The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-09-12
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

tiers. Edited by Joseph May, Minister of
the First Unitarian church of Philadel-
phla. Vol. IL, essays and sermons.
Each of these books is prefaGed by a por-
trait of the Rev. Mr.. Longfellow, one
early and one later in life and the vol
umes themselves, gilt top, clear large
print on rich paper. crown vo., are at
tractive and in excellent taste. The
reading contained in them will have an
especial interest for Portland people.
Samuel Longfellow's poetical gifts were
naturally somewhat lost sight of in the
universally of his brothers fame but
they were of rarely beautiful quality.
Ones only criticism upon the memoir in
hand is that selections from his exquisite
hymns were not made and inserted in
the text. Personally Mr.. Longfellow
was gifted with those graces of mind
and spirit which made him much be-
loved. His religious belief was radical
but SO transcendental in it's character
that his thought upoL Immortality, for
example, was wonderfully far-reaching
and full of a knowledge won by faith
which comforted and sustained him in
all bereavement and brought happiness
to those to whom he ministered in like
circumstances. In the first volume his
boyhood days, college life, teaching and
travel, Divinity School studies, repeated
visits to Europe, his candidating and his
pastoral work in Fall River and Brook
Ign. his residence for some eighteen years
at Cambridge, his most congenial and
happy charge of the Germantown, Penn,
church, are followed by an account of
his literary labors upon Henry sWads-
worth Longfellow's biography and the
closing years of his earthly sojourn. He
died at Portland, Oct. 3rd, 1891. A
memorial tablet in bronze was unveiled
in the Brooklyn church whose pastor
he was for seven years, with an appro-
pirate inscription, March 25th, 1894.
The essays and sermons which from the
second volume of Mr.. Longfellow's
memoir are some twenty in number.
Among the latter particularly cherished
and read may be noted prayer "The
Home" Life, no DEATH" and "He
Giveth His Beloved in Sleep" An ade-
quate idea of Mr.. Longfellow does not
present him in too grave outlines. In
his undemonstrative way he was full OF
wit and humor and salient point with
him was his sympathy and comradeship
with children, particularly little boys OF
growing lads, as witness his intimacy
with young Knapp Indeed he had a gen.
Jus for friendships. His lifelong attach,
ment to Saumel johnson was remark a bly,
warm and sincere. Today, as the elders
grow old it is pleasant to read of Med
Hale" and many another Of that date,
a group of early made comrades whose
ranks are lessening now, almost from
year to year. A good many of them are
affectionately enshrined in these recoI.
lections (Boston and New York Hough-
ton, Miffiin & Company; Portland
Loring, Short & Harmon. Price ST. sc
per volume.1
An Introduction to the Study of So
ciety. By Albion W.Small, Ph.D. Head
IL OlOSoOI VI oOCloAOsSJ al UuC - ~
of Chicago, and George E. Vincent, Vice
Chancellor of the Chautauqua System OF
Education. The handsome text book
recently published under this title was
gotten out the first of last July to meet
the wants of the Chautauqua Summer
School, as also for use at the Chicago
University during the summer quarter.
Portland people will be interested in the
authorship. as Mr.. Small is Portland
boy.
sOf about 800 pages, furnished with
maps and diagrams, the book, which is
sufficiently advanced for junior and SEN
ior classes in college, opens with sketch
of the history Of modern sociology, and
the theories of Auguste Comte. This
is followed by the second topic, sThe
Natural History of Society,"" with sub
heads, The Family on the Farm" The
Neighborhood Group" 1.-The Village
Community - and "Town and City.
The volume being divided into five.b
of four or five chapters each, Ill, w.
and V. come under the titles Social
Structure (Anatonny) !" Social, Func-
tions physiology Pathology" and
"Social Psychology"
Students who have been reading that
brilliant and fascinating work, Kidd's
social Evolution" will see that the
study Of Sociology is no sinecure. Deal.
ing with vital problems, it is as yet il
a formative period itself. If, with Pope
we believe the noblest study of mankind
to be man, it is quite time this study
should be undertaken with scientific
accuracy, and that the advances of late
years in theory should be noted and put
into practice. Towards that end this
book will contribute. 1t is needed and
will commend itself straightway to col
Ieges and universities (New York, Gin.
cinnati and Chicago: American Book
Company Portland: Loring, Short
& Harmon. Price S1.50.)
The Purple Light of Love, by Henry
Goelet McVickar, author of A Precious
Trio, etc., is disappointing. Its opening
pages are full of sparkle and a sort o.