News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1891-01-01
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! NEW YORK LEDGE Christmas number.
| New York: Root BOnners Sons.
| The Christmas ine of the New York Ledger
| is n souvenir witty of the source from
/ whence it emanat. 1t contains Il choice So
/ lection of articlesy George Bancroft. Mar
| garet Deland, JaPs Russell Lowell and 9th
| ers, who would ceainly wear the 'paIm-cm
! broidered coat we're there an American
| academy of imnrtals'
The veteran hiSriOgraphcr contributes tc
! this periodical t. second of his papers on
oliver Hazard Fry and the Battle of Lake
Erie. pOrtrayingith rare ability incidents
of the carnage al the fate of the flagship
Lawrence. In wching the vivid scenes de.
plcted here the Rder is deeply impressed
with the phenomal activity of the mono.
genarlan, enabhn him to rise superior tO
physical infirmitland, like another Titan,
continue to eoveAis canVases to the admi-
ration of mankind
Amella h barmuthOr Of several much
admired stories, sins in this number The
Beads of Tasmer,a novel of prime Interest,"
whose scene Is la on the shores of West
Toss, off the cot of Scotland. Between
William Black AMIR. and Mrs Pennell the
Land OF Mist andle stormy Minch seem ia
miiar localities
Robert Grant bens " Mrs. Harold STAGE. -
lively story of Aerican life. displaying n
profound knowled of the life he describes
The opening chans contain Il striking H.
lustration, drawnF II. c. Edwards
Mrs. Deland's nqlette, ITO What End ?"
Is brought to Gle, and so il Old Eliza
beth, by the MaHise Clara LAMA.
An admirable diet story is Forefathers
Day." by "Josia Aliens Wife" who is n
much preeatediember of thecommunitv
DR.. julia Holmes nth gives sensible advice
IN the current nurSer Of Common Sense for
Mothers and Nuq
A = .eaa.ifus G, Guns sasry Of q West Je.-
hariand, writerwho never fails to touch
some secret spring Of happiness, and set it
vibrating for all tOhear.
Mr. James Russell Lowell's poem, my
brook, was written especially for this paper.
ana IS feature OF prime importance; In rec
oghitlon oil Its value the publishers print it a
supplement- In loose leaf with series of
appropriate Illustrations by Wilson de Meza
IN MY Brook the poet reverts to the DAYS
OF ms youth " when the hours were SO many.
Ihe duties so fow,h and sings some of the
ureaihs suggested by the brook. The imag-
cry is erlal IN its deicacy aud adapted to the
eVanescent "will-o'the-wisp" character of
the fancies exhibited in the verse, While re.
Meeting on the Land of Lost DAYS" as he
cans the past, Mr. Lowell sings in ii regretfu
strain, as II he mouFned the idyllic DAYS.
ne Glosing stanza implies IA reconciliation
WIN Inc Fate that has changed the rural
stream. with suggestions of naiads and
Waeer-liiies INTO poor drudge, supplying
power for prosIic factories But the
memory OF the old Joyous days abide with
As me ltn Moors in their exile the keys treasured
Vi their faeI castles in Spain. so have 1; and no
DT ~ tt ne doors will fly open. whenever we will,
10 tne prime OF the past and the sweet of the
ne sentiment expressed In MY Brook )"
P l MI. Lowell on plane with Mr. Ruskin
a ,saFulhg the Wantof poetry implied by the
imoGrlshlng era of manufactures. When the
thuuslrial arts maehine-impplled, come in at
NE aoor, bringing wealth, plenty and luxu-
ilous comfort IN their train. poetrv-acc0rd-
dow 'i'' 0"' "O '"7 WIN
Inc christmas number of the New York
i h1euSer comes with n cheerful exterior, in
SkeePing with the iestal season. The cover
displays a New York girl, with her arms fnlI
81 ParGeis (Chnstmas shopping). Fastening
. q to greet the subscribers aud wish
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