The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-17
NEW FICTION.
novels and Stories, As They Come
From the Publishers.

novels and Stories, As They Come
From the Publishers.
Paul Carah, Cornishman. Bv Charles
Lee. Appleton & Co.
A more charming story than this Of
the young Cornishman who returns to
his native village after an absence of
seven years in America, has not come
10 The Spy's book table for a long time
StterIy without pretension or meIo-
| drama, it is sincerely transparentIv
told' with humor and pathos that are
genuine. The book ends sorrowfulIv
as the reader forsees it must, for PAM
Carah was confident, staggering
LelloW, without either modesty or graft
tuae to handicap him, and he never
guessed, after he had kissed Jennifer
Vhat she had fallen in love with him.
King or Knave, Which Wins? By
& Co.
Historians have painted Henry of
Navarro as the daring and skilful SOL
! der who won great victories for the
Huguenot cause, the wise ruler, the far
! seeing statesman, and commanding
| genius, but it is not with the Henry of
history that Mr.. Johnson concerns him
self, but with the Henry of romance
On one side Of his character Henry
was pitifully weak, and it is this phase
which is here presented. The greatest
Of French monarchs becomes an ar
dent but faithless lover of the famous
| beauty, Gabrielle distress, in whose
personality much of the interest of the
tale lies The historical coloring is
| vivid, but the destruction of the Span
ish armada is lugged in by the hair of
the head for dramatic effect, and so
are Marlowe, Drake and Raleigh. The
story is a sequel to The Kings
Henchman."
The Gam: Being a Group of Whaling
Stories. BY Capt. Charles Henry Rob
| bins. H. S. Hutchins & Co., New Bed
! ford. For sale by Boston Book EX-
change 40 Kilby street, Boston.
This collection of whaling yarns, at
least the publication of it, is due to
Rollin Lynde HART and Edward Ev-
erett Hale, who appear to have been
| prodding Capt Robbins for some time
to tell his stories in print and let some
| body else have the benefit of them.
| People who enjoy tales of the sea and
Of adventure will appreciate their taste,
| for these stories are saturated with
5SeiS biA4iCs anu loiAIiy WIN I'LL LOW
| escapes and episodes of bravery. An
amusing thing about them is the quo
tations which head the stories. "Es-
cape me? Never, beloved" from
Browning, looks odd at the top of a
whaling story. The literary flavor of
Coleridge, Sam Johnson, Ruth Ash
more. Walt Whitman and Stevenson,
blends with the smell of trying whale
oil. The captain is evidently as much
at home in a library as on the deck of
whaler. "The Albatross" is a
stunning story of a furious gale, which
the Thomas Pope weathered, but
which cost her her three masts, her
rigging. five out of six boats, jibboom,
bulwarks and sails. Pictures accen-
tuate the best points in the tales.
Dr. Nikola's Experiment. By Guy
Boothby. Appleton & Co.
| DIR. Nikola believes that by the ap-
Iphcation of certain drugs he can reju
Ivenate man 9S years of age, and to
lthat end he engages DIR. Ingleby to
assist him. He selects for his pa
| tient a Don, whose beautiful daugh-
| ter accompanies him to the castle
which DR.. Nikola has engaged for
! the experiment After weeks of
and relapse, Don Miguel
de Moreno comes out of the treat
ment with a young body, but art has
been unable to alter his mind, which
remains senile and blase, but with a
touch of righteousness which is terrify-
| ing. DR. Nikola is aghast at the
spectre he has raised. The efforts of the
Iparty are meanwhile required to ward
off the murdereous attacks of Chinese
assassin, who wants a sacred book DIR.
| Nikola has stolen in the interest of
science. Quong Ma entered the English
| baronial castle in which the party is
Ienseonsed, ana after throwing the
household into spasms, succeeds in
tackling Don Miguel. who is skylark-
ling around, and the two fall off the
parapet in a death clutch and are
washed out to sea AS may be sur
mised, the story is full of mystery and
surprise. Mr.. Boothby is a skilful story
teller. who knows how to individualiZe
through a series of novels the almost
supernatural figure of DIR. Nikola and
to hold the readers attention until the
very last page.
A Cosmopolitan Comedy. By Anna
Robson Brown Appleton & Co.
This is one of the lightest, prettiest
| of the summers publications. 1t
involves a loyal young American, a
| tuft-hunting, Anglomaniac American,
an art student, a Cuban patriot, pas
sionate Spaniard a Russian servant
| and other interesting Municipalities,
who meet in Paris and on the New
England coast in the summer of 1898.
The plot centres around the maneu-
vres of a Spanish spy in America, and
much of the wit and fun OF it depend
upon the destruction of the Spanish
fleet The story is clever, brilliant and
artistic.