Litchfield enquirer., 1867-04-11
 The Pickwick Papers.

The Pickwick Papers.
 The new edition of the Pickwiek Papers, with illustrations. by Messrs Ticknor and Fields, of Boston, iss.one of the cheapest and neatest specimens of book-making that ever issued from the American Press. The only objection is to the small size of the i type, which is, nevertheless, extraordina- rily clear. These publishers propose issu- ing the complete works of Dickens in twelve or thirteen volumes, at the rate of one each month. ..-A.- r--...y ,Aet -.....~....- -
 We do not see how a man of much ite- rary taste, or with any fun in him, can live without copy of Pickwick It is the best book of the kind in the language and one of the books most generally read. The benignant simplicity of MT. Pickwick, the innocence of the trio of disciples who fol- low his footsteps; and theincomparable drol- lery of the Wellers have. made their names as familiar as those of our next door neigh bors. The "learned professions" dab blers ill science and literature, men of all sorts of avocations and of no avocation whatever, are so admirably caricatured that the very exaggeration of feature which makes them ridiculous still finds abundant warrant in nature. In deineations of the turns and twists which are given to peoples habits of body and mind by the callings they pursue, Dickens has no equal. Law is his especial favorite Perker Dodson and Fogg, Buzfuz, Snubbin, and Justice Starleigh, show the kind of individual the law is apt to make of men more perfectly than any one who has not been much with lawyers, can possibly appreciate. Cariea- lures as they are, there is not ineament in their features that is not an exact copy from some original we often meet with. In his early life, Dickens made thorough study not of law, we suspect, but of law yers; and he never fails to depict their pe- culiarities with minute fidelity. which is absolutely unimpeachable. Medicine finds it's representative in Boz Sawyer, speci- men of the tribe ''Sawbones'' not alto gether without example, we take it, in his tory. The coarest caricature of the col lection is that of Divinity in the person of the Rev. MT. Stiggins, which has just enough of truth to be an unnistakeable hit. If additional light is necessary on the English mode of conducting political campaign, it will be found in the account of the Eatanswill election. The lesser lights of journalism find their representative men in the beligerent editors of the Eatanswill GazeAe, and the EatanswiH Independent; and there is thin, watery species of female literature, which is admirably illustrated in Mrs. Leo Hunters "Ode to an Expiring Frog" which we cannot forbear copying:
 ."Can view thee panting, lying B..
 On thy stomach without signing,
 Can unmoved see thee dying fs, g....,t
 "- '' ',.. ''A Expiring frog. "
 Say, have flends in shape of boys,
 With wild halloo, and brutal noise,
 Hunted thee from marshy joys,. '--'
 .s With dog,
 Expiring frog"
 The story of 'sPickwick''' is meagre enough. There is some unnecessary love- making; the for1orn old heart of 8 maiden of forty is broken, ruthlessly enough; Jingle 2, and Job Trotter, couple of as entertaining rascals as ever got into print, endure reformation which takes ev- cry particle of game flavor out of them; and the end is in the received "story" style; every body married, rich and happy. Such is not life The vein of pathos, which is one of the greatest charms of Dickens finished style, is barely indicated in Pick wick. All there is of the book is its fun, but that is glorious. 9- ..-r..
 Regarding the present edition, we make the following extract from the Boston Jour- ndl:- ,-.
 In this new edition we have handy little book for the tiresids or window, tastefully bound, of 465 double-colahn pages, the type small, to be and slightly tinted an excellent engraved head of Dickens prefacing the ttle-page, and sixteen ori- ginal illustrations by one of our best artists-the a Gp Ebs sas sra ses regarded as decided achievement in book -ma- king, but in the midst of the present. prices it is certainly as surprising as 1t IS welcome. It is bold appeal to that portion of the reading public who have been debarred from the enjoyment of Dickens by pecunary considerations for of. course the wealthy will continue to purchase the high cost editions and it showa that the public thus appealed to is very large, for nothing buta most extended sale would reward such an undertaking ~ ~ @A----A--.~l~--- --------A- al. 2-- .t4 s9~It will be noticed that MT. Bueking-. ham, Senator from the 18th District, falls behind in Woodbury. The removal of William E. Wood, Postmaster of the Wood bury office and the appointment of Fred erick A. Walker in his place will also be noticed How far the one fact accounts for the other is question that excites some interest in that vicinity.
 B57~ The U. s. Senate is still in session but is mostly engaged in executive busi- ness. .,-'--s1 f- -sr r 1a4 -1. -.
 SaT The Democratic ticket was elected in the city of Hartford on Monday last by. increased majorities -9o "E -.- -Wm. H. Braman is now opening one of the finest stocks of Dry Goods, ever of |