Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-02-17

Tor general readers. lie thinks LOuuou mas
deterorated since he first knew it, and points out
that Londoners live faster and walk faster than
they did in the DAYS of his youth He notices
the lcssening influence of the aristocraey in
whose smiles be has basked with so much salts
faction, and sees lamentabe deterioration in the
influences which are Changing the relations of
Glass; There are men in England whose I'M
written lives have been Of much more importance
to the world than his; but his "Recollections,'
nevertheless, furnish useful study. For sale
at Sanford's.
The LEADERS OF PUBLIC OPINION IN IRE
LAND: Swift, Flood, Grattan, O'Connell By
VIM. Edward Hartpole Lecky. New York: d.
Appleton & Co. We have in this volume four
papers on the four men whose names are men
toned on the title page. The author tells us III
the introduction that they were first published
"many years ago" These papers are biographi-
cal and historical; and they have relation to the
Irish Question" which Englishmen find so diff
cult. In the Introductory paper, this question
is made topic, and the book has considerable
value for those who take much interest in it.
We may add that the whole book is remarkably
well written. For sale at Sanford's.
CHRISTIAN THEOLoGY AND MODERN SKEP-
TICIsM. BY the Duke of Somerset, X. G. New
York: d. Appleton & Co. The purpose of this
little book is to explain modern skepticism from
the stand point of very liberal churchman;
but, if the Duke of Somerset has hoped to rival
the literary reputation of the Duke of Argyll,
he has done so without either the prospect or
the possibility of success. We are surprised
that an educated man can see SO clearly certain
| questions relating to the issue between theology
and modern doubt, and, at the same time, write
about them with so little ability and effect. For
sale at Saniord's,
THE GREAT INDUSTRIES OF THE UNITED
| STATES. Hartford: j. B. Barr and Hyde
This thick octave volume is collection OF
sketches, historic and descriptive of the leading
| industrial pursuits of this country. Most of
| them were written, as we understand, by Leon
| Case Of Hartford, by whom the work was pre-
pared for the press, and others were contributed
by Horace Greeley, John B. Cough, Rev. E. E.
| Hail aud other wei known writer's. The plan
adopted is to give a brief account of the origin
and development of each branch OF industry,
and then Illustrate its present condition by ref
erenee 10 some representative establishment.
Among the Worcester manufactures selected
for this purpose are the Crompton loom works,
tue oa'sent caru c'o'hih9 factory forehahd
ana WadsWorihs arms factory, wood, Light q
Co.'S machine works and Mawhinney's last fac
tory. Aside from its literary merit, which is
considerable, the book is valuable as a record
OF American ingenuity and enterprise. 1t con-
talns great amount OF practical and curious
information, eorrects some widely dlffused errors
and gives deserved credit to some inventors,
whose services to science AMI the industrial arts
are not SO generally acknowledged as they should
be. Among those portions OF the book, which
many people will read with surprise, as well as
interest, is the chapter on the magnetic tele-
graph, an extract from which we published in
the spy few days ago, in which the author
claims to have demonstrated that very little of
the credit commonly assigned to Prof. Morse for
the invention OF the telegraph is rightfully his
due. Inc DOCK Is July illustrated with engrav-
ings OF buildings, machinery, &c. 1t is sold
only by subscription. Mr.. j. N. Alton, the pub
fishers agent, is canvassing for it in this city.
In CAMP AND FIELD, by Benjamin F. Tay-
Tor. New York: D. Appleton & Co. The full
title OF this volume is: EMISSION Ridge and
Lookout Mountain, with Pictures of Life in
Camp and Field" Its contents are letters
written by newspaper correspondent with the
army of the Tennessee. They are among the
best or many excellent letters which our news
papers furnished to the eager readers Of the war
time and contain graphic and faithful pictures
OF scenery in the region about Chattanooga,
oattle scenes and incidents of army life, with
many sketches OF famous leaders. They are
Fascinating, even at tins distance OF time, and
recall with remarkable distinctness the fervid
pa'flotlSlh' the ahXletes, the sorrows, and the
eAuhatlons oil our great civil war. Sanford
20. nave the DOCK Tor sale.
flREslDE SclENcE, by 'James r. Nichols,
A NJ, NJ d. New York: Hurd & Houghton,
DR.. Nichols is the editor of that excellent weekly
paper the Boston journal of Chemistry, and
mosto these essays, if not all of them, originally
appeared IN It's columns. They explain in
language. which any moderately intelligent per.
son can comprehend, yet with no patronizing
a'rot affecting extreme simplicity, a great many
natural and artificial processes with whose re-
suits everybody is familiar, but of whose princi
pies and details many well educated people are
more ignorant than they ought to be- Youno
people of inquirng minds and people not so
young also, will find much useful knowledge. as
well as entertainment, in this volume. Sanford
& Co. have it for sale here.
LAWFUL" AND OTHER JINGLEs. bv PR
This is Il collection OF pleasant verses mostly
humorously satirical, originally unfinished We
believe, from time to time in the New YorI, Eve.
ming Post, and. some of them at least ouite
widely copied in the newspapers. They were
creditable 10 their author and acceptable 10 their
first readers. but their character is essentiollv
ephemeral. and il i, nerbans a too indulgont
Judgment which prononnces them worthy Of
preservation in an indenendent volume Tho
book, verv eleyap, Ii,tIa voI,,oo 4 r,,h,;gto5
by g. P. Putnam sons New yorIr ond e..
sale here by Sanford 4, 90
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together in the latest volume Of n ton,a,pp o
Co.'s Handy volume series" Of Il niotan ,o'O" W.