The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-19

The Jingle Book" by Carolyn Wells
Pictured by oliver Herford Pub
lished by the Macmillan company.
Lyrics of Brotherhood" BY Richard
Burton, Published by Small May
nard & Co. Cloth, 81.
Iron Heart, War Chief of the Iro-
quois." By Edward S. Ellis Pub
nshed by, Henry T. Coates & Co.,
| Philadelphia.
There seems to be no end of books
at this season, published primarily for
the youth. This is story of Indian
wars and adventure, and will be par
ticularly attractive to the boys.
"The Little Fig Tree Stories" By
Mary Hallock Foote. Published by
Hough.on, Miffi1n & Co.
These stories were originally pub
lished i'll the st. Nicholas Magazine,
and naturally are intended for youth
full readers. The author is well known
for Occur d'Alene," THE Led-Horse
Claim and other successful novels. She
has most happy faculty for story-tell-
ing.
Santa Claus Partner" By Thomas
Nelson Page. Published by Charles
Scribncrs Sons. Cloth, $1.5O.
Mr.. Page has given us a Christmas
story of American life as strong, pa
thetic and vivid as Dickens Christmas
Stories. A young American million
aire finds himself alone and friendless
| at Christmas. The little daughter of
his bookkeeper is Santa Claus partner.
! With her, he buys gifts for the chill
dren, and in this work he finds peace
and happiness. The book is rich in sem
| timent, and it certainly ought to teach
| if it can only reach the busy world that
ffn 11O al "
absorbed in business pursuits. 1t is a
fascinating, delightful story anyhow,
and the world of books is richer for hav-
| ing it produced.
Dorothy and Her Friends By Ellen
Olney Kirk. Published by Houghton,
Miff1in & Co. Cloth, $125. Sold by
Sanfopd-Sawtelle Co., Worcester.
Most delightful for the young girls,
interesting to readers of any age, is
this sweet little story of Dorothy. The
book is tastefully Illustrated. 1t is spec
tally adapted for the gift season. 1t
will form the nucleus perhaps, of many
a young girls library. The love of books
and learning often originate in a gift
Of story like this to a young girl.
Among English Hedge Rows" Writ
ten and illustrated by Clifton John
ton w Mabie. Published by the
Macmillan company.
Not the least interesting part of this
handsome book is the collection of pho
tographs. The pictures of rural life are
typical. Together with the sketches of
which the book consists, these pictures
are a fascinating lot.
"A long walk" Mr. Mabie says, "be-
| tween the hedges, across wide meadows,
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| der widespread fng trees, puts one in
the way of intimacy with the country
and the people. 1t is at dusk in the
early summer there comes the passion
ate note of the nightingale, which al
ways arrests one with a sense of its pa
thos as if it had never been heard be-
fore; if it is monday, from some
neighboring meadow the lark swiftly
rises into those soft skies, from which
it's notes will soon fall like rain"
into this world, so unlike our own, and
yet so much akin to ours, Mr.. Johnson
has gone with friendly eye, hearty
sympathy and very intelligent cam
era, and his record betrays. at all points
that love of his field and his subjects
which is the prime characteristic of the
successful painter of rural life and
country folk.
'The Young Boss" by Edward William
Thompson Cloth, SOC. T. Y. Crowell &
Co., New York and Boston.
| This is a story for boys and very true
and stimulating it is, telling as it does
how a RELIANT but modest and polite
young manltook hold of an engineering
contract which an accident had pre-
vented his father from accomplishing,
and carried it through successfully. He
has all sorts of trials but surmounts
them by his energy, tact and patience.
Lay Sermons. By Howard w. Tilton.
Published by Doubleday & Mcclure
Cloth, $1.00.
at matters not" says Mr.. Tilton,
whether you wear a white choker and
straight frock and talk from pulpit
or whether you are only a tired mother
standing at the kitchen table and
preaching the gospel of right to a con-
gregation of one little sinner" True to
his belief, the author (who is editor of
the Council Bluffs NonpareiD has writ
ten series of homely, personal talks
which should reach a class of readers
apt to be Indifferent to the more formal
and profound utterances of the pulpit.
"To Alaska for Gold; or, the Fortune
Hunters of the Yukon" Being the third
volume of the Bound to Succeed Sc
ries by Edward Stratemeyer. Cloth. Ill
Illustrated. Published by Lee & Shop
ard.
In ITO Alaska for Gold" Edward
Stratmeyer, author of the famous "Old
Glory Series" tells in a graphic way
the fortunes of the two Portney broth
ers, Earl and Randy, two orphan lads
from the lumber region of Maine. An
uncle in California, who is an eXper-
fenced miner and has been in the Klon-
TO 1r,s, Ia, ~
San Francisco for a second trip. The
whole preparation of miners outfit
and subsequent journey to the Klon
dixie are most graphically described,
and a great deal Of valuable informa-
ton given, which is to be regarded as
reliable, since the author has made
long and painstaking investigation. The
party have no easy time, and no phe-
nomenally good luck, and the book is
the better for it, They do, however,
secure a fair amount of the precious
metal and return safely.
1--WE -Four Girls" BY Mary G.. Darl-
ing, 12mo. Cloth, $1.25; 247 pages. IL
Illustrated. Published by Lee & Shepard.
All who have read Battles at Home"
and In the World by Mary q. Darl-
ing, will be delighted to hear that this
author presents a new book for girls
which will undoubtedly prove as pop
ular as her previous volumes.
1--WE Four Girls is bright, healthy
story of a summer vacation enjoyed by
these four girls in the country, where
they were sent for study and recrea-
ton. The story has plenty of natural
incidents; and a mild romance. in
which they are all interested, and of
which their teacher is the principal
person, gives interest,to the tale.
Foot Ball, and Golf" by Ralph Henry
Barbour
Is capaital story of school-boy life
with plenty of clean athletic interest
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