Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1860-12-21

KNtcKERnoCKER MAGAZINE The January KNtcE-
HnnooXER which is slready CDec. 81 nearlya month
in advance is in many respects the best number Of that
ancient magazine which has ever been published Il is
very materially enlarged both in the size Of the page in
the number Of ia pages in the variety and quality Of it's
contributors Il presents, issued. very inviting
appearance, and starts OF for henew year with freshness
and vigor, as II for new race.
Rerelations Of val Strcei"--Being the History Of
Charles Elias Parkinson" by Richard b. Kimba which
to be- continued not one of the mere sensation sto-
res Of the day. is the time the work Of fine
y educated scholar practscd and ingenious writer and
Of man Of business too who has for years been
SAINT with an The phases Of mercantile affairs and become
familiar by nearest contact with the coTtosons Of heart
and with the conflict Of passions which spring from the
commissions of trade 10 great mart of commerce For
neither social nor political changes can be productive Of
stronger couta- u thc lights aud shadows of domestic
hfe than hc Dwations of trade ia country like our
own iluc isa fertile and comparatively uncxplorcd
field, whose facts merely require be forth n the
light OF truth 'o have an the interest Of romantic fiction
John r. lrrUg, ncrhcw Of Washington Irving con-
tributes paper called the Tau G,iys Of Matmecos{,
which his uncle might claim 20 bc hsown $50 rcscmblant
is Gin style ifhc could come back and read it in his
oHn library 90 suauyslc
FnmtvoD rryriat's Fate" is the title Ola new sto-
y by Harriet D.. Prescott who wrote Sir Rohan's
Ghost which has attracted much attention iu literary
circles for splondor Of dcon, uovcyof treatment and
the yigor with which the tale is carried out
Tho observations OF Mace slopcr" we hardly know
how to chamcterze Educated at first n this country
and then educated over again at 1lcIdelburph, brm h'
obtaining and crudifou go which supcraddcd most
abundant flow of youthful spirits undoubttd humor aud
originality be- reminds of any one &c is OF the late DR.
Magnn' author of the ODoghcry papers contributed 20
Hackvood. Mace Sopcr o'j1, Charles q. Leland. is
Che present editorof Vanity Fair the first and only
attempt at humorous paper u This country in tho wake
of Punch u which there is enough carncstncs of pure
pose aud p9sho of education promise success. II will
be dangerous or bin 90 sink his shafts deep or to
work Out too Ear ho particular vein which he has here 1-
pcncd SOME specimens of the gold from which we have
belfcus At Che same time we think that be may safely
work GOA flr tho present We admire his facility his ycr-
sauIi. and thc singular Insurance of bis fancy. which
dchcs all dramatic undes and leaps over an bounds
hasie Irae' which Boo plain English means, 90 ahead,
Mocc.
The old friends OF the Knccrbocker will be pleased
with the new era which 20 be- inauguracd with the
present number with the improvement OF s appearance
the general excellence Of its literary contents aud the
uudccayiug gcuiiliy Of humou on the part Of CLAnK
who continue. go be thc sole editor Gas be has been al
most entirely from the start or this perodcal and whose
uuinteruiucd attention it through so many years
stimulated by worthy PRIDE and ohecrcd ON by an une
quaicd corps " attached friends and contributors.
mounts 20 mere labor OF love-"