Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1857-01-02
NEW PUBLICATIONS

PHnLrs. SAMPSON d Co, Boston. have pu'
out very captiyating bools for the young
folks. and admirably suited for Christmas
and New Years presents. OF these ve no.
tico the following
KoBBoL1ozo a sequel to the la,t Of the
Hucgtrmuggors, by Christopher Pearse
Cranch. with forty illustrations on wood, by
tho author This will interest those who
have read the Giant Story, " The last Of the
Huggermucc'r-' with its coblin incident.
The mischiovous Kobholtozo keeps ut hi,
tricks, and ends as a spindle shanked srrIte ~
pyramid o! oyster shells.
RED Br,rDs Stories for Children, trars-
lated from the German This 10 one OF
Cousin Fannic's Juvenile books. The rhym-
ing stories are very good in their way and
the numerous illustrations are capital. Tho
in the Shouene style, they are very spirited
and amusing It is rare that anything Of ths
sort displays so much skill. The hook is 4
thin Svo.
BRIGur PIcTUREs OF CHILD LITE, translated
from the German, iv Cousin Fannie, with
colored engravings. y volume of exceedingly
pretty stories for boys and girls and Of an
excellent character too.
WoRTu, Not WEALTH, and othor stories by
Cousin Angie. very interesting collection
of stories for the young, of a decidedly NOR
al and religious tendency. Illustrated with
wood cuts.
DAISY or the Fairy Spectacles. By the
author Of " Violet Fairy Stories always
have fascination for children This is writ
ten in pleasant style, and incucates kind.
benevolent, trusting and submissive spirit
Those who are acquainted with Violet -
will need no other recommendation to induce
them to purchase Daisy"
REuGmrs TRuTH ILLUSTRATED from Sci.
EScE, in Addresses aud Sermons on Special
occasions, BY EDWARD 1lgTCHoocE. d. D. l..
l.. u. Boston. Philips Sampson & Co
ISj-. Doctor Hitchcock, late President OF
amherst College, has been long known TO the
American public by his instructive volumes
On Geology and he has high reputation az
an Industrious, discerning ard and able Nat
uralist, In all his writings the earnest be-
lever in the doctrines Of the Christian reli--
ion is found in harmonious unison with the
equally earnest and candid man of Science.
This work consists chiefly Of several discours-
es Of the author, delivered on occasions
where il was proper for him to dwell on some
part Of great theme which has ever been
II
truths revealed to man in the Sacred Scrip.
lures and those which he can learn by care
ful study Of the Book of Nature spread on.
before him by the Divine Author Of all
NElGHBoR lakewood. Boston. Philips
Sampson Il Co. This is by Paul Creytou
author of Father Brighthopes, Martin Mer.
vile, &c, and 1t will be found an exceedingly
diverting book-saying nothing of the deep.
er emotions which it will occasionally excite
in the reader. The slack, kind>heartad farm.
er lakewood his unlucky son BIN and
Grandmother Rigglesty fairly staLd out of
the picture, so lively is the delineation.
The above books are for sale hy Nichols.
CROSBY NICHOLS E Co, Boston. have iust
published among other works Of merit the
following
PICTUREs OF THF OIpEN TIVE, as shown 10
the fortunes of a family Of the Pilgrims, By
Edmund II. Sears, This is in three parts,
The Exile The Adventurer The Pilgrim.
Weaving family and public history together
with few threads Of fancy, in the first two.
the aim of the author has attempted to
show the course Of human life as it went on
its pcrilOus way behind the scenes of Courts
Pariaments ami Battles, to bring our an.
ccstors before us. not in their shroud, and
coiHns, hut as they lived and talked with
heir neighhurs and serv ants, their wives and
children Part third follows " the course
Of n simple and straightforward narrative
giving view Of domestic life in the Old
Colony in the days of the Pigrims."
HURRAH TOR TBE HorIDAYs Or the Plea
suros and Pains of Freedom, translated from
the German, by Trauermantel. This bright
looking book of school-boy-and-girl stories
with its gay-colored pictures, will please the
Young lads and misses who find it among
their presents, and they ought to be made
better by 1t also
TITANIA Tales and Legends From the
German of Auguste Linden By the same
translator The stories are severally entitled
: The Page The Mountain Elfs gift The
Dear Reckoning Filial loves very
good ones they are. All these are to be
| found AZ Fullers.
! SKETCHES FROM LuE-This admirable col
| lection consists of short anecdotes and
sketches which have appeared from time to
time in the American Messenger-a religious
periodical published By the American
Tract Society from which Society this
volume comes.
THF PILGRIM Boy, with lessons from his
History; and
THAT SWEET STORY OF OLD, or the Hrsroar
| OF .IFsrs, are small volumes issued by the
American Tract Society, in their usual e1-
cellent style, and intended for young readers
They are illustrated by neat cuts At
! Fuller's,