Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1871-12-20
Watchman & journal.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1871.
Books and Magazines.

] ~ printed from advance sheets OF the poem and
and now makes ITS first appearance IN book form
In composition and metre it is similar 10 the pro
ccdng ldyls, and is fully equal 10 them in poetic
imngry and interest. It is beautifully printed
and bound, and may be procured at Phuncy's
Docs ASD TnEm DorSGs. By Rev. +. o. Morris.
Proiuscly illustrated Harper q Brothers, New
/ York city
/ This is q magnifcently printed, bound and
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Wilder has it.
fnE DIVINE TRAGEDY. BY Henry Wadsworth
Longlell)w. James r. Osgood & Co.. Boston.
The publication Of this work has beon awaited
with the greatest interest, an interest which, from
the examination we have been able to give it.
we judge to be well founded II Is the master
piece Of a master-mind, and is destined to an
enduring fame among the best literature Of our
age and country. We shall notice this work
more fully hereafter, and publish some extracts
from it, Phinney has it.
SrnNx OR STRIVING Win Destiny. A Novel.
Translated from the German Of Robert Byr. by
Auber Forester. George Maclean, Philade-
phla.
A taste for the German school Of fiction has
spread throughout this country with marvellous
rapdity. and now seems likely to take firm root
in our soil None Of the German noyelists Of
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PIcTuRE PoDis. BY Marian Douglas Illus
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This beautiful collection Of beautiful poems is
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The poems arc mostly short, and are smoothly
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HAunN's MpDtE AcEs Harper & Brothers
New York city.
This volume Of $50 pages, bound uniformly
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cudes the latest researches Of its author, with ad-
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measure due to his Middle Ages" Bringing
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the many materials which he had gathered to-
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and rendered great service to the cause of knowl-
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the value Of this work. 1t should be in the hands
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WoRcEsrER's COMPREHENSIVE DlcrioSARY. Re.
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DR.. Worces;er's Dictionaries have come to be
standards in English Lexicography, and we confess
that we are Of the number who prefer them to
any other This edition contains COS octave
pages, and in addition to the usual matter in
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HANNAH. By the author Of " John Halifax Cen
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There /. a law in England that a man shall not
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But in due time, and impercepiibly, this intimacy
ripeus into an affection which was quickened
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friends who made " mountains out Of mole hills, ,"
and compelled a separation which revealed to
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