The Portland daily press., 1893-09-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Miss Kate Sanborn, the author of
Adopting an Abandoned Farm, and also
of many an original scheme and novel
notion whereby she has become affection
ately known to the literary and social
world publishes now a little volume Of
two hundred pages, entitled A Truthful
Woman in Southern California. The
binding is sunnily suggestive of warmer
lands, with it's California poppy upon a
ground of maize and gold
The text is full of practical common
sense: hints for a journey to,the Pacific,
what to leave and what take with I"
how the climate affects certain invalids
and disaffects others; methods, ways,
means and general information. As this
useful (undeniably) but somewhat color
less material might pail upon the bright
and clever reader, Miss Sanborn has pep
pered the scketch throughout with witty
observation, and has given space to hits
of description, legend and story. Alto
gether it is a book which travellers ought
to buy and stay-at-homes will wish to.
Writing of Coronado Beach, she says,
sand old Ocean eternally booming (the
only permanent boom I know of in
Southern California; Some one says that
Californians irrigate, cultivate and exag-
gerate."
With the Indian of California the au-
thor does not seem to be particularly inn
pressed, but she acknowledges very
superficial study of them.
OF Pasadena she writes, "To tender.
foot straight from New Hampshire,
where we have nine months of winter
and three of pretty cold weather. where
we have absolutely but three months that
are free from frost, this seems like en-
chanted ground. A climate warm, with
a constant refreshing GOODNESS in, it's
heart; cool, with a latent vivifying
warmth forever peeping outiof it's coat-tail
pocket"
We wish A Truthful Woman in Southern
California the popularity it well deserves
New York: D. Appleton & Company;
Portland: Lorling, Short & Harmon.
Price rs cents.
In Harper's Black and White Series
Dudley Warner writes of the The Work
of Washington Irving with the ssvivacity
and grace native to his pen. Four por-
traits of Irving enhance the value of this
brochure in boards That on page Goth,
from the Franser Gallery, might serve as
model for the long skirted Prince AL
berts affected by the fashionable young
man of today. The contrast of New
York in 1889 and it's present status is
wonderful to contemplate, as Mr.. Warner
sketches it in order to give an idea of
Irving's environment during the time
that his literary taste was developing
In the authors analysis of Irving he con-
siders him, together with Scott and Coop
er, as regards their appreciation of
scenery and love of nature, showing
what different uses may be made of the
same elements.
Though only commemorative adj
dress" the reader finds here an excellent
outline of the chrming writer SO distinc-
lively American, SO cosmopolitanly Gull
tured, (New York: Harper & Brothers;
Portland: Loring, Short & Harmon.
Price so cents.
Count Julian. A Spanish Tragedy, by
Julian Sturgis, tells again in musical
blank verse, the old story of innocence
engulfed in sorrow, and tragedy fast
following to complete the tale In this
case the trusting child and maiden wor-
ships her king, who is unloved by his
Queen. He means to spare the tender
soul, but a friend betrays him, thereby
repaying an old grudge and satisfying
his wicked wrath. Leaving the child
at court, Julian, her father, says,