Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-30

good 20. lheSe poems nave already paSSet
through several editions, and the demand show:
hardly any signs OF abatng They are read by
thousands to whom poetry in general is drug
yet the most fastdious taste finds in them the
true poetic spirit expressed in language often
strikngly picturesque and always terse and
vigorous. The poems Sin dialect" are undoubt-
eddy those to which this collection owes its re.
markable success The "Heathen Chlnee,
"Chiquita' and "Cicely' are more familiar 20
newspaper and magazine readers just now than
almost any other recent production in verse,
and their quaint humor and life like suggestions
of phrases of character and manners among the
population which is building up new states in
the western half of our territory, have made
them immensely popular. The other poems in
! this volume are spirited aud effective in their
various STYLES, but not greatly different in man.
| ner or quality from what others have done in
the same line. l.. H. Bigelow has the book for
sale.
The WILLIAM HENRY LETTERS, by Mrs.
Diaz. Boston; Fields, 0sgood & GO. These
letters, originally published by instalments in
the Young Folks, were one of the chief attrac-
tons of that magazine. They now appear in a
volume by themselves with some additions and
an amusing preface. Mrs. Diaz is a true hui
morist and of very high order, Nothing can
be more irrcsishbly droll than the account
which William Henry gives of himself and his
school companions, their sources of amusement
and perplexity, their mistakes and mishaps.
They are told apparently with such ingenious
simplicity, yet with vein of Yankee shrewdness
running through it, that they may be accepted
by very young people as nothing more than an
interesting narrative of a country boys board
ing-school life, while their elders cannot fail to
laugh heartily at the naive humor, without
trace of coarseness or buffoonery that pervades
them. L. H. Bigelow has this book for sale
LIFE AND NATURE UNDER THE Tropics; or
Sketches of Travels among the Andes, and on
the 0ronoco, Rio Negro, and Amazons. New
York: D. Appleton s. Co. We have in this
book narrative of the scientific expedition
from Williams College to the tropical regions of
South America, in 1867. 1t was connected with
that of which Professor Orion was the head,
whose very interesting account of the branch Of
il with which he was Immediately connected,
has been published. The volume before us was
prepared by H. M. and P. V. N. Myers. The
first part of it gives an account OF voyage
from Laguayra through Venezuela TO the
Oronoco; then up the 0ronoco to San Fernan-
do; then across the country TO Rio Negro and
down that river to the Amazon and, finally,
down the Amazon to Para. The rest of the vol
ume is devoted to their journey to Quito by way
Of Panama and Guayaqul; and then across the
mountains to the Amazon, and down that river
to the eastern coast Ii is an interesting book
"TAINE's ITALY" translated by Durand, has
been published by Levpoldt & Holt,
New York, in a single volume. This
announcement will have special interest
for those who found the first edition, in
two octave volumes, too expensive. This
cheaper edition is handsomely printed on type
of good size, and will, undoubtedly, have large
circulation. Taine's Italy is one of the more
remarkable books of the time. 1t gives a very
full and intelligent account of Italian art, with
interesting sketches of travel and observation in
the country. The style is very attractive and
shows a nigh degree of literary and artistic cul
ture in the writer. Those who feel much inter
est in such culture, and desile 10 comprehend
Italy, are likely to read it. For sale by Sanford
& Co.
Across AMERICA AND ASIA. BY Raphael
PumpeIly. New York: Leypoldt and Holt.
This is the fifth edition of this very interesting
and valuable work, which we have previously
noticed at some length. This, though apparent
ly somewhat smaller than the earlier editions,
is Identical with them, except that it has the adj
vantage Of the authors revision, but it is issued
in a somewhat less expensive form and is sold
for less price Mr., Pumpelly's narrative be-
| gins in Missouri, whence he started for Arizona
| TO take the charge Of some silver mining works.
His record of experience in this capacity is full
of exciting and dangerous adventure. The
Apaches soon made mining operations imprac-
tcable, and he set out for California. Arrived
there, he found that he had been selected as a
mining engineer by an agent of the
japanese government to advise in regard to the
development of mines in that country. He
spent sometime there in that capacity, and was
afterward similarly employed by the govern
ment of China. His public or official character
gave him unusual facilities for observation
in both these interesting countries, and his scen-
tifc attachments and culture fitted him TO make
the best use of his opportunities. He writes in
his book is entertaining in a high degree TO
the general reader, aside from the value Of the
information it contains. Messrs. Sanford & Co.
have it for sale here
ESTER RIED: Asleep and Awake. By Pansy,
author OF "Tip Lewis and his Lamp" Boston:
Henry Hoyt, publisher. This is a religious
story, the aim being to describe two different
phases in the religious life of Ester Ried. For
sale by Sanford G. Co.
The AMERICAN JOURNAL OF THE MEDICAL
SCIENCES, for January, published in Philadel-
phia, by Henry c. Lea, and edited by Isaac
Hayes, NJ. D., has reached us. In fifteen articles,
it discusses important matters connected with
medical and surgical practice. The first is a
long article on Irritable Heart" by DIR. J. NJ.
d. Costa. DIR VIM. Warren Greene describes
"Three Cases of Bronchocele successfully re-
moved" In addition to the leading articles,
there are transactions of Societies." Gre
views" and Analytical and photographed