The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-11-23

this way Il happens that the number
IL really better than It looks to be In
the list Of contents. The Coming Crisis
In Canada and Tobacco Indicate what
the writer's have discussed, and the
articles arc good, the latter only too
brief, not sufficiently volumlnous, like
q scan! pipe Of Lone Jack or LatakIa.
1t has tho great advantage OF furnish.
Ing an argument both to the lovers Of
tobacco and those who condemn
that weed, In reaching the conclu.
sion that used moderately It 10 bene-
fetal, uRed TO excess 1t Is deleterIous.
Incom patlble' and 'one Woman Of
the World are stories very neatly told;
and TOO Late the hammered Priest,
and Indian Summer are poems Of
average excellence. The Seventy
Thousand ls a social sketch, being de.
voted to a chIvalrous defence OF the
numerical excess Of women over men
In MASSACHUSETTS against the slurs OF
Mr.. Malthus.' Shall He be Educated p
Is temperate reply to George FItz.
hugs article on The Freedman and
His Future. to the duty OF teaching
the sOuthern negroes. with the Yam
Eaters Is a sketch OF a journey In Mis-.
BlssIppi, admirably done, In sort OF
sepia, by gentleman (Mr. Stephen
Rowers) evidently quite disguised with
the whole land and apt to see only lie
darker features. Trollope's Vicar Of
Bullhampton,' and Robert Dale OVENS
Beyond the Breakers are continued,
and the illustrations OF the former have
at last caught up with the text.
The GALAXY for December closes the
year, and has an interesting table Of
contents. MI Grant White writes Of
the Morals aud Manners OF Journal.
ism, and tells what the Ideal newspa.
per should be. DR.. Draper tells US Of
the Breath Of Life, and how to have
good air. Jane Strongltharm bur
lesques female suffrage. The secretary
OF the late Cardinal Andrea furnishes
II sketch Of him. Other papers are:
Susan Fielding. by Mrs. Edwards; On
the Red Desert, by Albert s. Evans;
The Old Gate, by h. H.; Put Yourself
In Ills Place, by Charles Reade; Latter
Spring, by Rose Terry; A Marriage and
Theory, by Edgar FAwcetti A Novem.
Der Afternoon, by Rsbecca Harding
Davis; An Eilor's Tales, No. H.;
Josephine do MontmUrsnce, by Antho-
ny TrOlIope; The Galaxy Miscellany
Wrecks Of Words, by George Wake.
man; Drltt-Wood. by Philip Qullibet;
Literature and Art; Nebuln, by the
Editor.
LIrrEL3s LIVING AGE, No. 1899, for
the week ending Nov. 20, contains The
Quarterly RevieU'S crushing article on
The Byron Mystery with hitherto
unpublished, and apparently conclu-
sive, letters from Lady Byron TO Mrs.
Leigh; also, THE Battle Of the Philoso.
phIcs' physical and MetaphysIcal); the
continuation OF The Portrait In my
Uncle's DlnIng.room' from the French:
'The MillIonaires Of New York. 30.
THE LIVING AGE Is issued every Sat.
urday, giving tifty>two numbers, Of
sixty.four pages each, or more than
Three thousand double. column octave
pages Of reading matter yearly; en-
abling 1t to present with satIsiactory
completeness the best Essays, Reviews,
Criticisms, Tales, Poetry, Literary,
Scientific, Historical and Political In
formation, gathered from the whole
body Of foreign periodical literature,
and from the pens OF the ablest living
writer's.
HARrER's MAGAZINE for December
Is just ut hand. The conspicuous iea.
lures are illustrated papers on Frede-
rick the Great, Beasts, Birds and
Fish, and the great University Rowing
Match. There Ia also timely and In .
teresting paper on the various Ecumen-
ical Councils, the first Of which was
held at Nicae In 1926 and the last OF
which Is 10 be held at Rome next
month. Other papers are the contlnu.
ed stories OF the Brave LADY, and my
Euemy's Daughter Dolly The Fish
erman's Daughter "a Mistake Horse
Tanning In Hawaii The Old Fairy
JOANNA In Clover and two little
poems, by the WaysIde' and "A Pass
Ing WISH Some new features are In
troduced In the editorial department.
We have the usual Easy Chair, but the
Monthly Record has taken the name
OF Historical Record The literary re-
views take the shape Of Literary Re-
cord,' while Scientific Record (lllus-
trated) has been added. The Drawer
remains, full and delightful as ever. Sc
Now Books.
A GRAMMAR SCHOOL HISTORY OF THE
UNITED STATES by Benson ]. Losing.
]. B. LippIncott q Co., Philadelphia,
A. W. PAUL Il Co., Wheeling.
This Is neat octave OF 275 pages,
embracing an outline history OF the
United States from the discovery Of
America to the present time. AS the
title indicates It Is designed for schools
and Ia profnsely illustrated. II embra.
ces only such leading events as the
youthful student Ia likely permanently