The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-06-12

WO0QBbOGK, Liz 4AouHo@AiA OoAoAS, A@'Ao"
shooting on Osceosa, and the Winniepe-
saukee Region This work will be OF
great interest to all who have visited the
White Mountains, and to its roaaers VINO
have not seen them, their beauty
majesty and glory will be revealed. In
the appendix an outline of what may lie
called quick and comparatively une4-
pensive tramp through the most impor-
tant sections is given, also advice to per-
sons who may become lost on the noun
tains. A map of this White Mountains
and their attitudes is given, and the
work is illustrated by he Boston Photo
gravure Company. (Boston and New
York: Houghton, Mifiin & Co.; Port
land
The Cavaliers. A Novel. By S. r.
Keightley, author of the Crimson Sign.
Thomas Duncombe. of Duncombe was
a loyal young English gentleman. Sin
Austin Leigh, of Boauchamp Hall, his
fathers nearest neighbor, resolved to hold
the Hall against Cromwell's forces, and
Duncombe rode to Oxford to get rein
f1rcenents. On the trip he had an OPP
portunity of saving the life of Cromwell
King Charles sent him to France with
confidential dispatches to the Queen OF
England and to Cardinal Mazarln. Upon
his return, years after, he went to Ca ris
brooke Castle, where King Charles was a
prisoner, as an agent of the Parliament,
but really in order to arrange for the
Kings escape. The attempt at escape
failed, and Dunoombe was taken to Lon
don for trial, but Cromwell remembered
the rescue and pardonsd him. The pic
lures of Cromwell in this story, at the
inn and in Whitehall, are Of peculiar in
terest. The facts ON which it is based
may be found in Green's "History Of the
English People, The vacillation Of
Charles the First is also we'll brought out.
Through the tale there runs romance in
the love Of Tom Duncombe for Melody
Leigh. Tom Duncombe tells his OWL
story in the first person, and the account
he gives of his boyhood and school life
makes one Of the most attractive chapters
of this very interesting work. The book
contains several illustrations { New
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland
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Cold Dishes for Hot Weather. By
Ysaguirre and La Marca. The book has
the two fold purpose Of providing series
of palatable dishes for the oapricious
summer appetite. and of sparing the
forces of the housekeeper at a season OF
the year when ingenuity and energy are
alike apt to flag. In general, while the
collection has tho specific purpose indi-
Gated in its title, many of the dishes are
such as will prove welcome and appe.
tizing addition to the luncheon and sup.
per table all the year round. Receipts
are given for oonsomme, fish, meats,
poultry, game and salads and desserts d
various kinds. Some of these receipts
are South American in their origin and
will be new to the general reader. (Neu
York: Harper & Brothers; Portland
Loring, Short & Harmony
| Mark Twain's Joan Of Arc, first pub
lished in Harper's Magazine. Persona
Recollection Of Joan of Arc. By eth,
Sieur Louis de Contre Cher page ant
secretary. Freely translated out of tn,
ancient French into modern Englisl
from oriental unpublished manuscript
in the National Archives Of France, BY
Jean Francois Alden. Illustrated from
original drawings by f. V. Du Mond
and from reproductions of old painting
and statues.
A wonderful story Of the most wonder.
full woman in history. 1t could not b
told In the bare historical record. TIL
author has wisely chosen the form o
| fiction, and has thus. while preserving
every thread Of the historical fabric
woven into its texture those lost thread
which restore the native charm Of tn
story as 1t was lived. The tale is told II
the guise Of a narrative as it might hay
been written by the playmate and page O
Joan of Arc. 1t is characterized by tn
simplicity and quaint humor which hav
given the author his pre-eminent distinc
ton. Mr.. Du Mond visited the scene
intimately associated with the action o
the story, and in his illustrations we SCI
the results of his careful studies of tn
manners and customs of the time, tn
quaint architecture, and real favor O
the home life of the period in all its rug
ged pioturesqueness. New York: Har
per & Brothers; Portland: Lorlng
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