Uncas and Miantonimoh; A Historical Discourse delivered at Norwalk, (Con.) on the fourth day of July, 1842, on the occasion of the erection of a Monument to the Memory of Uncas, the White Man’s Friend, and first Chief of the Mohegans. By W. L. Stone. New York: Dayton & Newman.
This is an interesting and valuable contribution to our historical writings. Uncas, “the white man’s friend,” was the king of a powerful tribe of Indians occupying a large part of the territory now called Connecticut, when it was colonized by the English Pilgrims, in 1635. His ashes rest in the “royal burying-ground” near Norwich; and, above them, in 1833, when General Jackson was on a visit to that city, the corner stone of a monument was laid, with imposing ceremonies. The granite obelisk, with the simple inscription, Uncas, was finished on the fourth of July, 1842, and on that day Mr. Stone delivered the address which, with its appendix and notes, composes the volume before us.
Principalities and Powers in Heavenly Places. By Charlotte Elizabeth. One volume, duodecimo. New York, John S. Taylor.
“Charlotte Elizabeth” is the wife, we believe, of a London clergyman. Excepting Hannah More, no woman has written so much or so well on religious subjects. In the work before us she treats with her usual ability of the holy angels and of evil spirits, their existence, character, power, and destiny.
The Smuggler’s Son, and Other Tales and Sketches. By A. W. M. One volume, duodecimo. Philadelphia, Herman Hooker.
This volume contains several interesting prose pieces, mingled with lyrics, smoothly versified, and poetical in ideas and expression.
A History of the State of Vermont: In Three Parts. I. Natural History. II. Civil History. III. Gazetteer. By Rev. Zadok Thompson, M. A. With a new Map of the State, and Two Hundred Engravings. Burlington, Chauncey Goodrich. Philadelphia, Herman Hooker.