Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-23
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The receipt Of Number Ninety Of "The Old
Farmers Almanac for 1882, by Robert d.
Thomas" is a reminder OF the flight Of time
The illustrations, not excepting the Eighty veteran
with his scythe, are exact copies Of the original
thing OF 1878 the advanced state Of the fine
arts will admit. The maxims and important
hints about household economy and the weather
seem fresh as ever. This valuable annual has
the Boston imprint Of Williams, Ware & Co.
THE CENTURY (Scribners) for December ia
truly star number, and more than fuflls all
the promises made in respect to the new volume.
Prominent features are life-like engravings and
deeply interesting articles upon both President
Garfield and DR.. Holland. Especially do the Gar
field articles comprise matters of the greatest
interest, chief among them being the narrative
OF the illness told by Dr. d. W. Bliss, the physi-
clan in charge, in which, as the Springfield Re
publican well says, he has done the work so
well and with such excellent TASTE absence Of
egotism and generous recognition Of the services
Of his medical assistants and the others connected
with the case that he has made himself pretty
secure. This is not the record of the surgeon he
premises $50 much as OF the man who loved his
patient" The enterprising publishers Of The
Century, in beginning their new volume, take
SONGS OF SEVEN very choice little gift
book has been issued by the Roberts Bros, Bos-
ton, consisting Of that sweetest Of all Jean Inge-
lows sweet songs, the Songs of Seven, with some
twenty-five or thirty beautifully executed illus
trations. The engravings, several of them full
page, are by Mr.. Andrew, from drawings by Miss
Northam, Mr.. Murphy and Mr.. Garrett These
illustrations most fifty and truly interpret the del
icate and tender sentiment Of the poem. or this
little gem reviewer has well said In the first
place there are few poems which appeal to the
liking Of children, girls and women as this; for
in the several songs 1t voices with exquisite grace
and truest sympathy, the feelings and experiences
Of childhood, maidenhood and womanhood. Miss
Northam's task In preserving the likeness Of face
and feature in the little child with whose song OF
exultation the poem begins, and the maiden in
the experiences OF romance and love- and the
woman in the joy Of maternity, the sorrow of
widowhood the pain of parting and the wistful
longing for home, was by no means an easy one,
but it has been well accomplished. Price So
For sale by Phinney.
THE December Atlantic brings to a close Mr..
Howells and Mr.. James notable stories An
article of peculiar interest Just now, in view Of
the trial of Guiteau, is that upon British State
Assassins and the Defense OF Insanity, by James
W. Clarke. Miss Harriet W. Preston contributes
a charming article entitled At Canterbury. Mr..
Richard L. Dugdale continues his papers on
School Science with one the Origin OF Crime
In Society, and another solid paper is one entitled
Socialists in a German University, by Willard
Brown. Mrs. Kate GanDett Wells writes an
article on Caste in American Society. One Of the
1fdnlic's excelent short stories Ia lIester's