Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-10

New York.
A profusely illustrated textbook on
botany is l.. H. Bailey's Lessons With
Plants" 1t is a compilation Of "sugges-
tions for seeing and interpreting some
of the common forms of vegetation"
and is so arranged that it may be profit
ably used by both teacher and pupil.
The illustrations are delineations from
nature by w. S. Holdsworth, assistant
professor of drawing in the Agricultural
College of Michigan. An appendix con-
tains some valuable suggestions and a
glossary of botanical terms; and there
is q full index.
Published by the Macmillan Company,
New York.
Two compilations which offer much
attraction to lovers of poetry and stu
dents of English literature, are
"Shakespeare's Men and Women" edit
ed by Rose Porter, and Beautiful Wo-
men Of the Poets" edited by Beatrice
Sturges. The first is a Shaksperian
yearbook It's selections, culled with
great discrimination from the entire
range of the works of the great drama
tist and poet are grouped by plays and
poems, and thus succeed one another in
filing out the measure of the year.
l. d
tation for each day.
The selections which make up Beau
tiful Women of the Poets,' are grouped
likewise by authors, which comprise
many Of the best American and English
poets. The English writer's follow the
American.
Both volumes are published by E. R,
Herrick & Co.. New York.
THE PERIODICALS.
Charles DENLY, Jr, secretary Of the
United States legation in China, writes
forcibly in the January number Of the
North American Review of America S
opportunity in Asia" A paper on the
Industrial advance of Germany" from
the pen of Michael G. Mulhall, F, S. s.,
considers the development of Germany
in the last two decades. Mr.. Mulhall
asserts that in every particular it ex-
ceeds relatively that OF any other coun-
try in Europe. Under the title of "a
paradise of good government" Max
O'Rell very charmingly describes the
people and government of the island of
Jersey. In 'The Irish question in a
new light" the friends of Ireland in
America will read with absorbing inter-
est the account given by the Rt Hon.
Horace Plunkett, M. P, president of
the Irish Agricultural Organization So
ciety, of the promising results which
have attended the efforts made within
the past few years to further the inter-
ests of Ireland by the development of
her economic and industrial resources.
An important article by George NJ.
Sternberg, surgeon general of the Unit
ed States army, on the Causes and dis
tribution of infectious diseases" occu-
mic tIoa dT.et in Ai1r1afOn'g POnlI-
lar Science Monthly for January. DR..
Sternberg, among much other interest
ing data. gives a brief history of the
more serious epidemics of the century.
Prof. Ripleys twelfth chapter takes up
the 'Aryan question" and gives us
general view of its present status.
Science and morals" by NJ. P. e. Ber-
thelot, the eminent French chemist, dis
cusses the relations between science,
morals and religion "F'eet and hands,
by NJ. Bernard, is the first installment
of popular study in comparative anat-
onny, and gives a. very good example of
one of the processes of evolution, which
in this case has resulted in a wide diff
ferentiation of two originally similar
structures. The methods which make
''Double taxation possible are discussed
by the Hon. David A. Wells in his four
teenth chapter. The situs of personal
property and the origin and nature of
property are his two chief sub-headings.
Arthur Houghton Hyde discusses the
immigration question under the title
"The foreign element in our civiliza-
tion."
On the 18th of February next, in New
York, will be issued the Newspaper
Magazine It will be devoted almost
entirely to the publication of the best
things that are appearing in the con-
temporaneous newspap per-and, there
fore, it will draw its material from a
very wide source. Hardly day goes
by that some newspaper writer in some
part of this country does not furnish
an article that finds no further light or
permanency beyond the modest columns
of the local journal. The Newspaper
Magazine will be an attempt to corral
the best thoughts of writers ON miscel-
laneous subjects that are not found in
the monthly periodicals.
In the january issue of the Quarterly
Journal of Economics published for
Harvard University by G. H. Ellis, Bos-
ton) Prof Irving Fisher of Yale gives
sketch of the life and writings of
Gourmet, the French economist and
mathematician, who first applied
mathematical methods to economic
problems. Incidentally, Prof Fisher
defends vigorously this use of mathema-
teal methods Prof. G.. Droppers of
Tokyo writes on monetary changes in
Japan describing her experiences dur
ing a paper-money period, her resunlp-
tion of specie payments and her recent
adoption of the gold standard Mr.. j. Il.
George narrates sympathetically the
coal miners strike of 1897, and points
out how overproductfon and the influx
of ignorant immigrants have caused
misery in the mining regions. Prof John
Davidson explains that there is no silver
movement in Canada, because that
country has an elastic and satisfactory
banking system
It is not generally known that at the
time of his death, Du Maurier had COM
pleted two papers giving "reminiscences
of the two celebrated caricaturlsts with
whom he was closely associated-John
Leech and Charles Keene, as Well as an
account of his own career as illustrator.
The first of these is to appear IN Har-
per's Magazine for February, and the
second will be published in the number
following They will both be aecompa-
MED by drawings. some OF Wnlcn nave
never been published.
During this month Harpers Weekly
will contain a series of articles on am
ateur athletics in the west, by Caspar
Whitney, who is now making tour Of
the world in the interest of the Weekly,
as well as paper by Mr.. Whitney on
"The industrial movement in japan"
Other features of particular interest will
be articles entitled ''The status of Eu-
rope in China by William Elliot Grif-
fis, on Across Korea on horseback by
w. H. jackson; and two page illus
tration of the, new Grand Central Rail
way station, now in process of con-
structicn in New York city.