The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-29

questioned, yesterday, the only state
ment this firm of publishers would
make was that the fiftieth thousand Of
Truth Dexter was just on the press
The United States is now at the head
of the worlds exporting nations. For
the nine months ending September 30,
1901, our exports of domestic products
amounted to $1,O24 ,605,1S1 No other
nation has ever touched this figure
within $4,000, OO0.-Success.
Enter into the struggle Of exis-
tence!" This is the mandate of the
Power, that made the world. This is
the divine decree for man, and to ig-
more it is to defy the motion of the
universe,-to defy evolution, to become
an idler parasite. Idleness-we
know with what silent but infleXibe
sternness great Nature sets her iron
will against this treason to Coded
win Markham in January Success.
The common dodder is one Of these
natural paupers In the beginning, it
makes an honorable start; performs
every plant-like duty; shoots out root
and leaf. But the bane Of the idler is
in it's nature; so, casting off it's self
respect, it proceeds to suck it's daily
sap from some worthy neighbor.--Ed-
win Markham, in Success.
AS many copies of 1.-THE Crisis" have
been sold in six months as have been
sold Of Richard Carvel' in the two
years since it was published The sale
of each has now reached the figure Of
375, 900 copies. If the popularity of
Richard Carver" has been considered
extraordinary, what must we say of
The Crisis?
Henry Wallace Phillips, whose Red
Headed Cupid" raised a laugh all over
the country, comes up to the mark
again in the January McClure's with
"The Demon in the Canon" a bear
story in rollicking miners slang. This
story of Hydraulic" Smith, Again
memnon G. Jones, Miguel, the "greas-
er" herder, and brother bear, will keep
you laughing from start to finish.
James Barnes, the author of "The
Great War Trek" and an authority on
the South African War, has a capital
story of the war in the January Nc
Cures, called THE One Who
Thought" 1t is a story of British blum
dering and Boer spryness, of a forlorn
hope at bay on a kopje. The whole
has the right touch and go demanded
by the subject.
1t is a coincidence that two of the
books which Doubleday. Page &, Co.
publish, this month, are by authors
whose personalities are entirely I'M
known. One. of course, is "A Modern
Antaeus," the new success, by the
mysterious author OF "An Englishwo-
mans Love Letters" The other is
THE Making of "a Journey to Ma
ture,-"J. P. Mowbray, who was for
merry known to the public only by the
initials u. P. NJ" The rumor was
afioat that they stood for j. Pierpont
Morgan, but this the publishers deny,
though the stories deal with a Wall
Street broker and a young married
couple who leave the city to live some
very delightful experiences not far
from the west bank of the Hudson,
where the author, himself, is said to
have his home.
Now that kim" is first in every
list of the best fiction of the year, it is
interesting to learn that since publ
cation, hardly three months ago, the
actual sales have been considerably
over 1901 900. Mr.. Kipling has chosen TO
spend his Christmas aboard a liner
bound for South Africa, but on Christ
mas dawn, somewhere in mid ocean,
he may awake to know that his royal
ties on kim" are very large.
An article of particular interest in
the forthcoming issue of The Critic
will be Mr.. B. w. MATHS paper on
Dickens and His Illustrators" Mr.
Mates text will be supplemented by
five hitherto unpublished portraits Of
Dickens, besides numerous drawings
and facsimiles of MSS. Following this
paper will be Mr.. George Glssing's ap-
probation entitled Dickens in Mem
Ory," a semi-critical semi-reminiscent
article by one fully qualified to speak
with sympathy and with authority Of
the creator Of so many human and
enduring masterpieces.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Brownell. whose
new book, Dream Children" is just
published, is one Of the optimistic en-
thusiasts Of photography. She believes
that the Photographic art is in it's
veriest infancy, and hopes for it a per-
lection such as has been accomplished
In the fine arts, sculpture and painting
She has undoubtedly advanced beyond
her contemporaries; as her pictures
have a warmness. fullness, and delica-
cy Of shade that is new in photo
graphs. Indeed many Of her studies,
especially from life poses, closely re-
semble well executed wash drawings.
Doubleday. Page & Co. state they
will shortly advance the price Of their
"Variorum and Definitive Edition" of
Edward FitzGerald. The work as an
nounCed some time ago. to be edited in
seven volumes by George Bentham,
with a preface by Edmund Gosse, is
in several limited editions, and the
sale of nearly all Of the better sets
some weeks before the publication Of
the first volume has made it seem adj
vlsabe to take immediate advantage
Of the right which the publishers re-
serve to increase the price. from time
to time, as the demand for the work
increases.
Although The Baker &, Taylor Com
pany has put forth a third edition Of
THE Salt-Box House" this time with
illustrations and in gift book form, the
title is still a matter of some specu-
lation. 1t has been bought for every
thing from dolls house story to a
novel. The book is really a sketch Of
colonial life as lived in an old Con-
necticut house and as is told by the
subtitle. 1t is not a record of husk-
ing bees and barn raisings, but an in
innate account of the day TO day life
The title comes because this familiar
shape Of house. two stories in front
and one behind, built to avoid extra
taxes to the crown. resemble closely
the salt box on the mantle.
During the bonanza period OF the
California placer diggings, the trav-
eler. Gerstaecker, noticed that many
miners, including men who had gone
exclusively in quest OF fun, became
temperate under the inspiration OF good
luck: they preferred the river-bar to
the rum-bar. and avoided designations
that tended to mar their enjoyment