Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1859-05-07
NEW PUBLICATIONS.

MEMOIR CT CHIEF JUSTICE THEoPHILUs
PARSONS by his son, Theophilus Parsons
Ticknor & Fields, publishers. In many res
poets this is one of the most valuable books of
biography in the market. Individually and
personally considered, Chief Justice Parsons
was man, reality, and not in any sense
sham. He lived and won his fame at time
when intellectual giants were numerous, and a
faithful record of his life will have, not only
great interest for the general reader, but also
many important uses.
Professor Parsons, to whom we are indebted
for the work, tells us that in 1913, when his
father died, he was but sixteen years old; and,
although he remembers very well what he was
at home, necessarily relies on documentary
and other evidence for what he was as a schol-
ar, lawyer, judge, and a statesman. He
shows unusual aptitude for biographical writ
ing, and, by diligently collecting from others
recollections, anecdotes, and personal sketches
of his father as he appeared to those around
him in the community where he lived, the Pro-
fessor has made the volume remarkably pleas
ant and agreeable reading.
| Chief Justice Parsons was born in 1850, and
| lived 63 years. His mature life began previ-
Gus to the Revolution, and extended to the
time of the last war with England He was a
Federalist, and a power in the famous Essex
Junto; and therefore the times when he lived
as well as the men with whom he was associ
ated, lend great interest to the book.
For sale by E. Mellen, Jr.
CoLToN's ILLUSTRATED CABINET AND DE-
scRIPTIvE GEoGRAPHY.-This book supplies
public want, and therefore can not fail 10 find
| purchasers. Smaller less expensive, and
more convenient than the folio edition of Col
| tons Atlas, it is nevertheless better adapted
for general use. 1t contains l13 maps engrav-
ed on STEEL 243 pictorial illustrations and a
vast amount of carefully collected and admir-
ably arranged geographical, statistical, and
historical information. We have in it the re-
suits of the explorations of Kane, Livingston
Barth, and others. The pictorial illustrations,
which are finely executed, give us views of
| cities, buildings, monuments, mountains,
rivers, desert and prairie scenes, animals, and
the like.
| Great pains have been taken to make the
work reliable and useful no expense has been
spared and nothing left undone to give it
value. Among the maps there is one of the
old Roman Empire. A. j. and I. P. Robin
son, Boston, are the general agents for the sale
of this work II. L. Fisk is special agent for
Worcester county.
poems BY OWEN MEREDITH" have been
published in blue and gold, by Ticknor &
Fields. "Owen Meredith as many know al
ready, is Robert Bulwer Lytton, son Of Bull
wer, the novelist. He has much poetic sus-
ceptibility, and has written many things which
have won favor and been deemed worthy of
extensive circulation in the newspapers. His
style is rather luxuriant-a pardonable fault in
young writers but it is not often that a vol
ume of verses contains so much poetry.
For sale by E. Mellen, Jr
The LITTLE MOUNTAIN GUIDE, or How
to be Happy" is the title of very handsome
little volume, published in Boston by Henry
Hoyt. 1t is beautiful story for young read
ers, and may be placed in their hands with en-
tire safety. For sale by w. II. Sanford.
PoRTRAIT OF CHRISTIAN, Drawn from
Life; Memoir of Maria Elizabeth Clapp;
by her pastor, Rev. Chandler Robbins. This
is the fourth edition of book published in
Boston by Crosby, Nichols, & Co. 1t contains
beautifully drawn portrait of beautiful and
earnest womanhood, which cannot be studied
in vain. Miss Clapp died at the age of SO.
The book is for sale by w. Ii. Sanford
THE HARP OF THOUSAND Strings, or
Laughter for Lifetime. The title of this
book tells its character. The famous sermon
from which it takes its name is the first chap
ter, and it processes to be, throughout, the
"quintescence of wit waggery, and wisdom"
For sale by S. Thompson & Co.