Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-01-17

BIRTH AND EDUCATION is the second of the
series of the works of Madame Schwartz, the
| Swedish novelist, published by Lee & Shepard,
Boston. She is q good story teller, without
marked originality, but with sufficient dramatic
| power to make her inventions or adaptations en-
inently readable The opening scenes of this novel
are laid among the events of the French revou-
ton of the last century, and are uupleasanty
crowded with the horrors of that dreadful time
The translation is rather imperfectlY done Some
thirty volumes of novels by this authoress are
already announced, and will be issued rapidly
by Lee & Shepard L. H. Bigelow has this book
for sale.
FLEETwooD's LIFE OF CHRIsT.-Four adj
ditional numbers of this work. published by
Samuel Walker and company, Boston, have
reached us. Each number contains two colored
engravings Of scenes in the life of our Savior
from celebrated pictures by the best masters.
The work is standard one, the paper and type
are good, and the illustrations are favorable
specimens of color printing. The work is for
sale only by subscription. MIR. John Orvis is
the agent here.
THE NEW YORK OBSERVER YEAR Book AND
ALMANAC contains al the usual and some I'M
usual astronomical and statistical information,
calendars, &C., and besides complete lists of the
names and residences of the ministers of several
of the most numerous religious denominations
in the United States, brief history of printing,
and a copy of the first directory of the city Of
New York, very rare document,
The GALAXY for February is a number that
will have attractions for all classes of readers
For novel readers there are Justin McCarthy's
Lady Judith" which we confess is getting too
complicated for us to follow, Mr.. DeForests
Overland" with its thrilling incidents and sit
nations, Mrs. Edwards "0ught We to Visit
Her" quieter and better story than either of
the Others and two or three short stories, good
of their kind In the way of sketches and social
studies there are Mr.. Crapsey's "Nether Side of
New York, /" Successful People" by F. NJ. Coan,
Souvenir of Imperial Soyeregns" by Dom
Piatt, and Counsel j." by NJ. Z. NJ.
Robert Weeks and L. B. Moore con-
tribute short poems; the Driftwood by
Philip Quilibet, the Scientific Miscellany, the re-
view of current literature, and the nebule, are
excellent, each in its way, and Mark Twain's
Memoranda" is amusing, of course. Among
the greatest attractions of this number are the
two papers on the secret history of Mr.. Lincoln's
administration, by Thurlow Weed and Mr..
Black, the former entitled "Mr. Lincoln and
Three Friends in Council" the latter, "Mr.
Black to Mr.. Wilson" Mr. Weed is garrulous
and entertaining, Mr.. Black energetic and forci-
BILE, but abusive as usual.
SCRIBNER's MONTHLY, for February, is out
with very excellent table of contents. The
first article gives an account of the New York
Mercantile Library, with illustrations. The
second, also illustrated, gives history of the
French conquest of Alsace snd Lorraine. Edward
Eggleston tells the "Story of a Valentne;" j.
r. Thompson tells Something About Bal
looms" and the article is illustrated. There is
an illustrated article on acknowledgements
and Storm-Forecasts," which will be read by
those interested in meteoroogy. Gail Hamilton
has a characteristic article touching the wom-
ans rights question. The serial stories 'Lucky
Peer" by Hans Andersen and Wilfrid Cumber-
mede," by Geo. Macdonald, are continued, and
there is a second article on ''The Bondage of the
Pulpit"
The TECHNoLoGIsT, for January list, con-
tains an interesting and finely illustrated de.
oNilPliVh VI tiii AthptONCu uiAl lOi uldollLlS Ill
tunnels. This drill operates by boring or
grinding, with diamond points set in a ring of
metal, instead of by percussion, and is a curl
Gus and very likely useful invention. Other
articles are on the holding power of nails and
spikes, on an improved felting machine on the
Bessemer process, &c. This magazine is pub
lshed twice a month by the Industrial publica-
ton company, New York.
The MANUFAcTURER AND BUILDER, pub
lished by Westen& Co., New York, ope-
an article on transmitting portro'
and handwriting, by tee- ans
also an article on = zee Insti-
tute'' and its nth illustrations
of the I'll lathes manufactured
- variety of other pieces, long
N industrial and scientific subjects.