Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1876-12-06


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lIoMfmc picroNNY By Dr. George An
tenrictl New York Harper Brother. This
is small iexicon prepared with sole reference
TO the study Of Homer. Il Is translated from the
German by Robert T.. Keep, Pm. D., OF Williston
Seminary. East Hampton, Mass Such a work AZ
this, must necessarily facilitate the study for
which It Is designed, and It is free from the fault
80 common in most d" little dictionaries, Of giving
q brief and inadequate range Of meanings, so as To
render translation merely mechanical. for it Is
prepared expressly for the Translation Of Homer,
and nothing else, and covers both the odyssey
and Had We can see no objection against it,
while. ON the other hand, we can see very many
things in it, favor The editor claims, and with
a good deal Of reason, We think that pupil with
''e ui'uon'ry I'D MS mana would easily read two
pases III 'Ne u'no required 10 fead one page with
LAuueil ana Hc''l leNl''h Al any rate there is
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THE LIFE or ions LOCKE By H. e. Fox
| Bourne New York Harper & Brothers. We
have before Ms the life OF the most celebrated Of
English philosophers and we believe that this is
the frst time that the writing of an orderly and
comprehensive biography" Of this famous man
has ever before been attempted In the prepare
ton Of the matter for publication the author has
had access to a large number Of family manu-
scripts accumulated by the Ears of SALISBURY
Locke was member Of the first Earl of Shafts
burys family for many years, and very large
quantity Of correspondence aud memoranda re-
mains in the family These the author has had
access to and has used freely The work is in two
volumes, containing together over one thousand
pages The fr-t volume extends from Locke :
birth in l6i3, to his expulsion from Christ church,
for pretended political opinions, in 1851 The
second ends with his death, which occurred in
lIOi The whole lie rs deliberately laid before the
reader in mastery manner, and will well repay
the time and money necessary To purchase and
read it.
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author SAYS: ." In this volume an attempt ha,
been made to give concise Plain aud authenti,
. narrative of the principal battles Of the Revou
ton a. witnessed by those who took part ia
them The characters Of the book are real
though, in some cases, their names are imaginary
There are nearly three hundred illustratiuns--tw
hundred and eighty-seyen, to be precise-whicl
represent battlefelds, important places. and met
and women who figure largely in the history oil
those times. Mr. Coffin Is too well and too favor
ably known to require any Introduction to III,
public. His reputation as a correspondent Of tin
Boston Journal, and as author Of Ms DAYS an,
nights ON the battlefield. aud -Four years o
fighting, is too well and too Armly establishe,
10 render it ANYTHING but probable that this lates
effort l. as able in styeand as interesting in ma,
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