Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-01-23

sotficient to awaken the interest and excite the
gratitude Of every reader who knows any,hin. Of
The celebrated divine, whose life is sketched less
b. his biographer than by himself, in the fresh,
ca nest thou gt..fUl letters and extracts from his
writings, which fiji The larger part Of these books
~ would make extracts or attempt TO give some
aea Of the WORK, but we find that it is all SO ia-
teresting and vauable,-that there is so much OF
Robertson 5 genius and his lie IN every page
that columns would not suffice to oos tain
wnat we should delish, to reprint; and We can
therefore only refer our readers to tbs yolumes,
and advise them to read for themselves this
ord OF OF the most earnest Christian think
ers OF MS time
PArRIoT BOYS AND PRIsoN Pictures. BY Ed
ruuli kirke, authoc of :" Among tie Pines,
Ny Southern Friends," Boston TICK
\ Fields.
fne=e are the stories told by the author in
Our oung Folks, and which have there been
read by Thousands Of delighted and Interested
ch.ldren, who will be glad to welcoms them again
IN this form, where they can take their place in
the e" Young Folks library, which is becoming
o: the institutions OF his country. And
the BOOK viii have the less warm recep-
ton fos he illustrations which accompanied the
pieces originally, and which are reproduced IN
tLis publication.
HERMAN. OR You've hNIGHTHooD. BY +. Fox
Ton. Boston Lee s Shepard. For sale by
Dinsrore & Co, Boston, and by Wilder at
the FREEMAN Bookstore.
IL the Introduction to this story, the author
slys it vas written in 1873, and is now present
Cd, little alteration as picture OF a state of
t,-, q
delivering US From this it will be rightly in
ferred that the scenes Of the narrative are more
less associated with various phases OF the
tlst whIch has been goirg for many years
between freedom and slavery. The main Incl
dents OF the story located in the border life
which, in the early struggles in Missouri and
Kansas, made those States the battle ground of
tbs hr=l actually bloody conflict between the two
antasonistic civilizations. OF course the writer
mas theme full of stirring interest, and with
Young and ardent aboltionst for his hero, tbs
look, might be expected, Is full OF adventure
and OF the trials OF the ant-slavery men who
cared 50 much to rescue Kansas from the slave
power. Two volumes Of 400 pages each are
occupied with the story.
We cannot give unqualified praise ot he au-
thor's yle, although it IS much better than that
Of many writers Of fiction.
An EXPLANATORY AND PRoNoUNcING DIc1IoN-
AIRY Of THE NOTED NAMES or FICTIoN in
eludng also familiar Pseudonyms, Sarnames
bestowed Eminent Men, and analogous
popular appeliations otter preferred to IN Litere-
fure and Conversation. By William A. Wheel
e. Boston TIckn1r y Fields.
The title Of this books gives tolerably correct
notion OF it. The author contributed, to recent
edition of W ebsters Dictionary a vocabulary Of
the noted fictitious persons and places but this
work embraces wider range of subjects, and
contains nearly 1900 new articles. TIE main
design Of the work is to explain the illusions
which occur in modern standard literature, to
noted fictitious persons and places, whether tho
logical or not. Some definitions and explanations
taken at random, will give good idea of the
plan and value of the work
Ms BmfeH A widow landIady in Dickens
Pckvick Papers" celebrated for the suit which
she brought agains. Mr.. Pickwick for alleged |
breach OF promise 10 marry her.
Bdrd Of iron. An eDithet often applied to |
Shakespeare, who was born and buried in Stratford-
upon-Avon.
Bard Of ayrshire. A name often given to |
Robert Buras, the great peasant poet of Scot
land, VINO was native and resident OF the County
OF AYR.
Burn Bprners. Laxless individuals who secret
ly Set fire tas barns OF he great landed pro-
prietoFs ID the State of New York, in the first
hals of the 10 n century.
From this it viii be seen that the work is aow
very vaiuab!e-except to the few who know every
thng,-and It will become more and more yalu-
able TO every new generation of readers
The FkEEDMEN's Book. BY L. Maria Child
Boston Ticknor and Fields; PIP. PIT.
Tnis IS book prepared expressly for the Freed
men, and is record Of what colored men have
accomplished under great disadvantages, for them
selves and for their race. 1t contains sketches
ana Biographies of e few prominent colored per
sons, and extracts from the writings of blacks
ocfh slave and free. The volume is intended to
strengthen and encourage the Freedmen, by t
showing them what OF their race have &C. {
cofnPiished whils dragged down by slavery, and
what the race may expect to become when
Ice to drink at the fountains of all knowl edge.
lac book Is an interesting and valuable contri
button to the work of elevating and educating
the negro, and will furnish much valuable infor-
nation to the general reader. We reproduce
from this volume the story of
PHILLIs wHEATLEY
PhIils Wheatley born in Africa, and |
brought to Boston, Massachusetts,, in the year |
l'ol,-l Little than hundred years ago. |
At that time the people in Massachusetts held !
slaves. The wife of Mr.. John Wheatey o. Bos
ton had several slaves; but they were getting to
ola 10 be very active, and she wanted to purchase
young siri' whom she could train up in such
manner as 10 make her a good domestic she |
went to the slave market for that purpose, and
there she saw little grl with no other clothing
than piece of dirty, ragged carpeting tied round
her. She looked if her health was feeble ;
probably owing to her suferngs IN the slave-shi
ana TO The fact Of her having no one to care for
her after she landed. Mrs. Wheatley was a kind,
fengious woman and though she considered the c
sleAly look Of the child objection, there was
somethinS SO gentle and modest in the expression |
OF her dark countenarce. that her heart was drawn