Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-06-22

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VICTORIA
FIFINE AT THE FAIR AND OTHER Poems
By Robert Browning. Boston: James X. Os-
good & Co. A critic who is very competent so
far as concerns literature of this kind, has de
clared that this book should be received with
universal hiss We thought so, too, after
making a great effort TO read 'eFifne;" but we
hope the hiss will be as merci(ul as possible for
these verses are not wholly bad Mr. Brown
ing, while writing, had in his mind, doubtless,
charming ideals of clear expression perfect
rhythm, and all the graces of poetic melody; but
he failed to make them appear in what he has
written. The standing complaint against
Browning is that he fails to give suitable ex-
preston TO what he thinks and feels; that in
all his books there is some lack of that Huency
and muscal flow of poetical expression. which
poetry demands. Herein the nreseut volume
seems to us much more deficient than apy of its
predecessors. The "other poems" in if are
'sPrince Hohenstiel. ScbwapCau Savior Of So.
ciety,D and "Herye Riel.n ballad which has
been printed in most of the newspapers. and is
the best thing in the book. For sale by Grout &,
Putnam.
ANGELINA GUsuINGToN's THorGHTs on
Men and Things. New York: G. w. Garlic
ton & Co, This is a repubIished Fnglish book
which makes fun of some of the smother
les of English society. II has been praised in
several British periodicals. rather more than it
deserves, perhaps; but MANY of the satirical
sketches and hits are cleyerlv done The author
processes to be "Angelina Gusbiprton." daupb-
ter of an English rector. the father being more
inclined to good sense than his 'women folks.
who are all superfne snobs and pretentious
noodles. The Gushington race, or, rather, the
female portion OF this race, has usually been
considered very foolish. This nettles "Angeli.
ma, and she undertakes to show how men and
things look from her point of view. She does
this in thirteen or fourteen papers on different
topics, and the publishers have added few IL
Illustrations
SMOKE by Ivan Tureenief New York: Holt
and Williams. This is the second volume of
the Leisure Hour Series" books for summer
reading, very neat and attractive in their ex-
terror and having such literary merit and inter
est as might be expected from the general high
character of the publications of this house
"Smoke" is Russian novel, by an author who
has great popularity at home and already enjoys
an excellent reputation here. as well as in the
European countries, where his works are known
by TRANSACTIONS. AS novel it hardly compares
well with the best productions of other Europ-
can romance writers ofthe day, but as picture
of Russian life and manners it is interesting and
valuable The author is liberal, a friend of
progress and humanity, and a firm believer in a
great future for his country, but he is not blind
TO the faults of his countrymen. nor unconscious
of the chaotic, disorganzed condition of society
which followed the emancipation of the serrs,
which however he recognizes as a temporary
and necessary evil attendant upon the abolition
of great wrong and the transition to a new and
vastly improved social order He satirizes
sharply the biaotod exclusiycness of the aristo-
cratic and official classes, aud the super
fetal pretensions of the social and politi
cal doetrinaries, and brings clearly into
view the stolid and preiudlced ignorance
of the peasantry and the disheartening obstacles
in the way of enlightened landowners who try
TO improve their estates and elevate the cond-
tion of the people, Russia, as he pictures it, is
a country of great possibilities, but not at pres
ent very attractive. Sanford & Co. have the
book for sale
CnoIsY, by James P. Storey. Boston: James
r. osgood Co. This is a novel, the scene of
which is laid at first in New York, introducinp
the reader to the fast life of that metronolis
but soon changes to Paris. The story is told
with considerable power and spirit both in the
development of character and dramatic effect
bat there is an unpleasant tone RUNNING throuoh
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