The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-12-24
LITERARY NOTES FOR DECEMBER,

"Most Perfect of Juvenile Magazines is what
the Detroit Free Press calls st. Nicholas. Its
growth In England Is keeping pace with its sue
cess in fhis country, and the English papers are
as unanimous In praise OF its beauties as the
press sse ne wonderiui Snrstmas
100000. is a grandly illustrated Holiday book Of
one hundred pages, containing, besides its capt.
lures by the best American artists, the irst chap
tiers of two splendid serials. one, q story OF the
adventurcs. IN the American tropics, Of a party
engaged In the capture OF wild animals for a
menagerie, and q humorous serial by Rossiter
johnson.
Coon COMPANY, 900 a year, Springfield
Mass.,) Number Fifteen has an account OF a
Missouri river by Mr.. Herbert Hall ' wi I'M
which happily combines information and Incl.
dent. and Is not wanting in graphic description
that llttle-known region of our vast Northwest
One efthe novel and characteristic occurrences
on the trip was . free fight among some of the
Apropos of Dora dIstria's recent visit to the
United states. the story Of that most remarkable
womans life lie given. Mrs. M. 8. Bull writes of
the noble philanthropist Gerrit Smith,
There 10 an account of the origin and growth
OF the United States Life-saving service, including
some vivid descriptions Of its members ex eri.
ences with wrecks;a paper onEskimo traditions
an account of the Chinese professor and his fam
ily at Cambridge; and Autumn Leaves" by L. s.
| For Fiction there Is an instalment of Ellen w.
oineys serial, and several complete stories.
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the department of "Discussion and Suggestion"
| I'LL out tue number.
GoDEsTs COMMENTARY ON LUKE. With
Preface and Notes specially Prepare for this
Edition by John Hall, d. ID. Goders Celebrated
tary on this Gospel written) has been selling
In this country heretofore at &C. /. X. Funk &
Co. have now in press an edition which they will
supply unpopular prices. They are actually Civ.
ing II as a donation to every subscriber for their
Preacher and Homiletic Monthly. Their reprint
n yIer6asm' includes all The notes. al the Hebrew
| English siqxdollar edition. The type ia large
brewer loaded, and the paper is good. The book
American Edition have been specially prepared
by John Hall, ID. D., thus greatly increasing the
value of the original to all American readers.
such men as Sturgeon, Drs. Crosby, Cuyler,
VIM. n. Taylor: All will agree with Dir. Crosby
ina. Sodei Is man 1 Of soundest learning and
ny high in this country and in Europe. There
could be no better handbook of the kind for
seacners IN our sabbath schools. who during the
Luke. Preachers can now add to their libraries
at trihing cost, most valuable book OF refer
ence.
Buckles explanation Of the debline ofthe spir.
II OF religious persecution. was that in modern
times faith had undergone an eclipse, and men
could not bring themselves to persecute others
into believing, that whereof they were them.
selves skeptical. The undergraduates Of this ex-
nomena ofs our time, lie forcibly shown In the
North American Review for January, by Prof
John Flake. who assigns q number Of other caus.
es that have been at least influential In bring.
ing about this most desirable result Fret there
10 the decline Of the martial spirit and the great
er devotion to pacific Industrial pursuits. Then
as men rise In the scale Of civilization, they arr
less disposed TO be domineering. Finally, men
in modern times have quite lost the sense Of cor
porate responsibility-the belief that a whole
community Is liable for the ofYenses Of each in
diyidual comprised in It. These points are 60.
tablished with all the ingenuity of reasoning and
wealth Of learning TOR which the author IL SO dis
tinguished. The other articles in this number OF
the Review are Controlling Forces In Ameri-
can Politics." by Senator Geo. +. Edmunds:
atheism in Colleges" by President John has
com; 1.-THE Ruins Of Central America" BY Desire
D. Lesuenr; popular Art Education" by Prof.
John y. Weir; 1.-THE Limitations OF Sex" by nj.
ma Morais;, "The Mission Of the Democratic Par
ty," by Senator william A. Wallace; and anal.
", review OF Recent biological " orks, by Prof.
| +. A. March,
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