Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1874-12-09
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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 0, 1874
Books and Magazines.

Books aud Magazines.
LArS iirnss. EusEnrs. Harper a nro,hsrs, Sew York
patron Of lafayette college, in Pennsylvania,
Mr. benjamin Douglass, has established fund
To promote the study Of Christian literature ip
that institution, meaning and intending 10 sub
ttute the writings Of the Greek and Latin fathers
Of the Christian faith for the pagan classics which
are now exclusively read In English and Ameri-
ean schools In pursuance Of this plan q series Of .
ext books, TO be called the Douglass series OF |
Christian Greek and Latin Writers, is in prepara-
tion, under the GENERAL care Of Dr. =. A. March,
professor Of comparative philology in Lafayette |
College, and author Of a Comparative Anglo-Saxon |
grammar. Each volume will have the usual APP |
aratus for college study and the two above |
named volumes are issued Heretofore no collec- |
ion OF the noble hymns Of the Latin church has |
ieen accessible ia this country, except by the inn |
ortation Of costly and voluminous German edi- /.
ions Professor March has given us in com /
act duodecimo the choicest hymns Of thirty /
hree authors, beginning with Hilary bishop Of
oicticrs in 353, aud ending with Jean Malburne
he friend Of Erasmus, abbot Of the cloister Of
ivry where he died in 1902 To these are addeu
Venty-ouc hymns Of uncertain date and author
hip, and two or three modern hymns, not quiteln
eepng with the plan Of the book but welcome new
rtholess The notes are written In English and be-
ades explaining the grammatical difficulties of the
ext give brief but generally satisfactory notices Of
he authors and references to the best transations
the hymns. IN the appendix is a brief essay on
he languages Of the hymns and the metres, and
IN index Of frs. lines completes the apparatus.
The volumes arc elegantly printed and are edited
With great care Phinney has them
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ellis the story Of life well spent In patriotic ser
ice and cheoriully resigned at a time when the
iational prospects were doubtful and gloomy,
md before the grand result Of the countrys
trugge was visible 90 the brave souls wholabored
md suffered 10 achieve it, Admiral Foote died
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iNst Rtossous. By John Grcenie-f Whittier jaime.
These Hazel Blossoms are, a. their name
implies, the late towering Of whttcrs genius
ct they do not differ widely from the poems he
ias been publishing Tor the last twenty years or
nce the warlke spirit in him gave way to the
ensive and devotional Al all times he has
anked high as a descriptive poet--and his New
England poems are fall of Hfe-like pictures Of
me scenery amid which his life has passed To
The few poems Of his own which this volume af-
ords MS, and which have appeared from time to
lime in the Anondc Whittier has added half as
many written by his sister long since dead, which
IRE commended by him To the public with touch
ne praise, that will generally be accepted
brothers tribute Of affection, whether the verses
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deal Of space in the authors treatment Of this
subject, and the relations Of labor and capital, the
assumptions Of Trades mons Strikes and other
nenectual means by which the ignorant are mis-
70
hese pages In that portion Of the book devoted
to International Trade, the author dwells with
-ome emphasis on the present position Of the
ternal trade Of the United States, and our system
| of protection which he seems to think our country
has adopted without much consideration or wis
dom. We cannot claim perfection for any view
taken Oh this subject by an Englishman bu, must
conccde to Prof Jairnes, as clear an elueidation
| IF ii as we have seen, and take pleasure in
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