Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-04-19
sPY..MONDAY, APRIL 10.

their battles.
The recent decease Of the distinguished author
OF tins great work must add to the general de-
sire to possess it. A large number of volumes
are yet to come. bringing it down to the close OF
the session of 1850. the point which the author
mad reached when on his death bed, and concl1-
GEO. as 1t were, with his last expiring breath. 1t
was MS intention to bring it up to the present
Tune, or to the close of President Pierees edmln-
lsrat'on. If life and health had permitted. But
this will doubtless be done by another hand.
iHE New AMERICAN ENCYCLOPEDIA. Pop
ular Dictionary of General knowledge Edit
ed by George Ripley and Charles A. Dana
Messrs. D. Kmball 4 Co., of Providence, the
agents for the same, have sent us the first month
ly part of this mani6cent work, published by d.
Appleton & Co. Of New York. Each part is to
be embelished with a steel plate portrait. and to
contain 25o pages, at the price OF one dollar
when completed through an extensive series OF
numbers, it promises to be the most thorough
complete, and accurate compendium of universal
knowledge ever published The object Of the
work, as stated in the preface, is to furnish
condensed exhibition of the present state Of hu
man knowledge, on all the most important sub
Jects OF inquiry, aiming al accurate and i'm
partial account of the prominent events in the
history of the world, of the results of physical
and mental research, of the most significant pro-
ductions of literature and art, and Of the cee-
brated individuals whose names have become as
ISOLATED with the conspicuous events or phenom-
ena of their ege. In preparing the materials Of
the work in order to secure the most complete
justice to the subjects treated upon the various
articles have been entrusted to writers whose stu
dies, position, opinions and tastes, guar
antee of their thorough information, and their
ability to furnish, in their respective departments,
the most thorough, accurate, and reliable inves.
ti9ation on all points. numerous corps Of able
writers are engaged upon the work, no less than
one hundred from various sections of the scien-
tiic and literary world, in the United States,
Great Britain, and on the continent of Europe,
having contributed in the preparation of the pres
ent volume.
The materials for this work have been drawn
from the most extensive variety of sources-from
the numerous encyclopedias already before the
public, American and foreign, from the various
dictionaries of special branches of knowledge and
study, and popular NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in the
English, French and German languages in
which the literature of the last quarter of a
century is so singularly rich
AS a contrast with some of the great works of
the kind already published it may be we'll to
state one fact showing the eminent superiority Of
this new wotk-that while the celebrated Penny
Encyclopedia has 720 articles, the New American
Encyclopedia will contain 24lO, or more than
three times many. 1t cannot but find an ex.
tensive sale am ing class with whom such
works are indispe nsable
OLD HEPsY. By Mrs C. W Denison With
Illustrations from Designs by the Author, en-
graved by N. Orr. l vol limo. New York
A B. Burdick, 1858.
The success of Mrs Stoves "Uncle Tom" has
very naturally had the effect Of bringing sundry
other literary asprants into the same field, and
anti slavery novels in considerable numbers have
presented their claims for public favor. The one
now under notice is written with considerable
power. 1t gives the reader good insight into
Southern society, and portrays wildly the terri
Bile evils, social and moral, that naturally flow
from the slave system, The characters are gen
orally we'll drawn, and the story is managed with
good deal of dramatic effect.
1t is for sale at w. II Sanford's
RAN AWAY TO SEA. An Autobiography for
Boys. By Capt. Mayne Reid author Of 1.-THE
Desert Home Boy Hunters" &c. l vol.
limo. Boston,: Ticknor Fields, 1858.
or all the authors who write, or have written,
for the amusement and edifcation Of the young
folks, no one. perhaps, since Defoe, has sent
forth such entertaining and popular narratives as
Capt. Mayne Reid In the one now before us,
he has selected his subject most happily for such
purpose, as we can hardly conceive of anything
that would give more ample scope for wild adyen.
ture and hair breadth escapes, than the narrative
of a runaway boy, gone to sea, as the saying is,
ito seek his fortune" Capt. Reid has, of course,
made an entertaining work OF it, and one with
which all the boys, young and old, will be de-
lighted.
1t may be found at F. NJ. Peek's bookstore.
LIFB THOUGHTS. Gathered from the Bxtempo-
Ianeous Discourses of Henry Ward Beecher.
BY one of his Congregation.
This is beautifully printed volume Of 300
pages published in BostoHby Phillips, Sampson,
Co., and contains choice extracts from Mr..
Beecher's sermons. The compiler, Mr.. E. D.
Proctor of Brooklyn, N. Y, one of Mr.. Beech.
er's parishioners, says that the notes from which
tueee EXTRACTS were printed nave never been writ
ten out till now, for Mr.. Beecher's best thoughts
are not usually those which are beforehand cool.
ly committed to paper they are those which
spring from the inspiration OF the moment, and
have no record save in the memory of his hear
els To gather up and preserve come Of the
treasures thus lavishly scattered was the aim of
this volume, and we think he has succeeded in
transmitting to posterty some of the choicest
thoughts and expressions in the English Ian.
guage
The book is for sale in this city by F NJ. Peck
1t must find ready and extensive sale among
the numerous friends Of Henry Ward Beeoher.
PATENTs.-The following patents were issued
from the U. S. Patent Office to Massachusetts
men, for the week ending April 10, 1858, each
bearing that date:
Amos Holbrook Of Milford--for improved cbro-
nometrical lock.
Joseph H. Merriam of Boston--for stencil pal.
let.
Joseph Smelling of East Boston--for improved
chain shackle.
David Buzzle Of Charlestown-for improved
railroad car seat.