Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-11-10
so-,hra,,s Monthly for 1850.

tentlOQ I'D Tic HlOiV PIOhAhNht Va W.
attractive artistic and literary features
of the year closing with the October
issue, and which have contributed TO
the large increase in the circulation OF
the magazine. Among these may be
! enumerated the novel papers on the
Tile Club; the sketch OF Nine. Modeska,
! ACCOMPANIED by Mr.. Coles beautiful
full.page engraving; the finely illustra-
ted critiuues on Whistler and Leonardo
da Vinci; the four biographical papers on
! Emerson, Lonefellow, Holmes and Whit
| tier, with the frOntispiece portraits; the
| Brazil papers, giving much new and
| accurate information from personal eX-
perience; the interesting anecdOtal
| sketches of Edison, Ericsson, Leech, Lin
coin, Scribe, Henry Bergh, Gilbert and
| Sullivan, Lord Fairfax of Virginia; the
remarkable Letters of Madame Bona
parte: the seasonable papers on Sum-
mer Entomology, with the reprint OF the
celebrated engravings of butterflies, etc,
bv Henry Marsh; "The Fine Arts at the
Paris Exposition" with many beautiful
cuts; the papers on the American Drama,
Docks of New York, Bird Architecture :;
Manipulating; the entertaining John
nv Reb" papers; John Muir's delight
full Studies in the Sierras; John Bur
rough's inimitable talks on Farm Lille
and Bees: papers on Art Schools and
Foreign Universities; the timely and
valuable exposition OF projects for
'sPlercing the American Isthmus"; the
picturesque paper on Leadville; Mrs.
Burdett's absorbing novel, "Haw-
orth's". Mr.. Bovesen's fresh romance,
"Falconberg': among short stories and
sketches, Mrs. Mary Hellock Foote's
"Friend Barton's Concern" "a story
of the Dry Season." and "The
Oascarone BALI; Bret Harte's Dead
wood Mystery; Edward Bellamy's
ingenious "Potts's Painless Cure"
Stockton's droll story, "POmona's
Wedding Trip" and "Our Archery
Club": Bovesen's "Annunciata"; the
striking narrative, "Dick"; Warmers
"Out OF the World; Brooks laughable
"Apparition OF 10 Murch"; Eggleston's
entertaining papers on School-masters
and Parsons; able essays on English
Spelling Reform, The National Bank
Currency, The Metric System, The
U. S. Patent System, Matthew Arnold's
Poetry, etc.
The announcements for the last year
included but part OF the foregoing, and
while the exigencies of editing may
make necessary some slight changes in
our programme, yet the issues for the
coming year will probably include not
only most OF the following list, but also
many other interesting papers.
The REIGN OF PETER THE GREAT.-By
Eugene Schuyler, will continue through
two years. 1t will be work OF great
historical significance and OF rare graphic
and dramatic interest.
In accordance with the aim and char
acter of the magazine, ScriJner'S MOnthty
will continue to publish serial stories by
leading American writers. The follow
ing will be recognized as the work OF
three OF the most prominent and interest
ing writers OF fiction now before the
public.
THE GRANDissrdEs.-A story OF New
Orleans Creole life, by George w. Cable,
author of "Old Creole Days" will begin
in the November number, and will con-
tinue through the year.
"IoUIsIANA."-A new novelette, OF
American Life, by Mrs. Frances Ii.
Burnett, author of "That Lass O Low
rie's," "Haworth's," "Surly Tim and
Other Stories" will appear in four
monthly parts, and in interest and
power will be found to be not a whit be-
hind the authors previous contributions
to SCribRG.
CoxFIDENCE.-This latest story by Mr..
Henry James, Jr., author of "The
American" "Daisy Miller" "The "ln-
ternational Episode, etc, etc, began in the
Midsummer Holiday August number.
CANADA PICTUREsQCE.-A number OF
papers by Principal Grant, OF Queens
University, Kingston, and w. II. Beers
and Chas. Farnam, are lin course OF
preparation.
PAPERS on ART.-The popular growth
of art has made it necessary for the mod
ern magazine to devote considerable at
tention to this subject and in this re-
spect Scribncr's Monthly has occupied the
leading place, both in the judicious Sc
lection and IN the artistic execution OF
the subject chosen. In future work,
while continuing to preserves catholici-
ty of choice, the magazine will not en-
deavor to cover all the ground histor-
ically, but will faithfully shun the COM
monplace and the bad. The following
are some of the papers in preparation,
or engaged: A paper on the celebrated
pictures by Raphael and NlichelangeOlo,
owned by Morris Moore; the American
Art Outlook in Painting Sculpture
three or more papers,, Artist Life In
New York, and other papers on the
work of noted arsists.
POETS AND Observation-Disclosures CLAIR
ence Stedman will contribute critical
essays on this subject, including the
beginnings of the poetic art in this
country and is subsequent history.
These papers will be of the same gen
eral character as those on the Victorian
Poets published in Scrjbner. The first
papers will treat of Bayard Taylor, Edgar
AllanlPoe, Walt. Whitman, and later pa
pers of the well-known New England
poets, and of minor writers throughout
the country. The series will form one
of the most valuable treatiSes of its
class. Richard Henry Stoddard will
furnish separate studies OF various sub
iects connected with English poetry, the
first paper being on 1.-THE English Son
net"
SAUNTERING WITH DICKENS-A num-
Der oil unique papers on lhe most HOlcu
places associated with the writings OF
this great novelist will be contributed
by Alfred Rimmer, Esq, OF Chester,
England. For the illustration OF these,
Mr.. Charles A. Nanderhoof Whose
beautiful work in "The Docks OF New
York" and elsewhere in Scribner will be
remembered has been sent on a special
| trip TO England to make drawings from
nature, which it is expected will be
among the most picturesque and popular
/ i'm the history of the magazine.
SPORTS AND RECREATIoNS.-ln addition
to an illustrated account of the recent
excursion of the Tile Club in 4 canal
| boat, there will be a number OF special
/ papers upon odd personal experiences,
/ such as POrpOiSeSEOoting, Walrus-
Hunting Lobster Fishing, Conoeing
in the Rapids OF the Hudson, and
several papers OF novel character,
which will be pleasant surprise to the
/ readers.
MODERN ENTERPRISE AND PROGRESS
| The special attention devoted by the
magazine to this class OF contributions
has made it the medium for the publica-