Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-24

remedy IOr tnat, out, AT least, THIS would NOT
happen under the same roof which sheltered her
majesty's courts of justice.
THE PILGRIM AND THE SHRINE; or Pas.
sages from the Life and Correspondence of Her
bert Ainslie, B. A. Chapman & Hall, London
Putnam & Sons, New York. This is essentially
an English book, and shows one phase of intel
lectual movement, in England, from the old to-
wards something higher. We see in it the mind
of an nglish scholar breaking away from the
traditions in which it was trained, and aiming
to exchange them for positive convictions. 1t
gives nothing new; but it is always more or less
interesting to study autographs of doubt,
and watch the operations of a mind that is try
ing honestly to "think ont its own thought"
1t is in form "work of fction;' but 1t seems
to give passages from the actual history of its
authors mind. In it, he goes from England to
the West Indies; finds his way to California and
works there as miner; lives for time in some
of the Pacific isl,nds; reaches Australia where
he discovers the "Shrine" and marries Miss
Travers. the goddess There is more essay and
lecture than story, and the author cannot be &C.
cepted as q model thinker, in all respects; but
some will find the book readable. For sale at
Blgelow's.
Poems BY LUcRET1A MARIA DAVIDSON.
With illustrations by F. o. G barley. Hurd &
Houghton: New York. These poems, written
some forty-fve or fifty years ago by highly
gifted girl less than seventeen years DID, engaged
much attention when they were first printed.
1t is now about fortyiye years since she was bur
led in quiet country church yard, near the shore
of Lake Champlain, and not far from Plattsburg.
She was horn at Plattsburg, N. Y, Sept q,
1908, and died Aug, 81 1926, aged 16 years and II
months. The collection of her poems, publish
ed after her death, received warm praise from
the London Quarterly Review, and deserved it,
This new edition of her writings was prepared
by her only surviving brother, NJ. o Davidson
ESQ.,, of Westchester county, N. Y. 1t will find
readers. The volume is beautifully printed,
and the illustrations are well designed and exc
cuted. For sale by Sanford & Co.
THE Lovers LIBRARY.-Tales of sentiment
and passion. Published by j. S. Redfeld, New
York. This volume is the first of series de-
signed to include the best short love stories that
have ever been written in all languages. The
plan is a good one and the selections thus far
have been made with judgment and good taste.
The stories in this volume are: The DEVILS
Pool, gracefully told tale of rural life from the
French of George Sand; Leonard and Margaret
from Southey's "Doctor;" Maid of Malines by
Bulwer, and Paty's Revenge by an anonymous
author, apparently a writer for some English
magazine. The book is for sale by jenkins and
Whitcomb.
The LONDON QUARTERLY REVIEW, for JAN
uary, republished in New York by the Leonard
Scott Publishing Company, has articles on the
military defenses of England, "Modern Whist
Count Bismarck and the Germans, the revenues
of Iadia, the invasion of France, lives of the
Irish chancellors, French patriotic songs, cathe-
dral life and work, and Political Lessons Of the
War" In the English quarterlies, articles on
Prussia and the war in France are inevitable, in
these days. The London Quarterly argues that
| France might hold out now because Prussia
held out so successfully in the famous "seven
| years war" But the writer should not forget
that, in the "seyen years war" the Prussians
were led by Frederick the Great and his equally
capable brother, Prince Henry. If France now
had armies with Napoleon Bonaparte and a
~ tllSlll3 bhlo tain vi
out might be reasonable. But, such military
leaders would have saved France from her
present deplorable condition.
THE GALAXY, for March, has more than its
usual number of anonymous articles OF these,
"One-legged Men" is amusing, describing in a
humorous way the trials that follow the loss of
one of the natural instruments of locomotion.
The Higher Education in America is a review
by a not very competent hand, of Prof. Porter's
book on American colleges. The Annexation OF
San Domingo is understood to hav1 been written
| by Gen. Babcock, or some other person, in the
confidence of the administration. Ii is a strong
statement of the argument in favor of annexa-
ton, but the reports recently received from San
| Domingo, and those shortly expected from the
commissioners Of inquiry, absorb all the interest
in that subject. Other articles are The Neither
Side of New York, by Edward Crapsey, Told in
Letters, by Edgar A. Fawcett, England in June,
by Mr.. E. W S., said 10 be Mrs. Sherwood, of
New York; About Beans, by Dom Piatt; the
continued stories by Justin Mccarthy, Mr.. De-
Forest and Mrs. Edwards, poem or two, and
the usual miscellanies, criticisms and gossip.
Mark Twain's contribution is absent this month
owing to the serious illness of member of his
family.
LIPPINCoTT's MAGAZINE, for March, opens
with an interesting paper by Lieutenant Colonel
Woodward, on the army medical museum at
Washington. The sensational writer, Ouida,
contributes a story called A Leaf in the Storm,
a tale of the present war. Amasa Walker
writes of the moral of the FrancO-Prussian war;
John Hay, The Blood Seeding, wild and
CHASTITY romance of western life; and there are
several other articles of varied interest.