Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1864-10-25
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MONTPELIER vi.
tuesday Morning, October rs, 1864.
New Books.

and Field.
We have yet had no time 10 read I is book,
though We shall DO so by and by, and hope to
hnd space then to give eur impressions Of it. In
the meantime, We give our readers below " Gail
h4mnton s opinion Of il, which we copy from
d. New York Eren,ng Post, and which our
readers Will find entertaining Us well as com
meniatory
| he very common fault Of this book will have
a tendency to conceal from the popular gaze ts
UNCOMMON eEceie &c, Ii has all the millinery
OF thiru-rate American novel-tho most
Astounding beauty IN its women, perfect manly
grace IA lts men, la' ulous wealth surrounding
the important per.onages, with "a pfolusion OF
elegant appurter ancss, which, at the present
rates OF gold, reads Ike an Arabian Nights en-
tertalnment. Ia syie II 10 sometimes carel S.
som times eiighJy coarse, and not unllCqucnty
lab. red. Is constantly falls into the yuiA ar or
TOR Of making all ils outside women petty, Cos
slping, enylous, malignant and hateful, with on
" rere and there gleam OF fam and alioge her
Pickering sunshine as II womanly splendor we're
NOT sufficient u Is own shining, but must be
set of against back background. The con
length, and 1t INDUCES too largely N philosophy
ana generallzitJns. Yet osen these dra@bicks
have their own c)mponsa ilns no remarks
ana reAeclons, # sometimes ittie impairment
are generally stnsbp anc shrewd, Indicating an
UNCOMMON ptD an cearness Of insight. lha
COMBINATIONS would occlson4ily b. improved
by abridgment but they are earnest ana nigh
toned Even the Wea ii ana beauty are 80 grace
On f, mir # nro tnalffu
Emily's parlOr IN her father house Is not only
very pleas mt, but novelty IN romance-pa:lors.
For oil these Cd eros We have here It pew
BOOK do net know thai American novel lit.
cra.ure has produced any other work Of the kind.
Miss SheppArd's " CJuut9rparys oGs,s ~ lar
a. | collect, tbs only resemblance to be uud
in I'll, En- Iish language. Both. dscardng all
resor 10 Manufactured fathers, merceuary moth
ers, & nily ieuds, and all manner OF crcumStdn
os, directly inward, and hn1 in the eternal
mystt y of the complex human being all the OBJ
st4ce, she passion and purpose which Iis re
qurts. This will not, perhaps, add to thu pop
uarIt7 Of the book but 1t makts its power 1t
may indeed, be "a stone OF stumbling and a rock
Of of'ncs TO those conservative nOvel-rcaders
who lOye to have story 70 on 10 The good old
paths, with which they have become 80 familiar
that icy can see the end from the beginning
Ii s SO comfortable to kno" OF = surety that the
vlan will come to grlet and the knight to JOY,
however stormy may be the sea OF troubles on
which he Is ossed. All present pain Is viewed
with Q tranquility inspired by lore-knowledge OF
future happiness Blu. Tins book thrusts IN up
on al these easy going ways A beautiful W
man, Of her own tree will, narries man who Is
passion Gely and most un efshly devoted to her,
whom she 10 d. in profound respect and rover-
enc5. yet with feeling little short Of loathng
Wa neN-iangled notion 10 this2 Alas 1t ~
new-iaDgled ouly In novels, not IN llfdi ana u IS
only hy failing 10 recognize these subtle yet all
powerful facts, that lie has 30 much cOnluao. 9.
The nUsb careful students, as well as mere cas-
ual observers, may fall to comprehend them,
bul We nave learned mu h when We have learned
hat thete are mysteries, that nature has her
laws lmpalpablo, b t imperative, BY O3ede ce
to which he is perfected, and by dIsobedi9nce,
destroyed that, deeper down IN the heart Of
man than any words can penetrate, are forces
against which IL is useless Tor even the will to
conlen
Emily Chester presents this theory u
what seems to be an exaggerated form Per
hIps, to state u truth, IL is necessary TO over
state u. The motto Of the title.page ayoNs
this: alt is in her montrosites thai nature dis
closes to US her secrets" Max aud Emily arc
scarcely 80 much man and woman as an imper
rJnatiOn VI ma. netiams. But, granting their
eKleteoee, they act according to rigid natural
laws. They are often melodramstlc, there Is n
certain over doing Of attitude gesture and x
prsssion, AS II u youthful hand held the pencil
Jut though 1t may have been youthful, It WA
no incompetent haud that traced the winding
Of Emiiy's inward experience, her changing re-
latlon. to Max, the effects of his absence ant
presence, the mingled disgust, repentance, re
gard and gratitude. SUCH things come by spec
lal revelation. Emily herself is pure and pur,
womanly, al intensified woman drawn witt
much skill and an minute pity, sympathy an
tende ness. Her mirth, her coquetry, her gon
tl9ness and wIlllulness, her great heart-huage
and brain power, her Passionate tastes aud dis
tastes, nre mighty re after the bread aud
butter her ines who mostly rip it through eve
our good novels. Max IS as great an anomal
in his way as Emily In hers. From ZINE i'm
memorial the seli immoation has been appOinte
to woman but this man, opening his eyes
the evil his indomtable will had wrought upc
the won n mot dear to him, gaze himself
living sacrifice for atOnement. With stern, III
wearied sali.denial, he bore the sharpest pam
il 30 he may bring 10 her CLEAN OF peace. L
will have more disciples 10 his sin than in h
Suffering, but Il is well 70 know thai such
thing 10 'ssbe even in conception.
There are doubtless many 20 whom this DO,
will be but lighting with shadows. lie tn
hath no ears to hear, cannot hear. But lhe
must lie many others, especially among CIR
who will perceive The light and rejoice in It, al
gather to themselves new strength and graz
and wisdom from contact with thl, large-natlr
woman. II by 1t women could learn TO leys
once themselves as Gods sacred handwork, n,
to be lightly marred, an rmmeasurabe ~
would be accomplished.
Hrpsrs .uOnihy Magazine Tor Noyemb
1864, na the following table Of contents
A Tour through Arirona-illu trated
Home A Cruise IN the Sassaous-lllustratoC
Ga The way to the Diamond Mines Ny Sods
EGplo Iug the llagailoway The Real Cos
The Decline of Tragedy Lost An Unfcrt
nate Princes: My Refugees The Crow Chi
Woman Profession Dshonored COUSIN A nc
Grave My Silver Spoon Ups aud Down
Autumn lime Among the Sheaves 0or NJ
tual Friend Monthly Record Of Cure
Event. Literary Notices Editors Easy Cha
Editors Drawer.
The present number closes the 10Th Volu
st the Magasne. A new Novel by WIN
Collins, will be c mmenced in the next numb
Dickens " Our Mutual Friend" will DO c,
tinued, aud A." Heroic Deeds BY Heroic Men
a nov series Of papers by J. S. Q. Abbott, a
"Jouraeys in Arizona byJ Ross Brown
viii b. nnhli.had In the new Yaume