Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-02-03
THE FEBRUARY MAGAZINES.
The glimpses Of Emerson given In


"Iarpsra by Mrs. Fields are almost a.
good as anything OF the kind We have
seen since Emerson died. And why
have they been permitted to lie so long
concealed from the public knowledge?
Tie discourse on "Immortality," We
are told, was direct outcome OF Emer.
sons love for Thoreau and OF Thoreau's
early death. When Hawthorne's "Our
Home" was published, Emerson "cut
out the dedication and letter to Frank
lin PIERCE" they offended him, it ap.
y, srs, as they did many good men in
the North, but Hawthorne at that time,
we may be sure, was well used to these
things, for years earlier, when he wrote
the "I.ife OF Pierce" he had complained
OF friends who "fell of like autumn
leayes." Mrs. Fields notes that it was
a strange fate which brought these two
men together in one town, for they
were very unlike. Emerson once spoke
to a fIiend of "the distance which sep
arated Hawthorne from himself" To
Matthew Arnold Emerson constantly
reverted with pleasure" Every trav-
cIcr was asked for the latest news Of
h ~, and the conversation OF those who
hid none to give ceased for the moment
Ia he of further interest. When he was
sst in England Emerson drove direct
~ to Carlyie's house, not waiting to an
D, uEce himself. "Jane Carlyle" Mrs
+ elds reports him as saying, "Opened
d door for me, and the man himself
>trOd behind and bore the candle
Well, here we arc. shoveled together
acain,' was his greeting. CarIyle's talk
is like q river, full and never ceasing;
We talked until after midnight, an0
again the next morning at break fast we
went on. Then we started to walk to
London, and London Bridge, the
Tower and Westminster were all melt.
ed down in the river of his speech"
Tie "Harperr illustrations are striking
and interesting, notably those in Miss
Woolson's "At Mentone," and Mr..
Roe's "Nstures Serial Story" The
leading article Is Mr.. Joseph Hatton's
account OF THE Upper Thames"
The Manhattan" holds its own
dough it hardly does more, but this is
pe rhaps saying enough for the "Msu.
haitian" which has been journeying
along an uphill road, with unexpected
success. "Autumn Camps on Cayugs,"
4 q little untimely in this frigid and
shivering season, Is q pleasingly writ.
ten narrative OF canoeing experience,
and 1t is attrsctive'y illustrated, though
one or two of the views are ineffective.
Mr. Berjamin's "Across the Caucasus"
is, however, the most striking thing In
The number, and 1t Is a pity 1t has no
illustrations. 1t will be a matter for
surprise II Mr.. Benjamin's sojourn al
The Shah's Court do not yield further
charm ing papers Ia our magazines. Mr.
Berjomin has not been given heretofore
to neglect Of good opportunities. Poems
are contributed to this number by
Judges Noah Davis and G. p. Cranch.
The "MOdern Age" opens with well
translated and characteristic Spanish
story. entitled "The Moori's Tower"
1t is something OF revelation TO most
readers TO discover that modern Span
ish literature possesses q writer 10 witty
and interesting as Alarcon. "a Relic"
from the French Of Msupssssnt, IL also
very bright and entertaining. Nine.
Henri Greville's Little Russian Ser.
want" is pleasing picture of domestic
life In the times before the abolition OF
sprfdOm. Among the more solid mat
ter In this number, the anonymous
essay, Genius and Versatility" give
better idea OF Matthew Arnold's
standing In the English world ofietters
than anything We have az yet seen.
KrapotkiDe's "Outcast Russia" IL q
vivid description Of what exile to Sibs-
ria means. The poems of the number
are good, and the second series OF "Ex.
animation Papers are given.
The magazine of Art has many
fine illustrations. The frontispiece Is
not I'D to the usual excellence. The
pictures Of Cats" by Pollock; are ex.
ceIIent. 1.-THE American Landscape
Painter" is by S. G. w. Benjamin, and
illustrated By G. II. Miller. Lewellynn
Jewett's article, entitled "Conceita 10
Cups," has nine engraviDgs. "The
Lower Thames" part second, by Wat
sop, is excellent In artistic work.
"FashiOns for the Feet" will attract the
curious. The reading articles sre both
interesting and Instructive. the Amer.
lean art Doies is the hest collection pub
l,hed by any art Journal.
Mr. Herbert Spencer begins new
ser - o! papers IN the Popular Science
BE- nibly.r hi genera meme being eer-
tain political tendencies OF tie t'n,es.
His an c fir subject This month is oh
Nra Toryismr Mr.. Spencer contends
tfstthe nlost OF those in England vino
rnv yass "a Liberals ar: Tries Gf 3
pew type. meaning by TIT that what
IS row called liberalism !. neS form
ni 'i"ryism. Tin 50 Gar S. It has hen TX
teI GiDg the system Of SOmpulsion."