The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-11-26
LITERARY NOTES FOR DECy .MpER.

Boutwell,, in the North American ,"v,e,v ~ po.
cembcr, entitled "rhe Future rthe urnnhiican
v wr,,s we az sure, 60 arr stpubc attention
Ind been asccrtnincd, this ,rtcle defines ,br mo'
sition which the Republic IN uartv Ia in logic and
s,atcs our"sao, c r me toward the southern
author says In substs ,co viii nj, ionvrr ho ,,i"
rated No person T. to be Admitted 10 seet in
'o u wo I I tho record OF his election Ia
',n.,., ~" are are IL he passed. for the
supcrvlsiom no protection Of the ballots In tho
,,vca md me- mhrrs ofthc House of licprcacnia
w. w. ""u ~ .idcntnl electors The EVIL mnun.
tratcs mus have tho mcana within cail 1thc
nrms l"' protecting the ballot aud Keeping tho
pvavr The uni,vd statca must lnAurc to tho pco.
vrnm" NJ No grants viii hr made nr internal
m . ylcmcn!s In any eouiccrn state whvrc the
W" my .olal men hciow the law ianot living,
practiral Mct Tho other nrticlra In tho ncccnl'
wrn,m' or og,hc l,cv,cw are "rhu Discoveries
(, ohmCa," by rtor kwat curtis, Irrational
SunuhN Vnsvryhncc,"hy the Rev, inmoa Freeman
Clarke "Sunthorn Statesmen aud their poiloy,"
| " the Hon, John jay "Iho Ruinu az Central
America" by llcsiw Charnay "rhe p.,rlhu'
school failurc."hy Richard Grnni whllci dtho
| Validity oftnc Emancipation kdlct,"hy Aaron
| 4, fcrris. For sale by booksellers and n wa.
dealers gcncraly,
We have received from |. X, Funk n
Co, New York, a copy of"rhc Life aud
| work OF Spurgcon." by Rev William
IL. larrow, being No. 40 of their Stan.
lard Series. With introduction by
John Stanford llolme, u. d., and
an Index. Illustrated with portrait of
Spurgcon; n fOll-page drawing OF the
London Metropolitan Tabernacle; the
famous Punch CARTOONS" birthstone
and Troaclo" and"Catch Elm Alivc-O."
and Facsimile engraved copy OF the
Notes" OF a sermon from which Mr..
Spurgeon preached, and which he pre-
scnted to pr. Patton, of the Baptist
Weekly. This is an interesting lite of
The famous preacher, and its pictures
will be appreciated by every reader,
The book is printed in Octave form aud
bound in card manila. Price 20 cents.
|. IL. Funk n Co. have also In press
"Those 5 wings of Mine," by Joseph
Parker, ID. d. London, Published sim
ultaneously with the English edition
through special arrangements with the
author. Price 40 cents in paper 81 in
cloth.
The same publishers will issue Dick
ems Christmas Books complete, illustra-
led with sixteen full page engravings,
in two numbers OF the Standard Series
at 30 cents each. Bound IN single
volume in cloth rs cents.
FRANK LEsLIE's POPULAR MONTHLY
The December number closes bril-
iantly the ninth volume of this appro-
| priately named magazine, for its popu-
arity is stupcndous; and that it should
be so is not surprising, in view of the
intrinsic merit of the publication. The
| present number contains a vast amounl
of admirable reading matter, entertain
ing and affording much information.
"The Industrial Progress of the South, !"
by j. b. Killebrew, is the opening ar
ticle, profusely embeIlished, and among
other highly meritorious contributions
are "Anne Boleyn," by A. Ii. Guern-
Sey; cat Norwegian Wedding" BY
David Kerr; ga Short trip Around the
World" by Thos. w. Knox; "Studv-
ing the w aher,' by j. Munlo,, c. E.,
and which are all finely illu rated.
There are interesting short stories b,
Margaret Blount, Lille d. Blak Hell
en- w. Pierson, George A. Davis, etc.,
etc several sketches and adventures
by popular writers, poems of more than
ordinary merit, and an abundant mis-
cellany. AS the next number com
mences new volume now is the time
to subscribe, and most most accep
table holiday-gift will be years sub
scription to this delightful periodical
Each number contains 12S quarto pag-
rs and over log illustrations, with q
handsome colored frontispiece. Annn-
al subscription, 50; single copy, 20 cts:
sent postpaid. Address, Frank Les
lies Publishing House, SO, 80 and 81
Park Place, New York.
In Blackwood's Magazine for Nov
ember, just published by The Leonard
Scott Publishing Co., Al Barclay
Street, N. Y, one of the principal arti-
Giles is a contribution by w. w. Story,
"a Jewish Rabbi in Rome, (which calls
to mind the poem ga Roman LAWYER in
Jerusalem" from the same pen, that
attracted much attention several years
ago. 1t is striking picture of The cor
ruptions in the church in the 18th CELL
tury, under Sixtus ".
"Reminiscences of an Old Fogey" is
an agreeable narrative of VOYAGES to
and from India in former DAYS, in
steamers of the Peninsular and Orien.
tai Co.'s line. with glimpse of Indian
life, of the experiences of cadets fresh
from school, and of girls, who, in the
bloom of youth went out to seek their
fortunes.
The new story "The Private Secre-
tary" begins well. "Don. Wortle's
School" is continued.
The other articles are "Army Re-
FORM" in which complaint is made of
the non-action of the war office; "The
Close of the Afghan Campaign; and
"The Unloaded Revolver" which is an
other name for the Turkish question,
and is filled with gloomy forebodings.
The periodicals reprinted by The
Leonard Scott Publishing Co. al Bar
clay Street, N. w are as follows:
The London Quarterly, Edinburgh,
Westminster, and British Quarterly
Reviews, and Blackwood's Magazine.
Price, 81 year tor any one, or only
Sl5 for all, and the postage is prepaid
by the publishers.
The December Wide Awake will be
specially interesting TO its readers be-
cause it contains fine portraits of two
lady artists who have made pictures
for its pagcs-Miss Jessie Curtis and
Miss l.. Ii. Hum )hrey-the latter al
work in her studio. The ingraver's
work on Miss Curtis protrate is nota-
bly, fine. "Kip's Minister" the open
ing story IS both funny and pathetic. |
A beautifully illustrated paper follows
about the "Boston Day Nurseries," in
stituted by Mrs. Quincy Shaw. "Saar-
chinkold," long six-pagc funny poem,
is also very fully illustrated. Three
other poems, "Annis Vane-A. ID. |
1858" "Miss Lollipop's Housekeeping, ;"
and IA Pair of Heroes" are also al. |
nirablv Illustrated Mr. nan;au,;,,,o
closing paper in "Our American Ar
lists" Series, relates to the al ldy Ar
lists of America" and is profusely
illustrated with portraits and drawings.
Anothre paper, probably of more inter-
est to the boys, is abont "Joe, the Chin
panzee." the remarkable little creature
for some timethe center of interest In
the British Geological Gardens. There
are several capital short stories, "Kip's
Minister" "The Torch Light Brigade"
sThe NiQht-cap StrinQO nHow Erad.