The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1876-01-11
From our Special Correspondent.
Our New York Letter.
New YORK, Jan. |, 1871

New York, Jan. /, 1876.
MEssRs. EDITORS And now, having
got to the bottom of page 1875 of the
great volume whose extent is only known
to its greater Author, we turn the leaf
and commence on 1876. 1t is q fair,
smooth page to all appearance but in
fact it is closely written, though with an
Invisible ink whose characters only ap.
pear to us line by line as, in some mys.
terious way, we aid in forming even as
we read them.
That its contents will be Of absorbing
interest none Of its myriad readers can
doubt but as to the character of its de.
velopments we can only surmise from
the context. 1t is going 10 bring out
some new phases in commercial and so.
clal life, Is going to settle great ques.
tion 10 revealing the name of our next
president, and perhaps, by deciding be.
tween the mint and the printing press
will show US the answer to that g hard
SUM- IN the financial arithmetic that we
have had such a time over 10 the three
preceding pages.
Their about half way down the leaf we
shall look for y glowing account of the
birthday party Of our much.loved and
much. abused relative, Uncle Sam and
shall read with pride and delight how
tho old gentleman, bearing his years
and honors lightly, graced the festivities
with his presence, and even danced
minuct with his venerable Aunt Britain
MIA in good humorcd forgetfulness of her
efforts to spank him when he was n baby.
Our high-class American magazines
have already reached the front rank in
the worlds periodical literature, but it
is not IN the national genius to remain
satisfied with any given attainment, and
accordingly the opening year witnesses
still further Improvement in their quality.
Their prospectuses are all excellent but
none among them promises more ample
and varied literary feast than Apple.
ton Journal" The list Of writer's and
new features for 1876 of this favorite
weekly fairly sparkles with genius and
interest, and is of such an extent as an
almost unprecedented growth in popular.
ity and circulation alone would warrant.
But not satisfied with giving their read.
ers generously filled periodical, the
publishers are now Offering new induce
ment to subscribers which will certainly
find general and tender appreciation in
this country, This is large and costly
line engraving of Charles Dickens in
his study at Gadsbill.' The central fig.
ure which is speaking likeness, repre-.
sents the great novelist at work amid the
familiar surroundings. which are here re.
produced with absolute accuracy. In
looking at this elegant work, one can al.
most feel thot he is witness to the ere.
alton Of one of those grand fctons, truer
thaD truth, that will continue to sway the
English speaking world for centuries to
come. 1t is picture that affords re-.
freshing relief from the multitude Of
cheap chromcs, and would not only orna.
ment the walls of house, but would
grace an art collection Being the prop.
erty of the MessTs. Appleton, it can only
be obtained by their subscribers. This
firm are also the publishers of the " Pop
ular Science Monthly" and of the " Re-
vised American Cyclopedia' which in
itself affords complete liberal education
Late dispatches bear new testimony to
the worldwide influence of the universal
Yankee nation and to the attractiveness
of their big show. Siam announces with
much dignity that she is coming to the
Centennial, The king sensible old pag.
any has appropriated 100000 worth Of
his rupees, or kopecks, or whatever they
call their local greeubacks at the Antip.
odes, to defray the expenses of a proper
representation, and has put the whole
matter into the hands ofa Samese. Amer.
ican, Chandler by name. Tally one for
the benighted heather
All there has been of particular inter.
est in the weeks amusements not pre-.
viously mentioned is the grand festival
revival of JuliuS Cesar at Booths
and cast on scale of magnifceuce which
would have brought disaster to the man
agement but for the generous patronage
accorded them. Such performances are
rarely seen outside of those theatres o.
Europe which depend largely on govern
ment subsidies for support
For contrast to this might be mention
ed the free-love lecture of Mrs. Wood
hull, which drew quite crowd to Coop
er Institute on the evening of the Goth
A striking illustration Of the tolerance
and liberality of our institutions.
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