Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1866-11-14

A sighin' like. of uncopsoled despair,
Thet comes from nowhere an from everywhere,
An seems TO say, g Why died wei warn't
it, then,
To settle, once for all, tibet men wuz men?
y, airth's sweet cup snetched from US barely |
The graves real chill is feelin' life wuz
wasted
o, you we lef'. long-lingerin' ct the door,
Loviu' you best, coz we loved Her the more,
Thet Death, not we, had conquered, we should
feel
Eff she upon our memory turned her b eel,
An unregretiul throwed us all away
To faunt it in a Blind Mans Holiday Z"
NV frien s, I've talked nigh on to long enough.
| hain't no call to bore ye coz ye're tough;
NY lungs are sound. an our own vice delights
Our ears but even ket bige- heads hez rights.
It's the las time thet l shell e'er address ye,
But you'll soon fin some new tormentor
bless ye!
GRIFFITH GAUNr, OR JEALOUSY By Charles
| Reade. author Of " Peg Woffington,"
Christie Johnson :" Never too Late
to Mend " White Lies etc. With
illustrations Boston Ticknor Il Fields.
This Is the story which has been printed
in numbers in the .4tlaniic Monthly the past
year The author calls it his masterpiece,
and in vigorous writing and vivid description
Of the life and character which he has chosen
TO portray it undoubtedly equals or surpasses
his PREVIOUS works. 1t has, however. been
severely criticised, as belonging to a class OF
novels, now quite too common, depicting lives
ruled by the baser passions and the lower
instincts of human nature, and familiarislng
the reader with incidents and characters
which neither the pencil or the peE should
dwell upon or reproduce.
The Round Table so sharply and truculent-
Iy attacked the work, as it appeared IN the
Atlantic, as to excite the wrath of the writer
who responded in a letter, which the Erening
Post characterized as - bucket ct dirty
water" and which certainly was so vtupera-
tive and venomous as to disclose the author 8
inward consciousness that his book deserved
IN some degree. the condemnation i1 nao
called forth The author has followed up
this letter by suit ainst the publishers OF
the Round Table for libel, in which he will
fail of verdict and get rid of consider able
money, but which has already served as an
excellent advertisement of his story.
OF course much can be said in praise of
:. Griffith Gaunt," in respect TO its general
character as novel. The authors reputation
is well established, and his readers are multi
tudinous, and doubtless this story is, as be
calls it, his masterpiece 1t contains the
excellences and defects of his former writings
if possible intensified. Mr.. Reade, as hi
letter to the Round Table shows, regards him
self as a tirst-cass writer, and is so wall salts
fed with himself as to think he Is above
criticism. When writer reaches that self
conceit, if he has faults they may be expected
to grow luxuriantly. 1t may, therefore
probably lie safely said Of this book, that IL
it Mr.. Reade appears both at his best and al
his worst,-at his best as vigorous and en-
tertaining writer, and at his worst in allowing
much questionable matter both in inciden
and character to become a part of the story
Ticknor and Fields publish" Griffith Gaunt,
both in paper and muslin covers.
MAUD MULLER. By John G. Whittier wit
illustrations by w. j. Hennessy. Boston
Ticknor & Fields.
This delicious poem is worthy OF the gar
now, given to it in this illustrated volume.
one who loves poetry but reckons d" Mau
Muller" as among the most exquisite of W hi
tiers verses, sad enough in its suggestivenes
plaintive song of 1T night have been" y
one OF the sweetest and most charming OF b
poems The artist has made eleven il'ustr'
tions. each finely bringing out the shade
meaning which the poet has put in delightfI
verse. The engraver and publishers hav
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EyANGKLINE-A tale of Acadie, by Hem
w. Longfellow, with illustrations by F.
C. barley. Boston: Ticknor and Fiel'
This beautiful poem cannot have too mu
done for it by art 1t is like the costliest {
monds which deman1 the richest setti
and yet add lustre to all that the rarest q
most cunning workmanship Can do. Lo
fellow has clothed the sad history of peo
driven from their homes by remorseless Z
pitiIess persecution. with the tender beau
of this story of Evangeine, poem VIII
takes i" the mournful tradition still SUM