The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-01

tefslty OF Chicago, writes an exhaust
I've paper on our federal constitutio-
and the governm ant of tropical I'D
| tories" Mr.. w. r. Steae gives an NJ =; tt-
| tefestlng estimate of the young Rna
sian car; Miss Laura Carroll DenrIs
| describes the career and work nf ~
rising American sculptor, Georqe crnF.
| barnard, and sketch of the Iafs Saey
erai Garcia the Cuban patriot lie ~
| trlbuted by Mr.. George Reno Ma
lleTIta Arllna Hamm gives a succinct
4 a. OIL the Red Cross movement ana
the work of that Organization in ~
late war. M 'he
Inc New Years isue of Harna,s.
| especially valuable by reason oP
worthy contributions to political 80
lclsin, important estimates of contaIt
Porary men and events, and interaetEi,r.i.-.
descriptions of regions of the woniSS
t rnaI nave lately been brought fnto
prominent notice Among tho r p
prominent features are 'Bisrna roi l.t %,
Man and the Statesman nersou me
estimate of the iron chancellor i IA
Charles T. Lewis; THE SnIto,, W
home by Sidney Whitman, +. p a a.
), and "A Glimpse at Nub,a ="
called the Soudan," by Capt r r. Ing
SPEEDY illustrated from the author,s
number
with an accurate and interestine e en
count of THE naval campaign o2 tooo
| IN the West indies by Lieutenant g
A. Staunton, U. S. N. Henry Too,, 2,
Nelson contributes a timely and in
structiVe criticism entitled nTho
weakness of the executive power -
| democracy, as il rated in our late
war Other articl e value and con-
temporary interest are Brother To-,
than'G colonies
Bushnell Hart, and Fifty wears "A
FRANCIS Joseph by Sydney Brooks.
Miss Cecilia Beaux, easily first
among American women artists, and
one of the strongest portrait-painters
OF the day, has made a striking head
of Admiral Sampson, from life, which
appears as the frontispiece of the Ian
uary number of The Century. apropos
Of the second instalment of Lieut.. Hob
sons "Merrimac" papers. in which the
sinking of the collier, as directed nv
the admiral, is wildly but modestly de-
scribed by the hand that did It. Cant
Slgsbee of the Maine continues his per-
sonal account of the episode that pre-
cipltated the conflict with Spain: and
Mr.. Edmond Kelly describes the expe-
rlences of AN American in Madrid
during the war" But the interest of
the magazine is by no means exclu-
siVely military, despite these three ar
tlcles and the continuation of Prof
Wheeler's Alexander The Great
There is much that breathes OF peace.
Inc Carlyles in Scotland" is an init
mately personal paper; and equally
readable in another way is Miss Flor
ence Hotchkiss' "Carlyle's dramatic
portrayal of character the prize es-
say IN The Century's college competi-
tlon. Mr.. F. Marion Crawford, in "Via
Crucls," continues his fascinating ro-
nance of the middle ages; and Mr..
Paul l.. Ford's Many sided Franklin
is devoted this month to the great
mans schooling and self-culture, his
services to education, and his library.
capt. Crowninshield, u. S. N, chief Oh
the bureau of navigation, makes an Ell
fectlve presentation of the "AdvantageH
OF the Nicaraguan C&naP' in an arti-
Gle so entitled. There is poetry by DR.
Weir Mitchell, Miss Thomas. Mr.
Cheney and others and some good fic-
ton.
rs the American Girl Really Eman-
cipated"' byGertrude Atherton; SHOULD
Marriage Engagement Ever Be Brok-
en- OFF" by Florence 1. Hatch. Mrs. Phil
lips, Mrs. Morgan, Marion b. Howe and
Cora Darlington. and Brides and
Bridegrooms in the Honeymoon Per
iod,' by Mrs. E. r. Cook, are three sub d
ietcs discussed by leading writers iny
the January issue of the American
Queen.
Music in America, beauty and the
toilet, how to care for the fam
lily table, and decollete gowns for I'M
attractive shoulders are among the nu-
merous subjects of interest treated The
original illustrations number about 100.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for
January is a novel holiday number,
and sets a very high standard for the
coming year. The feature par excel
| lence is the complete story of the sink
| ing of the Merrimac. at the mouth of
Santiago harbor, last June as told in
straightforward, dramatic narrative
by Lieut. Hobson's chosen helmsman in
that historic eXploit-the gallant young
Osborn Deignan, from Iowa. The same
number contains in addition the first of
a series of articles by T. r. Dawley, Jr.,
the war correspondent, entitled Cam
paigning With Gomez; In a Klondike
Cabin" by Joaquin Miller, the poet Of
the Sierrras; the first part of a new
/ California story by Bret Harte; WON
Zen in Politics." by the Marquis LAMA;
! "Naval Signaling and Carrier Pigeons"
/ by Joseph G. Croft; the Orphan of
! Belleville,' a charming story by Fran
co.'s Coppee, and other agreeable stories
and poems.