From the Rev. Chauncey Colton, D. D., President of Bristol College, Pa.

Bristol College, 30th Dec., 1835.

J. N. REYNOLDS, Esq.

MY DEAR SIR,-I have been slow in expressing an opinion of your Glass's Life of Washington, not from indifference to its merits, but because I have thought it deserving of a more careful and critical reading than I at first intended to give it. It is not only a literary curiosity, but in truth a work of rare merit. We have been so little accustomed to look for works of this kind among ourselves, and so much in the habit of depending upon the Germans for our preliminary Latin books, that even our national vanity does not prevent us from the exercise of exemplary caution and scrutiny before we seriously talk of introducing American Latin into our schools. I hazard the opinion, however, that, while we all agree that the finish and ripeness of classical scholarship can only be attained by a patient and long-continued study of the classic models, Glass's Life of Washington will be found, even in point of Latinity, to deserve a place in the prescribed course of studies preparatory to our colleges, and I shall rejoice to see it holding the position which it merits in our best Latin schools and academies throughout the country.

I remain, sir, with sincere respect,

Your friend and servant,
CHAUNCEY COLTON.

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