The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-09-27
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

NEW PUBLICATIONS.
The Prince of India, or Why CONSTANT
nople Fell, by Lew Wallace, author of
Ben-Hur, etc. General eessWallace's new
book is said to have been a long time in
preparation. We are told that Garfield
in speeding him to the Turkish mission
foretold literary triumph to be reaped
therefrom. AT all events the book is
here and is already meeting with enor-
nous sales, thousands of copies being
eagerly bought and read.
The Prince of India is bound in cloth
ornamented, vols. 16 mo-, in box, the
price $2.5 so. There are also editions as
expensive as six and eight dollars.
Ancient Byzantrim. became Istambul,
the Golden Horn, in $50 AID. It's inhabi-
Jews. In 1853 came it's conquest by the
Moslems, and our author says "Thus
Sancta Sophia passed from Christ to Ma
homet: andssfrom that hour Islam has
had sway within it's walls.
Today there are two cities, lights once
VI ullO WhOAO SepA oAlS ahoSA SoAoOS noO
deeply craven in their remains-sites,
walls, ruins-that every man and woman
visiting them should be brought to know
why they fell.
Alas, for Jerusalem!
Alas, for Constantinople!"
Certainly no more picturesque setting
could be sought.tor a jeweled story, and
Wallace has pre-eminent ability in clear,
fluent poetic and spirited description.
The Prince of India himself is esoteric
enough to add mystic sense to any tale,
and the same readers to hang upon the
pages of Ben-Hur will delight in this
Oriental romance, with it's historic basis
and beautiful. reproduction of Eastern
marvels and Eastern fifteenth century
peoples and customs New York: Har-
per & Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmony
Women of the Valois Court, by Imbert
de Saint-Amand. Translated by Eliza
beth Gilbert Martin. With portraits.
Some fifteen volumes have appeared under
the. title Famous Women of the French
Court Those upon Marie Antoinette,
the Empress Josephine and Marie Louise
have proved very popular. The present
volume is divided into-two parts: one,
Marguerite of Angouleme, the other
Catherine D'Medici andsher Contempora-
ries.at the FRENCH Court. There are por-
traits of them both, and of Diane de
DIT orf hon nh ino
of France, Elizabeth of France, and
Jeanne D'Albert
In these sketches of Saint-Amaud, court
life in la belle France lives again. So
much of gossip and light detail as neces-
sarily hovers about the life of the men
and women Of the time is given US but
good deal also of real analysis of the
characters with which he deals and an
insight into the clashlng or. normonizing
elements of royalty and political in
trigue, Pope and subjects, courtier and
bard The literary side of Margaret of
Valois is dwelt upon, and extracts from
her writings, the French verse with ac-
companying English translation. If one
wishes to forget self and present environ
ments here is an opportunity, in the
study of these women of the French court.
so fascinating, so unlike, so interesting
in their personalities. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons; Portland:
Lorng, Short & Harmon. Price S1.25.)
At Mount Desert: A Summers Sow
ing. BY Mildred Fairfax, author of In
the Vultures' Nest; or Huguenots at the
Court of France in 1879, ETC. A series of
pretty photographers bring out in this
volume the ever new charms of the Maine
coast and the heavenly beauty of French
mans Bay. The story itself is intended
for old young folks; that is young people
of the marrying age. At times bit
over enthusiastic, it still has variety and
does not lack real merit There are many
bright people and interesting happenings.
The early history of Mt. Desert is touched
upon; tragedy in the abstracting of
will and the subsequent suffering of
deadly remorse in consequence furnishes
the serious side to the story; the McAll
mission figures prominently, through the