Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-02-07
LITERARY TOPICS.
ELIZABETH cADY STANTON.
"Reminiscences Of the Life of a Notable
Woman, by Herself.


long identified with the cause of the
social and political emancipation of her
sex as Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton, is
one which interests many thousands in
this country, and which will also be
read with interest in other lands. For
Mrs Stanton's reputation as a reformer
and writer Is International; and her
strong personal characteristics give to
her photographed work just pub
lished a charm of its own. In Mrs
Stanton's Eighty Years and More"
covering the long and eventful period,
1915 to 1887, we find some of the most
entertaining "reminiscences that have
! been given to the public for some time
I Although the contents Of this volume
are composed, according to the authors
confession, partly of extracts from my
diary, few hasty sketches of my trav-
/ els and people l have met, and Of my
( opinions on many social questions" yet
they form a perfectly connected whole
and make in some sense, complete
autobiography of leader among
women.
| The detailed account of Mrs. Stanton's
! busy career as leader in the struggle
| for female political emancipation must
be looked for in her history of woman
| suffrage; although enough is given in
the present book to furnish a general
idea of her work in this field, which
more than all else made her eminent
| Many description of and references
to noted people as well as glimpses of
foreign travel increase the reliability
| of Eighty Years and More;" but or
course the personal element as in other
photographs is the leading one. Mrs.
Stanton's connection with the famous
"Woman's Bible and the observance Of
her S0th birthday are considered in the
two last chapters of the book; and they
form a fitting and most interesting ter
mination of a book which is sure TO De
! widely read.
| There are many excellent full-page il
| lustrations including a frontispiece
portrait of Mrs. Stanton as she appears
today. The volume is dedicated to Susan
| B. Anthony, my steadfast friend for
half a century" An index of names at
the end of the book is useful feature.
| Published by the European Publish
| ing Company, New York.
SOME NEW BOOKS.
A comparatively new field in fiction is
taken by Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield,
in her book of short stories, entitled
where the Trade Wind Blows" pub
lished by the Macmillan Company.
These stories deal with the life of today
in the West Indies. They are all short,
but they are extremely Interesting ana
well written and, from their very loca-
ton and the unfamiliar types of charac-
tiers 4 0rtrayed, possess an unusual fresh
ness and brightness In no other stories
can the reader find more realistic
studies of the mixed life and social con-
ditionS obtaining in some Of the Car1b-
bean Islands
In a profusel y-illustrated volume,
| ho &
people by two English writer's who have
succeeded in making their historical
work as interesting as a novel. W. H.
Bennett NJ A, of Hackney and New
Colleges, London, deals with the Old
Testament story, and w. F. Adeney,
NJ. A, Of New College, deals with the
New Testament story. Each part Of the
volume occupies about the same amount
of space. The Illustrations are mostly
views of famous places and scenes from
| life in the Syria of today. There is an
historical map of the kingdoms Of Judah
and Israel, and map Of Palestine Illus
trating the journeyings Of Christ. Pub
lished by the Macmillan Company, New
York.
''Todds New Astronomy" by Prof
David P. Todd of Amherst College, is
| designed to meet the present require
ments OF schools and students for a
practical and scientific text book. The
author, who formerly did work at the
/ United States astronomical observatory
I in Washington, and who is now director
! of the Amherst College observatory, is
] well known to the public as leader of
two solar eclipse expeditions, under the
auspices of the United States govern
ment, one to the west coast of Africa
and one to Japan, and as leader of an
other astronomical expedition to Japan,
organized by Amherst College.
By placing more Importance on the
physical than on the mathematical facts
of astronomy, the author has made
| every page of the book deeply interest
ing to the student and general reader
The Illustrations are an important |
feature Of the book. Many of them are
so ingeniously devised that they ex-
plain at glance what pages Of mere !
description could not make clear. They |
include scenes from the authors own |
laboratory and from his expeditions, |
diagrams, especially invented for this |
book, and reproductions from photo !
graphs by Barnard, Roberts, and others
famed in astronomical photography. The !
fine colored plates are particular fea-
ture Of the book. one of these, the from
! tispiece, being reproduction Of the
color effects as seen by the author dur
ing the total eclipse of 1896 in Japan.
! Published by the American Book Com
pany, New York.
very good elementary work on so
| ciology is Outlines Of Sociology" by
Lester F. Ward. The book has double
! purpoSe-to show what sociology Is not
as well as what it is, That is to say,
the volume in its first part deals with
the science in its relation to other sci
ences; while the second part gives the
/ broad outlines of the subject Published
by the Macmillan Company, New York
/ THE PERIODICALS.
| There are various good things in APP
pleton's Popular Science Monthly for