New Britain herald., 1916-01-27

teenth child of Captain Samuel Hart of Berlin,-born in 1793.
 Mrs. Phelps was also at one time principal of the academy Tn berllii and was author of several books on Botany, Chemistry, Geology, Astrol- omy and Natural Philosophy, besides "The Female Student or F1resiuo Friend" Ida Norman Christian Householder" and "Our Country in Relation to the Past, Present ana "- ture." She lived until 1884.
 One of our earliest, probaoly the earliest author was the famous pastor of the First church, Rev. Dr. John Snoal1ev Resides many sermons.- election and others,-published separ- ata1v ha published two volumes of sermons-one in 1895 and the other in 1874, which contained the great eff forts of his life. He was esteemed as one of the most eminent of New England divines and wielded a com manding influence"
 One most famous writer of text books and one of our leading citizens was Professor Ethan Allen Andrews, author of numerous Latin books, from the Beginners First Book in Latin,"
 
 Many remember Andrews and Stoddard's Latin Grammar" the bane of many a pupil entering a high or prep" school, and agree with Hein- rich Heine, who said that it was for tunate for the Romans that they knew Latin in their cradle, else they'd never have conquered the world if they had to learn Latin first.
 
 Britain in 1787, the same year of Mrs WiIlard's birth in Berlin.
 Some years younger than Prof Andrews was a New Britain son whose interest took a turn toward the starry Armament nt,-Elijah Burritt, and he produced that unique book, The Geography of the Heavens, '- still studied and prized by students of Astronomy.
 : I remember with what fascination I pondered the pages of this book in MT. Peck's library when very young boy and I do not wonder at it's in spiration to the man who became famous among astronomers as the leading double star discoverer in the country, who derived his incentive to study astronomy from MT. Burritt's work.
 MT. Burritt was blacksmith by trade, and taught his brother the same trade besides being his teacher in school and doubtless to his inf1u- .ence and example we owe much for the remarkable work of the latter.
 Of Elihu Burritt's life and work we are too familiar to wish for ex- tended mention here. A tireless worker, he wrote books on many sub- jects, his Walks in the Black Coun- try and it's Green Borderlands," "A Walk from London to John O'Groats, ;" and his Mission of Great Sufferings," being among the best known. Characteristic of the man and interesting to note was his writing a history of Pennington and New Britain and presenting the manu- script of the town of Pennington Which responded in a town vote of acceptance and thanks as duly re- corded on their records. This history is now in the Town Clerks office there having been lost track of for many years and rediscovered a few years ago by a gentleman from North Caro- lima, who was engaged in genealog- ical research visited Pennington to look up some records and inquired of the clerk, what was in that box" The clerk did not know. He had never opened it and in fact had lost the key. The lock was picked and revealed this history which the gen. tleman reported as being replete with interesting reminiscence and personal narrative.
 Mr Burritt's liquistic work, trans 1ations and writings in various lan- guages many of them extremely diff cult and little known, even among scholars, won him fame such as has / been accorded to no other American and for his nobility and beautiful, simplicity of character, his untirine industry in great philanthropic as we'll as his intellectual genius anC prolific writings. New Britain ha: cause for pride in being the birth