Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-09-16

| sale at Sanford's.
HURD & HoUGHToN have published another
of the charming volumes of Hans Christian An
dersen. 1t is entitled; pictures of Travel in
Sweden, among the Hartz Mountains, and in
Switzerland with Visit at Charles Dickens's
House." The book begins with the Hartz
Mountains; and, having finished these, pro-
eeeds 10 "Pctures of Sweden" These fill most
of the volume, leaving less than an hundred
pages for the other topics Andersen has found
special delight in travel and we have, in these
sketches, genuine and very characteristic eX-
preston of the resultof his observations, his in
tercourse with men, and his experiences when
away from Denmark rs a traveller. For sale at
Smford's,
KING ARTHUR, A POEM by Edward Bulwer,
Lord Lytton is Il work with which not great
many persons, probably, arc familiar. 1t was
first published in England in 1913. Harper &
Brothers now repubish it in unusually fine
style; paper, type, aud binding being very supe-
rior. The poem, divided into twelve books and
having few notes appended, fills All pages of
duodecmo volume. 1t is good as poetry and
attractive as a romance, but the legendary king
Arthur belongs to a remote and misty period in
the past, about which novelists are not accus-
toned to inquire, either in prose or poetry. For
| sale at Bigeows.
"AGATHA's HUSBAND" has been added to the
| previously issued volumes of the new edition of
Miss Mulochs novels, which Harper & Broth
ers are publishing in handsome style. The vol
umes are well printed and very neatly bound in
green muslin. Not many of the current nov
els are half so good as these, and none of them
are better. For sale at Bigelows.
JAMES X. OsGooD & Co., have published
"rhe Book of the East and Other Poems," by
| Richard Henry Stoddard "The Book of the
East" fills the last thirty or forty pages of the
| volume, and consists of Persian, Tartar, Arab,
and Chinese songs. The "0ther Poems" give
the book its chief value. Mr.. Stoddard's poetry
always gives us pleasure; and, in the same way,
1t has won the favor of many Others. This
handsome volume gets the best part of its
brightness from its contents, For sale at Bige-
lows.
A ROLLING STONE; by George Sand; trans
lated by Carroll Owen. This novel has been
published by James R. Osgood & Co., in a double
column octave volume of 113 pages. 1t is very
neatly bound in muslin, and the paper and type
are excellent We need not undertake to say
bow well George Sand" writes, nor describe
the unfailng charm of her style. This work,
which is sure to find readers, appears to be well
translated. For sale at BigelOw's.
Four AND WHAT THEY DID. BY Helen c.
Weeks. New York: Hurd & Houghton. Helen
c. Weeks generally writes well for young read
ers and this story will show that she has not
lost the faculty of doing so. The volume has
nine stories, that which gives the title being the
longest; and there are several full page illus
trations. For sale al Sanford's.
DICK & FITZGERALD, New York, have sent
us "Book- Keeping Without a Master being Les
sons for Young Beginners" &C., French Self
Taught" by Franz Thimm, and "Snipsnaps and
chickering's" collection of "droll stories !"
They all have paper covers, and are sold at low
prices
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, for October, opens
with an article by Lydia Maria Child on "The
lntermingling of Religions" "Kate Beaumont"
an excellent story, "Watch and Ward, !" "Their
Wedding Journey" and "0ur Whispering
Gallery" are continued. T. w. Higginson
writes on can Old Latin Text Book" Whittier
contributes poem, and there is "a Newport
Romance" by Bret Harte. Mr.. Higginson con-
tributes, also, "An Evening with Mrs. Haw-
thorne." The other articles generally are good,
and the Atlantic for October is in no respect less
readable than usual.
HARPER's MAGAZINE, for October, has its
usual variety and abundance of instructive ant
entertaining articles, and its usual quantity Of
well executed illustrations. The illustrated ar
ticles are DOLORES" poem, "The New York
City Post Office" "The Yale College Expedition
of 1870" siberian Travel and Exploration, ,
Border "reminiscences" Hannah Jane" by
Nasty, and the american Baron" a story
which all lovers of exciting stories, with sensa.
tional plots, are likely to read if they have not
already began to read it, We have omitted to
mention postage Stamps" with "nincty-nine
illustrations"
The PENN MONTHLY, for September, has 8
long and we-written article on the political lit
erature of the United States, and continues the
interesting papers on "The German Mystics as
American Colonists." There is paper on the
German pulpit in the 14th century, and an
, other on the "Orange aud Green" war in Ire
land. Published by Porter & Coates, Philadel
phia.
GooDiWoRDs, for September, continues its Sc
rial stories, and has, among other good things
a historical sketch of solar eclpses. Haw
thorne's papers on France and Italy, are contin
ued, the NTH being published in this number
GooD WORDS FOR THE YOUNG, for Septem
Der, has fifteen articles, prose and poetry, with
the usual abundance of illustrations. It's seria
stories are continued and entertaining sketches