The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1860-01-13
ton. Address, q" National Preacher, Ne.
Beekman St., N. Y"
THE PRESIDE MONTHLY.

Beekman St., N. Y"
The FIREs1DE MONTHLY.
One can hardly take up a newspaper of
late, without seeing one or more choice bits
credited to DR.. w. W. Hall of New York.
The common sense which pervades every
sentence written by him in regard to the
of our health has won for him,
and his practice, troops of friends. Although
the 6reside monthly is not medical work, it
is magazine of thirty pages, filled with the
best reading, at only 81 so per year. W. W.
Hall, editor, New York.
THE WHITE Hills, their Legends. Landscape
and Poetry. By Thomas Starr King. With
sixty Illustrations. Boston, Crosby, Nichols
& Co. St. Johnsbury, T. NJ. Howard.
We briefly noticed this beautiful volume
when it was first received, We now copy from
a cotemporary more extended and deserv-
ing notice: "Mr. King brings TO his subjec,
personal acquaintance with the scenes that
he attempts to sketch in many of their varied
aspects, an appreciation Of them alike hearty
and discriminative, the gift of picturesque
expression and an acquaintance with much of
the verse, which colored by the hues and i'm
bued with the spirit of mountain regions,
outlines their eternal forms and etches their
ever-changing moods. Intending his work
for real use, "as guide to particular land
scapes and stimulant to the enjoyment of
them," he arranges them by districts, explor-
ing each one faithfully as he goes. As an
introduction We have a glance at the four
valleys-Androscoggin, Saco, Pemigewassett
and Connecticut-with history of the ex-
ploration of the White Hills. We have then
Lake Winnipisseogee, the Pemisewassett
Lake and Franconia, the Saco Valley and
Chocorus, the Notch and its Vicinity, the
Vegetation of the White Mountains, the An
droscoggin Valley, the Glen, the Ascent Of
Mount Washington and the Connecticut
Valley, history, description, tradition, the ex-
perience of different travellers and of all sea-
sons, the results of scientific research, and
poetry which rouses like trumpet call,
cheers, soothes and sustains, contribute to
the magic of the book. Whittier, Longfellow
Emerson, Percival. Lowell, Parsons, Scott
Goethe, Tennyson, Wordsworth, Browning
Shelley and others, bring their strength of
Inning, graceful sentiment, pure color, deli
cious fancies and thoughtful earnestness
The artist, also has accomplished his share
The eye slowly takes in and rejoices over sill
yer reaches of silent water, rippIed lakes fix
ed in settings of sharp rock, dashing fall'
roaring over their wild leaps, billowy streams
racing seaward, boiling torrents seething ant
surgirg as with some mighty passion, grant
peaks towering into the sky, broken and jag
ged cliffs, pyramids of downward slopint
granite wrought by wind and tempest, tn
vast jaws of the Aume holding The huge boul
der, spray-washed and lichen grown, with tn
grip Of an old Titan, the colossal Profile look
ing down on the wreathirg clouds, grea
pines, the hunters landmarks, tangled tree
grown into an inextricable embrace, elm
with witching charm in the fall of thei
arching boughs, soft meadows fringed witt
signing willows, church spires rising frou
distant slopes, islands heaped with fieeey fo
liage, morning and moonlight and sunni
noon-all suggestive, kindling the imagina
ton and touching the heart. No simila
topic can BE- more fruitful. No similar lin
its afford more startling contrasts of sublimi
ty and beauty, movement and repose, nc
where are the changes more rapid, constan
and striking. Other spots have been NOR
copiously belewed with blood, furnish NOR
legendary lore and bear fiercer record Of
the pride and tyranny of man, but non
j, speak in more varied language Of the cres
: ting Hand, or leave their impress engrave
more deeply upon their memory.