The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-15
THE LITERARY SHOP.

IT. - GiNFAhi StiNE
Mr.. Game expresses his appreciation
of the treatment he has received at the
hands of American audiences, and yet
there are some of us who look forward
to the time when m m
The Johns shall cease. from Storming
And the Glorys Quail no more.
The Critic.
w. w. Steads new work win be
called United States of America"
The once vaunted American hun1or
is conspicuous by its absence in every
department of literature. 1t would per-
haps be no exaggeration to say that
the stock of national huinor is divided
between Mr.. DooIey and Miss Beatrice
HEREFORD, and of them one is Irish and
the other English" Thus walls the
Chicago Tribune.
Heine's physician, DR.. Gruby, who
attended the poet throughout his long
last Illness, died recently in Paris He
was extremely eccentric, living in a
large house, into the inner rooms of
which no one was admitted These
rooms were filled from floor to ceiling
with all sorts of curiosities and with
books and papers, among which 1t is
hoped that manuscripts by Heine may
be found.
Ruskin is said to derive an income
OF $4,000 from his sixty-four books.
The Spanish War Series in The Cen
fury is proving a great success, and
has very considerably increased the
circulation of the magazine In the
February number General Shafter will
tell the story of the Santiago campaign,
and Lieut.. Hobson VIII follow his ac-
count of the sinking Of the "Merrimac'
with a narrative OF his imprisonment
in MORO Castle.
Ruskin's letters to Rossetti, written
between 1852 and 1862, are nearly ready
for publication in London Temple
Scott writes that the book containing
them will be a sort OF history of the
pre- Raphaelite movement
S. r. Crocketts army Of readers will
be glad to learn that q new novel. Kit
Kennedy" win appear as serial in
Harper's Bazaar during 1899. 1t is said
to be in Mr.. Crockstts pest vein.
Poultney Bigelow had some memors-
BILE experiences lately with the secret
police of Russia. Under the title, "Po--
lice Spies in Russia in the Issue OF
January II of the Youths Companion,
he relates his experiences with the
tsar's vigilant and suspicious officials.
An English publisher, G. A. Pearson.
neutrality-suspicious. lines, in this coun-
try in March. sAA =
The author of 1.-THE Prophet Of the
Great Smoky Mountain" has taken the
brilliant Tennessee landscape for the
sitting of her new book, 1.-THE Story Of
Old Fort Loudon,' which Is to be pub
lished this month by the Macmillan
Company 1t is narrative of the life
of the pioneers of Tennessee and OF
their fortunes a 40 ~
okees in the uprising Of 1860. 1t forms
new volume in the series Of "Stories
from Anglican History Of which
Frank Std6lktpn's buccaneers and Pr
rates, ana Grace Kings de Soto in
the Landrof Florida" are two OF the
more recent books. ~
The Macmillan Company will publish
within a few weeks Three Studies In
Literature by Lewis Edwards Gates,
assistant professor of English In Har-
ward University My Lady and Allan
Darke,'' a novel by new writer, Chas
Donnel Gibsons rThe Foundations Of
Zoology by Prof. w. Ks8 Brooks of
johns Hopkins University Carl Selma
bells NText, Book on MetaBurgys@ tran
slated and edited by Prof, Henry Louis
Of the Durham England College OF
Science; Principles of Agriculture.
by L.H. Bailey. professor Of horticul-
ture in Cornell University sTha story
Of France by Thomas r. Watson.
WE DRINK TOO LITTLE WATER
my opinion is that people do not
drink as much water during, the fall
and winter season as they should, Sob
served q well known physician, to the
Philadelphia Inquirer, "or as much as
is positively necessary for them, hav-
ing health in view. There are thou
sands of people who do not drink one
glass Of water during the entire day;
people. too, who drink from three to
six glasses daily during other seasons
of the year Water is as necessary dur
ing the cool as during the warm sea-
sons, and those who keep up their usu-
al quantity regardless OF seasons are
benefited thereby in their general
health. I do not believe in gulping
down water just because IL is conyen-
drinking regular liberal quantity OF
water each day is demanded by the
system, and that what are known as
water drinkers have, on the whole,
much better health by SO doing.
There are many people who have
such a horror Of growing stout that
they never drink a drop Of water ex-
! cert that which goes into their coffee,
teas, and soups, and many OF them
carry 1t so far as to give these UP so
as to avoid using water. have yet
to see the man or woman who has
been made fat by drinking water. while
l know many who have grown stout
by avoiding it. The kidneys cannot
properly work unless there are liquids
consumed Stimulating drinks. beers
and the like, may furnish the liquids.
but the stimulation they cause and
which il unnecessary for perfect
health, more than counteracts the ben
Gifts derived from their use. Take any
Of the animals and it will be found
they drink regular supply Of water
every day In the year, that is, when
they have any choice in the matter.
Tt is a pretty safe rule to follow the
habits of animals. / am sure none Of
them grow fat on water alone"