Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-10-31
New Publications,


is fulfilling the pablo expectation in regard to
it The seventh velume, recently issued, car
RIGS it on to the word "EuerOs.' The editors
have twenty more letters of the alphabet for
the remaining volumes, which will very likely
furnish materials sufficient to make the whole
number from twenty to twenty five. This
work ought to be,--and the present indications
are that it viii he, 1.-The best work of the kind
in existence. The preparation of it is in the
hands of very competent persons who have at
command all the carefully prepared Cyclop@-
dias and Conversations -Lexicons of the Eng
fish, French, and German languages; and the
literature ct France and Germany is rich in
such works. And the editors do not allow
themselves to lack assistance. More than one
hundred writers residing in different parts of
the country were engaged on the first volume !;
and the number has been increased since that
was issued. This work is adapted for popular
use; it is "a popular dictionary of Universal
Knowledge" and every family where it Sc
cures place, will find its use incidentally
| beneficial to young and old. Wherever there
! is family of children to be educated and
made intelligent, it appears to us to be of the
very first Importance. 1t is an instructor al
ways at hand and never weary, school that
never closes, source of knowledge always
waiting and ever in demand. 1t seems to be
appreciated by the public, for the work goes
on steadily, as if the publishers were finding
satisfactory encouragement. Before the first
volume was issued, the whole work was i'll
such an advanced state of preparation as
promised that the final volume would be reach
ed at an early day This work is for sale by
S. CIough & Co., Providence, who are the
publishers agents for New England
GoLD-FoIL, HAMMERED FROM POPULAR
PROVERBS. BY Timothy Titcomb. New
York: Charles Scribner. 1t is pretty well
known in this part of the country that Chino
thy Titcomb" is DR.. j. G. Holland of the
Springfield Republican and whoever reads
this volume will give him credit, not only for
excellent ability and culture, but for a very
wholesome philosophy of life. He looks at
men and their ways with clear, quiet eyes,
criticising the popular notions and fashions of
life and social propriety with wise sense of
what is truest and best We know a great
many persons who might be made wiser and
happier by reading his essay on Public and
Private Life" or "Trust and What comes of
ii" or Learning and WISDOM" if ones habit
ual thoughts, feelings, and aspirations could
be changed or modified by reading alone. The
book contains twenty eight essays on as many
different subjects. Some who expect to hear
DR.. Hollands lecture, tomorrow evening,
may be attracted to this book. 1t is certainly
one of those books that are good enough to
buy. For sale by E. Mellen, Jr.
L1FE's MORNING; or, Counsels and En-
couragements for Youthful Christians BY the
author of Lilies Evening"" &C. Boston, J.
Z. Tilton & Co. This book has been made
very attractive to the eye by printing it in the
very finest style on tinted paper, and binding
it appropriately, One feels that the contents
of such book must be. readable. Dress does
a good deal for books, as well as for some men
and women. True, it is very apt to be the
case with books as well as people, that where
| we see the bravest show of fine dress,
there is a lack of almost everything that is
adapted to win respect This little volume,
however, appears to be worthy of handsome
| type and paper. 1t is, as the title indicates, a
| book for those who prize the meditations and
various experiences of an earnestly religious
life. For sale by L. Mellen, Jr.
| TUE CRUcIBLE; or, Tests of Regenerato
State. Designed to bring to light suppressed
hopes, expose false ones, and confirm the true.
| By Rev. j. A. Goodhue, A. NJ. with an liz
PRODUCTION by Rev. Edward N. Kirk, d. d.
| This volume has been published in Boston by
Gould Lincoln. 1t is properly classed with
such works as President Edwards treatise on
"The Affections" DIR. Kirk speaks of it very
highly, and thinks it has several advantages
over the work of Edwards for, while Ed
wards sis almost universally dscouraging to
young believers" Mr.. Goodhue has aimed to
hunt out the feeble, haltng, undeveloped life
of piety. The book will doubtless find consid-
cradle circulation among those for whom it
was written.
THE SEA OF Ice. or, The Arctic Adventur-
ers. BY Percy St. John. This is an English
book, republished in Boston by Mayhem 8.
Baker The author called it the "Arctic CRU
Soc" 1t is an imaginative work, written to
illustrate life and adventure in the Arctic re-
gions. The author tells stirring story of
what he supposes might have happened there,
and makes his account of the region truthful
by borrowing from the published records of
Arctic voyagers. For sale by E. Melen, Jr.
PARLoR THEATRICALs. New York Dick
& Fitzgerald. The taste for private theatricals,
SO prevalent in England is becoming quite
common here, and, in view of the necessity of
providing simple, rational social amusements,
there are many considerations in its favor. If
the parlor can be substituted for the more pub.
lie places of amusement it will certainly be a
gain in some respects. This small work is de-
signed as an aid to this end; it contains prov
cribs for acting, dramatic charades, drawing
pantomimes, musical burlesques, tabieaur VI
vantS, illustrated by engravings and diagrams.
There is certainly room for Improvement in
the arrangement and style of some of the
"Acting Proverbs" "Honor among Thieves"
for instance; but this can be made in subse-
quent editions. For sale by S. Thompson & Co.
WOMEN OF WORTH: Book for Girls. H.
Illustrated by w. Dickes. New York: W. A.
Townsend & Co We have in this book
twenty-four sketches of distinguished women,
such as Mary Washington, Charlotte Bronte