The Portland daily press., 1897-12-11
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

Marchesi and Music. Passages lroN
the Life of Famous Singing Teacher.
By Mathilde Marohesi. With an Intro
duction by Massenet. When these reml-
niscences were first written they were
intended solely for Madame Marchesi's
family but at the desire of her friends
and pupils she has placed them before the
public. Since childhood Madame Mar
chest has lived in the atmosphere OF
music and she has been associated with
nearly all the great composers, critics,
managers, teachers and performers AS
she says in her preface. 81 have been
fortunate enough in the course Of my
long career to have made the acquain-
lance OF many very distinguished men,
especially of the most celebrated must
clans of the century and into these pages
and personal observation in regard to
Them" Mendelssohn, Liszt and Rossini
were all her personal friends. Many of
those now famous onithe lyric stage, were
her pupils, among whom are Melba,
Calve, Games and Gerster. Massenet
NSNOAADNo t1SI eRo q pIOlOboOL VI uAO 11SA@SSo
rank, who taught for twenty years at
Vienna, and almost as many in Paris.
The story of her successful career and the
"reminiscences of the very best and highest
OF cultivated people, as well as interest
ing letters from pupils and friends which
appear in the work, make delightful read
ing from beginning to end. New York
and London: Harper K Brothers; Port
land: Loring, ..Short 81 Harmony
Seven on the Highway. By Blanche
Willis Howard. This volume is composed
OF seven interesting stories with thu fol-
lowing titles. Don Michel, No Continu-
ing City, Ihalatta, Puss in Boots The
Youth that Never Smiled, The Majesty
OF the Law and All Sails Spread for. Mon
key-Land. Don Michel is a unique and
very loveable character and his story is
charming one. Pass in Boots relates
how two highly respectable and talented
young men were compelled for while to
take to the road as regular tramps. How
the wit, ingenuity and talent of one
found means to help himself and his
friend out of their difficulties makes a
most fascinating story. In the Youth
that Never Smiled there are two very at
tractive characters. and the whole story
touches the heart with it's pathos. The
most OF the stories deal with life among
the lowly, and they are all marked by
tender sympathy. (Boston and New
York; Hsughton, Miffiin & Co.; Pert
land: Loring. Short and Rarmon.)
Walden. By Henry D. Thoreau. With
an Introduction by Bradford Torrey.
Illustrated with photographers, In two
volumes. The long. interesting intro
duction by Mr.. Bradford Torrey of this
most characteristic work of Thoreau's,
shows his appreciation of thesauthor. In
the two volumes there are thirty full
page photogravure Illustrations, mostly
of scenes referred to in Walden. There
are views of Walden, of Concord and por-
traits of the author and his friends.
Among them are Hawthorne, Emerson,
and George William Curtis. One picture
gives charming glimpse of the Old MARI
borough Road. Other attractive ones are
Walden's Pond, showing the Sand Bar,
and Great Meadows. Mr. Torrey says in
the preface. "If the hermit had no other
company there was always the Pond,
apt for any mood; now to be sounded
patiently with line; now to be curious
ly studied as to its mysterious rise and
fall or its changes of temperature; now
to be dreamed over by the poets imagi-
nation. 1t was the best Of good neigh
bors. There are also pictures of the
house at Walden. Thoreau's birthplace
and the house in which he died This
edition of Walden, with its attractive
illustrations, its interesting sketch of
the author, by MIR. Torrey, and it's hand
some binding in olive green, with gold
design. makes two very desirable volumes
for the holidays. Boston and New York
Houghton, Miffiin & Co.; Portland:
Loring, Short Il Harmon.
The Potter's Wheel. By Ian Maclarep.
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