Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1870-06-24

Andover Theological Seminary, and We reneTn-
Der him as one of the most original and pro-
rounily thoughtful minds we ever knew. His
intellect was Of a peculiarly critical bent. Com
mon explanations gave him no satisfaction ) ne
could not pause until he had gone to the rooH
Of things Commonplace men were sometimes
little startled at his arguments and ooJec'oh1'
not being quitesure that his puncturing oil iog'-
cal fsllscies, and clearing away of tIme-honor-
ed rubbish, wss only in order to reach the /
firm rock on which to build his creed. we
lost sight of him some years ago, but have never
ceased to look for great things from him when
he should be ready to publish. He is A native
Of MUntrose, Pa; graduated at Yale IN 1000
took orders in the Protestant Episcopal Church
in 1859; soon after sailed fer Europe IN lool
was Installed rector of a church in South Or
ance, y. J. He is now about 81 years Old
We hope he may live to write shelf full Oh
books in exposition and defence Of the best form
| Of government aud the true religion.
The name Of the last hook on the woman
1 question Is :" Pro Aris ct Fools isn't
about tine that the Latin title should out q
fashion and we are now promised another
by Lippincott 3 Co., which is to be reliy
tc John Stuart Mil en- the Subsection Of "o
men by what author We are not informed
This work seems to he needed by about one two
hundred thirty-,hid part Of our Vermont Pcpu-
la,on.
American scholarship has again been honored'
in the person Of Prof ". d. Whitney Of ale
c eye The R5yal Acaieny Of Sciences in
Berlin. decided on tire 10th of May last, to be
stow OF him the Bopq prize Q: three hundred
thalers for his excellent publication Of the
"Ta..tiriya Pratieskyys" THIS worS, inelnd-
Jog the ors ins Ssnscri. text with trans and
notes. appeared in 1879 il the eth volume Of
the d" American Oriental society's Journal, -
where it occupies al pages. We refrain from
discussing this work On our genera! principle Of
not carrying % Owls to Athens"
The C5Lege Rcrieu. in list of Colleges pre-
pared at the cost Of considerable labor ;
print Harvard College " Ho,r-rf, 90 and says
that its religion is - Uuiversalist."
Prof John Z. Perry, lately Of this city and
nov Of the Museum Of Comparative Zoology
Harvard College, las an article ia tie Coayre-
...oasl Quarterly for April, entitled A Dis
cu,.f1a Ct Sun5ry Objections to Geology" Il
has been reprinted IN a separate pamphlet.
Lougielow is to have a poem in the -4lan.'e
for july.
Three hundred and fifteen manuscripts were
sen, in in response to Henry Hoy,'s offer last
viater Of prize Of 5000 for the best, and
I $500 for the second-bes,, manuscript Of not loss
than 5000 lines adapted to Sunlay-School
rurfo .es. Imagine tie labor Of residing such s
pie o.. spoiled paper, sui then Of selecting the
two ahich deserved the prizes, What acres OF
sentiment AMI twaidle What disappointment
t. sI3 Of the contestants The average reader
H.rl .nagines what be owes 70 the sasacity Of
the publisher or editor, who saves him from the
vc-.l Of trash that else might lie cast before
hia arhou: sitting. Ccr 10 the readers Of
n.5 ,apars know VIA. they sro saved from by
the b. beortless'' and "p1rtsl' editors, who SO
crull,y consiga to the raste-5asket the labored
lucutrations Of poe.s and recormers and social
philosopher. lie r. d good editor, who knows
ic.ei 10 ie1-e oot
L.B. Burr s. Co, Of Hartford, c., have in
PRES an illustrated yolune o. 1880 pages by
the Rev. J. G. Wood, whose numerous works on
Natural History are most hyorably knoTr. II
/ is crnuei, d" The Unoi5iEzei Races Of Men IN
ali Countries of the World Il viii contain
shout SOP eagravings, ana viii laye ready
sale
The5 also announce new book ty the not
yeryl E,r. Matthew Hale Smith, 70 he called
Twenty Years among the Bulls sDd Bears Of
Wall Street If not Of more value than his
" Sunshine ard Shadow in New York one
need not mourn if the agent never brings it 70
his door.
Wiluams College is to have "a periodical
which shall be an ado uate exponent of her in
-erests. and shall secure her . 1T representation
among college exchanges" 1. Is to be conduct
ell by the senior and junior classes. aud to re-
csive contributions from most IF ihe college fac
ultv. and such writers as Rev. Z. T. Hale, Rev.
I W. Alger, VIM. C. Bryant, John Biseiov an
/ otLers.
( Western rhetoric il forcib,e, sonotmes. The
Nauitceao Tribune having spoken Of SHELBY
/ gan IS little hsrb'r.ess one-horse toTa,
I lie Herald retorts by calling ,le "ciiis-pa'e
wac sliues ins FIR the Tritaas, " wooien-
head and bis productions cheap wind 81
His cammas lsio) is styled contemplate.
.. Nobody out rotten hearted scllava=, CT
brainleSs idiot would be guilty Of sach tTsiie-'
His " wines ana sna.is - arc pronounced e. As
impo;en: as tie bite Of a two ounce swapping
turtle 1T the TO-. Of RLiuosceros." We re
gret that we have not at hsni TIE terse and
vigorous rei5inler Of the Tli5.as man.