Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-11

that Thorold went 10 London and had an cx-
perienee of Society" and, especially, of one of
its young ladies and her papa and mamma;
that he returned TO Orig Grange with the fruits
of his experience: and that his sister had, mean
while, fallen in love with the German, Herman
Kuenst, whose great thoughts, large heart, and
noble impulses, made him worthy of her. We
believe this author could have told his story
portrayed his characters, expressed his humor,
and poured forth his satire, with much greater
effect in prose than in verse. But his work is
not bad as it is. Here is a passage in which the
pious society mamma explains to her daughter
the chief use of religion:
You don't believe me: YOU 20 IN
For science, culture, common sense,
Aud think woman sure to win
Because she knows the why and whence,
Aud looks at vermin through lens:
And vet you've a score of girls
With empty heads and silly curls,
And laughter light, and judgment dense,
| Welded to marquises dukes and earls.
And whys They started fair with you:
| You dressed as well-fOr that was mine;
| You were as handsome and well-born, too,
And YOU had wit like sparkling wine:
But they all took to things divine
Like sober, pious girls. | know
That some were high church, and would 60
Like nuns with beads and crosses fine
But they all were wives in season or so.
Men may be bad, but still they like
piOus wife that lives for heaven:
Your wit may shine, your beauty strike,
But not to these their love is given.
All had you with your Prayer Book driven
To church, and kept Sunday school,
And visited, and lived by rule
But that is past and all forgiven,
Though you played your cards like perfect fool.
THE LIFE THAT Now Is: Sermons by Rob-
ert Collyer. Boston: Lee & Shepard, publish
ers. Messrs Lee 6 Shepard have purchased the
plates of the three books which contain the
published discOurses of this eloquent preacher,
and are taking measures to have them published
in proper style and put in the market as eff
GENTLY and extensively as possible Their skill.
energy, and enterprise, will be sure to make this
undertaking success. Those who think that
| published sermons must necessarily be dull and
uninterestin@, can, doubtless, point out volumes
which seem to justify these estimates of such lit
erary work; but if they cad the discourses OF
Robert COllyer, their opinion may change He
may not he a perfect literary artist; but he is
| something better, he is man of genius whose
| faculty is most at home in the pulpit. There,
fore, his dScourses are attractive to readers as
well as TO hearers. For sale by Grout & Put.
nam.
STRANGE DWELLINGS,; being Description
of the HabitatioUs of Animals. By Rev. j. G.
Wood, NJ. A., F. L. S., &c. With designs by
W. r. Keyl, j. B. Zwecker, and Z. Smith, Bos-
ton; Lee & Shepard, publishers. This book
will be very attractive to all who are interested
in natural history; but 1t is adapted TO general
readers and TO families where intelligence is
priced. There are thirty-one chapters, devoted
TO descriptions of the habits of mammaia,
birds, reptiles, invertebrates, mouscs, insects.
and other creatures, those being selected for de-
scription which alc notable on account of re-
markable peculiarities in their habits of nest
| building, buuowing, and wood-boring. There
are four chapters on pensile or hanging birds
and insects; eight on burrOwing creatures; So
cial habitatons are described; and there are
chapters on sub-aquatic'neSts, parasitic nests,
| branch builders, and on remarkable builders of
all sorts. The illustrations are beautifully de
signed and executed; and the mechanical exc
| cution of the book is in the finest style, the pa
per, type, and binding being very superior in
quality and appearance. 1t reminds us of the
style of the handsomest English books, which
may not be superior to the handsomest Ameri'
can books, but are nevertheless different 1t is,
of course, an English book, republished here
For sale by Grout & Putnam.
SELECTIONS FROM CLASSIC AUTHORS:
Phadrus, Justin, Nepos; with Notes and a
Vocabulary. By Francis Gardner, A. NJ. Gay,
and A. II. Buck, Masters of the Boston Latin
| School. Boston; Lee & Shepard, publishers
This volume is the first of proposed series OF
selections from Greek and Latin authors for
use in schools. The gentlemen who have pre-
pared it are successful teachers, and this gives
assurance that they have done their work well.
| There are brief biographical notices Of the
authors from whom selections arc made The
carefully prepared notes are wisely placed at
the bottom of the pages. For sale by Grout &
Putnam.
A BAKERS DOZEN; Original Humorous
Dialogues. By George NJ. Baker, author of
"Amateur Dramas" ETC. Boston: Lee & Shop
ard. The thirteen dialogues contained in this
volume were first published in Oliver Optics
Magazine. They are intended for school exhibit
tons and private theatricals, some of them being
adapted to very young folks. The author has
revised them for publication in this form. For
sale by Grout & Putnam.
"THE JAPANESE IN AMERICA" Edited by
Charles Lanman, and published in New York
by the University Publishing Company" con-
tans a history of the present Japanese embassy
to this country, fourteen papers on various
topics written by Japanese students, and a short
work on "Life and Resources in America" pre-
pared by Mr.. Mori, the japanese minister at
WASHINGTON for circuIa zion in HE c,,, o,,,,,.,.
The book is interesting chiefly because it is
mostly the production of japanese writers who
have recently learned to speak and write En-
glish. They certainly show that they are by no
means inferior to men of any other race, in in
tellectual life and ability.
SAUNTERINGs: by Charles D. Warner, author
of "My Summer in Garden" Boston: James
r. Osgood & Co. Mr.. Warner, in pleasant in
PRODUCTION to his book, cautions his readers not
to expect information from it, as he has STU
diously avoided giving any. He writes not so
much about the countries which he visited, as
about himself, as affected by what he saw, heard
and felt there. After all, to know what impress.
sion is made upon an American of cultivated
mind aud genial temper by the people, scenery,
art and architecture of the old world, is of more
interest to us than to learn facts and statistics.
which we can easily find, when we want
them, in guide books and other useful,
but not specially entertaining volumes. Mr..
Warner is however occasionally tempted to the
very verge of transgressing his own principle
in this regard, but he always, we believe, stops
himself in time and refers the reader to his
Murray The same graceful humor which
made the Summer in a Garden so charming is
the prominent feature of this book In Paris
and London, in the low countries, in Germany,
Switzerland and Italy the author finds material
for amusement, for moderate wonder, mild per-
plexity or humorous indignation. He is seldom
enthusiastic and never out oftemper and makes
the felicites equally with the vexations of travel
contribute to the entertainment of his readers
Grout & Putnam have the book for sale.
Principles OF Political EcoNoMr, by
John Stuart Mill. Boston: Lee & Shepard.
This, which the publishers call the peoples edi.
Of Ga &c al cd - A..