Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-11-26
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WALroN's VERMONT REGISTER FOR 1859
This wcll-known manual has been Published
nnually for 70 years lis general arrange
ment and character the people Of the State
are too familiar with to call for specification.
It's contents are said to be all from official
authority, made up to the latest date"
1t is for sale by booksellers generally
Orders may be directed to 5. NJ. Walton,
Montpelier Vt.
PoLrs AND POETRY OF VERMONT, edited by
ABny MARIA lIENENwAY. Rutland, GEORGE
\. TuT1LE & Co., lSjS.-This is II handsome
" printed volume Of 400 pages l2mo, the de-
sign of which is, az stated by the compiler,
"to represent he geucrdi poetc literature OF
Vorn,oat from, Hs carly seTtmem 10 the pre-
sent permit" Ofc)urso the work could CON
tain only u selection, to make which must
have cost the editre,s great deal Of labor.
Indeed, she SAYS that b,.ides printed vol
umcs AID fugitive publications, moro than
three Thousand pages Of manuscript were sub
mitted to her consideration. y selection
| from hundred or more authors must be d
work Of difficulty and though aided in the
decisions made on the pieces submitted by an
! independent committee of gentlemen and
ladies', she decs not hope to have given entire
satisfaction to all who furnished her ma
terials for the work Occasional brief bio.
graphical notes appear in the work, and add
&,,,l. ,,l OF Ia
judged OF Ikea poem or a volume Of poeti-
cal writings OF single author. 1t cannot
have any unity Of form, place or character.
Undoubtedly, better volume, 50 far as poe
tical merit is concerned, AZ the editress says,
could have been made by taking more from
the works Of a smaller number, and omit
ing some that is inserted but that would
not have comported with her aim.
There are great many choice po3tical sam
pies in the volume, and there are few pieces
which might better have been left out, sim
ply because they are hardly poetry at all.
Capital letters at the beginning OF lines and
+ rhymes at the end, with rhythmcai ar
rangcment Of syllabes between. are not
enough to make poetry, us many youthful
aspirants suppose. That any specimens of
this sort Of writing have found their way
into the volume before us, we attribute to the
extreme generosity Of the lady who compiled
it, and not from any lack Of ability to dis
criminate on her part. We count one hun
drcd and ten in the list of poets represented
in this volume. We had not thought Yer
mont could furnish a third as many We
notice in the list, the names Of SAKE and Rob-
erts from this town, and of Miss Ladd +,
o. G.. Wheeler, Rankin and Eastman from
our vicinity.
Miss uemenway's volume las whole, will
be very acceptable to the public, we doubt
not, and we hope she will meet with a
handsome reward for her labor.
The WESTMINSTER REVIEW for October,
1858. Leonard Scott & Co.. New York.
The contents are as follows, showing some
very attractive articles |. France under
Louis Napoleon II. Indian Heroes III F
W. Newman and his Evangelical Critics ;
", Travel during the last half century; V.
The Calais Tragedy; VI. Realism in Art
Recent German Fiction; VII. Outbreak of
the English Revolution-l642. Contempt
rary Literature Theology and Philoso-
ply; 2-Politics, Sociology, Voyages and
Travels 3-Science; 4-History and Bio
graphy; 5-Belles Lettres
GoDEY's LADY's BooK.-The December
number contains the usual array of original
articles, and the usual number of embellish-
ments. This is essentially what the title i'm
plies-a lady's book, and as such is an attract
i've mobilization.