The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-11-08
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


John Ward. Preacher Boston: Houghton,
Mifdin d Co.; Portland: Loring. Short d
Harmony Sidney is the story of a girl
trained by her father to atheism. How can
1t be possible, he says to her, that there is an
all-wise and benefcent being in a world
which at the same time holds love and death
Taught to believe that love is the curse of
life, and that to escape from pain and I'M
happiness is to attain the highest human
good, holding herself aloof from the SORROWS
Of others. her life is spent in serene selfish
ness. Awakened to the love she sought to
avoid, and to human sympathy and keeness
grief, awakened to find the strong anchor OF
her life swept away, and realizing her birth
right of suffering, she longs for refuge and
finds God, or, as she sometimes expresses it,
a meaning or purpose. and with unquestion-
ing faith rests there. There is no death. she
says; life and death are one. The charac-
tiers Of the story are various and distinctly
defiLed, and mingled with the story, though
distinct from it, is that of Robert Steele,
whose sensitive soul can find no peace, or
rest, and seeks refuge for himself ia the Ro-
man Catholic church. The healthy, human
characters impart such spirit Of brightness
does not weary us. We turn from the dreary,
hopeless life Of Mortimer Lee, from Sidney's
fancies and the sad and baffied spirit of Rob-
ert Steele to the gentle artlessness of Miss
Sally. to the brilliant, practical Katharine
and her devoted, but somewhat heavy, lover,
John Paul, to his mother, the keen, witty,
worldly old woman, whose only interest In
| others is the amusement she gets from maxi
| ing them targets for her malicious spite
drawn from her lifelong disappointment;
| and to the tender, buoyant nature of Allan
Crossar. Ted, and the romantic little mil
| liner and her mother at the toll house the
serving woman and maid, all contribute to
the delightful completeness of the story,
which is simple, human story, told in
clear. consistent and charming manner, and
gives promise of being one Of the noteworthy
novels of the year.
A Boys Town. By W. d. Howells. New
York: Harper d Brothers; Portland: Lor-
ing. Short & Harmony This first venture
of Mr.. Howells In the field of juvenile liter
ature is primarily and above all a boys
book, and as such will give great enjoyment
to all young readers. 1t will also interest
those whose boyhood days are far behind.
In fact 1t will interest all boys. and all who
have been boys. recalling as 1t does their
own past, and the boys sisters will no doubt
enjoy 1t nearly as. much as they. 1t is sup
| posed to be to some extent an autobiography
| the author having drawn from the recollec.
tions of his own youth. for many of the ex.
periences and incidents which he tells, fact
that will give additional interest to the story,
yuaQ In oil -
per's Young People.
| The Table: How to buy food, how to cook
1t, and how to serve it. By Alessandro Fill
pini. Revised edition with supplement.
| New York: Chas. L. Webster L Co. Sold
by subscription.) Allesandro Filipini, was
the manager of the most frequented of Del
monico's down town restaurants in New York
and OF course his work will be standard
authority on the subject of which 1t treats.
The book contains 36S different menus pre-
pared by Mr.. Filipini, one for every day in
the year, which are SO suggestive of every
thing good that their perusal alone is suff1-
cient to keep one good-natured for week
and which, at the same time, are so simple
and practicable that they will be boon to
all the housekeepers throughout the land.
After every dish is number referring to
paragraph another part of the book, where
one finds directions how to prepare the dish
In question. Although it is not supposed
that these menus will be followed in details
| yet no one can consult them and fail to gain
inspiration and new ideas thereby. After
the menus come the recipes. There are over
1900 Of these, including every dish that can
be imagined, from the most delicate French
side-dish with an unpronounceable name, to
a good old-fashioned Irish stew. There are
134 recipes for soups alone The recipes are
arranged under different heads, as Soups,
Beef, Fish. Game, &C., and each one is num-
bered. There is an alphabetical index, ar
ranged for ready reference, so that one can
turn directly to any given recipe. The mar
kets tare thoroughly reviewed month by
month, with instructions how to buy well
and economically. There are minute d.
pections for setting the table, serving, and
concerning the wines. AS indicated above,
the author had the family kitchen steadily in
view, and has therefore simplifed all recipes
SO that not only will the ingredients be found
at hand, but child could unite them prop
erly.