The Portland daily press., 1893-06-08


Illustrated with cuts, which make the au-
thor's descriptions much more readily
understood. It is book which the
lawn tennis player cannot afford to be
without.
In their ssblack and white series the
Harpers have just issued the address in
eulogy of George William Curtis which
was delivered by John White Craddock
in February, 1893 before the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences; The I'm
expected Guest, farce by William Dean
Rowels; and the memorial sermon on
Bishop Brooks, delivered by his brother
the Rev. Arthur Brooks D. D., shortly
after the Bishops death. This last pub
LEGATION contains an excellent portrait of
Bishop Brooks. All these publications
are for sale by Loring, Short & Harmon.
Under the title "Picture and Text"
the Harpers have just published series
of sketches by Henry James, entitled
'Black and White" Edwin A. Abbey,
Charles S. Reinhart, Alfred Parsons,
John S. Sargent, Honore Daumier, and
After the Play. Black and White and
the article on Mr.. Sargent originally ap-
peared in Harper's Magazine, the first
under the title of Our Artists in Europe.
The notices of Mr.. Abbey and Mr.. Rein
hart originally appeared in Harper's
Weekly. That of Mr.. Parsons figured as
an introduction to the catalogue Of an
exhibition of his pictures. The sketch
Of Daumier appeared first in the Century
and After the Play in the New Review.
For sale by Loring Short & Harmon.
A Short History Of the English People.
By ]. R. Green, M. D. Illustrated edi-
ton. Edited by Mrs. J. r. Green and
Kate Norgate. Vol. II, New York:
Harper & Brothers; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony The second volume
Of this superb work extends from 1885 to
1910, or from the beginning of the hun
dred years war to the conquest Of ire
land. Nothing need be said of the liter
DRY qualities of Mr.. GREEN'S history. It
is too well known, and it's brilliancy and
picruresqueness of style are so striking
as to render encomium superfuous. OF
all the histories of the English people it
is far the most readable and entertaining.
The striking feature of this edition is the
pictures which are exceedingly numer-
GUS and of the finest quality. Among
the beautiful colored plates in this vol
ume which are reproductions of the orig
inals are: Richard Second and his
Patron Saints-from the Arundel society's
reproductions Of a painting in tempera
belonging to the Earl of Pembroke done
by an italian artist. probably soon after
Richards accession. Court of Kings
Bench-one Of four Examinations, repre-
senting the Courts of Chancery, Kings
Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer,
which seem to have belonged to law
treatise of Henry WIS time. Views of
London, from manuscript in the British
museum, the Poems of Charles of Or
leans, written by Flemish scribe, in
England, under Henry VII. Queen
Elizabeth at Prayers, .frontispiece to
"Christian Prayer" &C., printed in Lon
don, in 1859, and probably belonged to
the Queen herself. Lord Mayor and AL
dermen, from a manuscript in the British
museum, description Of England, writ
ten by Fleming who visited it in Eliza
beths reign. Peers in their Robes and
Halberdier, Of the time of Elizabeth, a
group painted by Flemish traveller.
Scenes from the campaign Of Richard II
in Ireland. Besides these plates printed
in colors there are many full page illus.
trations Of title pages Of old books por-
traits of kings reproductions of old illus
trations.