Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1868-11-18
Books Received


Diaz. With illustrations by w. l.. Shep-
ard. Boston Ticknor d Fields.
This exquisite little fairy tale is told in
just the most charming way Imaginable and
with it's many illustrations makes a very
desirable book for the children. Won't the
Youngsters be bewildered. though, with the
brilliant array of volumes which this pub
fishing house is preparing for Christmas.
They have also issued another still finer
work-fner, however, only in the sense that
the last beautiful thing we see seems to bc
Just little moro lovely than it's predecessor
having the charm of novelty. 1t is called
- The Flower and the Star, and other storie.
for Children, and is written and illustrated
by W. j. Linton. Not believing in allowing
the children the monopoly of all the fine
things, we find much hearty enjoyment in
these book. ourselves, and often wonder why
it is that books designed for us old fogies can
not be made just as attractive as these Take,
for instance, the title page of this little book.
1t is study in itself The compound of
lettering, cherubs, hobgoblins, flowers. dates
interviewer with delicate tracery of vines
all this surrounding a mere suggestion in
most dreamy outline of human form-a
Suspicion Of humanity-is marvel of in
genuity. Indeed, all through the book are
scattered in most careless exubcrance sketche.
of trivial objects-kittens, feathers, flowers
butterflies. &c, &c, but embellishing the
book very beautifully. Surely, authors
should always be artists they can so much
better than any one else illustrate their owr
/ ideas
These are for sale by George W. Wilder
FREEMAN.
| Orr YOUNG Folks for December has the
following table of contents
=. Odd and Even" by Mary n Prescott
- Coosie Co.. by E1ie.: :. The Picture I
Story, Ivy William Winter; - When | wa;
a Little Girl by Mrs. Whitney: - The
| Children of the Year. by Perle Ley: Nv hat
the Frost Giants did to Nannies Run" by
the author of the Seven Little Sisters
:. Puss,'' by Mrs. ii. p Spafford = Running
t Away" by Miss Muloch /; - \ Boy King
Christmas, by j. III. A. Bone: - A Few
\
Lamp. etc Besides these. there is no end tc
the good things which are in store for those
who subscribe for this magazine the comm G
year
| We have received from Appleton & Co
two volumes of their paper covered edition
of the Waverly Novels, {" Red Gauntlet :. and
{. st. Romans Well
| Demorest presents an unusually attractive
number for December. Besides the usual
quantity of reading matter and music, we
have four pages of fashion figures, and the
brilliancy of coloring of the fashion plates is
excelled by no periodical. Price SO per year
with a premium Published at 473 Broad
way, N. Y.
| For specimen nu mber Of Godey's Lady :.
| Book send for that of December. Its en-
cravings, fashion plates, patterns, &c, are
if anything a little finer that its predecessors
it's mo nthly visits will not of course think OF
doing without it.
! We hardly recognized the Little Corporal
in its new dress and in its enlarged size. and
think the editors are promising what it will
be difficult to perform, when they inform
their readers that they intend to make it still
better. 1t is one of the very best magazines
for children, and employs corps of the very
ablest writer's We wish it the most com
plete success in its new ente rprise-
! CHANGING BASE, OR WHAT EDWARD RICE
LEARNT AT SCHOOL. By William Everett,
=, son of Edward Everett
The scene of this genuine boys book is laid
in one of the Boston Latin schools. That it
reminds one of that most excellent book
:. Tom Brown at Rugby" should be no dis
arrangement to it, This can bear to be imi-
tated, and we wish the experiment was tried
oftener, for we seldom find anything intended
for bows of such a healthy tone as this. 1t
will, we believe, be read with great interest
by the class of readers for whom it is intend
ed. It has much to do with secret society,
81. c. by name, and has also in chapter
XIII good description of base ball match,
which will make the book no less interesting
to the boys 1t is well illustrated and
printed by Lee & Shepard, Boston
For sale by q. W. WILDER.
LION BsN OF ELM ISLAND" by Rev
Elijah Kellogg, is another fine book for boys.
The author is well known to the readers oil
Our Young Foiks. as he has figured largely
in that magazine This is also published by
Lee & Shepard, and for sale az above.