Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-03-17
New Publications,
Yours, truly
Gs B.

BLAcEwoOD' 5 MAGAZINE for February-Leon-
ard Scott's Reprint, y y
Contains the first part Of biography Of
Mr. Gladstone; the commencement OF anoth-
cr OF Mrs ELEPHANTS Tales of Carlingford-
" Miss Marj)ribanks' the conclusion Of
A Vl-it to the Confederate cities and camps
in 1865. full Of marycls and co,lle1ir-
de-rose statements; and other articles.
LoxDox QrARTERLY REVIEW Leonard Scott
Il Co, New York.
Contents Of the number for Jan. lS65 60
The Liie Of William Blake; Aristotle's His
tory ID! Animals Forster Biography Of Sir
John Elliott; Homer's lIlad; Memoirs Of
Sir Robert Wilson; Syriac Manuscripts
Seryia The United States az an example.
The last article scarcely falls short Of the
the worst which has appeared in ;hc B;i,isl
high tory papers ana magazines, in its gross
misrepresentation IF every thing which per
tains 70 the Union side in the contest waging
in our country. The example which the
reviewer presents 10 his readers
a. thing to he Stunned above all
else. Is the monsuous figure Of bis own
making up, as the natural result of free
principles in government and the having
rulers elected BY a majority. OF course, he
espouses the cause Of the rebels. and maligns
union rulers, generals and soldiers as hearth
ly as the Charleston Mercury ever did.
THE AMERICAN UNIoS SPEAKER-containin
standard and recent selections in Prose and
Poetry. for Recitation and Defamation.
Sc. BY Jo, n D. Philbrick. Supcrintcnd-
ent Of the Public Schools in Boston. Bos-
ton: Taggard a Thompson ls6j.
In the books IN use in Common schools
and Academies in the Northern Sratos. in the
early part Of this century, extracts werr ire
quent which were warm with love tor Tree
dom 70 all men, and with indignation towards
slavery every where and in all forums trad
ually. a. the schpol-hook trade increased and
extended to the Southern State. these ex-
tracts were dropped out IN new editions.
Probably this was done at first from pure
commercial reason, viz that the books
would sell without them at the North Jus; as
well, and at the South good deal better.
THIS expurgatiye process did not stop with
the school books alone Il soon extended TO
others. and in time, what with dropping out
entire selections and isolated Paragraph, and
lines, and altering words 50 az 70 soften down
the expression, hardly a school-boak. hv-nn-
book, song-book. memoir, religious discourse
or tract, was allowed to 20 South or t. have
much currency at the North. with any thing
IN 1t which could jar the feelings OF an up
holder of what the politician called. in hon
led phrase. the peculiar domestic iueltu-
ton Of our southern brethren southern
politicians demaDded this concession q, their
wishes and 1t Is shamclully true tina: their
demands Were too readily complied with. not
only by those who made books t. sell. but
by many who made books and tracts 20 give
away. No oue who has not paid more than
an ordinary attention to this subject can have
any adequate notion Of the extent to which
this disgraceful pandering to pro-slavery
spirit was carried.
The valuable book before Us is ehargeable F.
with no such fault Of course. the great mass
of It's selections are from various authors, |
ancient and modern, who were writing or I
speaking on other topics than such as related |
to the freedom and equal rights of the whole /
human race; but among them will be found /
choice extracts of a thorough anti-slavery
and national spirit, from Sumner, Beecher.
Whittier. Phillips. Bryant, and many others.
The volume also contains preliminary tract
onloc ution, and is very handsomely got up
by the publishers. For sale BY Fuller.