Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-11-02
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THE December number of the Century Maya
zine will be in large part memorial Of DR.. Ho-
land and Of President Garfield. 1t will appear
November 10Th, the day the latter would have
been fifty years DID, and will contain a portrait
OF each by Cole, with material Of unusual interest
regarding both.
ROSEMARY AND RUE, being number seven Of
j. X. Osgood & Co.'S popular Round Robin Sc
ries, is received A romance of France and
America at the time of the Revolution. The
scenes are laid at Newport and Yorktown, and in
Europe. The story is one Of the best Of the Sc
ries, and its teachings are prominently health
full. Price 81. For sale by Phinney
GREEN MOUNTAIN PoETs.-A new and elegant
edition has just been issued from the press of
Lee Shepard, Boston, containing over five hun
dred pages, very handsomely bound in cloth, with
gilt edges To the former contents Of the volume
have been added the very best poems OF the late
C. G. Eastman, with life-like steel engraving of
the gallant colonel A more desirable book for
the holiday trade cannot well be found especially
by Vermonters. Price, 81. For sale by Phinney.
THE Atlantic Monthly for November offers us a
very interesting paper by Lucy Larcom, entitled
"Among Lowell Mill Girls, a "Reminiscences one
by Sarah o, Jewett, "From Mournful vii
lager" deploring the disappearance of New Eng
land " front yards" "A Florentine Family in the
Fifteenth Century" and Running Water
Notes." by Edith NJ. Thomas. Besides these we
have been interested in Mr.. S. II. Gays inquiry,
"When ibid the Pilgrim Fathers Land at Ply
mouth ?" and the Romance OF Modern Life"
Mr.. Howells continues "Dr Breens Practice"
and Henry James, Jr., his "Portrait of Lady,"
and there Is worthy tribute to Garfield. The
critical articles are excellent.
l. X. FUNK Co., New York, are the publishers
In this country of the Meisterschait system of in
struction in foreign languages. DR.. Rosenthal,
the author OF the system, has arrived In this
country and established in New York :" The Meis-
terschaft School Of Practical Lingustry for Nom
residents" similar to his great school at Lepsic,
which has had the Unprecedented success Of enroll
ling over fifty thousand nonresident students dur
ing the past two years BY the use OF this system
young people studiously inclined can readily gain
a speaking knowledge of French, German or any
or all the modern languages, while engaged in
their daily duties. From an inspection OF Part
OF this system we are convinced of its superior
merits and il is our advice To students, especially
TO those struggling for self education, to send to
the publishers for Part OF the lessons for French
or German for examination, and To obtain partic
ulars which cannot be otherwise given. The
expense Is slight, and 1t is claimed that ten
minutes repeated three or four times day for
ten weeks will enable one to converse freely in a
foreign language.
WHITTIER BIRTHDAY Book, an exquisite vol
ume, both In its contents and mechanical execu-
ton, after the plan Of the LonRfellow Birthday
Book previously noticed, has just been issued by
IIoughton, Miflln Co The most striking and
beautiful passages in the poems and prose writ
ngs OF this prince of American bards are arranged
with great care on the left-hand pages Of the
book. Two days are assigned to each page, and
ON the ilght-hand pages, under each Of the same
two days are given, In many instances, the names
OF distinguished persons born and the record OF
memorable events occurring on that day, es-
pecially persons and events celebrated or charac-
terized in the paragraph on the opposite page
This gives peculiar value to the book On the
right hand pages blank space is left under each
date for the autographs OF friends born on that
day, and for such memoranda as one wishes t.
make The book has a fine portrait OF the author
and twelve choice illustrations The cloth bind
ings are beautifully stamped, and the flexible
calf, seal, and morocco bindings are rich and
elegant enough to satisfy the most exacting taste
For sale by phinney