The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-02-03


OLD AND NEw.-rhe number of this
Magazine for February has beea received
and we have looked it over somewhat 1t
is spiightly and entertaining number on
the principle Of being popular aud ueo
ful magazine, instead of being useful, and
taking the chance Of being popular Mr..
Trollope's novel grows readable and inter.
estiug. Mr.. Perkins novel contains some
curious matters Illustrating the interior
of the book agents dreadful trade, and
the Washington novelette, fills the second
of its three parts. Bishop Fere;te Of the
Syrian Church, man Of much curious
Oriental learning, and who can read the
Arabian Nights" at sight, into good
English, from the Arabic-contribute a
fanciful legend, which might well be al
ded to the famous Eastern story book
Mr.. Harlow's sketch, The Lost Child,
is sad but interesting legend of Wachu-
sett Mountain, which the author says, "is
well known in all that region to be en-.
! tirely true" Mr.. Hale gives US cap.
ital practical paper on ,"Exercise.'
spirited introduction full of patriotic
memories of the Revolutionary War and
lively introduction to the Examiner,
with suggestive thoughts about poetry,
and magazine poetry too. In the RE
cord Of Progress" there is bitter cpl
gram on Carlyle, aud some seasonable III.
formation on money matters and on the
American Social Science Association.
There are two poems-"Sea'Tangle,' by
7. G.. A.. and Mistaken, by Clara +
Guernsey. And there is a iervent and
forcible article by one Of the Old Guard
of Kentucky Republicans, Mr.. Fairchild
of Borea, in favor of having all public
schools open equally to black and whilc
children. And Mr.. Quincy, whose anti
cles on the proper way of exem?ting pub
lie institutions from taxation have at.
tracted a grea. deal of attention, has an
other pungent paper on the subject.
ScRInNKR's MONTHLY for February
opens with versifed and illustrated rem
di;ion Of Rishyasringa, Tale the Ma
habharata, which, although love story
we know not how many thousand years
old, is as fresh and "inodcrn" as il writ.
ten but yesterday. Then comes an Illus.
trated article on the French song-Nfi,cr
Beranger, by Albert Rhodes, The pIin-
cipal illustrated paper Of the number how.
ever, is Edward Kings second article on
Texas, in the Great South Series, with
! pictures from Champney's portfolio. a
quaint story from the Danish, is cal
the BLACK Marble \ new paTor h,
the poet Stedman is on the poets lio.'
Arnold, and Proctor, whom he call,
Representative Triad \ sketch hy T.
S. Nadal, of English Sundays ana Ion
,, don churches" reply by Prof Atwat.t
of Princeton, to DR.. Blauvelt Pro
!, Wm. S. Tyler's address on "The llisbrs
Education of Women !" the continue
/, tion of Miss Traftons and Mrs. Davj-
serials, and poems by Celia Thaxter, Jul
/, C. r. Dorr, and Louisa Chandler Mou
, ton complete the list of the principal COZ
, tributions.
+ DR.. Holland, in Topics OF the Finn
, writes of "Rich and Poor" Organ.
! "What has been done about it, aud the
"Watchman and Reflector In the o.i
Cabinet are THE Artist and his Piciu,
, "a Deed Of Abomination, and "N
E Villainous than Vice" The mos;
ticeable of the reviews of this month
that of Strauss last book, "The Old fai
and the New" The Editor annouu,..
, that hereafter "Social Science" inforna
! ton will appear in the department OF
: Culture and Progress,