Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-10-12

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The fifth volume of the revised edition of
Bancrofts history is also leaving the Ap,
Pleton press. l,n5s,z gaii ~ eiqi hnl7p :. /
ag llsi sGl Ias x& ~ re5 .. s.s ID
The admirable Harris collection of
AmericanEpoetry, which was bepuesthed to-
Brown University BY the late Senator An
thony, contains some of the rarest and
most valuable Of early american books. "A
few ofthem came from the Brinley library
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Only six hundred copies viii be printed
of the Putnam edition de luxe" of "Hol-
land and its People" by Z. de Amicis.
They will be printed, not from eleetrotype
plates, but from new plea type, which will
be distributed after these copies are struck
of.
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A story by Turgenef-almost the last one
written by him-will appear in the "Inde
pendent" next month. tits entitled CLARA
Militeh," and one of the characters is re-
ported to present an exact portrait OF
lannon's Partisan lady, princess Of once
reigning family.
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The fsontispiece of the Christmas "Har-
per- will be an illustration by Mr.. Abbey of
The first scene OF She Stops to Conquer"
Mr.. Howard Pyle has illustrated Mr.. Sted-
mans two poems on the witchcraft of 1892
and l8S4-two very different kinds of
magic, doubtless.
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Messrs. Didier, Of Paris, announce the
appearance of the "defnitive edition" of
Victor Cousins General History of Philos-
ophy." 1t contains the authors latest notes
and corrections, an unpublished chapter on
he philosophy of the fathers etc., and is
edited BY N. Barthelemy SaintHilaire.
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The first part of Mr.. Leslie Stephens
Dictionary of National Biography has
gone 10 the printers. Every person who
has made hgs mark from the earliest times
10 the present day finds place in this COM
pilation, living persons being alone except
ed. The present intention is to complete
the work in fifty volumes.
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Mr.. Edward St. John Brenons "Mummer
Worship" will he in the hands Of the Eng
fish public in the course Of the present
month. The work purports to be a study
Of the contemporary stage from very crit
ical point of view, and is expected to create
considerable sensation and to meet from
some quarters with bitter opposition.
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Miss Constance F. Woolsons new serial
story promises to be as long as her clever
Anne" 1t will run through Harper" for
more than g year, beginning with the Janu-
ary number. The scene is laid chiefly in
Florida. The story has been in hand for
long time, and has been worked out with
the conscientious care for which this writer
IS remarkable.
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Mr.. Day;d Douglas, the Edinburgh pub
Usher, finds an ample market for his re
prints of American novels He has Just
issued, in his charming series, The Crime
of Henry Vane," BY J. S. of Dale, the
author of "Guerndale; Frank r. Stock
tons The Lady or the Tiger? and Other
Stories" Mr. George Parson Lathrops IAN
Echo of Passion and Mr.. Cables new
book, DR. SEWER
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The edition of the November Century
will be the largest ever printed Of that mag
azine. Besides the first chapters of Mr..
Howells new novel, THE Rise of Silas
Lapham,' the story of an American bust
ness man. its fiction will include "a Tale
of Negative Gravity by Frank R. Stock
ton; Free Joe and the Rest of the Worll"
an illustrated story by Joel Chandler Hsr-
ris; and The Lost Nine by Thomas A.
Janvier with a full page picture by Mary
Halock Foote.