Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-08

Is minimum ana seven years 10 m@~'
mum.
No. 347 of the Peoples Library is "seVer
Days in Pullmsn Car by Ansburn Tow
ner; price 80 cents No. 34s is "AhneI
Ferret, the Lawyer Detective" BY Harry
lockwood; price 10 cents.
Charles G. Leland t"Hans Brietmsnn"l
who is now enthusiastically devotipg his
energies to the Philadelphia School Of In
dustrial Arts, contributes to the July st.
Nicholas practical paper, entitled brass
Work for Boys and Urls"
Cupples, Uphsm & Co. are about to pub.
lish little volume called The Story OF
Ida by francesca. 1t was first published
in London at the urgent request of John
Ruskin, and has preface written by him.
In England it has had great success.
Mrs Celia Thaxter, who Is not only
poet but painter Of much taste and skill,
is not satisfied with her present acquire
ments, and is st udying with distinguish
ed artist with as much ardor as if she in
tent ed to make painting her profession.
Speaking of the fact that the victim OF a
Frer Oh novel was punished while her be-
irayer went free, the London Spectator re-
marks that French literature is nearly as
deficient in poetic justice as, according to
Mr.. Matthew Arnold, French character is
in morality.
Prof. Hardy's engaging novel, But Yet
a Woman" is to be reprinted in London
by Macmillan & Co., who liked the story
so we'll that they were willing to pay for
the very slight control which, in the pres
emit state of international copyright, it is
possible to give them.
Mr.. Richard King. whose "Gentle Saw.
age" was so tavorsbly received on both sides
of the Atlantic, is writing new Eovel. 1t
is to be entitled "Damiano,' and the scene
is laid in Europe and in Florida. The
French translation of THE Gentle Savage"
will be published in Paris next'month.
There is neat story Of TalleSrandiA the
lately published diary of Henry Greville.
Talleyrand and the stupid Napoleonic
Royaist Narbonne were driving together,
a1d Narbonne prosed on intolerably. They
met man who yawned violently. me
parlez done pas 81 haut." said Talleyrand;
ION nous entend." Don't speak so loud,
we are overheard.)
According to lie Livre, Richard Wagner
dictated his memoirs to his wife during
the last three years of his life. The work
filled four volumes. and was printed at
Basic in al edition of three copies, the
original MS, the proofs, and the revises
Being all scrupulously destroyed. OF these
three copies, Wagner kept one for himself,
gave the second to his son, and the third to
Franz List.
Longfellow's posthumous poem, Michael
Angelo" which has already been printed
in the Atlantic will be issued in book
form, elaporately illustrated, in the fall
The publishers, Messrs. Ho..sbtop. Miftlin
& Co., will also, it T.; understood, soon pre-.
nare new edition of LongfelloSs miscel.
laneous poems, In which series of illus
trations after designs by Mr.. Ernest Long.
fel' w, the poets son, will be given.
A society is now being formed in Edin.
burgh for the purpose of publishing the
more important text in Early Scotch liter
allure down to the time when the written
language began to lose its distinctive char.
acteristics. Many rare works beyond the
reach OF book buyers it is proposed to have
properly edited and carefully reprinted, az
we'll as valuable manuscripts preserved in
public and private libraries. The first pub
LEGATIONS of the society will be reprints OF
the works of James l., Darhour's Lives OF
the Saints, and the writings Of Douglas
and Dunbar. Among the list Of patrons Of
the society already enrolled are the Duke
of Argyll, the Marquis of Butte, and the
Earl of Aberdeen.
Messrs. Macmillan will shortly l"blish
the first three books of an elaborate edition
of Herodotus. Prof. Sayce Is the editor,
and, as is usual in editing This author, q
large part OF the volume will be devoted to
critical essays on the early history of
Egypt and the East, In which his knowl.
edge is so exceptional. From this point OF
view the work will contain all the wealth Of
recent discovery. The remaining books,
which treat chiefly of Greek history, have
been intrusted to Mr.. Reginald Macan, now
lecturer in Greek literature at Brasenose
and University colleges, oxford.
"a Tragedy in the Imperial Harem at
Constautinople" Is the title ola little l6mo.
volume recently published by VIM. s.
New York. II is represented
to be by Leila Hsnoum, and to be trans
lated from the French, with notes, by Gen.
Il. L. Colston, late hey in the general staff
OF the Egyptian army, and knight com.
mander of the Turkish Imperial Order of
Osmsnieh. Who or what lie lila Hanoum
may be, the present writer is not able to
say; but, whoever may be the author, the
picture of the events attending the deposi
ticn and death of the late Sultan Abdul
Az'z. The author, it is true, presents the
suicide theory as promulgated by official
c. mmissions. No one-or at least very
(, w-believed this at the time, and com.
plete evidence OF the murder has since
been found. In this, however, there is
scarcely more departure from the letter Of
the truth than is common in historical
novels. and this book i,a historical novel
of our own time, and one which presents q
picture OF Moslem society vouched for as
entirely accurate by those acquainted with
tie facts. 1t is q society SO different from
our own that no one familiar with Chris
tian society only can have any idea of it.
Gen. Colston says: The Mohammedan
laws and customs of marriage and divorce
are very similar to those Of the ancient
Hebrews, and the manners and ideas, as
" ell as the morals, of the Mussulmans with
regard to woman are very much such as are
pictured in Scripture of abraham, Jacob,
David and Solomon, and a host Of other
patriarchs. Yet NOLAN nsd's legislation
was Limitation of the system Of polyga.
my existing before his day. Solomon had
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