Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-02

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man immigration. and the influence OF peo- |
nile from the land of the Rhine upon Amer !
! lean manners and customs He does not |
neglect the opportunity to enter upon the |
PHILOSOPHY of the matter, and to show that |
The Germans are among our best imm'-
! grants.
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Thomas Y. Crowell & Co, Of New York, |
have reprinted in highly creditable man
per from the fourth London edition, "Wal- |
| tons Complete Angler; or, the Contempla- |
! tive Mans Recreation" BY lzaak Walton |
! and Charles Gotten, edited by John Major. |
J The edition is embelhshed with twelve steel |
! eugrayings and "A illustrations on wood,
among the former being portrait OF Walton,
and contains, in addition to the text, an |
introductory essay, the authors dedication |
to John 0fiey, Esq and the authors I'D, |
dress to his readers Copious notes and
explanations are appended. The taste and
! workmanship employed in the reprinting
| Of this favorite work leaves absolutely moth |
| ing TO be desired. and the limited edition
printed BIDS fair to be soon exhausted
/ Stanton It Davenport,
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Houghton, Miiilin {. Co.'S late issues III
clude Maryland: The History of a Palatid' ,
ate" by William H. Browne, Associate OF
Johns Hopkins University, being Vol. Ill.
/ in the series Of American Commonwealth.
The early history Of Maryland has elements |
| different from those of any other OF the |
| States OF the Union. These characteristic |
! elements, and whatever else is distinctive in |
! the history of that State, are presented |
| clearly and attractivey in this book.-Sl.25. |
| The same firm has just issued new Amer |
lean edition of 4. p. Sinnett'S "ESoteric |
| buddhism with gu introduction prepared |
especially for readers on this side Of the |
Ocean. This work has Created great sen
sation in England, both as revealing the |
essential significance Of the system o!
Buddhism, AMI as appealing with peculiar
! force to IL more or less numerous class OF |
! English readers. The limited edition |
offered in this country some months since |
rather sharpened than sppeased the de-
mand for the book which will be met by |
this new edition.-$l.2j.
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The lirst edition of Mr.. Froudes Car
lyle" is already exhausted.
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The prolific author of Phyllis, Molly
Bawn" and other popular novels has added
another book to her list Doris, which the
Lippincolts publish. tits the conventional
story of English life which the author knows
so well how 10 tell not overburdened with |
incident but consisting chiefly of dialogue,
half Of which could be cut out to advant-
age There is murder and suicide,
marriage between two people who hate each
o,hor. and much other interesting and in
slructiye matter in the book.
":
A very quiet aud charming little story
published by the Hsrpers is Love and
Mirage" to which the author modestly re-
fuses 10 attach her name. There are two
heroines, sisters, and single hero, an Eng
lish portrait painter, who fall in love with
the two, one after the other. The scene is
laid on little island in the German Ocean,
an earthly I,aradise, and the story in its
sweetness and simplicity is a perfect pas
toral
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~ new lduSIdItoh VI 1ue AuIcIuV LutO
English terra yimo has Just been brought
out in Edinburg BY Mr.. j. R. Sibbold He
saws of the metre he has chozen, "The kind
OF verse employed | believe to be that best
fitted to give some idea. however faint, of the
rigidly and vet easy strength of
Dantes teS:0 rima; but whoever choose to
adopt it with its constantly recurring de-
mand for rhymes necessarily becomes in
some degree its servant"
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Persons whose attention has been attracted
TO Omar Khayyam by the new illustration
for his "Rubaiyat" by Mr. Elihu Yedder will |
be glad 10 know that the complete name of
this poet is Ghias I'D din Abul fathah Omar
ben lbrahim Al khayyam. |
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Mr. Derby has completed his "Recollec-
tons of Fifty Years Among Authors and
Publishers. aud the volume will shortly be
issued by G. W. Carleton Il Co.
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Over 100000 copies Of Max ORelrs
John Bull and his Island" have been sold |
here and in Europe. Nearly $4,000 copies |
have been sold IN this country.
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Professor Jowett has nearly finished his
translation of The Politics of Aristotle"
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Miss Sarah Orne Jewetts Country Doc
10" is now in its seventh thousand.
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A reprint OF the FIRST edition of Rob
inson Crusoe' (l7l9l is announced in Eng
land for the holiday trade 1t will have |
notes and 100 Illustrations by Gordon
Browne
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Mr. Edmund Yates "Recollections' will |
comprise tw volumes of eight chapters each |
On the list of People have known" there |
are 50 actors, % artists. u authors, Is |
LAWYERS, and 30 "men of light and leading. !
The Ben tleys are the English publishers.
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NJ 0ber has supplemented his Travels
in Mexico" with pamphlet entitled "Mexi-
can Resources; A Guide to and Through
Mexico" which contains information Of
value 10 tourists, With pictures and rail-
way may. 1t is published by Estes &
Lauriat
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The poems OF Coleridge are to be added
to the series of "Aldine Poet" published by
the Bells, Of London. They will ELL two
volumes Mr.. T. Ashe, who recently edited
Coleridge'S Lectures on Shakespeare" has
prepared the poems for publication in this
| form.
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An English publisher is about to bring
oct a translation OF the autobiography Of
Berlioz. Corcering this work Berlioz said
in 1878: "Tbe notices Of my life which
have from time to time appeared are so
crowded with errors and inaccuracies as at J
length 10 suggest to me that | myself /!
should record those portions of my agitated |
| and Iaborious career which may be interest