The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1893-05-31
Biographical History of Vermont.

The Men of Its Present and Past, of Dis
tinction at Home and Abroad-Its Ju-
rists and Its Inventors-A Valuable
Work Being Issued Under Brattleboro
Management.
Senator Morrill, is right in describing as
" creditable enterprise The volume " Men
of Vermont " now in course of publication
by the Transcript Publishing Co., under the
management of j. G.. Ullery of this place.
II has every promise of being, in a practical
way, one of the most valuable volumes ever
produced in or for this state, the advance
sheets justify the claim that mechanically the
best results of the boOkmaker's art will be
attained, and in subject there is no more in
viting field anywhere. From the very be-
ginning, Vermont has been a producer and
rearer OF strong men, as sturdy intelleciu-
ally as in physical frame, pioneers in the
most wholesome ideas and movements Of
their generations, and exhibiting in their
life work the influence that mountainous
country, a land of uoble scenery, has on hui
man character. This is shown impressively
in the work of the fathers of the state
which was laid on the bottom principles of
human rights, and which will az long as
time lasts be the profitable study of stu
dents of government. 1t is shown again,
most astonishingly, in the achievements OF
Vermonters who have gone to other parts
of the country or world and taken leading
paris in every avenue OF life. 1t has been
shown in the halls of national legislation
from the beginning in our Jurisprudence, in
invention, in the arts and letters. 1t is the
purpose of this book to gather all this rich
material, as il was never gathered before,
into accessible and instructive form. 1t
will not only give biographical sketches
and portraits of the men OF the present, in
Guiding at least sketch Of every one who
has attained prominence in any way, and
not only those who have done il within the
state, but elsewhere in the world. The lat
ter will be an invaluable feature, not paral-
leled in any similar work. and in its prepara-
tion the societies OF Sons Of Vermonters
in the various cities are cooperating
cordially. But il will also follow this
biographical work on its great lines of
interest back TO the beginning IL will con-
tain a biographical history Of the state in.
cluding its fathers and its famous repre-
sentative men down TO those now living, by
G. H. Davenport; biographical history of
the Vermont Bench and finally "sum-
mary properly connecting and supple
menting these articles, by Hon. Hiram A.
Huye OF Montpelier, the state librarian, and
who has editorial supervision of the whole
work. The introduction to the work will
be written by Senator Redfield Proctor and
will he in fac simle. Another attractive
feature, for which many would alone pay
the price of the work will be the autographs
of such men as Edmunds Phelps, Proctor,
Morrill,, Smith, Fuller, Page, Abbott, ac-
companying the portraits which are all to
be half tones executed in the highest style
Of the art, many of them full page, and
printed on extra fine coated paper The
volume will be one of 600 or 800 pages elabo-
rately bound.-Brdttlebor Reformer.