The Portland daily press., 1892-05-25

| when God created us in His own image
He could not do otherwise than to make
us active agents, and to oreiain that if we
wanted anything we must get it for our
| selves" But we resist the temptation to
Gull extracts from this delightful source
| and instead we recommend its brief
| wisdom entire. New York: Harper 81
| Brothers; Portland: L0rfng, Short &
| HARMONY
| Annie Trumbull Slosson gives us in
The Heresy Of Mohtable Clark picture
of old TING orthodoxy and the effects of
its teachings when literally interpreted,
quite vivid enough to make us rejoice
anew in religious freedom and be CRATE
full that we may think reverently and re-
ligiously, yet out Of bonds. The author
is known by her Seven Dreamers, much
admired by many readers. The scene of
this character sketch is the Sugar Hill
and Lisbon, N. H, region, where Mrs.
Slosson has a summer home
TO our thinking the Deacon of this
little story tells his narrative q Irif1e too
much as if he were not one of them; he
shows the defects of his cause too freely
AO1 OECli q oSilil- IlSdl, 6lill tlioI6 10
much point and more sad truth in the re-
cital of the change of heart, and it may
be of brain, of one of the chureh's most
hopeful converts. Free will and fore
ordination and effectual calm, perse-
verance OF the saints tile fut1lr' state of
unbaptised infants, and above all, the
natur' and duration OF eternal punish
ment'-thlnk of these themes, reader of
today! A good deal of quiet humor
crops out in this showing forth of or
thodoxy as it used to be taught. fNew
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland
Loring, Short g. Harmony
Flying Hill Farm is. a story for young
people, by. Sophie SWEET, author of Cap
tain Polly, and contains a deal of Incl
dent and stir and general liveliness. A
''tirst-rate book" such as boys and girls
like to go off with and read ruadisturbed
through long vacation hours. Here we
have a fire in the barn and a trial at
court; tame bear and trained pig;
shows of different sorts and variety of
exciting ad ventures and ever SO many
people to know all about and pronounce
prime or ''real mean with the self
same promptness of Judgment used by
the young person in gauging his friends
or foes whom he meets outside of books.
(New York: Harper & Brothess; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmony
A Highland Chronicle, by S. Bayard
bod, reminds one of Barrie's writings, A
Window in Thrums more especially, and
yet the resemblance is slight, it is just a
family likeness. While the wit of the
last named writer is by no means
matched, yet A Highland Chronicle has
sturdy tone of it's own commanding
respect. Certain very picturesque ac-
counts of the 'sLochgellie band' band of
gypsies are given, and bye and bye poll
tics are uppermost, and the final chap
tiers of the book see stirring days.
The author has previously written Stub
Highland Chronicle comes from Dodd,
Mead &c Co., publishers, and is bound in
paper at so cts. cortland: Lorings
Short & Harmony
A Colony of Girls, by Kate Livingston
Willard, author of An Awakening, be-
longs to the same Blue Paper Novel Sc
ries as the above, and is also to be found
at Portland: Loring, Short 6 Harmon's.
The colony of girls to whom we are in
troduced in this vivacious story are
happy in their own resources in little
seaport town away from the gay world,
till the quiet circle is invaded by suffi-
Gent number of young men to eventually
provide one for each dear damsel. The
task of distribution, well padded by dis
Sertation and description makes up the