Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-06-30

streams which communicate directly with the
salt water.
PIcKwIcK, by Charles Dickens. Evidence
that Dickens works still have ready sale may be
found in the fact that D. Appleton & Co. of New
York have in preparation new popular edition,
of which the first volume has already appeared.
II comprises the adventures of the immortal Mr..
Pickwick and his companions. 1t is printed
from small but clear type, and is illustrated
with some of the original designs by Cruick-
shanks. 1t makes volume of convenient size
and proportions, is tastefully bound and just
the thing for summer reading by those who have
good eyes and are not inordinately careful to
keep them good. L. II. Bgelow has it for sale.
NONSENSE SONGS, STORIES, BOTANY AND
ALPHABETs. By Edward Lear. This book,
which is published by James X. 0sgood & Co.,
has been carefully prepared, and the illustra-
tons are appropriate and abundant. The juve-
niles viii regard it as an acquisition, and their
elders will look it over with some interest.
Much Of its "nonesense' is useful as well as
funny. We hope the author will again try his
hand at this sort of work, and will suggest only
that he need not fear being "as funny as he
can. FOR sale AT BlgelOWs,
LITTLE SuNsHINE's HOLIDAY. By the au-
thor of John Halifax, Gentleman. We need do
no more than announce this book, which is pub
lished by the Harpers. Miss Muloch's name is
sufficient to draw attention to it, and none who
read it will doubt her ability to write stories
properly for children. For sale at Bigelow's.
THE PARENTS GUIDE; or, Human Develop
10,
York: S. R. Wells, publisher. The title of
this book describes it sufficiently. 1t was writ
ten by an American lady for American mothers,
and seems to have been well received, for this is
the second edition.
MARQUIS AND MERCHANT. A Novel, by
Mortimer Collins. New York; d. Appleton &
Co. The purpose of this story, so far as it has
purpose, is to portray the difference between an
English marquis and a Manchester merchant
much to the disadvantage of the latter. The
story is well contrived, and will entertain the
reader. 1t has a considerable variety of charac-
tiers, most of them fairly drawn. In the course
of his story, the author furnishes some amusing
studies of toryism as he understands it. French
sell-concet shown in talk of Paris as the indis-
pensabe fountain head of civilization, is hardly
equal to that of the English tories as represented
by Mr.. Collins. The English, he thin6s, are the
princely family of the human race, and civilian
tion should allow them to rule the world and
live without work. At the same time, the best
of his aristocratic Englishmen are merely "gen-
tlemen," indolent, occupied chiefly by their own
enjoyment of life, and much disposed to let the
world take care Of itself.
"REMINISCENCES OF FIFTY YEARS, by Mark
Boyd, New York. D. Appleton & Co. Mr..
Boyd, as we gather from illusions scattered here
and there through his book, is rich London
banker, who inherited from his father his bust
ness, his literary and aristocratic tastes and
considerable estates in Scotland. He seems to
have met and been on terms of more or less in
timacy with most of the eminent Englishmen of
his day, and to have received from his father
and Others of his seniors great store of anec-
dotes of the notahles of the previous generation.
Hardly person of any note in English politics,
literature, arms, or society for the last hun
dred years can be mentioned, of whom one or
more anecdotes may not be found in this vol
ume. The anecdotes are generally new and
often amusing or valuable as illustrations of the
personal peculiarities of eminent persons They
are well told but are given without connection
or arrangement. For fragmentary reading at
odd moments few books are more entertaining.
1t is for sale here by L. H. Bigelow.
LUCILLE AND OTHER Poems, by Owen Mere
dth. Boston: James L. osgood & Co. Mr..
Bulwer, who chooses to be known in literature
as Owen Meredith, is as unquestionably poet
as his father, Lord Lytton, is novelist aud
dramatist; but like his father, he does not
stand in the first rank. He has many admirers,
however, who see great beauty in his rather
shallow and pretentious verses. This is a
pamphlet edition of the poems, which, if we do
not mistake, were issued some time ago by the
same publishers in bound volume. 1t is for
sale by L. IL. Bigelow.
WoN-NoT WooED, by the author of "Bred
in the Bone" This is the latest issue of Har-
per & Brothers library of select novels 1t is
an English story of average merit in plot and
character told with rather more than average
spirit. For sale by L. H. Bigelow.
OLD AND New, for July, is described as a
Especial number for Commencement" and its
"Record of Progress" is devoted to intelligence
NOhNSihihS buO picoCul anu move
ments of American Colleges Among the prin-
cipal papers is very interesting sketch of Ed
ward Everetfs college life, written by himself.
Perhaps quite as much attention will be given to
another of these papers, in which we have the
beginning of a new novel by Edward E. Hale,
entitled cups and Downs" it is very promising.
There is more OF Mrs. Stoves "Pink and White
Tyranny" and this number throughout is very
good.