The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1893-12-22
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

A more fascinating story of travel
than DIR. Henry M Fields The Bar
bary..ssCoastss New York, Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons: Portland; Loring, Short &
Harmony it would be hard to find. For
saking the main travelled roads of
Europe our author and guide, cicerone
and commentator, takes us to another
world, under other skies, and among
other races of men-a quarter of the globe
that is old and yet new, as it is still a
field of discovery; so that it has at once
the charm of the known and the I'M
KIN Town of history..and.of mystery. Sit
ting with the author under the palms in
the perfect winter climate one studies
the picturesque life of the people and
sees the world pass by. The fine illustra-
tions with which the book is embellished
add largely to the appreciation of the
text.
Clinton Scotland is distinctly stylist.
To read one of his books is to recall
Eothen, or the Nile Notes, or the few
other works of that genre which appear
under the guise of chronicles of travel.
His latest book On Sunny Shores, is a
record of leisurely journeyings through
Europe and across to the southern shore
of the Mediterranean; broken by many
pause and fit Of pensive musing in the
fair old lands as he foated down the
stored Rhine, or tarried under italian
skies, or dreamed away the shining
hours under the shadow of the Acropo-
lis and many Moorish mosque and
ruined temple Of the ancient faiths. It
is book to linger over, as one does
over the long languid Spenserian stanza
or the sleepy, dream-shot pages of the
Howadji. The style has mellow glow,
like golden sunset;-and not content
with sumptuous prose that old English
masters might envy, Mr.. Scollard breaks
here and there into bits OF verse that
are poems. 1t is book to own and
cherish. New York: Charles L. Webster
& Company
The third volume of that monumental
work, the illustrated edition of Green's
Short History of the English People,
amply sustains the promise Of it's .sprede.
cessors. 1t is an undertaking THAT, con-
sidering the great resources expended
upon it and it's comparative inexpence
to the purchaser, entities the publishers
to the thanks Of the reading public. To
| find its peer one must go far. Each
volume is a work of art; a holiday pub
| LEGATION in itself, as we'll as an Install
ment of one of the greatest and most de-
servedly popular histories written in this
haps none-have been SO royalty served
| by the book makers. To handle this lat.
est volume-the last but one-is an in
centive to liberal study-to read it is te
master many a chapter in one of the
most fascinating books lever penned.
| Upon every page is an illustration; be.
tween every ten leaves stands full-page
| plate; and for frOntispiece we have q
| picture of old London Bridge in colors,
| four sheets wide-a superb bit of art.
| New York: Harper & Brothers; Port.
! land: Loring, Short & HARMONY
| Suggestive of some perfume lamr
swinging in an ancient temple is A Coco
Cheer Calendar, by Mary A. Lathbury
| twelve cards hung by silver chain ant
| rings, each card containing charming
original design i'll water colors, and bear
ing the calendar for the month and ,
| short poetcal selection. 1t lis daint,
gift. Boston: De Wolfe, Fiske & Co
Price 80 cents.
DR.. Weir Mitchell is nothing if not yer
satile. Physician, poet, essayist and
philanthropist, the world is not surprised
when he turns from his multifariou.