Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-04
New Publications.

ters and the best Typography of the country
are put under contribution for their amuse-
mcnt, entertainment and instruction .. Our
Young Folks and the :. Riverside Mara
zinc and Oliver Optics x Boys and Girls, -
and various other regular vsitants to the
chldaen, have proved that the best writers
are none too good for the preparation of the
stories and articles, which are to be so much
Of the mental food of the rapidly developing
intcllects and tastes of the youth of the land
Mrs. Stowe, Grace Greenwood, Gail Hamil-
ton. and other scarcely less gifted women
lave employed their pens in making word
pictures which have opened before the ewes
of the young world which seldom gladdcncd
the vision Of the children of the past gene
ration. Young America is, in fact, coming
into its Inheritance of literature in this
New World, and books and magazines are
made by the million with express reference
to the demand which has arisen for this kind
of reading. We have had occasion from time
to time to speak Of these publications as they
have appeared. One Of them is now before
US. :. Queer Little People written by Mrs.
stowe, and Published by Messrs. Ticknor &
Fields of Boston. 1t contains fourteen sto-
ries, most Of them happily illustrated. Hens,
chickens. ducks. squirrels, birds, dogs, cats.
as well as human beings, have due attention
paid to them in these pleasant stories and
when Mrs. Stowe writes for childrens ewes
She is always entertaining. If the children
of this are 90 not become readers, with a
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not he the fault Of the writer's and publishers
Of orr time.
Ticknor q, Fields have also issued, among
their new juvenile books, . Stories and
Sights of France and Italy, by Grace Green
wood. The hook is entertaining, as every
thing written by that author is, and those
for whom the y0lumc Is intended will find in
It some history, some geography, and some
moralizing. all most pleasantly woven into
the texture Of these 3. Stories and Sights
Several illustrations add to the attractions Of
tie publication.
We have So often called attention to the
various editions of Dickens's works which
have been put upon the market this year,
that we have no need to add anything now
yet Dickens arrival in the country, and the
great enthusiasm that greets him as he
touches our soil, show an admiration and
appreciation or him as an author by our peo-
ale. which fully warrant frequent mention
of the writings which have made him 50 dear
t. the worlI that has read his wor *. No
English writer las 50 many American readers
n Dickens. and none deserves 50 many. His
stories ar. not mere novels, but they arc
exposures of great wrongs and abuses. which
have attained in many cases respcctability,
and which T. conservatives = are slow To give
up for fear of shock to society. ViIlainy
never becomes attractive in his pages ny
pocri~y always has its mask torn off; and
the people who make gain Of godliness, and
use pretended goodness as an advertisement or
q stock in tIadc, get roughly handled in his
deiineatiln- of character and it is because
thc world. however dishonest it may be Itself,
admirc- honesty. fair dealing, and unpretcn-
tious virtue wherever it finds it, that the
writer who exposes the shams in society finds
a multitude of enthusiastic readers. Dick
cn-' writings become thus universal teach
CT. and every reader becomes his pupil: and
wha- monster school he has
But few comparatively of the multitude of
lis admirers VIII have an opportunity to hear
his readings while hc IS in this country, yet
Ills VS. { VIII awaken q renewed interest in
Ills works. and perhaps introduce them to
ucw 1.aeratiJn Of readers. And the pub
fishers. who are never slow to avail them
selves Of any aood-tide ofpopularity to float
a literary venture upon, have sagaciously .
seized upon this season for the publication Of
a greater a.,I richer variety Of the works Of .
Dickens than have before gladdened the eyes .
9f his admirers on either side the Atlantic. .
The Diamond Edition. which led the way
in these new issues, is now nearly com
pletcd. "a volume Just issued, containing the .
e Christmas StJrics,'' and - Sketches by
BIZ and it Is, for compactness, neatncss, I
and chcaPnesS, everything that can bc de- /
sired The fourth volume Of the . Charles {
Dickens Edition., " also published BY Tieknor
.C Fields Is out and this edition is probably, /
for All eyes. and all pockets, and all tastes. \
the most desirable edition yet published. /
The publishers VIII remain no longer to blame /
for tie absence Of Dickens from the book
shelves Of amy household.
Ticknor & Fields have also published /
:. American Notes., by Charles Dickens.
This publication is in pamphlet form, for
general circulation at this time. and was
by the following paragraph from
the New or!, IrlbJiHe:
We regret to observe that one two
journals are spiteful enough to print some
very unkind remarks about Charles Dickens,
In authorization Of his forthcoming visit to /
America Mr.. Dickens said some pretty
hard :hin-s Of US many years ago; but 1t Is
hv no means certain that we did not deserve
them; and even If we did not, any man OF
sense ought 10 know that whatever little IN
iurv tie ever did US has been twenty times
by the substantial good he has
conferred upon the world The fact is, we
doubt whether those who are now rudest In
their censure Of the great novelist know how
much truth and good sense are embodied IN
the writings with which they principally
find fault. and how grOundless is the asser-
ton that he abused the hospitality which
We forced upon him. 1t would be wise
thing good for Mr.. Dickens and good for
ourseIves-if our publishers would take the
present opportunity to put upon the market
n new edition Of the American Notes that
would help US to know how little we had to
of from the hands of our guest,
how much we have 1nended in our manners,
and how much there is still to mend. "
The second number of - Good Stories,
published by Tic1nor & Fields. has just been