Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-04-08
LITERARY NOTES.

Professor Max Nuler's four lectures on the
Science Of Religion 90 are to be published in an
English magazine.
Po-l7-4', -l'5aHIg has been fused vi;h the
Flrsqoi2gcal J0u,.' The u.etl Of the
former was good, and the next Issue viii prove
Of what quality the amaigam i.
At the request Of the late George Wakeman,
r. B. Church Of the Galsrg will take charge Of
the deceased journalists unpublished manu-
scripts, which, with number Of magazine srt-
cles already given to the public, will be brought
cut in hook form.a an early day.
Hedged In is published in England at two
shillings and siz7eace (about d5 ceuts.)
A record Of the Acts of the E,umenicsI Couu-
ell is to be published in SIX magnificent folio
volumes, ia the most luxurious style
An admirable specimen Of reporter Eng
lish' lie furnished ly the reporter Of a Rich
mond paper, vino opens " loeaI' thus
In tie spring Of l,le, when the gold fever
wss st It's highest possible state Of excitement in
California, snd the yelling earth wore rich
CARPET Of green veriure. waving luzuriantly in
Tie soft southern cl.me. as It's de7-surialIei
petals proudly kissed the morning s-ubeams
there d ed in the sta.c Of Virginia, On the banks
If the flowing Yo.k f.7c-, d few miles below the
historical town Of Yor'-oTu a gentleman Of
culture" e,5.
a selection from Mr. BeecLe1's well-knowu
talks" at the Friday evening praye- meetings,
long popul-r among the members Of his church,
has been issued in a volume entitled d" Lecture
Room Take" Less hborei efforts than his
sermons, they seem 60 lave been ct l5ast SIS pop
ular, probably even more 90. The reason is,
perhaps, that which Mr. Beecher himself ar9lo-
geucaLy gives-their colloquial aad familiar
style and their relation Of personal experiences.
Burtou's Book-Hunter tells the following
anecdote Of the author OF The Seasons. When
" Winter hsi been completed at press, Tnou- .
son thought, by Presentation copy, 70 triumph
over his uuce's soePticism; and to fropi,iste HE
good opinion he had the book handsomely
bound. The Oh msu never looked inside, or
asked what the book was about, bat turning it .
round with his fingers in cratfei admiration.
exclaimei-' Come, is that really cur JAMES
doin' nov wee, I never thought the cra.ur
wad nae hal the h'niisraft To- d. the like g.
Professol james Hailey. OF Yale College, VINO
has no superior ia the United States as s. cult-
waited Greek scholl- Las been for some time en-
gagged in preparing al elaborate review Of Nr.
Bryant's translation Of tho Had The paper
VIII soon be Published in ale New Haven C9Hs.s
C0uraat
The Philadelphia Nsl. bss printed a hitherto
unpublished letter Of Geuers Anthony Wavue
dated st &" Haverstrsw, near stony Point, Oct ]
$780, in which be thus refers 70 Benedict Ar
mold and his treachery .-'' can't say that was
much shocked on the occasion. had long
known the man as early as l77t he produced
q conviction TO me that honor and true virtue
were strangers TO ms sJul-aud, hoSeyer con
Trajectory IT may appear, he did lot possess
either frtitule or persona, courage. He was
naturally a coward, and never went into danger
but when stimulated by liquor, even go intozi-
cation consequently not capable of conducting
any command committed 90 his charge"
The Translator Of Gen. Garibaidi's novel.
speakiue of It's style and manner, says that it is
idyliic In the pastoral scenes. tender and poe,
in the domestic Passages, Histsstasio-lige il some
ofits episodes, and terribly earnest in its denun-
Citations Asno' unfrequently happens in such t
cases, these e1c-Aences have evidently greatly !
suffered in the English translation !
One Of the recent sensations Of the P.ris If4r- 2
seiliai,s was letter alleged to have been written
by the Feniau prisoner O'Doaoyan Rossa, pris-
oner Of the harl-heartei English aristocracy,'' =
rs it was entitled The letter contained any mum
Der faccusations of cruelty against the govern
ment Of the prison in which Rose is confined; q
and was preceded by an Introduction by NJ. Fou- "
vile, who " sautej Rosa ' in the name of q
universal demoorscy 81 one Of her most glorious ri
martyrs and predicted that he would rise v
rom the tomb ii which his executioners hold IL
Inn, to trgb, the world with the recital Of their f
rimes." The letter was a forgery. u
The writing Of Rev Dr. Veith, famous eli
PREACHER Of Vienna, are being given TO the Cath 10
lie public Of America, in TRANSACTIONS made by OF
lev. Mr.. Noetben, Of Albany. OF volume il
uei last year, a series Of reflections occasioued
y the instruments Of Christ's Passion, taken up
or consideration one alter another, copy was
ent to the original author, which met his com 10
and he requested that his * Via Cru
H. or neiitations on the suifcrings and death CO.
Christ, should also be translated. It Is il on
ended to follow hrs advice. a similar book.
ealing With the characters Of those, coed or bad, fac
ho are sssociael with the final days Of Cbris,'s fac
fe. has been resderei INTO English by the same
-anslator, and published under the title Of "Life "a
ictures Of the Passion Of Christ" ION
With his late farewell reading at S. James So.
all, London, Mr. Dickens left the Platform.
ith its shaded gas-e,s and crimson desk and rs,
reen, for private lie; and in taking his leave
] that occasion he made one OF his neat little
lrlor speeches. Hs expressed his qualification .
the sympathy and support which he had re- '''
lived through sil the years Of his readings. his
ain at concluding them and he determination Gre
w to retire, al the d.oi-dde Of public favor, yer
pom the older associations which date further TIA
.ck than his appesrauceon heplatlornl, hence
nth to devote himself exclusively to the art 'ha
hch first brought him and the public together. per
-listically intervening sn announcement Of iaI
5 forthcoming novel, Mr. Dickens said he
,uld now vanish from these garish lights for in
ermore;" and stepped DOM with the dir ia colt
liar to those who have heard him on this side oel
3 water Mr.. Dickens. il report speaks truly, 1
S accumulated = nice fortune from these read Cal
rs. The
Concerning old prices Of English novels the witt
" Mall Gazette says "Sir Stafford North com
e made slight mistake in his speech at the T
ter Literary Society. Comparing the cheap NOR
: Of literature now with what it was thirty thar
rs ago. he sa d there was scarcely novel ,hos
q but what vas published at the establish re.s
price ofthree glineas and half : adding,
should like to know who would give three a
meas and a half for any novel nowadays --i0i
unthinking auditors took his fac, for grant fnan
and Hear and LAUGHTER rs-s the comment, ed;
price Of the old three-volume novel, We tt
un have thought Sir Stafford might have othe
rendered, was one guinea and half, not is or
ee and hslf-halfa guinea for each volume tenc
Walter Scott's novels all came out at that ity
e exactly thirty-seren guineas, we believe, men
the whole set" J dr.I