Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1867-12-25
Children'S Books.

Children'S Books.
We have only recently called attention to
the literature which the children of this half
of the 10Th century having all to them
selves, but bundle of ehildren's books
from Messrs. Lee & Shepard, publishers,
Boston, makes proper further mention of the
great opportunities and advantages which
the children now have over what their pa
rents had. Messrs. Lee & Shepard publish
- Oliver Optics books. They also pub
lish . Our Boys and Girls" unquestionably
the most engaging weekly the boys and
girls see, and this publishing house have
therefore we'll established first class repu-
taton with the children, and when they see
Il book with Lee & Shepard's imprint upon
it they are sure of good thing" We
have before IT'S a list of the publications of
this house, and it would brighten the eyes,
and load down the memory Of the young
folks t. see 1t. 1t mentions more than
twenty series of story books,-many of them
already familiar to young roadcrs,- and any
number of single volumes. Oliver Optic s
books make library of themselves, and no
writer is more popular with the children
We have space even to give the author
,a,aos ,,uob loss 70 mention tho .i+Ies of
+to s.,.or,I hundred vo.I,,rne. which are fopnd
among their publications. The Children s
p,ol.s +ho+ ,ro bave boforo NO from tb;s
house. are the following
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Grccnleaf-. Talent Bv Nav Mannering
CrryRrxc TIE Ropr: or God help. Those
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'9HANRooA AND hi9i ~ o1ns
America IN ireiahu anu 0coliahu' Dy
/ ollyer optic
! The first TWO OF these books are OF the
ilclpnG Hand series the second TWO are OF
the Rosa Abbott SERIES the htth Is the hrst
volume of the Dotty Dlmplc stories the
next two belong t. the starry rag series
and the eighth one IS OF the series called
= Young America abroad.
I We commend these volumes TO those seek
I Ins books ior children. lhey can "e o"-
tanned "I WILDER dt MS 'ooAS'oio at 'ie
/ head ot State street, ana OF the traue gen
orally
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=, -.-a,. to;,,,,o ,.,.nic and pcve,
e,,o,, o+ b;s fellows
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"a IL i,d;,.;du.Iisr
TIN. h.u;o,, ,,retepce
'l''o'1 .toa,.a,,s and rrac
t;.os and fashions ofmen and women, whethe
~. ,y-hiI, 1 ,.,r;+es Of nature
OiiriS'i''i u ''0' NM ~. -
his pages are most interesting, anu ne oe
scriptive passages are full OF life' and CIV
ovidepce of a keen and appreciative observa
,1o1;+;os and nb;Iosc
I ton p"' III o' ,'"I ~. -
ply and theology ne belongs Senoi"ny ~ "
/ party and the church OF winch Ihoreau
tbe nr;ncinaI member. While his creed
~ Iozo.+. ,,orcoc+ as indeed who's
: hot III az he'p0
is s?-and While ne doseh seem 70 ehous
consider that the world is to be taken as 1t IL
.ec,r,o1 at al is Ia he reformed b