The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-02

Mr.. Anthony Hope has just finished a
novel which is devoted to a very deli
cate and penetrating study of Disraeli.
1t is new development in the novel;
lists career and will be anticipated with
great interest.
Outing for October is a seasonable, in
teresting and finely illustrated number.
Duck shooting on the Hudson, . THE
yarn of the Yampa,'' "a day with the
pronghorns,' walter Camps foot ball
review" "Trouting over the old Hoe
kett trail" and Lawn tennis in Great
Britain" are few of the good things
| among the sporting features. Two ex-
! cellent stories, Miss Carrington's pro-
fessional," a tale Of the golf links, and
! 1.-THE wedding finger of Colly,' ably fill
/ the fiction department. In the rod and
gun and the kennel departments Ed w.
Sandys continues a series of interesting
i illustrated sketches Of game birds and
the different breeds of dogs, while other
/ well known experts discuss various
/ sporting topics.
Japanese journalism Isl a singular
! profession in many of it's features.
! There is practically no such thing as
! freedom Of the press in Japan. When
I ever a newspaper publishes something
unfriendly to the government it is sup
! pressed and the editor is sent to prison.
The real editor is never imprisoned.
Every newspaper has what the Japan
ese call a dummy editor" and it is his
sole duty to go to Jail every time the
paper is suppressed for offending the
mikado. Then the real editor changes
the name of the. paper and keeps on
publishing it. Dummy editors spend
most of their time in prison.
Mr.. Kiplings present work is the
writing of six stories of school life, each
described as complete in itself, but all
dealing with the same characters They
are to be published in "McClure's Mag
azine' during the coming year, begin
ming with the January number.
The October number of the Cosmo-
| politan is exceedingly interesting. 1t
has an article on the Trans Mississippi
exposition, by Octave Thanet; THE
Chicago packing industry" by Theo-
dore Dresser; Judith Dauntry," a
ford; SThe free-lecture system, !,
| by S. T. Willis; THE gov
ernor- general" story, by Frank
| r. Stockton; "The story of a witch
and some bewitched," by O'Neill, La
than; THE new American aristocra-
A.
Lord Venetia," story. by Maarten
Martens.
Harper s. Magazine sfor October leads
with an illustrated article by Sven IIe-
din, ION the roof of the world" be-
ing notes from his Journey through
Asia The span o. life is new
continued story by William McLennon
and ]. N. McIlwraith, dealing with the
romantic times of Prince Charlie ("
There is a second paper on Social life
IN the British army as seen by a
British officer. John G.. Carlisle con-
siders 'Our future policy" conclud-
ing: When 1t is understood that there
are to be no more wars between people
OF the Anglo-Saxon race, that all their
differences not amicably adjusted by
diplomacy will be permanently settled
by arbitration, that they are thorough
~ united by the ties OF blood and a
common heritage of free institutions.
not for conquest or aggression OF any
| kind, but for the promotion of peace
and civilization, and that their com
bined influence will be exerted for these
| purposes only, all other nations will
realize that new force has been de-
| veloped which cannot prudently be
| ignored in their schemes of aggrand-
cement in any part ofsthe GLOBE Cas-
par Whitney and William Elliott Grif-
| ifs furnishes war articles. Margaret
/ Deland contributes story. The NUM-
| Der is very good.
THE regulars at Ell Caney'' is the
| title of Capt. Arthur H. Lees article
on one of the battles fought around
! Santiago, which will appear in the Oe-
tober number Of scribner's Magazine.
Capt Lee is an officer in the royal
| army, and British military attaohe in
| Washington. He showed great enthu-
sinsm at the work performed by the
| United States regular troops in the re-
| cent Cuban campaign, and is said to
have produced a spirited and graphic
account of the manoeuvres that came
under his eye. The article will be il
Illustrated from photographs by the. au-
thor.
Messrs. Houghton, Mitfhn & Co, of
Boston, New York and Chicago, an
nounce for immediate publication as
Il No. 127 of their Riverside Literature
Series, code On a Grecian Urn and
4 Other Poems by John Kea is. Paper
covers, 10 cents, postpaid. This book,
| which will be a most worthy addition
to the 140 numbers Of the Riverside
Literature Series already published,
| contains in addition to the title poem
\ about dozen of Keats poems suitable
j for school purposes, besides several of
the sonnets. Among them may be
/ mentioned, ''On first looking into
/ Chapman Homer lSADtlld, que
4 to a nightingale, "Bards of passion,
Lines on the mermald's tavern" and
Hyperion" The book has been edi-
| ted with especial relation to tha class
room, with notes; many of the longer
poems contain introductions; and there
has been written especially for this
edition an excellent biographical
sketch.
i ',The Fatal Gift" by Frankfort
Moore will be published shortly by
i Dodd, Mead G. Co. Mr.. Moore, who is
the author Of phyllis of Philistia''
and "DareenS bases his new work upon
the famous Cunning sisters, two young
Irish girls of marvellous beauty, who
appeared in London a little more than
a hundred years ago, and created a
great furore in society there. Their
diplomatic and ambitious mother, al
though comparatively without means
managed to give them the social adj
vantages of a London season; her
methods, while they are the same en-
ployed by certain British dowagers to-
day, are nevertheless questionable In
1.-THE Fatal Gift" the author is said
to give vivid picture OF the sensation
these beautiful girls created in Lon
don, and Of the duels that We're fought
over them. Glimpses are given here
and there Of the elder Sheridan, OF
Walpole, Of Whitefield. whose relig-
ious fervor was beginning 60 make IT.
self felt at that period.
II Alfred Austin, poet laureate has
, written another book in the. vein Of
, THE Garden That Love, Its, gentle
: meanderings. dealeWith Italian poetry
and art. with lovely ladies and the