The Portland daily press., 1896-04-23

phia: ]. B. Lippincott Company; Port
land: Loring, Short & Harmon. Price
$1.25.)
A Parting and Meeting. Story, by
ID. Howells. Illustrated. Mr.. Howells
makes his little romance so simple In
recital as to be almost q grown-up Rollo
book in construction and wording. Yet
the sentiment enshrined in the small vol
ume is both pretty and touching. For
while Shakers and worlds folk form the
theme, In reality The deepest workings
of the human heart are involved in the
outcome of this brief study. New York :
Harper g. Brothers; Portland: Loring
Short & Harmony
The Farmer and the Lord, by George
Fl. Hepworth, author of Hiram Golf q
Religion, etc., is plain, straightforward
setting forth, in New England country
dialect, Of the effect of religious non be
lief upon sturdy nature, and the modi-
fications undergone when moral danger
and physical failure threaten the mans
children to whom his warm heart is
bound by the tenderest ties. Stress is
laid upon the power and shrewdness of
mind in uncultured sources. "Rastus"
is no sti anger to the core uf sound phil
osophy-"You can get," he says. "sweet-
enin' out of a pIzen blossom, if you
know as much as the bees do; and man
that isn't better'n a bumblebee isn't
fit for the kindgom of heaven. ellie"
on the other hand, has already his spirit
ual perception and says, of God, ST
don't pretend that know much
about Him. I only know that he kinder
pervades me"
The common sense of the story will
commend 1T to many readers. New
York: E P. Dutton & Company; Port
land: Loring, Short &Harmon. Price
rs oents.)
The Light that Lies, by Cockburn
Harvey. Illustrated. If you will put
of for the once your serious mood and
stop thinking of this world as battle
ground. you will derive amusement from
this little volume, which takes you into
the intricac,es of indiscriminate fiirta-
tion. You believe, as you read, that the
title might we'll stand without it's fol-
lowing linesin wOman's eyes" for dread
full depths of deceit open out to the
hardened gallant who is yet SO suscepti-
BILE that the pretty women whom he
counts his friends must, married or sim
gle, serve to enkindle his tender senti-
ments. This way danger lies. Yet it
is but fair to say that the ladies seem
amply able to take care of themselves
nor do you note in them that absence
of guile which would call out your sym
pathIes in their direction. 1t is an abb
surd little skit and whites away an
hour with omething of entertainment.
philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Com
pany; Portland Loring, Short & Har-
mon. Price rs cents.
Whist Laws and Whist Decisions. with
upwards of $50 cases illustrating the
Laws, also Remarks ON the American
Laws of Whist and Cases by which the
Readers knowledge of the English Laws
may be tested by himself, by Major Cen
eral A. W. Drayson, Late R. A, f. r.
A. s.. Hon. Member of American Whist
League author of The Art of Practical
Whist. This latest 'Drayson'' is, as it's
title indicates, not general handbook
like The Gist Of Whist, by Coffin and
numerous other manuals, but is rather
an examination into doubtful or test
cases arising anent the game. Decisions
are given with clearness and with scien-
itific aoumen, and 1T is valuable little
volume fol the whist student. New
YORK: Harper & Brothers; Portland; Lor
ng, Short & Harmony