The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-16

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story written upon the lines of the old
Anthony Trollope novel, undisturbed
by any moralizing or earnest purpose,
but wholesome and free from the strain
of modern pessimism, will like THE
Widower."
1.-THE Title Mongers" appears to be
based on a paragraph which appeared
about a year ago in the letter of an
American woman correspondent. This
correspondent told of group of young
French mobiles who conceived the idea
of pooling sufficient money to take one
of their number Ito be decided by LOTT
TO America, and carry him successful
~ through New York season. with
the express object of marrying an
American heiress, whose money was
subsequently to be parcelled out in
shares among the hackers of the I'M
dertaking. The scheme succeeded adj
mirably, except that when caught the
heiress refused absolutely to allow the
control of her money to pass out of her
own hands.
Mr. Payson has varied the
story. In THE Title-M ongers" the
Marquis Montrecourt is sent to Ameri-
Ga as an investment by two of his cred
ltors. He is a social success, but he
most unfortunately falls in love with
a SRI whom he believes to be poor while
MS conscientious attentions to Miss
Sappho Flub of Chicago are productive
only OF an appointment to the position
OF assistant secretary of the Great
Western railroad, the gift of her fiat
tered papa. With this unexpected
plum in his hand, the marquis decides
TO win the Door girl OF his heart, and
writes to the managers of the Credit
ors' Matrimonial Syndicate limited
that he Will negotiate with them no
longer in the matrimonial direction, but
will pay a reasonable interest on their
loan, beside refunding the capital as
soon as possible. The senior manager
has, however, sailed for America, and
his appearance on the secene is the
sign for an expose of the whole bust
ness. Montrecourts sweetheart, who
had temporarily broken with him, takes
her fortune, which has hitherto been
held in trust for her, into her own
hands, and pays off every cent of her
lovers Indebtedness to the Creditors
Matrimonial Syndicate, Limited, and
nothing but his honor prevents their
living happy ever afterward. Ii would
be too bad TO spoil the readers zest
by telling him the denouement The
enjoyment of the story is somewhat i'm
paired by frequent exaggerations and
an air of caricature. and there is little
attempt at character painting, but con-
siderable ingenuity is displayed in the
dovetailing of incidents, and the inter
est never flags.
PRO CHRISTIE" The story of
royal Huguenot, by Mrs Hattie Arm
old Clark illustrated. American
Tract Society.
This historical novel is doubly inter-
esting as being the work Of the wife
of Rev. d. Ollin Clark OF this city 1t
Io1 Fof
fully to portray the life and times of
the Huguenots during the reign of Lou
is XIV. Many of the notable figures in
French history are characters in the
book-Mme de Maintenon, Louis XIV,
Fenelon, Claude BRONSON, and others.
The characters, together with the hts
torical incidents which have been intro
duced, have been carefully studied, and
the best sources of information con-
suited.
THE GAP IN THE FENCE" By
Hattie Louise Jerome. Pp. 275, Illus
trated The Pilgrim Press, Boston and
Chicago.
This is a childrens story, full of
simple incidents and natural descrip-
ton, told in bright, easy, colloquial
way, that is sure to interest the read
ers for whom it is intended. The au-
thor has had experience in kindergar-
"
children like, and her description Of the
two families whose children used to
pass back and forth through the gap in
the fence, with the incidents that befell
while they were growing up will be
sure to place the book in the affections
of it's young readers. The scene is laid
in Worcester, with Asnebumskit, Hol-
den and Paxton in the background, all
of which should endear tine story to
10 n r. ic q
pleasure to recommend this work of a
Worcester lady.
THE MAGAZINES.
Our Little Ones and the Nursery fills
a niche Of its own in the literature of
childhood. It's contents are adapted to
the mind and tastes, so far as we
know them, of the very young child
or the old baby, whichever way you
like to put it, and artistically and ty-
geographically it is all that could be de-
sired. The October number contains a
number of little stories and poems by
well known contributors to Juveniles
itor and publisher. Laurence Elkins
ISL fremont street, Boston.
The Boston Cooking School Magazine
for October and November contains, in
addition to a number of mouth-water-
ing receipts, reviews of two new cook
books and the usual editorial matter:
an article on Home Building" by p.
G. Gulbranson; a sensible paper on
The art of entertaining, by Mrs.
Kate Gannett Wells an account of
Cheese and cheese cookery" by Annie
p Doughty; a description Of How TO
launder laces at home,' by M. w. How
ard, and a number OF useful suggestions
which will be appreciated by the house
keeper.
Harper's Round Table for October is
filed with stories of adventure, daring
and sports of the kind to please the
right sort of a boy THE Adventur-
ers" is concluded, much to the regret
of the youngsters; Lieut.. C. d. Rhodes
U. S. A., Al. Kennedy and others have
stirring yarns to spin Of Indians, the
Spanish war, etc, and Dan Beard makes
good suggestions and offers plans for q
ZOO in the backyard. 1.-THE Copper Prin-
cess, by Kirk Munroe, is concluded
with this number, but a new story by
this popular author will be begun in the
November issue. The prospectus of
the Round Table for next year, begin
ming with November, is replete with
interesting features.
Useful and suggestive is the O tober
issue Of The House Beautiful. A = 3ng
the contributors is Mrs. Alice Morse
Earle, who writes ~sym2atheticaily on
pewter Bright AftlSlS on W indOW
Curtains" Norwegian homes Sue
cessful Houses, Japanese flower ar
rangements" and the like, are amply
illustrated and offer numerous anti
dotes to the ugly and confusing deco
rations that are so common.
Felix Adler contributes to the Inter
national Journal of Ethics an earnest
discussion Of THE parting Of the ways
in the foreign policy Of the United
States" in which he urges this nation
ito consecrate itself to the advance
ment and perfection of the principles
of government rather than to the ex-
tension of those already accepted" Ber-
nard Bosannuet draws "a moral from