The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-04-23
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70 5s5 Literary Matters. a
We are constantly indebted TO Nc
Kelvey's News Depot for late papers
and favors in the periodical line.
We are likewise indebted TO his COM
petitor across the street, Mr.. @. h. Quinn
by, for,the regular, receipt ofithat in
teresting weekly magazine, Every
Saturday, issued by Ticknor 4 Fields
at Boston.
And 10 SIr! Qnimbg we are also UNI
der obligations for novel called the
"Lion in the Path" written by John
Saunders, author of label brakes
Wife," "Guy Iwaterman's Nose,"
'sBound to the Wheel, &C." 4 lt5.lli 5ai
We have on our table the Galaxy
Magazine for May 1st, containing
another install nment OF Mrs. Rebecca
Harding Davis new story, "Waiting
for the Verdict. ~ Hereafter the Galaxy
will be issued monthly instead of fort
nightly. It's rapid popularity has
probably been as marked as that ofany
Of lis rivals in the field of magazine
literature, not excepting Harper's and
the Atlantic. And speaking of Har-
per's, reminds US that several days ago
we received the May number. The list
OF articles in tits as follows: 1ulhd
The Pictured Rocks of Lake Superb
or, eighteen Illustrations; Last Days;
The Impending Check Mate, one illus
tration; The Dodge Club; or, Italy in
ls49, eleven illustrations; Sugar Max
ing; Personal Recollections of the War,
l-tSeventh Paper(-ten illustrations
Josephine; Ristori; The Pond; Dlsraeli,
with Portrait; Crete; Antipodes; The
tVirgiuiaus In Texas; at Bay; The, Jim
EJims; Good Manners; New Aspects. oi
the american Mind; Editors Easy
Chair; Monthly record Of Current
4 Events; Editor's Drawer. There is
llnueh. excellent reading in this mum
Der, and from several articles we pro
pose to make extracts at another. time
The number completes. the thirty
fourth volume, The publishers refer tC
the fact that from the outset they have
aimed to furnish the American people
I periodical which should be 'maga'
zine's stored with the best products .
The mind of the age; and while Its con
tents should be not Inferior in quality
Ithey should exceed in quantity and va
riety those OF the former European
magazines. Each number OF HGFpe
contains nearly twice the .amountro o
.matter in the largest Ergltsh maga
ZINES. nd.smore than twice that o
most of them. The result OF the enter
prise has exceeded their most sapgutn
anticIpattons. The circulation of Hpr
peT'S Magazine is now fully thre
Times that of the CoT7lhitE, four time
That Of London SOciety,s ten times tha
OF either BLuckpo0d, Temple Bar, th
81. james or Macmillan, and exceed
that of Eraser, CoLbltT'lI, bentley, or IN
Dublin U1riUeTsiLy, in a much greaIe
II ratio. 1t is, indeed, larger than %
combined circulation of these ten feac
ing British magazines. This is a IA
well worth knowing, and one thu
speaks volumes for the enterprise an
ability with which the magazine h'
been conducted. - 7la5il-
J, The Galdxy fdgdEtte, to which v
have. alluded above, contains curlo'
article from DIR. Alohzo Calkins {
e "opium and its victtms.n His i'd
seems to,be that II we make prohil
a. tory laws against the use OF spirituo
liquors, men will resort to narcotic
: and in trying to remedy one evil, '
Z. win create Agreater.s His facts certai
ly prove a prodigious use OF opiul
"a The classes who affect the drug me
= are enumerated as actors, seamstress'
= Land reformed insbriaLes. "Anoth
a, lsView OF Madame Recamier, !" tries
J, Eshow atthe Beautiful French WON
. gained her social influence byl adrt
J, tiattery; that she was u athoroughly ar
II fetal woman lof society, and that
latter years of her life were spent
vain regrets over her lost beauty a
.liher waning influence. Parish
IN English, by Edward Gould Buhun,3 = :
La funny sxhibIt of the absurd atteml
, OF Parisian shopkeepers and book-n
:. into English. 'tNew York and its II
n ple', is a very readable and valual
= article by F. J. Ottarson, well-kno'
as one of the editors of the New ,YtC
tQTT6S. Esi Russian America, ," by Geol
E. Pond, tells us what we all wish
N. Know abouts our, new possessto
lGs Richard Grant White continues his
~ ticIes on "Words and their Uses"
- Harper& Brothers have published
: last the valuable book they hs
IN promised. on ths, 10, g Ban kiltpt Lq0.Rn9
fof work has! been prepared by Mr.. Edy
oobt James, the distinguished counsel, q
a. isa thorpugh htise on the Bankr
Eees SRe Law and its WORKINGS. AS the ga
rail eoes d6t Q )e hs66 on the first of Ju
MS. many thousands ofpeople will wan
Ike, make themselves familiar with
best through !, Mr. James, utimely yolul
an. MI. James: ::has had a large practice