Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-04-04
Personal.

Rev. William p. Aiken, Coagtega
tlOnast clergy men, died suddenly on -alur-
day night at his home IN Rutland.
Frederic L-ypoldt died on Monday, aged
40. He t., gan business on his own account
10 New York, but was soon joined by Henry
Holt in the firm of Leypoldt q Holt, which
gained good reputation as publishers OF
standard literature, making translalions of
European works of value specially. Bat
The firm was dissolved in 1870, Mr.. Holt con-
| tnuing rs book publisher and attaining Il
standing among the first houses n the country
| while Mr.. Lnypndt especially devotei hm
the Publishers IVceky and continued 10 edit
and publish That journal, 20 which he aided
| later tha LH6rmy Ners the library Jour-
| nal, the Hder Ne6icus, and other perOdi-
Gals of that class. He also prepared the
1me,jcan CatalQgle, the only competent
photography of American literature.
NJ. Kate n. Dog ett died N few days
since in Havana, Cuoa, whittier she had
gone with her one son. She was the widow
! # William f. DOGgttt, of the grea, shoe
firm OF DDIgrtl, BlsSctt & Hill, Chicago,
was about % years Of age and native ol
| Vermont, har maiden name being Kate New
eli. Mr. DD5gett was one OF the chief benc-
factors of Cn,cigo and his widow was one
OF tn foremost women of Chicago in liter
ary, benevolent ANA art movements She
was for several terms president of the Wom-
ems Congress. She was he founder of The
Forlnighty Cub, and prominent memb r
of the ACADEMY Of Sciences. She was also
m active member If the American asSoCih-
ton for the advancement of science, whose
alnuil meeting in Montreal in August, 1882,
she attended. She Was often hear. on the
lecture Platform, aud was one of the folnd-
ers Of the Becthoyen salety Of Chicago.
Nichols Trubncr, the wtll-known London
publisher, diei on Monlay. Bora at Heidi
el6erE in 1917, his tastes early drew lin to
literature and decided his adoption of the
business of book>ellng. After learning The
trade with the Lpugmans he went into bust
ness on his own account. One OF the first
to appreciate the value OF American liera-
ture his "Blhllographical Guide to Am,ri.
C IN LITERATURE received just appiocIa'ior
not only Eccc but in Europe. 1t was
the first systematic synopsis of Amer
can literature, and still retains il:
{ valu3 tor the American AS well aS
lhe general scholar. Mr.. Tru5ner lher
turned his attention TO the literature If Asia
ana established lines of communication will
all The principal cities for the production q
Oriental works. In this connection h,
founded his American & Oriental Literary
/ Record" giving, as the title saes, regis
, ter of the most important works pu lished
: North and Sou'h America, India, China
Y Europe and the British colonies, wi OCca
slOuni notes on German, Dutch, Danish
French, l.,iian, spanish, Portuguese, Rus
i'm aud llH0garlpn ii eraturr. The re,ul
f lri- 't1pl and scholar hip was to estahlls
/ ~. t,ubncr as the aulhOriZed publisher O
more than tlly Termed societies, AMI Of III
itirinl publications. of almost every Drluc
= OF the b i'ish aud colonial governments, AM
: TO constitute his publishing house the fore
> most in lis line.
4 Enper William is the Oldest monarch i
v Eiropr. Q crn Woo Will he IS on III
"A u of May Kipg Christin Of Denmark
q G6, AID his wife, the Queen, is year Older
l, The f uieror Of AusliIa is "a aud his wife
46, while Kiug Leopold Of Belgium, 40 veal
oul, has IL wife agad 80. One Of the yuungCs
monarchs rclgniug is King Alfonso of SpaiT
, who has seen - years, AMI next to hun com
King q 'urge OF Greece aud Alexander OF Ru'
I s,a, each OF whom Is "a the neighhnIhOOd {
4 80. The Sultan OF Turkey is AZ King O,ca
y # : rctlrn - l. mis- uf Portugal as Hun
bert Of Italy 40, Prs dent Grcvy of Franc
= II, Inc wltr If III" Russian ruler ii tire
c Years youn-,T th.n h,r husband, the wi
o Of the German five and Q zen Of Italy sever