Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-05-14

tory full Of bloodshed and misery. The
remaining three hundred and fifty pages
are given to graphic descriptions of the
natural scenery the villages aud cities the
character aud customs of the inhabitants
the climate aud products of tho island
Pen and pencil combine to present won.
deriully fascinating idea Of the natural
beauty and richness Of the country where
"0nly man is viio."
But Mr.. Hazard writes in the hope that
this yileness is to be taken out by annexing
the island to the United States. The book
will attract great attention. It is full ol
striking pictures, which for the most part
are well conceived and executed. Willer
has it,
THE FisuiSo Toussr By Charles nallock. liar
! per Brothers, New York city
Mr.. IIallock is secretary Of the Bloom
ing Grove Park Association, and in thi,
neat volume has given us, with the neces
sary condensation and revision, the varioui
sketches Of fishing travel and adventure
which for many years past have appeared
from bis pen in Harper's Magosiae. Il
is complete directory Of all the places
in North America in which a gentleman
can Proflably 60 fishing. The Adirondacs
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the Alleghanies, Maine, Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, the Lower St. Lawrence, tho
Saguenay, Antieosti, Labrador, Lake Su
perior, the Big Woods, the Neepigon, ant
the countless waters Of the Pacific slop,
are all described with precisely the infor
nation that a fisherman requires 10 one
ought to 60 fishing next summer without
Mr.. IIallock's book in his satchel. Fol
sale at Phinneys.
DosEr AND SoS. By Charles Dickens. Harper
Brothers. New York city.
We have often spoken Of this beautiful
edition Of Dickens works We regard i
as decidedly the most desirable edition al
yet published in this country. There seem
to be no eud to the demand for Dickens
works in this country, although we hav,
already three or four times as many edi
tions as in England No one designin,
purchasing should fail to examine this Sc
ries. Phinney has it.
TrRsISc PolSrs iS LirE. By Rev. Frederick Arnold
Il. A, Christ Church, oxford. Harper Brother.
! Now York.
This is q work deserving more than cas-
ual commentator. 1t has merit, aud al
though more particularly adapted to Eng
lish life and habits, may be perused wild
pleasure and profit on this side of the At
lautic. That is, most Of its "turnin,
points are illustrated by reference t,
phases of English society that have no ap
parent counterpart with us, and hence viii
the ordinary American reader lose th,
force and pertinency they must have fo
readers "to the manner born Neyerthe
less, the clear, dispassionate and eminentll
practical style Of discourse, enriched by il.
lustratiou and auecdote, combined will
elegance Of diction, directness Of state
ment, keen power Of analysis, and the re
markablo fearlessness in the exposure Q
popular shortcomings, cannot fail to Civ,
the book an extensive circulation in th
country All the great authors, dead ant
living, are laid under contribution, ant
there is not dull line between its covers
For sale by Wilder.
raE SOUS lNQUIRiEs Answered. By q. Washin.tol
Moon. Shepard Gin, boston.
This is a unique book Of devotion, an
swering religious questions by apt passage
of Scripture, the questions also being takel
from the Bible. 1t has received the high
est endorsement from Rev. Phillips Brook
aud others, and its unsoctarian characte
and novel form will make it welcome evei
W 'hOsc Ny "Hoh thS Viuiuail Dall.
Foods" are little regarded. Phinne,
has it.
KESELN cHLLNGLY. BY Lord Lytton, Harper
Brothers, New York.
At his death Bulwer left a novel in mar
; uscript, which has just been given to tn
world. "Kenelm Chillingly" is the title
and the thread is the early life of youu
man whom Bulwer takes as type of tn
scientific materiaism and moral indifferent
ism of the rising generation. In point G
time, this is the maturest of Bulwers nov
: els, (unless, indeed, the "Parisians," no,
publishing 10 BlackwOOd's, proves to be tn
later written) and contains the cream c
his philosophy, the last revision of tn
store Of notes on human life accumulate
in the lfcentury Of his career as noyci:
and social critic. IL concerns itself In ii
general purport and on every page Of il
development, with all the gravest problem
Of human life "Kenelm Chillingly" ha
been extravagantly praised by Englis
critics. To a considerable extent we agre
in their high estimate. 1t is certainly
remarkable book, one Of definite and yer
high moral aim, and deeply interesting
though not intended for the portrayal c
passion. 1t is worthy to close the seric
of tales with which for the last fifty yeai
Bulwer has delighted the world. For sal
at Phnney's.
HALLAN's coSsrirUrIoSAL HSroHY oP ESeLAS
Harper Brothers, New York city.
This edition Of this valuable work
appropriately termed students edition
and is brought into one volume by ABR,
waiting some Of the less important remark
p while nothing of importance has been omi
ted. No student should fail to possei
& himself Of this volume, careful study {
4 which will render him hetter arnuainta