Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-06-03
Literary NOTES.

LITERARY NOTES.
The Liriag -fgc gives some twenty-five pages
to an interesting review, from the QUARTERLY
of Lanfrey's & History Of the First Napoleon
South Kensington, 1861 is cosby and viva
cious-deals with literary characters Of univer-
sal uotoriety a Chinese Commissioner
Foreign Tour is translated from the original
report to the Celestial Government, Of a Chinese
Official attached to he Commission which VS.
tied England and ether countries in 1866. \
poem Of Robert buchanan concludes the num-
ber-a good one.
The second page bears, within mourning lines,
the name Of the veteran eiltoT Of the
Liring .4gc VINO, our readers will remember
died the f7th inst, al the advanced age OF %
years. For twenty-six years the pages Of his
periodical have borne ample witness to his schoI-
srly tastes and intimate acquaintance with the
vsnts and likngs Of the more cultivated among
his couutrymon His demise has seemed 10
many Of them almost as the loss Of a personal
friend, SO welcome and long continued have been
his monthly and weekly contributions to their
pleasure. The one hundred volumes which con-
tain his selections from the foreign literature Of
the last quarter Of century arc WORTHY non
uInent TO his critical sagacity and good literary
judgment
From the Publishes Circular Of 10Th
april We get the somewhat singular fact that the
North British Berisr, for long time the
special organ and champion OF the Free Church
/ Of S.5tl-nd. has for some time past bcen edited
/ BY Roman Catholic gentleman. vino Is likewise
/ its proprietor.
Dean Afford is al work Oh commentary on
the Old Testament for English readers, and has
resigned the elitorshir Of the Contemporary
R.ri,,s in order to get on the faster with IT,
Draper. f Audover. Mass, has lately ISSUED
Atp. Vha,ely's .' Pecaliarities Of the Christian
Religion, and Henderson " Commentary o'i
Ezekiel" The latter, if not all that one could
desire. Is certainly without superior in the
Faylisb language. Tie volume by Whateiy in
c,udes the famous O." Historic Doubts relative to
yapole5n Bonap4rte.'' An essay IN which ihst
vigorous polsmic ably ana wittily exposed the
fov of the keptical style Of reasoning not inire-
sueutly applied to the Bible history.
The Theological Ecieci- Cor May Is at hsud,
and contains. besides an excellent biographies!
sketch o. Hamilton Of London and VII
liam Burns. missionary to China, noteworthy
paper from the Contemporary Bereufl' March,
or the Corruption Of Christianity by P'ganism
in the Last Age Of the Roman Empire,--ar essay
which will have special interest for such as would
investigate the historical grounds on which rest
the distinctive dogmas ana ritual of 'he PapAl
Church.
Putnam for June contains suggestive article
Oh Proportional Representation by David Dod-
ley Fild. E. which deserves the attention Of
81. zls think that even mino-i:ies have rights.
and ,-aecially Of those who think uat ,hey have
not The paper advocating More Readable
Bible pu.. things s-ron-lv,--oo strongly We
think The many and great czo1l,rcies OF The
/ Author eel Version are sunk 90. u gat, and
So iii. uafsirly trea.el I-has tau.Js, being
the work Of men: but on She whole, 1t zurr asses
iu many most important respects, every ether
version that has yet been made. This is not %
81. ,..4t revision woaId NOT improve it; ncr that
/ iu .i,.su. and skilsal ellau- would not prolac.
more 'e'l1l'e '''-'-i' ''''-'' ''--
s'a'y 'hi c-isu'''
Mis- Winsvorth has jus; completed tEe third
and last volume or Buusen'5 great worA' % "od
T 10 H.- Dry, and Dean Smu.ey has written the
preface.
..,- el;,;o, .- welysro,i's g. Disaona1y
er'..,..,. l.-....,..,.,, ,s saul 70 5e i. course
,.-.-.-..;-, ..r.l,,- HEINZ. assisted ilv the
sts.Ds,r II will be ma.b e.
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.s..=s,,,,.s~ We .,s ,rsv. what has become Of
$50 a., - ~e-rir- If wej-sr5a5. q.
which ,be d-s, volume lA-D) ennelrei IN
/ 1852, enriched with notes and additions by tAa
+ Hon Geo. P Marshe The enterprise was cred
i.s5ly begun, butitisa d,sc-elit. either TO the
publishers or to American sclcl2r., that it l-i
J hot 90 on 70 completion. As j ls, % goll man
-. 80, t..-- evil G., wore hind .-.s
f-,r, f,yiry +, ,7moic-e in the English clifton.
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- 80 -. Cd. I..,.-,en,.
which the H,rpers beam the reissue eleven
-.,-s.,o INT, +t;. 8.-e -5cre .s no sign
oBr ever having Oh. Of the ,l-.s Volume W.
r-fpt,i which were virtually promised Us. Yet.
when inquired Of, they give one 20 ua5ersJl and
thar then project Of issuing the oat.le work IS
not re'.nsuisbei. This IS beginning to ,0.l Ike
an ,tremp; 70 Keep the American market fl
their fragmenta-y edition. We ar5a IT hes
kept many from investing in theLan7on clifton
The drst volume his gone through seye0 OF
eight editions already in England, end the