The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1870-05-31

current month is as handsome as a May
flower. Its pages are laden with choice
intellectual fruit, and the exuberance Of
its fragrance we welcome with pleasure
to our table. 1t is certainly a complete
Cornucopia of good things for every
thoutful mind.
G. II. Turner Il Co., Philadelphia are
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Two important papers which can hard
ly fail to attract general interest, and
may perhaps, excite good deal of con-
troversy, are to appear in the June Gal
axy. One is by the Hon. j. S. Black on
Edwin NJ. Stanton Black and Stanton,
it will be remembered, were associates in
Buchanan's Cabinet The second is by
Thurlow Weed, and relates to the inau-
guraton of Lincoln, and the earlier days
of the war. Mr.. Weed includes in it a
plan he presented to Mr.. Lincoln for the
settlement Of the war.
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The FREEDMEN OF TIE SoUrH. B,
the courtesy of Capt. James f. Bolton,o
Washington, we are favored with a cop,
of an interesting and valuable little vol
ume entitled The Freedmen Of tn
South" by Linda Warfcl Slaughter, au
thoress of Early Efforts, d" Summering
in the South" &c. 1t is dedicated t
the Missionary Teachers of the South, b.
one who has shared their privations an
their rewards" 1t treats of the Origi
and history of American Slavery, tn
Freedmen, the Freedmen's Bureau, tn
Missionary Schools of the South, and tn
Present Condition and Probable Futur
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unreasoning prejudice of the people ofth
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at the same time help the people Of tn
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pressed and ignorant, or who sympathizC
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A CoNsTITUrIoNAL VIEW OF THE LAT
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, Its causes
Character, Conduct and Results, present
ed in series Of Colleagues at Libert
Hail. by Alexander II. Stephens, in tw
volumes, Published by the National Pub
fishing Co. The second volume Of thi
south-side view of the late Rebellion
nearly ready and will soon be issued
The advance sheets show the same mas
terry of his side of this question that ar
so apparent in the first volume. 1t
written in an interesting style and by n
less a parsonage than the late distinguish
ed Vice President of the defunct Confed
eracy. 1t will no doubt be the standar
representation Of the Confederate view G
the Rebellion for all time, and as such
valuable to all students of history VIII
desire to look at questions of dispute fror
every standpoint.
Tnr ATLANTIC MONTHLY for June
already on our table, and has the follow