The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-12-18
ArTRRARY.
Mr.. Beecher's novel Norwood,
has been burlesqued by theiheVro MIN.

Mr.. Beechsr's novel "Norwoodr
has been burlesqued by thslhsgro min-
strplHs b u III YaitsllUU
The London Times has subscriber
100 years old, who has read that paper
sinos II was drstlstaFted. ts:
II. B. Peterson 4 Co., Of PhiiadSi-
phla, announce new edition Of Dick
ems works to be sold for tyenty.flye
cents q volume, or four dollars for the
set. q NJ. ~ lsa73 IS NJ s. ! i9filiFsaS
-one Of the Kansas pspsrs com.
plains that in, the State Agricultural
College there 10 not d professor who has
the least practical acquaintance with
hrming, andlt fdonblsif II one or th6m
"knowB beans when the bag 10 open, ~
-on the morning after the Presi.
dents message was delivered, the Mon.
tana Herald published 1t in full, and
ilIHIninatedi iIts ofics at night In honor
OF the feat.
Francis Joseph has ordered nu.
nerous scientific works pubiishsd In
Vienna to be splendiply bound and
sent to the Libraries OF Paris aud other
places In France visited by him. 7'Tf
The Illinots Staats zeitano not only
published the Preaident's message on
theday oft delivery, but previously
translated the whole paper into Ger!
man, although the ftdt 6he6sa were mot
received antll ten o'clock ut night.
-oftwenty-one applicants In Law
renee county, Ohio, for certificates 10
teach school, only eight succeeded.
Some Of them spell "bouquet,, !, beaaku,
bokd, &C.; others define .opprobrlnm, p
10 appropriate. Some think tho ANA
zon river runs In Liberia and the Mib.
aieslppi in Wisconsin, while Others are
certain that the Nile Jroips into the Red
Sea. In grammer, "hern was parsed
as common noun, neuter gender and
nominative case. They must be bright
scholars there.
The London Aiaeneilm calls one Of
DR.. Holmes booksS"a novelwithout n
story;" and It has also been observed
that another Of our excellent writers
has likewise Jailed in the story part of
Norwood No doubt these gentle.
men did not purpose 70 rely mainly on
plot or passion, and only desired TO ex-
press the social or critical sentiments
which are found to be SO Interesting to
all readers OF culture. .s..f
1t is evident that Cleveland does
not understand Mr.. Emerson. One Of
the newspapers says:
"Ralph Waldo Emerson's lecture on
eloquence reminds us OF the way It Is
said vessels are built on the 81. Law
rence-by the mile, and then cut of to
suit orders. Mr.. Emerson turns over
about six sheets where he reads one,
and II Is OF no consequence where his
turning oyer stops; one place to splice
on, or 10 leave Oh, is Just as good as an
other. His lectureon "EoiEloquence,n
or by any other name, would phaa as
well, while, no doubt, from that cord
Of manuscript before him, he could OK.
tract any number of lectures, on any
required subjects, Just as a magician
can draw all sorts OF liquor, on de-
mand, from the same bottle. Lectures
now.a.days are like ready.made doors
and windows--made by machinery,
and adapted TO any kind Of frame; II
they rattle In the frame Il is not to be
IWuuuereu at" ~ N"et t"L IsA4tAAA
We have on our table the first num-
Der of "Lippincott's Magazine OF Lit
erature, Science and Education, p pub
lished by J. B. Llpplncott & Co., at
Philadelphia. ss.2i
The contents Of this number are as
follows:
Dallas Galbraith. an American novel,
part l; A Welcome to GaribAldi; The
Old Slate Roof House; The Forget. me-
not, q christmas story; Education In a
Republic; Rays from the Honeymoon;
Pre- Historic Man; vox Humana; The
Abbe BraBseur and his Discoveries:
Trade and Currency; The Cook In His.
tory; My Destiny; Our Ancient City;
Our Monthly Gossip; Literature Of the
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