The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-20
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


The Land of POGO TEMPO. Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York; Loring !,
Short 81 Harmon. Portland. One who
has travelled in New Mexico, along it's
by-ways and across its arid plains, slowly
enough to see something of it's quaint
inhabitants, will enjoy this book, which
brings back to him so wildly the color
ing, the atmosphere and the life itself
of the country. The author has studied
it's population sympathetically; he has
the artists eye and temperament, and
he writes with. an easy pen. Pueblo
Indiaps, Mexicans and Apaches have all
been studied, and their characteristics
graphically portrayed. The social life,
of the Pueblo Indians; the courtesy, SUI
erstition andsindolenceo of the Mexicans;
the cunning, endurance, courage and
cruelty of the Apache, are all pictured
with wealth of detail and color which
only practiced pen can attain. Next to
a sojourn in New Mexico is the reading
of this book, which is neither stals nor
Improbable. The illustrations are in
keeping with the book.
Miss Maria Parloa is SO universally
acknowledged as the great authority on
matters pertaining to the tale, that a
work by her scarcely needs Introduction.
Yet there are some features about Miss
Parloa's Young Housekeeper, (Estes &
Lauriat Boston; price S1.oo) which call
for special commentator. The work is
something more thansa cook book. 1t
is, in the words Of the publishers, a
plain book for plain people, and solves
the puzzling questions of how to cook
economically and well.n The cook books
have sometimes had reputation for ex-
travagance; but Miss Parloa's latest aim
is to avoid this criticism. The work is
illustrated with cuts intended to convey
technical information of value to the
purchaser as we'll as the cook.
None Such? There Will Yet be Thous-
ands, is the title of new novel which
comes to us with long list of favora BILE
notices. They are from Gov. Russell,
DR.. Edward Everett Hale, Denman
Thompson, Albert A. Pope and several
railroad and business men. Good words
from such sources ought to be enough
to give the book generous sale and no
doubt will be. We have not been able
to raise SO great enthusiasm over it as
Soroa IF tboso r,ant1er,a,, ,,pop WHOM, ~ O
personal worth of the author DR.. Emory
j. haynes appears to have considera BILE
influence; but it is good, wholesome
book, pure in it's teachings and gives
excellent advice to the milliona1res as
to the disposal of their money, which he
doctor thinks there will yet be thous-
ands." Boston: The North Publishing
Company; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmon.
The author of the Danvers Jewels and
some other works which have left pleas
ant memory with us has new novel
called after the heroine, Diana Temp
est" and it is one of the best that have
come to us this season. 1t would be
called a sensational story, for there is
no lack of false loves, datardly crimes
and even murder; but the good, strong
and true prevail by sheer force of char
acter having no sympathies nor affec-
tions to linger upon the social sinners.
Like most novels of thessaaday, it steps
outside the established paths of orthodox
theology, but not Extensively, like most
of them, nor leaving any disagreeable
impression on the mind, such as one
feels after listening to a scoffer. This
book ought to be popular and to wear
well. Diana Tempest. By Mary Cholm-
ondely. New York: D. Appleton &;
Company; Portland Loring, Short &
Harmon.
pages of a recent translation from the
French entitled 1.-The History of Bear
skin, even if one did not read the texts
so rich is the paper, SO Clear the type,
SO wide the margins and SO delightful
the illustrations. The killing of the
DUdI III LOB Ou GHc DOfu6rS OIL q lake III
Russian Lapland, amusingly introduces
the history of the bearskin, which is
made into a headpiece for Nicholas
Ridel, a peasant of Normandy, when he
becomes grenadier of the French.army.
Nicholas wears his.bearskin with varying
fortunes until Napoleon is safe on St.
Helena, when he marries and establishes
cafe in Paris, which becomes the re-
sort of Bonapartists, who are plotters
for the restoration of the imperial line.
The name of the translator is not given.
but it has the true Gallo flavor and is
throughout light, witty, charming. The
illustrations by 81. c. b." are thickly
strewn along the pages, and are as good
as can be. The History of Bearskin.
From the French of Jules De Marthold
New York: Dodd. Mead & Company;
Portland: Loring. Short g. Harmon.