Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1869-11-24
Literary Notices.


from the French Of Rosely De Lorgucs, by j.
J Barry VI u. American News Company.
New York
This work will provo 10 hc particularly volua-
bic to American readers, inasnuch as while it
mode-tly processes to be only a compilation of
De Lorgues' work it in reality, in much smaller
compass, contains all the valuable matter which
this pious and laborious French author succeeded
in uncarthng in relation to Columbus after al
most lifetime Of careful and ab1rious research.
The omission of many Of the discursive and tc-
dious discussions which so frequently occur in
the original will, we think. prove a great adj
vantage to this edition. This work contains GO
pages and is elegantly printed on tinted paper.
For alc Mt Phnney's
TuAcgm,y's MscruNNr, Vol. III, containing
Book of Snobs, Dennis Duyu, etc
Miss TncsmW's WoRgs, Vols Household
Edition Fields, Osgood & Co., publishers,
Boston.
These editions are both published under the di-
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this occasion to pass without expressing our
hearty commentator Of the llor.uioLD EniroN,
published by this onterprsing firm, of most of
the popular authors of the day. They are well
printed, uniform. compact, and SO cheap that
thcy might and ought TO grace the shelves of not
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that that the publishers may be induced, By the
cordial reception of the volumes already publish
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embrace all the best of English and American
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