Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1873-12-31
Watchman s. Jnurnal.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, iS73
New Publications.


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 81, 1873
New Publications.
rqIg E9TrIhs sgrrcu BOOK BY Charles g Loiand
| hura lloughton, New York city.
Egypt was a disappointing laul to Mr.
Leland, who went thither, as he confcsses
full Of the spirit Of antiquity, to gee vision.
and dream dreams Of Pharaohs, Plolemies
scarabaei, etc, but found it a very modern
Egypt indeed, aboundng in boggars and
hunbugs. What he saw and whore he
went how his anticipations faded away
before the hard facts and all his laughable
mishaps and adventures, arc told with O
contagious mcrriment which soon communi-
Gates itself to the reader Altogether IL i.
a very fresh and delightful book Of travel
which Mr. LELAND has given us, abundan1y y
spiccd with humor aud the reader who
gets through the Grst page is sure to faish
the book For sale at Phinneys
MgNoRils or MANY MEv AND or sosE Wou.g.
Being Pcrsonal RCcolloetions of Emperors. kline.
Queens. Princes, Presidents Statesmen &C., at
iiomo and Abroad Daring the Last Thirty Yaars
by MaunscQ b. Field. New York Harper O.
Brothers.
We are greatly obliged to Mr.. Field for
this very pleasant volume 1t unproten-
tious but exceedingly interesting Few
Americans have ever been more favored
than himself with opportunities to see, aud
often associate with the great men and
women Of the old world and the most dis.
tinguished and most noted men Of the new.
As an attache Of the American Legation
at Paris and as the friend Of most of cur
ministers Of thirty years ago be was often
introduced into the inner circles Of bigh
life, and from his record Of what be beard
and saw it is evident that be Kept both DIS
ears and eyes open to what was passing
around him. His brief sketches of iudi.
ylduals--of their appearance, Tocuiarities.
manners aud remarks-are highly enter.
tanning, and generally leave favorable i'm.
preston Of the great pcrsonoges with whom
he was brought in contact This is parte-
1larly true, in most eases, Of the represeu-
tatiyes Of royalty whose transformations
simplicity and genial cordiality when uu-
oosed from the trammels Of court etiquette.
often contrast more &yorabIy With the less
unstudied department Of the representatives,
of American Democracy Wilder hes It.
The Memoir and Letters of Sara
Coleridge' edited by her daughter. bias re-
Gently been published 10 England, and wc
are glad that Harper & Brothers have
seen fit to reprin, the book for the Ameri.
can public, which we trust vii prove duly
apreciatye of one Of the best book. Of the
season. Some maintain that poetical genius
is more generally transmitted 10 the fcmale
than 10 the male line, to daughters than 70
sons. Certainly this proved the case in the
Coleridge family The daughter sara was
the inheritor of the fathers poetic genius,
neither Of the sons being marked By the
possession Of the poetical faculty Sara
Coleridge was not writer poetry to any
important extent. Perhaps she lacked the
power Of expression, but the deeper gift of
poetic feeling was manifest in her whole
life. She was ayerse to publicity, having
the " hermit heart Of genius intensified
by feminine modesty but all who knew her
and came within the circle Of her influence
found themselves constrained to revere 10
her the genius Of her father. Sara Cole.
ridge passed her childhood In the poetic
atmosphere created by the intimacy Of
Coleridge, Wordsworth, aud Southey, who
was her uncle. She was acquainted from
childhood with De Quinccy Lamb, and
with all the lesser lights that gathered
round the Lake poets All that was re-
fined aud poetical in her disposition had
opportunity to expand among most con-
genial surroundings. The bulk Of tn,
present volume is taken up with her letters
to the members Of her family, and to vari-
GUS people, both eminent and otherwise,
They embrace a wide variety Of subjects
criticisms Of literature, aud Of persons, of
religious and political matters, art, poetry
aud society rejecting everywhere the
serene and gentle, yet subtle and vigorous
mind of their author. PninDey has IT,
-" Hints and Helps in Pastoral Theol-
ogy,' by Rev. DR.. William S. plumer, is
a book whose title does not fully describe
it. There is comparatively little theology
in - ~ laost - A. or,,r 80, eor,-, ~ 9 a. 81,