The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-11-12

this beautifully illustrated story of the
imagination. 1t is for youth-a child
can understand its delicate touches
best:
Farewell to the wondrous fleets
That sail to Impossible Lands
Farewell to their cities happy streets
And their oceans shining sands
! Fair lands-Good night"
The spirit of the story that goes be-
fore this pretty lenvoi is indicated
therein.
Philosophic Nuggets; Selections from
Carlyle, Ruskin, Amiel and Charles
Kingsley, Compiled by Jeanne G. Penn
ington. Portrait of Carlyle. New York:
Fords. Howard & Hubert. Handy vol
ume. Cloth flexible, gilt top, 40 cents.
Whether one has or has not read Ger
tain authors, it rarely occurs to the
average reader to mark and copy out
passages of striking import for later
reference. Even though one might do so,
the labor Of copying and the uncertain
ty OF preserving make the actual doing
of 1t very rare. Miss Jeanne G. Penn
lngton, the discriminating compiler of
Don't Worry Nuggets" from Epicte-
tus, Emerson, George Eliot and Brown
ing, now offers another group Of marked
passages from Carlyle Ruskin Charles
Kingsley and Amiel, under the title of
'Philosophic Nuggets -paragraphs re-
lating to the higher realities of life
The little volume must be of genuine
worth to lovers of those great writers,
and stimulative of interest in others to
take them up and know more of their
helpful thinking. 1t completes for the
present, the announced volumes of the
justly favorite Nugget Series The
portrait of Carlyle that is given is one
of the most characteristic, and the at
Effectiveness of paper, print and binding
of the booklet is most alluring
Fife and Drum at Louisbourg, by j.
Macdonald Oxley. Illustrated by Clyde
Q. De Land. Published by Little, Brown
& Co
Among the great output of books for
the youth there is a class that is es-
pecially fascinating to young boys. This
belongs to the class. 1t follows history
closely enough to teach the facts of the
French and Indian wars, but it gives a
personal direct Interest to the contest
by telling the adventures of twin boys
who had the proud experience of play
ing the fife and drum at the immortal
capture of Louisbourg.
Bruno" by Byrd Spelman Dewey
Published by Little, Brown & Co. Cloth
1 uS eiuLllOI Has Created d tribute 10 q
pet. Bruno is a dog and the story is
woven about the life and characteristics
OF the animal The story is full of pat
hos. 1t is domestic, tender and stirring.
Nancy Hanks, by Caroline Hanks
Hitchcock. The story Of Abraham Lin
coins mother. Published by Doubleday
& Mcclure Co., New York. Cloth soc.
Mrs. Hitchcock here establishes for
hn 1Nv =
facts obtained in her genealogical re-
searches, the true story of the life of
President Lincolns mother. She has
consented to publish this brief sketch
the historical and biographical value of
which is evident, in advance of the COM
plete genealogy of the Hanks family on
which she has long been working. This
straightforward account will wipe
away forever the mystery which has
surrounded Mr.. Lincoln's mother.
Messrs. Small, Maynard & Co., Bos-
ton, will issue at once, under the title
THE Surface of Things" a volume of
stories by Charles Waldstein, Slade
professor of fine arts at Cambridge Uni
versity. The stories DEAL in the authors
phrase, with "the ethics of the surface,
that is, with the everyday problems of
social intercourse and have the special
bring the subject in hand not only to an
artistic but an ethical conclusion.
Bolton Halls new book, Things as
They Are will be published immedi-
ately by Messrs. Small, Maynard & Co.
1t will be in part a collection of little
fables, or parallels, on our social de-
ficiencies, kind of writing for which
Mr.. Hall has already proved his apti-
&c
You and l." The rest of Things as They
Are" will comprise a series of articles
dealing more deliberately with "the
roots of social wrong and the principles
of social right and the whole volume
will be Enthusiastically introduced by
Professor George D. Heron.
A Life of Hawthorne, by Mrs. James
T. Fields, will be published Immediately |
in the Beacon Biographies. The rela-
lions between Hawthorne and his pub
lishers Ticknor & Fields, were, as is |
well known, unusually intimate and |
friendly; and Mrs. Fields little book |
draws freely upon much recollection
and correspondence.
LITTLE Beasts of Field and Wood" is
the title of volume about some of the |
commoner small animals inhabiting the
northeastern states, which will be |
brought out shortly by Messrs. Small,
Maynard & Co, Boston. The author,
William Everett Cram. has written
from the close observation of some 20
years, and the subject which he takes
up if not altogether a new one, is at /
any rate fresh in comparison with the
many studies of birds and flowers which
have lately appeared. The book, though
addressed to nature-lovers of all ages,
is promised in a form especially cal
culated to please the young people, and
will contain a notable series of twenty
four full-page Illustrations by the
author.
"Pastels of Men," by Paul Bomget
Translated by Katherine Prescott.
Wormeley. Published by Little, Brown
& Co. Cloth $3.50.
There are nine very vivid and capti-
waiting short stories in this collection