The Portland daily press., 1894-12-15
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

The Empress Eugene. Phe Secret of
an Empire. By Pierre De Lano. Trans
lated from the French by Ethelred tTay-
lor. The author relates the career of the
Empress Eugene from her marriage to
the downfall of the empire. The closin g
chapter treats of the Prince Imperial.
The author claims that his work is
strewn with anecdotes and with authen-
tic facts not heretofore published; and
that he has had access to unpublished
letters which have enabled him to show
the Empress in clearer light as an indi-
vidual and as social and political in
fuence than any in which she has ap-
peared. While the continued years of the
French Revolution are passing, there is
naturally renewed interest, not only
in it's immediate events but in the SUBJ
sequent history of France, especially as
relates to the fortuner of the Napoleons.
The book has portrait of the Empress
Eugene as frontispiece. New York:
Dodd, Mead & Co.; Portland: Loring,
Short & Harmony
The Sherburne Cousins. By Amanda
NJ. Douglass, author of Sherburne House,
and Lyndell Sherburne. In this new
book the story of the Sherburnes is'con-
tInued, and sthe interest awakened in
the characters of the previous volume is
well sustained. Readers IF these books
will be glad to see still another that
they may follow the fortunes of Dell and
other interesting characters of the story.
New York: Dodd, Mead & Co.; Port
land Loring, Short & Harmony
Witch Winnis at Shinnecock or The
Kings Daughters at A Summer Art
School By Elizabeth hampney, author
of Witch Winnie. Witch Winaie's Mys-
terry, etc. In this volume the fifth of the
series, the author has taken her heroine
to the famous Long Island Art School,
established by Mr.. Chase. The author
speaks from personal knowledge of the
artist colony at Shinnecock, and of the
beautiful life led there by a hundred or
more devoted students. This volume is
one of the most attractive Of the series,
and sequel to it is promised by the
author, relating the after life of Milly
and Stacy, two of the principal charac-
tiers. All who read this charming story
will hope that the promised sequel will
not be long delayed. The work is illus
trated by j. Wells Champney. New
York: Dodd, Mead & Co. Portland:
Loring, Short & HARMONY
Pushing to the Front. or Success I'm
der Difficulties. By Orison Sweet Marden.
The authors aim in this work has been
"to spur the perplexed youth to act the
Columbus to his own undiscovered pos
sihilities to urge him not to brood over
the past nor dream of the future, but
to get his lesson from the hour to show
him that he must not wait for the op-
portunity, but make it.; to tell the round
boy how to get out of the square hole
into which he had been wedged by cir
cumstances or mistakes. 1.-THE book is full
Of anecdotes OF eminent persons, illus
trating the victory gained over obstacles,
by energy, pluck and perseverance, and
the information it contains " ill be easily
retained because of the attractive man
ner in which it is given. The book
is illustrated with twenty-four fine por-
traits of eminent persons, with one OF
A braham Lincoln as frontispiece.
Most of these portraits are made from
original devices and have never bee used
before. Boys and girls, young men and
young women, scholars, teachers. pro-
fessional and business men will find the
book Invaluable. "Ths standar of the
book is not measured in gold, but in
growth; not in position, but in personal
honor; not in capital, but in character. !"
(Bcston and New York: Houghton,
Miffiin & Company; PORTLAND; Loring,
Short & Harmony