. Review of reviews and world's work. BENJAMIN IIENItV LATROBE. Frontispiece (reduced) fromTlie Journal of Latrobe. THE NEW BOOKS. iir. OLIVER Frontispiece (reduced) fromThe Life of Oliver Ellsworth. A sketch of Latrobe, written by one of his descendants,prefaces the volume. Latrobe was a naturalist as wellas an architect, aud portions of his journal,—as, forinstance, his account of the habits of certain Virginiainsects, observed in the year 1790,—are not withoutinterest to naturalists of the present day. He was alsoa man of the world and a clever commentator on whathe saw gointc
. Review of reviews and world's work. BENJAMIN IIENItV LATROBE. Frontispiece (reduced) fromTlie Journal of Latrobe. THE NEW BOOKS. iir. OLIVER Frontispiece (reduced) fromThe Life of Oliver Ellsworth. A sketch of Latrobe, written by one of his descendants,prefaces the volume. Latrobe was a naturalist as wellas an architect, aud portions of his journal,—as, forinstance, his account of the habits of certain Virginiainsects, observed in the year 1790,—are not withoutinterest to naturalists of the present day. He was alsoa man of the world and a clever commentator on whathe saw gointc on around him. One of the best penpictures of Washington tliat we have is Latrobes ac-count of a visit to theFather of his Countryat Mount Vernon in1796. Mr. William GarrottBrown has writtenThe Life of Oliverpnisworth (M acm i 1 -Ian). Ellsworths ca-reer is interesting atthe present time,—notonly because of his im-portant pai-t in the dis-cussions of the Conti-nental Congress andthe constitutional con-vention of 1789, but alsoas a typical life, begin-ning in colonial timesin a portion of Connec-ticut somewhat remotefrom the
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