Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-12-19


Then there is quaint bit of story about Il pet
fly called Buzz" "Tessa's Surprises" "My
Little Gentleman" and "Dandelion," are the
titles of other stories The book has two excel.
lent illustrations and is bound neatly and in
good taste. Published by Roberts Brothers,
Boston, For sale by Grout & Putnam.
GRANNY BRIGHT's BLANKET.-Besides the
story which gives its name to this book it con-
tains another, "The Old Umbrella man" by the
same author, Mrs. C. L. X. Davis, who writes
some of the best of that peculiar class of tctons
with pronounced religious tendency, which
are known as Sunday school library books.
These stories are good of their kind, and will be
read by many children with pleasure. The
book is published by Henry Hoyt, Boston, and
for sale here by Sanford & Co.
"IDLE HANDS AND OTHER STORIES" by T.
S. Arthur, comes to us in a very handsome vol
ume from Porter & Coates, Philadelphia. The
paper and printing are superb, and the binding,
which allows the margin TO be wide, is in the
best style of green and gold. There are twenty
four stories and six full page Illustrations. 1t
is book for the holidays. For sale by San
ford & Co.
CRosBY's GREEK GRAMMAR. Published by
Wooworth, Ainsworth & Co, New York and
Chicago. This grammar has been too long and
favorahly known TO need any introduction to
the public at this late day We will only say of
it that this is new edition, carefully revised,
with numerous additions and alterations, which
the author and few men are so capable of
Judging in such a matter, thinks greatly in
crease its value. 1t is for sale here by Grout &
Putnam.
THE ATLANTIC for January is a most bril-.
equal in varied attractvencsS among magazines
of this country or England. romance by
Hawthorne, the first of new series of papers
by Holmes and poem by Longiellow, are prizes
which other publishers may long for in vain.
Besides these, there are one of John Fisk's
learned and dogmatic essays on the origin of
myths, an exceedingly ingenious and brilliant
chapter of the doings of the Echo club, poems
by Edmund c. Stedman, Mrs. ThaXter and 9TH
ers, and the editorial departments scientific, lit
erary and political, which deserve high praise
THE GALAXY, for January, begins the new
year without any heralding Of special attrao-
lions, but its readers will be well satisfied with
out promises if its performance keeps up to its
former high level. This number opens with
one of Justin McCarthy's admirable sketches of
British celebrities, his subject this time being
Archbishop Manning, illustrated by portrait
which, like other Galaxy portraits, and un.
like almost everything else in this magazine,
could be omitted with advantage. Fifteen
Years a Shakeress," is an account of the doc
trines and practice of this curious sect. DR..
Hayes writes of the gulf stream, denying its
influence upon the climate of western Europe
and most other things which are popularity be-
lieyed of it. The serial story, "Ought we to
Visit Her, is concluded in this number, having
much more satisfactory ending than its read
ers must have anticipated. There are other arr
tcles of less note, but all readable, The edito
rial departments are excellent, except the "Club
Room" which is rarely amusing, and often
coarse and vulgar,
SoRlHNERs MuNTHlT, for January Is .
| splendid number, There is an article by Mr..
Bromley of the Hartford Post, and of course it
is capital tits the first series OF papers entitled
"The Wonders of the West" this being on the
'The Big Trees and the Yosemite" the text
being aided by pictorial illustrations. Thereare
Christmas articles by Bayard Taylor and half a
dozen other writer's Among the other papers
is one on "nunting in India" by Lieut. Col.
Gordon Cumming, finely illustrated. 'The
Two Mrs Skudmores' is concluded, and an
other story, by Mrs. Oliphant, entitled ellis
Gates" is begun But we will not mention all
the good things. Those interested will read for
themselves.
LIPPlNCoTT's MAGAZINE also enters upon a
new volume, with ample promises well sus-
tained by excellent performance. The january
number contains three illustrated articles. and
the illustrations are OF merit hardly equalled
elsewhere among magazines. One of these ar
tices is, of course, Mr.. Whymper's "Scrambles
among the Alps" another Professor Maury's
account of the weather bureaus storm signals,
and the third a story by "Onda,'
called "a Dog of Flanders" "Aytoun,''
new serial story by an American
author, begins in this number. David G. Adee
writes very pleasantly Of Types of Spanish
va@rancy, and Vera Goetz, Russian lady tells
of Russian family wolf hunt.
OUR YoUNG Folks for January, 1872, has
tempting table of contents. Mr.. Trowbrdge
goes on with an account of "Jack Hazards
Fortunes" under the title "a Chance for Him
self" There are stories and poems, pictures
and puzzles, Letters from Young Contribu-
tors, " "0ur Letter Box, and all sorts of good
things which must and will please the "young
folks"