Little Venice and Other Stories. By
Grace DEMO Litchfeld, author of the knight
of the Black Forest. New York; G. P.
Putnam's Sons; Portland: Loring, Short &
| Harmony Little Venice is story of the ST.
| Clair Flats, with Madeleine Bracbau for its
heroine. 1t is beautifully and picturesquely
told, and ones heart goes out to Madeleine
through all the sweet. sad story until its
tragic end. The other stories of the volume
are Selina'S Singular Marriage, Myrtle,
Love Story in two Parts, One Chapter,
bright and entertaining one; An American
Filtration; Hilary's Husband, and The Price
Paid for Set of Ruskin, all of which were
published in the Century. All the Year
Round, The Atlantic and The Independent.
The stories are all interesting. presenting
excellent studies Of character, The Price
Paid for Set Of Ruskin being little gem Of
itself.
Th0reau's Thoughts. Selection from the
Writings of Henry David Thoreau. Edited
by 81. q. o. Blake. Boston: Houghton,
Miffin g. Co.. Portland: Loring, Short 81
Harmony In his preface the author tells us
that in compiling this work he has desired
to make a pocket volume. containing beauti-
full and helpful thoughts, which one might
not only read in retirement, but use as
travelling companion, or rade mecuna, while
waiting at hotel, railway stations. or~eehtse-
where-something even more convenient and
ready at hand than the news" The selec-
tions have been made with good judgment,
aud the editor has done all that itiwas possi-
BILE for~any one to do toward accomplishing
tes purpose he had in view. The book is pro-
| vided with convenient index Of the topics
| of which the selections treat.
Little Ones Annual. Stories and Poems
with 405 Illustrations from original designs
by the best American artists. Boston: Estes
& Lauriat; Portland: Loring, Short & Har-
mon.) The excellent sale which yearly
awaits the outcome Of another volume of
this popular annual, is ever ON the increase.
Over seven thousand five hundred dollars,
are yearly expended In the production of the
new volume, and every effort is made,
crowned by remarkable success, to have it
more beautiful and attractive than its prede-
decessors. 1t is embellished with $40 en-
| tirely original illustrations drawn expressly
for the work by the most celebrated book
| illustrators in America, and engraved on
wood in the highest style, under the superin-
| tendence of George L. Andrew. The Annual
| is one of the most beautiful and interesting
juvenile books ever issued.
Christmas In Song, Sketch ana Story, pub
ished by Harper &c Brothers; Portland:
Loring, Short & Harmony, is a collection of
nearly three hundred Christmas songs.
hymns and carols, with selections from
Beecher, Wallace. Auerbach. Abbott, Warren
and Dickens, and illustrations by Raphael
Murillo, Bouguereau, Hoffman, Defregger.
Story, Shepherd. barley. Meade, Mast and
others. The selections have been made by
]. r. McCaskey, compiler of Harper's Frank
lin Square Song Collection. The songs of
the volume number several hundred and in
clude all the best relating to the Christmas
theme. Each one is set to music. There Is
an index to the titles of these songs and also
an index to first lines The Christmas sto-
ries include The Outlines of Angels by
Henry Ward Beecher; The Story of the Star,
by Lew Wallace; The Land and the Child, by
Lyman Abbott; Gillerts Last Christmas,
by Barthold Auerbach; A Christmas Carol,
by Charles Dickens; Christmasse of Olde, by
Nathan B. Warren; and A Christmas Tree
by Charles Dickens. One of the most attrac..
| tive features of the book is the illustrations,
| twenty-five In number. A more charming
Christmas present than this volume it would
be difficult to find.
The Pine Tree Coast. By Samuel Adams
Drake, author of hooks and Corners of the
New England Coast Boston: Estes &
Lauriat; Portland; Loring, Short & Har-
NOM. Mr.. brakes book describes and Illus
trates the peerless scenery, quaint old sea-
ports, and romantic stories of the more than
1000 miles of Maine seaboard, as 1t never has
been done before. Believing that the Maine
coast is to be the future sanitarium of the
nation, the author has devoted himself,
heart and hand. to the portrayal of its at
fractions. Omitting nothing likely to inter-
est the intelligent traveller. Mr.. Drake gives
his readers the variety that is the legitimate
charm of such work as this. 1t Is not a
| guide book, though 1t will answer that pur
| pose admirably; 1t is not a history, though
| the reader who has finished 1t will find him
sell master OF more interesting facts than he
mas gathered, perhaps, from all other sources
combined. Neither is it a collection of ira
dltions' Legends and anecdotes, though each
oil these receives goodly share of attention.
But 1t is all Of these. in fact, and more.
Combining thus the qualities of being in.
structive In the highest degree, and written
in manner that is at once entertaining. it
| is volume that, aside from its more than
| two hundred and fifty illustrations, should
be in the possession of every lover of histor-
| zeal narrative literature.
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