The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-09-24
Publications Received


uniting lions, tigers and sharks, by |
Smert Ingersoll. Rhymes aud comical
pictures are interpersed as usual.
John Plowman's Pictures, or, Moro of
His Plain Talk, for Plain People, by
Charles III Spurgeon. No. 40 Standard
Series. Publishers, |. X. Funk 81 Co..
New York. Price 10 cents. This is n
new book by Sturgeon, after the style
Of his celebrated "John Plowman's
Talk" which has had immense sales in
this country and in England. 1t is ex-
ceedingly humorous and instructive.
Each of The thirty-nne short chapters is
illustrated by a quaint, apt picture.
The humor and homely wisdom of this
book should carry ii into every house,
hold.
LITTELL's LIVING AGE.-The num-
bers of LittclPs Living Age for the
weeks ending September 4th and 18th
contain the following ar
ticles; "Marie Antoinette," Quarterly;
"The Place of Socrates in Greek Phil
osophy," Westminster; ga Reindeer
Ride through LaplaDd," Blackwood;
"Ninuets," and ''The Ship of Fools,'
Cornhill; Morocco" Good Words
"Annie Kearney," Macmillan; "Aris-
totle on Free WILL" GA Scotch Tutor"
"Cannes," Spectator; "Early Friend
Ships" Globe; and in the way of fiction
"The Portrait of Painter by HIMSELF"
and ga Trip, and what follow
ed" with the usual amount of poe
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For fifty-two numbers of sixty-fouf
large pages each (or more than $3.50
pages year,, the subscription price
(SS) is low; while for $1,000 the pub
fishers offer to send any one of the
American 81 monthlies or weeklics
with the Living Age for year, includ.
ing the extra numbers of the latter,
both postpaid. Littell 81 Co., Boston,
are the publishers.
Harper for September has the fol-
lowing table of contents: "The Ascent
of Fujiyama, G. z. Gordon Cumming,
with four illustrations; "Art-Needle-
work, Lucretia p. Hale, with ten illus
trations; "Keats:" Sonnet, John
Tabb; "Reminiscences of John James
Audubon, Thomas M. Brewer, with
two illustrations; GA romance of the
Hebrides," Amelia Il. Barb, with five
illustrations; "An Autumn Holiday, :"
Sarah o. Jcwett, with four illustrations :;
ga Demon-Hunt with St. Hubert in
Touraine," M. ID. Conway, with nine
illustrations; "Does farming Pay" a
poem, Henry S. Goodale, with six it,
Illustrations; "The Metropolis of the
Prairies," A. A. Hayes, Jr., with twen-
ty-two illustrations; "White Wing" a
yachting romance, William Black, with
two illustrations; "The Throckmort-
ons," story, Mary N. Prescott "Some
Peculiaritics of Turkish Politics :"
Washington Square," part iv, Henry
James, Jr. SIS it all there still?" a po-
EN-, Il. 3. Gustafson; "Bad Peppers"
a story, George 2. Lathrop; "a Bud
hist Vision" poem, Francis l.. Mace !;
"Modern Bee Culture, I'M. Rowland !;
Morning and Evening by the Sea-" a
poem, James r. Fields; The "Sophia
Walker" Captain Goldman. Tho de-
partments are full and interesting.
THE WELCOME CHoRUs.-A singing
book for high schools, academies and
seminaries. BY w. S. Tilden. Pub
lished by Oliver Ditson 81 Co. High
schools are now quite fortunate in pos
sessing three or four excellent musical
collections, made expressly for them,
by those who understand what high
schools need. This has not, until re-
Gently, been the case, perhaps because
the systematic teaching of music in the
higher schools was almost unknown.
Now that better times in musical mat
tiers are at hand, principals and teach
ers will be interested in examining the
new book, whose author has had a
hand in two of the others, and who ev-
identity is master of his vocation. The
Welcome Chorus commences with a
sort OF High Elementary Course, which
if followed by quite large division con-
tanning Sacred Music for opening and
closing exercises, and for practice. AT
ter this the rest of the book Tor 100
pages) is filled with new and appropri-
ate Glecs or Part-Songs, arranged in
four parts. 1t is understood that be-
ginners may all sing one part, that is
the air; afterward as they become more
competent, they may try two parts, or
three, or four. Meanwhile the four
parts played in harmony make an ex-
cellent accompaniment to the singing,
whether it is in one or more parts.
The October Wide Awake opens with
a suggestive story for all young girls
who haven't much money. 1t is enti-
tied "The Good Fairy Knows How"
and written by Mrs. Christine Chaplin
Brush. This is followed by Part ! /. of
Mrs. Lucia Chase Bells amusing story
of "The Boy That Was Too Beautiful"
"Mrs Hungerford's Letter From
Home" with its very original illustra-
tions, will amuse all the mammas at
least. "The Lost Diamond Snufl-Box,"
by Isabella 1. Hopkins, is a capital sto-
ry. All the boys will enjoy Mr.. Stew
arts account of "Sam Thompson's
Horsemanship." "Behind the Barn.
by Mr.. Horton of the N. Y. Tribune,
is a spelling book story for the little
primaries. AS solid and instructive
matter, there is a spirited account of
the brave boyhood of Capt James b.
Eads, whose name is connectee with
the Mississippi Jetties, and a very in
teresting paper in Mr.. Benjamin's
American Artists" series about en-
craving and the well-known engraver,
Mr.. Anthony, accompanied by a por-
trait OF Mr.. Anthony, and picture of
him at work. The number has many
fine illustrated poems, as usual. "The
Conspiracy. of the Weather Cocks" has
three beautiful illustrations by Robert
Lewia. "Our Grandmothers, by Mrs.
Clara Doty Bates, has a merry quaint
pen-and-ink drawing by Miss Hansell.
Mr.. Louis C. Eson closes the
number with a capital exercise song,
entitled 1.-THE Children's Orchestra"
Only 5000 year, ETC., etc.
The October Atlantic has no serial
story, but instead gives one long short
story called "a Florentine Expert
ment," by Constance Fenimore Wool
son, one of the best of American writers
of stories; and another, ''Deodand," by
W. III. Bishop, author of "Detmold."
DIR. William James, brother of Henry
James, Jr.. writes very interesting
and thoughtful article an "Great Men.
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