Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-14

angs. oceans, birds nests, and cannot tell you
what besides" This partly indicates the topics,
and the aim is to hold attention and communi.
cate instruction. The pictorial illustrations
are exceedingly abundant, and they are very
well executed. These Illustrations, which are
always appropriate, number not less than two
hundred We think this volume will win
favor and find its way into great many fami-
lies. For sale by Grout & Putnam.
WONDERS OF THE YELLOWSTONE. Edited
by James Richardson. Seventeen Engravings
New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. This
volume, which belongs TO Scribner & Co.'s al
Illustrated Library of Travel, Exploration, and
Adventure" gives an account Of one of the most
remarkable and interesting portions Of our west.
ern territory. The region described is in the
northwest corner of Wyoming territory, about
half way between the Mississippi and the Pa
ciic. The sources of the three great rivers
Colorado, Columbia, and Missouri, are in this
part of the continent. Here, shut in by noun.
tain peaks and ranges, is the "most remarkable
lake basin in the world" 1t shows traces Of
ancient volcanic action on the grandest scale;
and among its wonders are magnificent geysers
and hot springs, of which full account is Civ
en-. Nowhere else in the world can these won.
ders be witnessed on SO grand a scale, in such
limitless variety, or amid scenes so marvellous in
beauty, so wild and unearthly in savage grand
eur" The book gives sketch of early exPlo
ration in that part of the west, describes the
Yellowstone valley, and furnishes much other
useful information. For sale by Grout & Put
mum.
SCRIBNER's MONTHLY, for the year ending
October, 1872, bound in two volumes, seems
richer and more attractive than it seemed when
before us in unbound numbers. 1t is the same
thing in much better form. The binding is
strong and handsome; and if it does not make
the magazine more readable, it makes the read.
ing more convenient, and, therefore, adds to its
value much more than the cost of the binding.
Scribner's monthly has been successful in win
ming favor, because lis conductor and publish
ers have made il worthy of favor. No publca-
ton of the kind is better adapted to families
where the literature of vice and immoral sympa-
thy is not tolerated. 1t is always unexception-
able and safe in this respect, while it furnishes
a great variety of reading matter and main
tains high standard of literary excellence.
In these two volumes, besides the tales
and sketches, we have Mr.. Warmers "Back-
Fog Studies," and many biographical and his
torical papers. There are sketches of travel,
descriptions of scenery and famous places,
papers on topics of natural history, and a great
amount of miscellaneous matter which is both
entertaining and instructive. There are papers
on American Artists, "Japan." India, "The
Imperial Family of Russia" Folk Life in APP
penzell," "The Island of Corfu" and "West
Point" We mention these only as specimens of
the contents, which show in part the general
character of this monthly 1t deserves to stand
among the foremost in favor, and has the peculi-
arity of becoming constantly better and better
The Illustrations are abundant, and they are
always well executed. The serial novels
in these volumes are "Wilfred Cumbermede,"
"The Two Mrs. Scudamores," and cat His
Gates" They contain also the noteworthy
critical papers on James Russell Lowell's prose
writings.
WONDERS OF THE MooN.-Translated from
the French of Amedee Guillemin, by Miss NJ.
G. Mead. Edited, with additions, by Maria
Mitchell, of Vassar College. Forty-three En-
cravings New York: Scribner, Armstrong, &
Co. This is an addition to Scribner's "Tllus-
trated Library of Wonders" The title page,
which we have copied, tells clearly what it is.
1t brings to view what science has learned con-
corning the moon, not for use in the observatory
or schools, but for popular reading. The
author gives the facts which observation and
theory have made known, and he has the art of
presenting them in such a way as makes the
book very attractive 10 general readers, who
seek information without intending to apply
themselves Systematically to scientific research.
1t is book which deserves a place in every IL
brary selected for young readers. For sale by
Grout & Putnam.
The twenty-frst of this month is the centenary
of the birth of Coleridge. Among the events
which will commemorate the day will be the re-
issue, by Messrs. Holt & Williams, in handsome
library style, of the American edition of the
Biographa Literaria. The edition, which has
long been out of print, is the one prepared by
the authors family and enriched by a vast
quantity of biographical matter which is not
contained in any edition recently accessible