The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-05


Boston.
The following quotation is a fair sam
pie Of the earnestness and enthusiasm
with which the author. treats her sub
ject: THE artist like the poet is
reator, a maker and the laws by which
alone creative work may be achieved,
meet him at every turn, being illustra-
ted in the. representation of the sim
plest object, and moving before him
like pillar of cloud and fire when
ever he advances into the untraveled
regions of the ideal. 1t is to study
these laws and to see what light they
throw on problems deeper than those
of the artist that this essay is writ
ten"
1.-THE painter is bound both to the
ideal and the actual and cannot sep
arate himself from either. He is thus
obliged to take both sides of life into
account. His work must consist in shap
ing concrete realities into some form
of ideal expression. Natural objects are
his alphabet and he must study them
profoundly
Robespierre, the Story of Victorien
Sardou,s Play, adapted and novelized
under his authority by Auge Galdemar.
Publshed by Dodd, Mead & Co. Cloth
$3.50
Reversing the usual order of things,
play has been elaborated in this book
to make a novel, The result is salts
factory on the whole. The novel is
dramatic and fascinating. 1t reveals
the great strength of Sardou's drama.
The frontispiece is a portrait of Miss
Ellen Terry as Clarisse de Maulucon in
Robespierre. The fact that the play
is to be produced in the principal cities
of the United States this season is
good reason for the publication here
of the novel, Independent of this
fact, however, the story justifies it's
production in current American litera-
ture.
Mrs. Gillette's Cook Book Publish
ed by the Warner Co., Akron, o., New
York and Chicago.
Ten years have elapsed since the
White House Cook Book was issued.
The idea of presenting this new work
is to contine its teachings strictly to the
American way of cooking, rejecting TO-
reign receipts, which are not adaptable
in most of the American homes. The
work is simplfied so that any ordinary
servant can use it to advantage. The
White House Cook Book reached. a sale
of nearly Il million. The book is suita-
bly, illustrated with half tones and col
ored plates. Here's hoping the book
may have a tremendous effect on the
dinners and cooking of the future. A
cook book is something more than a
| recipe book.
Little Heroes and Heroines, "by Maud
Humphrey. Published by Frederick A.
| Stokes Co, New York.
This is a baby's book with bright
well-eXecuted illustrations and pic
lures. 1t will give delight to the
youngsters.
Little Red People," by E., w. Den
ming. Published by Frederick A.
Stokes Co., New York
This is a long, thing, obIong book for
children of imaginative ideas and
youthful love of pictures. Some of the
Illustrations are eXquisitely done in
colors. The young Indians are made
very realistic both by the text and pic
lures in this little volume. The cover
is very artistic.
''The Trail of the Sandhill Stag" By
Ernest Seton Thompson, naturalist to
the government of Manitoba. Publish
ed by Charles Scribner's Sons of New
York. Sold by Putnam, Davis & Co.
Cloth, $1.50.
This is one of the odd books of the
season so far as typography and style
are concerned. The designs for the til
tie page, cover and general make up
and literary revision were done by Mrs.
Grace Gallatin Seton Thompson The
text is POLITICALLY as attractive as the
pages are artistically. 1t is a gem of a
book.
Boys and Girls of the Philippines
and Around the World by Stella w.
Carroll and Harriette L. Jerome.
Published by the Morse Company Il
Illustrated. Cloth. The book Isl most
profusely illustrated and it's practical
value to youthful readers must be very
great. 1t is attractive in form.
Amateur Photography" by w. I.
Lincoln Adams. Revised and enlarged
edition. Illustrated by many half
tones and line engravings. Published
by the Baker and Taylor Co. Sold by
Putnam, Davis & Co., Worcester, Mass.
This is the fifth edition of a
| beautiful little volume, most of
the characteristic features of the
other editions have been retained but
it has all been carefully revised and
brought up to date. The photographs
presented are interesting,
Principles of Public Speaking, by Guy
Carleton Lee, Phi. D., of Johns Hopkins
University. Published by G. P. Put
nam's Sons. The Knickerbocker Press.
Cloth $1.75,
A distinctive feature of this book is
it's comprehensiveness. The student
will find in it not only the elements of
vocal culture and the treatment of the
subject of extemporaneous speaking
and debate, but also manual of par
Elementary law. The author must be
counted himself as a guide and author
ity. he treats at length in the various
chapters Management of the breath, .
Pronunciation, articulation and f1ex-
ibility,' Quality of voice." Gesture.
vocal defects" He reviews the history
of oratory and orators. 1t is pleasant to
observe that the author is not one of
those who tell us that all good speak
ers are among the ancients, that real
orators are all dead and buried.
No other age of the world, perhaps, .
he says, and certainly no other country
could assemble so many worthy of MEM
ton. In the political field names crowd
each other THE names of a score
of public men in Washington come to
mind, distinguished alike for their elo-
quence and the long periods of their
service. Hoar of Massachusetts and
his younger colleague, Lodge; Aldrich
of Rhode Island: German of Maryland
Morgan of Alabama, Vest of Missouri,
and Mills of Texas are names which
will endure. Allison of Iowa, Teller
and Walcott of Colorado, Nelson Of
Minnesota and Thurston of Nebraska
are oratorical giants reared in the
great west. In the House of Represent
atives names no less illustrious appear
and when the history of this age is
written, it will be found that it's polit-
zeal orators are no less conspicuous
than its great men in other fields. =
Yet with all this wealth of natural
ability we have few great speakers. We
lack men who by the concensus of opin-
ion are entitled to rank in this age as
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