Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-09-23
LITERARY NOTES.
BOOKS RECEIvED.

S~CIENTIFIC SoPHIsMs. By Sam Tel VAIN
wright, DID. New York: Funk & WingalA.
BOOK OF ONE THOUSAND RIDDLES, Hartford,
90 u: The Case, Lockwood 4 Brainard
Co. Wheeling: Stanton & Davenport
MAGAZINES RECEIVED.
TIE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. For ooto-
TiIE CENTURY MAGAZINE. For October.
rnE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. For Octo-
Der.
DoNAHoEs MAGAzrNE. For October.
THE SANITARY NEWS.
DR.. Nehring has published at Posen a
critical edition of the Slavic Psalter OF st.
FIOrian, with a Latin commentary.
Mr.. Richard Grant Whites edition Of
Sbak espeare, in three volumes-the
Riverside Shskespeare"-will come this
month from the press of Houghtoo, Mitliin
& Co.
In Zone Thousand Riddles" Barbara
Zee has compiled a large number of riddles,
conundrums, charades, aud mathematical
u~uzzles, interesting to young people o!
bo;h sexeG. stanton 4 Davenport
N. Paul Mesei has been fortunate enough
to make another discovery o. an GiH manu-,
script-this time in a private i!hrary a.
ConItrai. 1t is a fragment Of a v~erSi1eu
Life of st. Thomas of Canterbury, dating
from the thirteenth century.
Messrs. Stanton & Davenport have been
appointed agents in this city for the Chicago
sanitary News, a weekly journal devoted to
sanitary science and matters OF interest TO
builders and architects. The yearly sub.
scriPtion is $500, single number 10 cents.
The editor of The Century has obtained
permission to print extracts from the pri'
waite journal kept by Gen. Garfield during
Ills trip to Europe in 1867. The material
includes notes on q debate in the house OF
a day in Westminster Abbey, a
sermon bv Spurgeon, the British museum,
ETC., etc.
Mr.. Whittier's forthcoming book is TO be
entitled The Bay Of Seven Islands and
Other Poems" Houghton, Mifflin & Co,
are the publishers. This firm will bring
out in a few days a volume OF Twenty
Poems" from Longfellow, illustrated by the
poets son, Mr.. Ernest w. Longfellow. 1t
is intended to be a handsome %gift.book.
With the view of awakening a wider in
terest in the life, legend, and poetry Of
Dante, who is, 10 so many, little more than
a great name, The Century has arranged
for several papers, including an essay on
the Life OF Dante" by Christina G.. Ros.
setti, with papers on his Exile" and on
the Portraits Of Dante" by Sarah Free
man Clarke.
The october number OF Harper's Maya
zine comes to US full of attractive and
timely matter. Perhaps the most in ter
estipg paper is "Dalecarlio," by Frank D.
Millet, though he is run closely by Phil
Robinson, with his "Saunteriugs in Utah"
There is a capital article on Horse Farm
ing in Kentucky" by W. II. Bishop, and
the editorial departments are excellent.
The Compte-rindu Of the Imperial Ii.
brary Of ST. Petersburg enumerates the &C
QUESTIONS made by means of the gifts Of
the late Emperor. These include the
palimpsests and the Greek and Oriental
manuscripts of Tisehendorff, the collection
of Oriental manuscripts of Primes
Dolgorouky, two collections OF Hebrew
manuscripts Of Firkovitch, and valuable
Slavonic incunabula.
The first number OF 1.-THE English Illus
trated Magazine" to be published by Mac
milan & Co., will be put early next month.
Judging BY the publishers prospectus aud
advanced sheet Of the magazine itself, the
new venture will soon win its way into
popular favor. Not the least OF its aiyan-
tages and attractions is the extremely low
price, $3.50 per annum or fifteen cents per
number.
The Royal Virgilisu Academy of Science
and Art OF Mantua has published q Virgil
album commemorative Of the nineteenth
centenary Of the poets birth. This album
contains, among other writings, q discourse
by Tullo MasSarani, . letter from TerenZio
Mamiani, verses by Giacomo Zanella in
honor OF Virgil, and Mr.. ~Tennyson's ode,
translated by Massarani. The volume con.
tains, besides, some interesting historical
monuments.
Some time ago White, Stokes & Alien,
publishers, No. 1872 Fifth o New
York, published Q Painting Book" by
Miss Dora Wheeler, aud offered prizes 10
those children who should return the most
successfully colored copies. Miss Ennet, |
Miss Townsend and Miss Wheeler, the
judges, have just awarded these prizes, Civ
ing the first prize OF SIS to Miss N. N,
Armstrong, Of Marlborough, N. Y: the
second prize Of $50 to Miss Margaret ID. |
Stiles, Of Gainesville, Ga and the third
prize Of SIS to Miss Helen N. Armstrong.
Of Marlborough, n. Y.
The striking story OF The BrssaWin- |
ners" now running through The Century
will be completed in the January number.
Future chapters are said tn contain A stir
ring description Of labor riots The story
has aroused pubic .a.tzc.. % sacL LIZ