The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-01-04
LIIEKAKY sa-4TERs.

YnTs Of our Publishing friends. Ihel
periodicals, magazines, and other is
sues, accumulate on our hands, an,
without proper acknowledgment, w'
are sorry 20 say. We should like occA.
slonally to devote considerable space Il
their res pectiye merits, and especially q
tiietnor InsriLorious among them, but
nnd our time and space too much tsker
MP otherwise.
Ltt,eirI Afaguziae, published weekly
by LitteiI q Gay, at Boston. and tbs
Ecteetc MaJaziHe, published monthly
by W. II. BidwelI. New YORK City. arr
Two Of the most valuable PERIODICAL
that have been visiting our table. They
resemble each other somewhat in thai
they are both eclectic and not original
In their character, or, in other words
reprints Of choice selections from Iht
standard European and American pc
riodicnl and newspaper press. The
Lntett ~ rather lighter reading, per
LHps, than the Ectectic. but even In this
respect the differences are not marked.
The January number OF the latter
includes the following arttsIs-,
" Voitalr- as ThoOloglan," "Mor,
nlisL aud &etaphysiciau," 1.-THE
Christians of Madagascar" THE De
cav Of the Stage" Michael EuTnday,n
"MiliHry ATmamsntA of the FIVE
Great Powers" ''TBs CTetan Insured.
ton and Greek Nationality" 1.-The
Case OF lie Brun," "RscOIlections OF
Thomas Hood, !" Author aud Editor"
BIRDS or the Leyhnt," THE Block
suEi an Episode OF the end of the En-
pire," tale by the twin writer's, Erck-
mHu--ChatTlan, Whose historical nov
els OF the "COusCript OF 1871 and
Waterloo" have rapidly gone through
twenty editions in France. Besides
These, ths editor has contributed IL
graphic article descriptive Of the won
deriui suDterrHnehn palace Of Adeis-
berg, near Trieste.
TAs number Of LifeH for the week
ending today. Jan. 4;hl, contains the
following bin OF fare: The Branleighs
of bishops folly-by Charles Lever. II
story rrpublished from the English
cD,7ut.H !La1a=bie. The Taimud, from
the quarterly ReUicV: a Released Pris.
ouer, from the London GOOD Words:
Cats and Civilization, from the Specta-
tor. The Emperor MACMILLAN, from the
Ane,mr,aa; The Palestine Exploration
Fund, from the Saturday ReUie,0; with
= French in Mexico, from the same.
There nrc also several poeticai selec-
lions.
Those Of our readers who desire 10
cultivate a higher literary taste than
can be grnlIfed by the perusuL of much
Of our current literature, should occu-
sionnlly take homea copy Of LttteH or
the Eoteet,o from the book stores or the
news drpots.
In this connection we should like to
max. special mention Of an English
work that Is being ro.published in Sc
rini numbers 10y Hurd X Houghton, OF
New York, called Smith'S Dictionary
oJ tie Bible, number of which we
have received. It is an elaborate pub.
licntion, both in its editorship and in
it, mrchHnicul execution. II is a
choice specimen OF printing, AZ regards
both type and paper These serials
nre furnished at 20 cents per
number, aud each number contains,
peranps, 10 pages. Sometimes one
word will exhaust two or three
pages. and will embrace numerous ref
errnce- to the Hebrew and Greek text,
and to Ecclesiasticnl and proinne his
tory, rs well m to theological literature
EencrniiS. For instance, the number
before us hRs more Hnunt the Garden
OF Eden than We supposed it possible
to write, in similar critical way. upon
the subject. But it seems that the theo.
ries as to where now is the site OF the
Sacred Garden, are ~ endless as they
are unreliable. And vet it Is interest
ing To read the spCCulstIons that have
been INDUCED in by learned theorists
and tourists. We hardly wonder that
some Of them at last, in sheer despcra-
lion Of unding II new theory located the
Garden sotne distance above the unrth,
say two or three miles up in the air; and
that others concluded that tho Flood
had swept away all traces Of the origi-
mai site. aud that still others had con
clmdcd that the account as given us is
hGurative in It's character, aud not to
be Understood literally.
Another word that is interestingly
treated Ia DemDniacs," or demons,
and We are shown number of IDEAS
that have been advanced in regard To
persons la old times being possessed hv
devils, as in the case of those out or
whom the devils went and entered into
the swine. Some writer's think that
devils rcterred to discusses oi "a violent
character, and that tho phrase tor
men,cd hy devil was used as amaze
commodRtiun Of speech by the sacred
writers, and with reference to being un-
dsrstocd hy thoir contemporaries. The
editor, however. disuards all such theo-
ries, considering them derogatory to
the authors uf the four Gospels aud to
the dignity Of their record.
Specimens ofthc work can be seen at
tho Religious Book Store.
We should like to notice this morn
Ing. some other publications. received.
rs for instance the January numbers Of
HdrpS,', the JtiOlGc, the Gdlarp. the
Hours at Rome IAN excellent family
monthly,l thu YogRg Folks Auga.its.
III" imsrisan Jouradl 81 Horticulture.
"a copy ut Mtlehell's Physical Gcogra-
ply received from Messrs. A. w.
Paul, y CO.. a copy of "the Sections
lHio ami other Poems" treceivCd from
MsSsrs- Campbell & AIcDSrmotl and 80
on throughout Iha list hut we shall
contcnt ourselves with hoping for au
opportunity at AN other time To speak OF
thstavors ofopS friends more at length
MIsCELLANEOUs sIATrERS.
strnets of PrInceton, M, the nther day.