The Portland daily press., 1895-11-13

| Above the countless hetacOmbS OF slain
Where that superb procession of the past
Sweeps through the ages, and with
| noiseless tread
Marches and cOuntermarches, till at last
I seem myself to stand among the
dead
.sShoes of Alabaster' we shouldzlike to
give intact. The little carven marble
shoes from Agra call up an exquisite Wis
ion.
"White ghosts of shoes speed if ye must
When she shall call ; but leave l pray,
Two flakes of alabaster dust
To show she passed this way.
| "Slumber Song" not only is full of
music but of philosophy and faith.
~ lay ME down and leave till Gods to-
morrow
Earth's vexing problems with their
stern bequest,
Since rest is duty and fain would Dor
The mother music for my spirits guest.
And 10 She comes AS in the old time
plighted,
Once more we float, through dreamland
shadow deep;
We did not know, until our souls were
righted,
How vain our watching, nor how blest
our Sleep.
OF contrasting meter to these lines are
winds of the North,'' "The Castle of
Song" "Unter Den Linden" and cat
Vespers.'
The pen fingers over many verse with
the wish to quote it's beautiful express
ion. Here and there is poem less I'M
usual or less well rounded but the col
lection as a whole is one to establish the
authors reputation for literary distinc-
ton. Mrs. Mason is so we'll known in
Maine and has SO many warm personal
connections amongst us that it is a special
pleasure to review her book, s'The
Tower, for Maine2iournal Portland
people last met Mrs. Mason on her COM
ing here from Augusta. to meet Mrs.
Henrotin and members of the Literary
Union, who, with their friends will not
soon forget the delights of that occasion.
| (Boston and New York: Houghton,
Miffiin & Company; Portland Loring,
Short & Harmon.
| Abraham Lincoln's Speeches, compiled
| by L. e. Chittenden, Ex-Secretary of the
Treasury, author Of President Lincoln,
Personal "reminiscences, etc. This is
timely volume and one that is the out
come of great deal of arduous labor.
The selections are well made and the
book will be useful in clubs and study
classes, where young men are studying
civics or where Good Government clubs
abound.
| The engraved head of Mr.. Lincoln is of
too dark a shading. Paper and print are
good and the volume has an index.
Some addresses are given entire; others
| in part. We have here portions Of Lin
coins political debates, addresses before
Temperance Societies. Committees of
Legislative Bodies, extracts from his let
teis, besides his great speeches when in
the Presidential chair. We have scarcely
made of our hero the fad that poor Napo-
leon is so unfortunate as to have become
but certainly literature about Lincoln
has sprung up Of late. Nothing can lessen
the proportions of this solid man endowed
with genius, common sense and shrewd
humor. He is great; and in those words
are contained an entire eulogy Time
only strengthens his hold upon the re-
spect and love of the people of these
United States of America. New York
Dodd, Mead & Company; Portian nd Lor-
ing, Short & Harmon. Price $1.25)
My Honey, by the author of "Miss
| Toosey's Mission" s'Don." ETC., is a
spirited little story of very faulty
nature or rather the nature of young
girl quite unframed and incomplete. If
there is touch Of bohemianism in the
story, hardly the best sort OF thing for
immature minds, this is compensated for
by the lovely character of the old Rector
and the ready respose on Hetty's part to
| love and the charm Of true refinement.
| The author has the gift of restful easy
| writing and of pictorial skill. There is
never dull word in her stories. Much
quiet wit and appreciation of the comic
| side of things characterizes My Honey. :"
'If there was one breed of dogs to
which Tim belonged more than another
it was the Irish terrier, having that hon
est, intelligent, business like cast of
! countenance and rough coat that defied
all Hetty's brushing, to reduce it to silky
| smoothness. His inner dog did not belle
his appearance in the matter of intelli-
gence, as he had all his wits about him"
'Artful 7 Mrs. Hannah described him.
| 'Owdacious Rose said. He never
could quite get over the teaching of his
earlier experience, that it was better to
avail yourself of any chance of food that
| offered"
| We note an odd English expression
anent the coming of early autumn 1.-THE
days are drawing in" Boston: Roberts
Brothers; Portland: Loring, Short q
FL armon. Price 81. 00.)
In very fetching shape appears Joel