Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1879-12-31
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-. LNi'0 Aoh' wiz" ''S nrs' Issue iof
80, 1870, en'e' apo" ,'s o'e "'"'u'ei u"a JV1.V-
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,s,.s '"". oo"7e'n'y t'""s oe''er anu
Nv ''e'9"' 'oS"'no"y Vi '"e reauips
lHh thanks oil all Christendom are due Messrs
houghton, osgood Co., for their new Illus
.ra'eu eu'tioh OF Pilgrims Progress. The type is
large, the paper ana press-work OF the best. and
.ne Illustrations give many life-like scenes In the
history ana journey OF TINS wonderful pilgrim.
III TINS attractive form II CONSTITUTES one Of the
mos. popular gift books OF the season. This edi-
'ion mas onei sketch OF Bnnyans life prefixed,
"lso macaulay essay and added Is a very useful
"a''o'-"' '"ueh'
iHk LIFE AND WORDS OF CHRIST, by Geikie,
heretofore published at 50 %, Is just brought out
IN a nanny volume, good type and handsomely
oouhd, ior the price oil nifty cents, by the Ameri-
can BOOK Exchange, New York. fine edition,
"ine margins, half Russia binding gilt top, Is
solu iot slo Inc publishers are doing an in
valuable service TO the public by bringing out
sucn standard WORKS. In an attractive and sub
su'nuai form, ana at price which brings them
"'n'n 'he reach Oh all
THE ATLANTIC opens the new year with n new
volume. Its size Is increased by sixteen pages,
and the type is also new and larger Mr. Howels'
new story, " The Undiscovered Country" is COM
menced in this number We think, from the
ample. 1t will be read with attention. o. W.
Holmes contributes poem TO the number, " The
oonh'ns Era, stacy a'so mas poem ID lou
"e'ne"oet "Reminiscences OF washington
so'' U, resume VI ,ne pon.'ca' ana social lie
u 'ne c'p,'ai W an nuon"i o. Marun $ sum
,n'' Is 'ue name Vi whittier poem 30 IL Will
oo sevn mat 'ne ce'eo''"es Oh .he A"au'c are out
=" iu,i io,'e III 'i'e Ne~ iear NUMBER lner
ave o'eaAiAs' reiniorceu 'neir Vieahty wonder
'uiy Nero'in,y NO magazine ID 'ne country mas
f'''' SUI" s"i"Ay Vi oon''iou'orS
hARPERs is wonderfully improved by the late
increase In the size oil its pages and type 1t
Is much more attractive in appearance, and not
near so trying TO the eyes The Eve OF St.
agnes win which II opens, Is an epic embel-
nsnen with numerous engravings. "Old Balt-
more and It's Merchants y will be read with inter-
est because OF lts "reminiscences OF the long ago
Inc lsms oil Forty Years Ago suggests to us
that' after all, we live in conservative age, as
We are reminded oil the beginning OF theories
'pon which we have scarcely made progress
Inc widespread fame oil " Ferdinand de Lesseps
VII make the paper on his career as minister at
Rome OF interest. The serial stories, Young Mrs
'ardine and Mary Anerley,' are continued in
ms number and there is good article on the
Fishes OF the Atlantic The promise OF this
magazine for 1880 is better than ever.
ScRiBNER for January opens with an interest.
ing account of the United States Life-Sayipg
Service" and an offs to this paper deals with
the means for the destruction of life. viz: "Amer
AN Arms and Ammunition" showing the re-
narkable extent to which Europe is using Amer
Ican m lterial OF war. The third paper on Straw