The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-10

DBChS u HOtAi y W ".
Putnam's Sons, is graduate of Will
liams College For several years he
was a professor of English and ora
tory in that Institution. Later, mainly
because his pupils were almost uni
formly successful in taking prizes in
oratory and composition at the inter-
collegiate contests held between 1870
and 1880 in New York city. he was
called to Princeton as professor of ora
tory and esthetic criticism. At present
he is professor Of esthetics in that in
stitution, but for a few years he has
been there only a part of the college
year. spending the other part in Wash
ington, D. c., where he passes his time
in writing books
Our country possesses no more catch
ing melody, whether played by mill
tary bands or sung by children, than
Coming Through Georgia" Within a
week after the American troops had
landed in Porto Rico, all the boys were
whistling it and supposing 1t to be
our national anthem; but the present
words unfit it fer national purposes.
A few years ago a northern man, alb
systematically whistling 1t in Savan-
nah, was told that if he did not stop
he was in danger Of being mobbed and
sent home. There is no reason, how
ever, why, with appropriate words, the
melcdy should not be popular, even in
the South In his Ballads and Other
Poems" published by G. P. Putnam s
Sons, Professor G. /. Raymond prints
some verses called Hail the Flag,
which were sung to this tune at some
patriotic meeting of children in WASH
ington 1t would be we'll if they could
be introduced into all our schools, and
sung IN connection with the salute to
the flag. Older people too. might oc-
easionai(y be thankful FOR them Some
Of us On an ocean steamer have heard
the English, after singing God, Save
the Queen" call fer a national Amer
lean song. In response to such call,
to sing America" is to initiate, and to
sing the Star Spangied Banner is to
attempt the impossible. No one seems
to know the words, and, if he did,
masnificently as the tune sounds when
played by band, most human voices
split when they come to the high notes.
This is the latest report of popular
books at the Worcester Free Public
Library; Samuel S. Green, librarian:
"A Sailors Log Evans, apple
ton, So -.
The Tribulations Of q Princess.
The Life and Letters Of Phillips
Brooks" Allen. (Dutton, 3 vols, $50
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry
Huxley" Huxley. (Appleton, vols,
1.-THE Life of the Bee" Maeterlinck.
Dodd, Mead & Co.. $1.40)
Law of Psychic Phenomena" Hud-
son. (McClurg, $.5O)
up from Slavery" Washington.
Doubleday, Page & Co, $500
wild Animals Have known"
Thompson Seton. (Scribners So
THE Riddle of the Universe"
Haeckel. (Harper, s1.5o)
In Tune with the Infinite" Urine.
(Crowell $1.25.)
Most popular NOVELETTE, Crisis
Churchill. macmillan, s1.50)
Among the new books received is:
"Mollie's Prints" By Rosa Nouchette
Carey Published by ]. B. Lippincott.
Paper so cents; cloth, 81.
The American publishers of kim"
/ have put their third edition to press
within the third week cf publication.
The English publishers have not done
quite as we'll in so far as editions are
1 concerned, though the first one of So 900
now is so nearly exhausted that a sec
/ ond printing is now under way, The
burst of spontaneous approval which
has accompanied the publication of
"EZim' fairly places Mr.. Kipling's fame
at it's greatest height. Perhaps never
before have there been so many read
ers of Kipling, and certainly never so
many new translations Almost coin
cident with the publication of kim"
was the appearance, for the first time,
Of the PLAIN Tales from the Hills in
a Malaysian language
The Ledger Monthly for November
has on its cover a picture Of two beau
tiful girls driving an automobile. 1t is
a spirited scene, and the artist has sue
ceeded in making the automobile pic
torial.
The Old Corner Bookstore in Boston
reports that THE Tory Lover" Miss
JeWett's new romance is one of the
two books most in demand for the week
ending October 10.
May Alden Ward, the president of
the Massachusetts Federation Of Wo-
mems Clubs, is the author of a volume.
entitled Prophets of the Nineteenth
Century" in which Carlyle, Ruskin and
Tolstoi stand forth clearly before the
reader The book has been widely read
by the admirers of these three men.
Little, Brown & Co. are the publishers.
Edith Robinson, who has written
THE Captain of the School" for the
entertainment Of boys and girls, is a
favorite juvenile author This new
story contains in a measure some of
/ the authors own experiences, as she
was one of a family left wholly to their
( own devices, and that forms the ba-
/ sis Of her interesting and inspiring
story.
Lucy NJ Thruston, the author of
! Mistress Brent" has been a student
/ of history since her school days, and at
one time taught that branch of study
/ in a large school in Baltimore, her
! home. She has made a special study of
! the early colonial life of Maryland, and
her first novel, written during 2 long
( holiday up IN the mountains CT Vir-
/ ginia, has been pronounced historically
accurate
A third edition of up and Down the
/ Sands Of Cold Mary Devereux's new
1 novel Of the present day, has already
been printed by the publishers. Little,
/ Brown & Co.
Uniform with the Red Line edition CT
Mrs. Tileston's new book, Joy and
| Strength for the Pilgrims Day" Lit
4 tie, Brown & Co have published a
similar edition of her earlier volume,
I Daily Strength for Daily Needs" 1t
is printed from new type, with borders
in red, and has q new and attractive
cover design. Daily Strength is prob-
ably the most popular of all volumes
| of selections, as it has already reached
a sale Of over 100000 copies
"Sir Christopher" by Maud Wilder
| Goodwin, has been placed on the list
Of the 100 best books of the year by
the Western Massachusetts Library
/ Club A new edition Of Mrs. Goodwin's