Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-15
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BOOKS kECEIYED.


dom Sketches of Various Subjects, PepneC
from Different Staudpoints in the Elm
pire. By Henry Rug sles, late United State
CONSUL at The Island OF Malta and Farce
Wheeling: Stanton & Davenport.
| N Y H." A Detective Story. BY Anna Eath
arine Creep. Pp. ~. pc. New York: q.
Putnam's Sons. Wheeling: Stanton &
Davenport.
One Of the most interesting works or
travel and life in Germany is that entitled
Germany Seen Without spectacles" o.
Random sketches of various subjects penn
ed from different stand points in the En-
pire, by Hon. Henry Ruggles late U. S
Consul at the Island of Malta and Barcelona
Spain.
He writes in a very happy and pleasant
vein, opening the work with his arrival in
Heidelberg, giving extensive notes of the
old castle, the university, etc. The follow
ing chapters speak of ter drinking in
Germany, Baden-Baden the European
Saratoga, Wartemberg its king and nobil
ity, musical Germany, beer and sauer
krsut the other loves Of the Germans, the
treasures Of Munich, the Bavarian capital
Berlin, Kaiser William the Dresden picture
gallery, Americans abroad, ambitious and
intriguing American mothers. This work
POSSESS wonderful interest, and real fasci.
nation to any one desirious of becomin
we'll acquainted with Old Germany, its
people and Institutions Stanton Il Daven.
port.
In az. Y. H." Miss Katharine Green
has again shown in the most unmistakable
manner her brilliaucy and force as writer
OF fiction. The story is short but is clever
~ constructed, and abound IN dramatic
situation, maintaining the readings inter
est steadily from the opening chapter and
gradually leading hers up to the culumi'
nation of the plot in the wonder of Mr.,
Benson, the suicide OF his son, and the re,
uniting of the lovers who have suffered 50
much from anothers viliany. Those who
have become familiar with Miss Green's
ability through perusal OF her former
works will bear us out in the assertion that
n stories of mysterious crime she stands
pre-eminent in America, and w. y. n
has added new laurels to those she has al,
ready won.-Stanton 4 Davenport.
The Emerson and Longfellow Calendars
for 1888 have been received with so much
favor that new editions of them will be
brought out for 1SSi. The selections fol
the days will be changed, but the same de-
signs will be used, shese being so satisfsc
tory that there is no good reason for max
ing any change. A Whittier Calendar i:
in preparation, on the same general plan
with the LoDgfellow and Emerson Calen
dars. The selections for each day will bs
made with the utmost care, and the design
will be prepared by Miss Marie A. Bige
low, who made the design for the Emerson
Calendar. This design is entirely unlike
that of the previous Calendar, but'will BIZ
found strikingly representative of certain
prominent characteristics of Mr.. Whittier
writings, by which these are most strongly
commended to the respect and affection Of
American readers.
The Confederate Annals is the title Of Q
semi monthly magazine, the publication
Of which has just begun at st. Louis. 1t i:
| designed to be repository of facts and ,
chronicler of incidents of the late civil
war. 1t is issued under the auspices of the
southern Historical and Benevolent Asso
citation. Mr.. J. W. Cunningham is the edi
tor and publisher, and he expresses the
hope that all persons who will contribute
such memories OF the war and its actor.
as may be deemed appropriate for thu
pages OF the magazine.
' In the name of fair dealing, justice Il
true and faithful Christian professors WHIT
suffered bonds and death two hundred
years ago, and whose memories have eve
since suffered at the hands Of spologists O
persecution, and in the name OF the truti