Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-11-06

dulge envy, jealousy,E and the other passions
usually prevalent among people who know
very little while they make pretensions to much
social consequence. The hero, Richard Wander
marck, is a man of strong character and much
| common sense in everything save mighty
passion for woman who has not one quality to
! awaken strong and permanent passion in such
| n man. The heroine is half fool and half luna
tic, but the author does not appear to know this,
for we are required to understand that she is
wonderfully beautiful, graceful, and attractive,
although young and without experience. There
is a German tutor who plays an important part
in the story The book is without ideas, and
hardly recognizes an honest and sensible view
of life. 1t is neither instructive nor wholesome
For sale at Bigelow's.
MOUNTAIN ADVENTURES in various PartS Oh
the World selected from the Narratives Of Cee-
brated Travellers With an Introduction and
Additions,l By J. 7. Headly. New York Chas.
| Scrbner & Co. This is a new volume added to
| Scrbner's series entitled ILLUSTRATED Library of
| Wonders" The compiler appears to have made
use of the narratives of nearly all the mountain
| cl mbers who have had extraordinary adven-
! lures among mountains and the sketches here
reprinted take us to the Alps, the Andes, the Him
alayas and to the more important mountains of
nearly every continent ana zone. The scenery
is described and the adventures narrated; and
there are thrilling stories of fatal disasters and
harsbreadth escapes There are forty-one illus
trations. 1t is an interesting and readable book,
Mr. Headly's work being confined to the intro
duction which discusses mountains and noun
tain climbing, and the rest consisting of well
chosen selections For sale at Bigeow's.
"ATwooD's COUNTRY AND SUBURBAN
HOUSES" published in New York by Orange
Judd & Co., Will attract the attention Of those
interested in house-building. 1t is the work of
an architect who understands that a house
should be something more than box" He
describes everything connected with the con-
struction of tasteful homes, and shows that
good taste is not inconsistent with economy.
There are many engrayings, which show plans
and explain the details Of construction. The
various kinds of wood and paint used in build
ing are described and discussed and there are
estimates of the cost of building such cottages
and houses as the author proposes for country
and suburban residences.
"THE LAND OF LoRNE, written by Robert
Buchanan, and, by permission, dedicated to the
Princess Louise, Just before her marriage, has
been republished in New York, by Francis B.
Felt & Co. The book is described, on the title
page, as "a Poets Adventures in the Scottish
Hebrdes, including cruise in the Tern to the
Outer Hebrides." The London Spectator which
praises the book in the highest terms says the
author "unites in himself the inspiration of the
poet the ardor of the philauthropist, the science
of an accomplished artist, and the experience of
a successful sportsman" Weare not acquainted
with another book which tells so much of the
past and present condition Of the Hebrides. 1t
is duodecmo of 1884 pages, and has finely exc
cutej photographs of the Princess Louise and
the Marquis of Lorne. These will attract atten-
ton to it, but the book is sufficiently interesting
and valuable, in itself, to deserve attention with
out the assistance of such embellishments.