Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-06-22
New Publications.,

TnI IRoouoIs or the Bright side of Indian char
acter BY Minnie Myrtle. New York, Appleton
& Co.
In preparing this very agreeable volume,
the author availed herself Of the information
to be found in some Of the most reliable
works Of those who have written less or more
of that remarkable Indian confederacy, the
Six Nations. But in addition to those helps,
she had enjoyed unusual opportunities for a
personal acquaintance with the people of
whose laws, customs, religion, legends and
great men sho undertook to write. Her
work is labor Of love, for she counts herself
as one Of tribe by formal and solemn adop-
ton, and reJoices in the complimentary name
which was given to her GuI-EE-wA-zAY, or
one who has new style" or "tells new
things"
1t was not to her purpose to fill her book
with accounts of d" Indian Atrocities. -
There always have been enough to hold them
up to the public eye. All our early hsto-
ries Of " Indian wars" IRE full ofthem His
tory also tells that to indulge in bloodshed
and torture has not been peculiar to the red
man OF America. The evil passions Of tho
white man have found and still find employ
ment in the same way. The brighter fca-
lures of Indian character were pleasantcr for
her to look upon, and to bring before her
readers The book has neat illustrations
ond lie put out IN the noual hnndooinc style
of the Arpletons, 1t deserves large circu-
latiun.
CoRSELL'S I.1EnMEpIA1n GLuGRArHY. New
York, Appleton 4 Co.
The purpose Of this work is to provide a
system of exercises, intermediate between
what would be best for n mere beginner, and
those of work which shall exhibit a large
memory with, yet important for occasional
reference Tho learner might master the
whole of this without finding his memory
overloaded with useless lumber. The map
definitions and tables Of questions are well
made up, and the book is handsomely printed
! The illustrations are fewer than many such
books have (and so much the better) but
they are very good.
!
| CONSERVATIVE FAMILY IN FASATICAL Tines
This work Is Just published by that enter
prising firm, the Mason Brothers, New York
Cone Cut Corners is Connecticut village
wherein dwell many OF the characters of the
tale, The story describes how Captain May
ferrie sinks by degrees into drunkard; how
Mr.. Donoe rises by degrees into wealth; how
the Legislature pass the Maine Law; how
Deacon Ficksom and Mr. Donoe, both
"staunch friends Of temperance, resist it az
encroachment on the constitutional libertie
of the citizen, and the Captain as an encroach
ment on his constitutional proclivity to &c
drunk. How meetings are held and speeches
are made, pro and con. How in the mean
time Master Jason and Miss Salanda ar
growing up and also holding meetings an
making speechec to each other How Mis-
SIlanda' S father, by the fundamentally o
the law, lives to stand erect on his feet
and to see Mr.. Donoe's casks tumbled dow
and knocked in the head and how Miss Saland
herself is satisfactorily married The livel
and lifclike descriptions Of Now England lif
and character, and the yigor and originate
with which the theme il treated will Civ
this book run. And most of our reader
will agree that it is none the worse for ii
Temperance moral. 1t is beautifully prir
ted and has a vignotto to each chapter.