The Portland daily press., 1895-11-20

from the first to triumph, and that mos1
improbable misdoings surround their op- |
ponents and serve to throw the righteous
palpable to suit the youngsters. lPhlia-
delphia: Henry T. Coates & Company
Portland: Loring, sShort & Harmon)
Sunshine and Haar. Some Further
Glimpses OF Life at Barncraig. by
Gabriel Setoun, author of Barncraig.
This book is not for lovers of sensation
but for readers who are willing to enter
into the quiet. life of some simple folk
who yet are interesting from quaintness
of type and unconscious pathos and
humor. "Haar'' we may as we'll add is
the vernacular for fog or dusky atInos-
phere, shadow Or mist or both combined.
The author knows his subject as he
loves it, through and through, and will
bring new friends to the many he won by
his earlier volume. cred Letter Days"
"Tanney's Revenge" "Dod" and the
remainder of the first group of stories or
separate sketches where the same charac-
nality and homely sympathy; the latter
half of the volume is occupied with eight
chapters under the general heading
"Lowpie and Linty' which, the author
tells us is the continuation of a former
sketch "What Santa Claus Brought to
the Poet" New York: Harper &
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony
Oakleigh. By Ellen Douglas Deland
illustrated, is story somewhat after the
order of 'tLittle Women.' 1t deals with
a home full of young folks, with, later
on, very sweet step-mother in it. We
have adventures and practical jokes;
merrymakings and social parties, in
short good time and we in it during
the turning of pages which is pleasant
pastime, indeed, where ''Oakleigh" is
concerned. New York. Harper &
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short &
Harmony.
The King of Andaman. A Saviour OF
Society. By J. Maclaren Cobban, author
of ga Reverend Gentleman" "Thess Red
Sultan,'' etc. The King of Anamansis a
very unusual story. 1t has a study of
Scotch character, as vivid in its way as
the exceptional work of the few marked
novelists who take that race for their
theme. The plot has to do with the time
of the Chartist riots about 1913 and the
weavers who piled their tasks, under hard
and forbidding circumstances. Out OF the
most accurate realism the romance works
itself towards curiously improbable and
Imaginative side of things. The story Is
we'll worth reading and leaves an i'm
press upon the mind by reason OF its keen
insight and it's sincerity. Not even an
affectation of thought creeps into the
narrative New York. D. Appleton q
Company: Portland: Loring, Short e.
Harmon, Price ST.
The Story of Nancy By Sarah Orne
Jewett. Ten stories are included in this
volume, all of which have appeared in
various periodicals. Besides the title
story, there are Fame's Little Day, A
War Debt, The Hilton's Holiday, The
Only Rose, A Second Spring, Little
French Mary, The Guests of Mrs. Timms,
A Neighbors' Landmark, and All My
Sad Captains-all of them New England
stories except A War Debt, pathetic
story of the broken down fortunes of
Southern family after the Civil War.
To say these stories are among Miss jew
ett's best work is sufficient praise, for
she is one of our most widely known and
best loved writer's. Her keen sympathy
with her subject added to the graceful
charm of her style makes her stories
delightful, especially to those readers of
New England birth. She is quick to see
the humor of situation, and knows how
to put it yividly before her readers,
but she also sees the pathos underlying
much of the humor. and that she makes
SO apparent that tears are as near the sur
face as smiles Her books not only en-
terrain but they teach broader sympa-
thy, unselfshness and a kindlier spirit
toward our fellow men, and give hope to
the discouraged and unhappy-the best
kind of stories for the Christmas season.
Ibis book is published by Houghton,
Mif1in & Company, Boston, and is for
sale in Portland by Loring, Short &
Harmon and Stevens & Jone s. Price
$3.50.
Mentone, Cairo and Corfu. By Con-
stance Fenimore Woolson, author of
canine" EAST Angels" etc. Illustrated.
Persons acquainted with Miss Woolson' s
writings do not need to be told with how
much dramatic power and art she CON
structs STORY. The fact that hsr pen
will give us no more creative work makes