The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-29

of many countries. There are numer-
Gus shorthand plates-and exercises,
over $50 pages in all.
"rhe heiress of the season." Sir Will
| liam Magnay's contribution to Apple
tons Town and Country" library, is
a story of social and political intrigue
and revenge. 1t illustrates forcibly
the truth Of sydney Smiths statement
touching his London feelings: Il am
heartless, selfish, insolent, worldly and
frivolous" said he, Immediately
! pass Hyde Park corner" 1t illus
trates more than this, for it sets forth
how Robert Charleroy, M. p, honest,
earnest and guileleSs, oVercame. and
punished his enemies, said enemies be-
ing both women and men. and in spite
Of loss of prospects" of detraction and
| Of disgrace in the eyes of society" as
serted his manhood powerfully and to
the utter discontinue of his foes. At
several stages Samuel Pickwick might
have recognized a fellowin -b bonds in
Charleroy Miss Catherine Thornihold
passes through a crucial ordeal, but is
not finally moved from her attachment
to Charleroy, while Lady Rossie and
her followers are defeated in their
! scheme to marry her to another young
politician, Odo Repton. The story Is
told with vivacity, and will entertain
| those who are not entirely disguised
with the base conduct OF high society.
1t is hard to conceive how many per-
sons can find interest in the novel of
modern NewY ORR" entitled Averages"
by Eleanor Stuart; 1t is representative,
but representative of insipid or COM
monplace beings and there are very
| few remarks by the author which are
| important or bright enough to relieve
the monotony of dull thought and ac-
ton which occupies so much of the
book. We have pictures of women en-
gagged in reform, in this story, but the
! pictures are intended to reveal the
weakness rather than the strength of
| female reformers-and few persons can
| be much interested in any but the
strongest workers in reform, men or
women. A little boys illness and
death give sombre coloring to the life
Of talk and mediocrity which here
abounds. appleton & Co., New York. J
"Chatterbox'' for 1899 has appeared
from the press of Dana Estes & Co, PIP
Summer street, Boston, and none too
soon for the numbers of little folk who
look eagerly for its coming In addition
to the black and white pictures that
adorn nearly every page, there are six
! handsome full-page colored plates. A
prettier Christmas present in the book
line for little boy or girl could not be
imagined
Square Pegs" Mrs. A. D. T. Whit
ney's new story, desc4ibes the long
struggle Of a young American girl of
the better class-a square peg-to fit
into her circle. She is only Is years old
when the story opens, but she is brave,
refined, sincere, and in the end sue
ceeds. Her experiences with her mil
liner aunt and at the fashionable
school to which she is sent to ''finish,"
are amusing. The book is wholesome
and little commonplace, as all Mrs
| Whitney's are, but it puts forth in CON
Vincing light the futility Of vulgar
pushing as means of social advance
and paints the success of genuine worth
and refinement in winning recognition.
(Houghtor, Miff1in & Coz
Madame Lambelle," by Gustave
Toudouze. has been published in paper
covers by William R. Jenkins, SIS Sixth
avenue. This work has been crowned
by the French academy. It is a charm
ing story OF contemporary life in L'Hay
and Paris.
p. Q: Lyle of the Millersville state
normal school, Penn, has added
Advanced Grammar and Compost.
ton to his language series. It IS de.
signed for use in higher schools and is
published by the American Book Com.
pany The same firm has published. q
book on plane Geometry by William
j: Meline, president of the New York
state normal school at Albany, N. Y.
CHM & Company has brought out a
nf u -
Solid Geometry" with wood cuts
placed by the side of the ordinary fig
ures used in the demonstrations. The
same firm has published extracts from
Luther's German works, edited, with
introduction and notes, by W. H Car
ruth, professor of German language and
literature in the University of Kansas.
Bearing in mind that the American col
lege student may not read more than
| one volume Of Luther's writings, the
editor has taken his selections from the
whole course Of Luther's life.
The London Academy has been pub
fishing an elaborate enquiry into
| David Harum, and the reviewers YER
dlct is that David Harum remains
David Harum will remain for some
years-a convincing and delightful Gre
alton, and, in the sense that it sticks
IN the memory, a memorable one.''
The old adage about truth and fiction
was justified again in the recent foot
ball game between Harvard and Wes-
leyan, when Ellis, the Harvard right
half-back made a run of thirty-fiye
| yards and jumped over a WESLEYAN
! tackler's head, scoring a touchdown.
The same feat is described in r. H. Bar
bour's new foot ball story, 1.-THE Half
back" and the exciting incident is IL
Illustrated in the frontispiece of the book.
which has just been published by d.
Appleton & Co.
Congressman-elect Roberts, of Utah.
has read Miss Lily Dougall's novel
! The Mormon Prophet" and saws that
1t is apparent on every page that she
| writes from intimate acquaintance with
the early history Of the Mormons. .
Very naturally, Mr.. Roberts objects to
! her Characterization Of Joseph Smith as
a largely self-deluded enthusiast, but
| the careful attention which he gives to
Miss Douglas remarkable novel is Of
itself an exceptional tribute to the
power and interest of the book.
"A gentleman in Tacoma writes to
| inquire whether there is any English
! translation of Balzac that is complete
and unexpurgated. We reply that there
is only one such translation, and that is
published by Messrs. George Barrie &
Son, Of Philadelphia. The Bookman,
Oct, 1899.
1.-THE mosquito theory of malaria"
about which there has been so much
| discussion recently, will be authorita-
lively handled by Maj. Ronald Ross in