Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1868-08-05
aIlEN 0FCUR DAY.

A peculiar feature OF "' i
tv is the rapid advancement OF men OF
talent and ability to posi- - trust
aud responsibility. There are al 'niS
time. many men prominently before the
American people whose career is but par
tally known. We read eagerly the words
of cheer and counsel they speak. aud catch
plimpses of their lives, only to wish Tor
more intimate knowledge Of their charac-
ter, aud the steps by which they have at
tanned their present position.
DIR L. p. Broekett. the popular Biogra-
phic.l Editor of Appleton's Cyclopedla,
has prepared concise aud interesting bi'
ographies of some fifty or m"re OF these
men. Including all the more prominent
Statesmen. Generals, Financiers, aud Phi
| lluthropists of the country, The woik has
inst issued from the press, and is model
of ths art of book making
The position an reputation of its au-
thor, is a guarantee of i's strict and i'm
par ial accuracy. The work ie written IN
clear. terse and interesting style, and Is
interspersed with incidents and anecdotes
wherever they can illustrate the character
or pecnliaritics Of the subject
We copy some extracts from the press
in various parts of the country:
1.-The sketches are written With great
ability end vigor; there is no samcness'
no dullucss iu them, but the diversity OF
the experience, and the numerous aud
thrilling incidents interspcrsed, give the
book perpetual charm which must DE
light even the most ennuyed readers. The
engravues are admirable, as indeed they
should be, being the best productions OF
such engr yers as Sartain aud Walters.
ana the typography will show that Phil
adelpha printers hive no cause to feal
the competition Of Boston, Cambridge or
New York. We welcome this book most
heartily, as the only record Of our public
men which makes any approach to com
| p e'eness
No other work on this sunject yet pub
ished will compare with this in the ex-
tent and completeness Of its sketches, Oh
the CAREFUL accuracy of its statements -
The variety of the labors of the men
whose work is described in it, and the In
PRODUCTION Of thrilling incidents, give tia
charm which will cause every reader to be
Interested aud delighted with it. This is
one Of the few works that we can unheSi
tatIngly endorse, In the beauty of Its ty
p)grop6y. and the excellence of its eli
cravings. it is a model"
There have been two or three attempts
IN dc to give the public some of these
particulars, hut none which approached
the present volume in completeness or &C
curacy."
Here are nearly sixty sketches of mcu
who have won themselves an honored
name in the annals OF our history. The
illustrations are by Sartaiu and Walters,
all being portraits, and they are worthy
OF the high reputation of these skilliul
eugravers The printing, PIPER aud bind
ing are of the best quality, and do honor
to Philadelphia"
"rhe book is well printed. the pictures
are much better than is usual In volumes
OF this class, the paper is good OF the
cdi'oria work it is enough to say that it
has been careful, conscientious. and gen
orally discrmlu ting. The difficulties to
be overcome were very great ADD they
have been overcome We wish this took
might 60 into every farmhouse, and log
cabin, and palace in the land
at abouuds in thrilling incidents. of
them many are adventures unsurpassed in
the p,ges Of romance This look is with
out rival. 1t is the only effort of the
kind that has any just pretcusions. We
are grateful to the publishers for tsis
valuable memorial of our public men 1t
will be welcomed with joy. We commend
il heartily, and hope to meet it in every
household"
1.-The mechanical execution of the look
! excellent; it is handsomely bound. is
printed on beautiful paper, aud is Illus
t sted by forty two fine steel portraits, by
S,rain aud Walters y"
1--WE never have received book FROM
Publishers that We could commend 80
b art,ly as this. 1t is a book that eau.
Mt fail to interest every one. Ii we were
asked what new book we considered the
INST desirable for the library or parlor,
we should uphesitatingly say--'MRN or
OUR Day., by l. p. Bfockett."
The work is sold by cauyassers. and :
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