The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1881-03-18
LITERARY NOTES.

New York Attics and House-tops'
Is the odd title Of an article BY William
ii. Ridelug, which will be printed IN
the April Scribner. There are, hidden
among the caves and chimney stacks of
a great city, many curious and UNIQUE
phases of life. Mr.. Rldeing has re.
Gently made q tour OF this compare.
lively unknown country, and with In.
teresting results.
The contents of the North American
Review for March must win the atten.
ton of all by the timeliness OF the topics
discussed. First, we have q thought.
full and moderate article by Bishor
Coke on Theology In the Public
Schools" The author would sternly
exclude from the schoolroom all sectar.
ian dogmas, whether Paplst or Protes
tant, but he Insists on the retention o,
the Bible, first because that book Is the
principal fountain ofour English speech
and secondly because II il really the
base of our social system. The second
article is by Captain Eads, who endeav.
ors to show the practicability Of his
ship-railway, its advantages over all
canal schemes, and why the United
States can. without risk guarantee the
payment Of 6 per cent, on $50, 000, OOC
of the capital stock of the proposed
company. Judge Ii. II. Chalmers
writing of the Effects of Negro Suffrage
age, bespeaks for the Southern States
while engaged with the solution of the
great problem that has been forced upon
them, the system and counsel of the
North. The other articles are "The
Free-School SYSTEM" by John ID. Phil.
brick, being reply to the recent strict.
lures Of Mr.. Richard Grant White on
the public schools; Theological
Charlatanism," by MIR. John Ffske,
whose typical theological charlatan Ia
Mr.. Joseph Cook; and, finally, Q re.
view Of some recent publications in
Physics, by Prof, A. w. Wright.
The leading article in the Information
al Review for April will be the conclu.
sion of Mr.. Edwin Arnold's beautiful
poem, 1.-THE Had of India" which wal
begun In the January number. Though
somewhat less pretentious, both In con-
ception and execution, than the authors
first great poem-"TheL Light of Asia,
it IL still well worthy to be its successor
and peer In all the poetic qualities ane
grand conceptions which made that the
best and widest read poem Of modern
times.
Mr.. A. b. Meyrick, the active mem
Der of Gov. McCellans's Commission
tha prisons NJ Nsw ppo Tarsav " =, Ia7o
writes mon aImnroveme"is ~ pr;so,
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mnder INA t;tie oS ssTha E;rst pnar;os Hr
Bishop'D Presidant G;insn of Joh,
Hopkins Univers;tr has a vsin.bls o a.
ticle upon CDR Francis I,,eher Dr
Ernest w. Cush;n~ discuss:s ~.
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Medisine ~ ana Henrv Naisor wr,,e.
a strong article upon 'sschurs's Admin
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