The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1891-07-18
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
The Century Illustrated Monthly Maya
zine. November 1890 to April, 1891. This is
Vol. XIX. of the new series of that excel
lent publication, the Century Monthly. Il
embraces all the monthly numbers of the
magazine from November, 1890. to April,
1891. Among the notable articles in the vol
ume are the series of pictures of American
artists, the series on the exploration and
settlement of California, the autobiography
OF Joseph Jefferson, Gen. Crooks campaigns
In the Indian country, the discoveries of DIR.
Koch, Pasteur and other experimenters In
the micrObe field, the conclusion of the life
OF Abraham Lincoln by Hay and Nicolay,
early victories of the American navy, war
experiences of prisoners, the memoirs of
Talleyrand. The fiction of the volume is of
the highest class. the product of such we'll
known writers as Joel Chandler Harris, Ed
ward Eggleston and Elizabeth Stuart Phelps.
The poetical contributors include all the
well known writers of American verse. To
undertake to enumerate all the good things
In this volume would occupy great amount
OF space, and besides would be superGuous,
as the knowledge of the contents of the
monthly volumes of the Century is almost
universal.
La Grippe and its Treatment, for General
Readers is little book prepared by DIR. Cy-
rus Edison. of the New York Board of
Health. setting forth the history, symptoms
and treatment of the strange disease which
Invaded this country in 1889. and which has
not yet entirely disappeared. As the title
implies 1t is meant for the general reader,
and suggests precautions to ward off the
disease, and the general line of treatment to
be adopted in case of its appearance. Com
ing from an expert who has had great expe-
rience In treating the malady. its suggestions
can unhesitatingly be accepted. New
York: d. Appleton & Co.. Portland: Lor-
ing, Short & Harmony
Recent publications in the Evolution Sc
ries, issued by d. Appleton 81 Co., New York.
are Ernst Haeckel. by Thaddeus b. Wake
man. with portrait; The Scientific Method,
by Francis Ellingwood Abbott, Phi. d..
Herbert SDencer's Synthetic Philosophy,
by Benjamin f. Underwood; The Evolution
Of Chemistry, by Robert G. Eccles, MD;
The Evolution of Electric and Magnetic
Physics by Arthur e. Kennedy, chief cleo
.rician Of the Edison laboratory. These
treatises are issued fortnightly at a cost'of
ten cents each, or $240 per annum.
The sxty-fifth publication in the Questions
of the Day series is A Tariff Primer, discus
sing the effects of production upon the far
mer and laborer, by Porter Sherman, M. A.
The Primer treats the subject from the free
trade standpoint. and is designed to show
that protective tariffs are hurtful to the far.
mer and the iaborer. New York: G.P.
Putnam's Sons; Portland Loring, Short g.
Harmony
The Canadian Guide Book, by Charles G.
ID. Roberts, professor of English Literature
in Kings College. Windsor, N. s., is one of
the most thorough and attractive works of
this kind that has come under our notice.
1t aims to ba tourists and sportsman's
guide to eastern Canada and Newfoundland,
and includes full descriptions of routes,
cities, points of interest, summer resorts,
pendix are the fish and game laws. and an
official list of trout and salmon weirs and
their lessees. The work contains thirty ex-
cellent illustrations and ten fine maps. 1t is
bound in flexible covers, and in every way
Is a model book of its kind. New York:
d. Appleton & Co.; Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmony
Bowdoin College Library Bulletin, Bruins
wick, Maine, 1891. This is the first number
OF handsome publication of sixty-one
printed octave pages, and to quote from the
PREDATORY note is intended to secure the
more general cooperation of the Alumni in
the growth of the library. to publish bibllo-
graphical matter, particularly that relating
to Maine, and to afford means of commu-
nication between the larger and the smaller
libraries in the state. Sonnenshein's "rhe
Best Books" Is especially recommended to
librarians. 1t indicates the best books upon
any subject, and its lamentations will often
save one from the sad experience of buying
an expensive book just before a new edition
long In course of preparation appears. A
note on Back Numbers is suggestive. In
view OF the little use made In the ordinary
household Of unbound back numbers of
magazines. it seems proper to state that If
sent to the college library by mall-the post
age is only four cents per pound-they will
be bound and made servieeable to this or
other libraries in the state. 1t is to be hoped
that people all over the state will take notice
OF this and send their unbound periodicals of
every kind to the college. They will be ar
ranged in volumes as far as possible, and the
surplus volumes when completed sent to
other libraries, so they will be sure to serve
useful purpose. The Bulletin contains a
list of one hundred of the most notable books
on Maine, which libraries are advised to
buy. few of these are starred as being
especially recommended, among which is
Sir Ferdinando Gorges and his Province of
Maine In vols. by James p. Baxter, the
price of which is now fifteen dollars. Every
librarian and student should have the Bulle-
tin.
MIR. Han1tin'G