Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-04-12

ison, and OF Mrs. Alexander Hamilton.
| M
Dr. Biokersteth, the new Bishop Of Elk
eter, has completed poem entitled, "From
| Morn TO Eve" which is intended as a )m-
panion volume to his Yesterday To-day,
and Forever"
Arevised edition Of Kuox's United States
Notes" with the figures brought down to
1885, has just been published by Charles
Scribners Sons An edition of this valua-
bic book has been brought out in London.
~
Messrs Cupples, Upham & Co, announce
new and improved edition of W. H. WHIT
mores Ancestral Tablets" a book of
diagrams for pedigrees so arranged that
eight generations Of the ancestors OF any
person may be recorded in connected and
simple form.
Messrs Relic Brothers, of London, have
published an English translation, by
Madame Paul Bert, of NJ. Paul Bert's LA
Premiere AIMEE d Enseignement Scient.
Gque" which has had an extraordinary
sale in France, having in less than three
years reached its tenth edition, each edition
being OF $4,000.
Thomas 2. Knox & Co., OF New York,
have published new little volume OF
Selections from George Macdonald"
complied BY }. Dewey. these Helps for
Weary Souls" consists Of short passages
| from the prose and verse of the spiritually
minded novelist. 1t is bound in aoweced
green cloth
The sixteenth number Of Co. ilvie's Pop,
ular Readings" contains he 'ollowing stor-
les: "a Golden Dawn" b. Bertha NJ. Clay;
"A Frozen Sea-" By Wllkje Collins; Maud
Rochester's Valentine" "The Deans
Watch" Barefoot Billy's Fortune" by
CATER Gray; Miss Slimmens Boarding.
House" by the author OF "a Bad Boys
Diary" Perfect Etiquette" a complete
Guide to polite socity, "A Heart for a
Heart" by Roma,
The Library o, Cornell University gives
III the last number list of the periodicals
taken by the Library-upwardS OF 400 in
number, tact which gives vivid idea o!
,hc rapidly with which such literature piles
% nowadays around the indeNer and inves
.iga;or. Equally interesting in another dl.
reciion is the list Of nearly ffty works
pamphlets aud articles published in 1881 by
mem bers Of the taculty-a list which, better
perhaps than any other test determines the
Intellectual activity OF learned jn'tiiu
ion.
Tie April wide AWAKE" is so full Of
God stories. bright poems and articles OF
more serious interest, that unless the whole
list is given one scarcely knows where to
'egin. More than thirty authors are repre-
sentcd, among whom may be named Charles
Egbcrt Craddock, Yam Rhon Lee, Mrs
Champney, Rose Y. Kingsley, Mrs. Ere
mont, Professor Palmer, Edward Everett
Hale, Oscar Ray Adams and Sarah W.
Whitman. The illustrations are particu-
.arly excellent Cd. Lothrop u Coz
~
In the May Century paper which IS SAID
o be OF unusul weight and interest will ap
pear, from the pen of the Rev. 7. I. Nun.
| ger, OF Norlh Adams, Mass. Mr.. Munger
axes up the subject Of Immortality and
| Modern Thought and makes at least the
attempt not to summarize what has already
been SAID on the subject, but to throw new
| light upon it, mainly from the scientific
standpoint; in other words, not to summa.
rive past accomplishments bnt actually TO
| advance the discussion n step farther.
The interest awakened IN England by the
centenary OF The conservation Of Bishop
>eabury, the first American bishop, has
| ,a!leL forth "a Short History OF the Epis
copal Church in America, by Rev, W
| Bepham, rector OF the Church Of St. Ed.
mund the King and Martyr, in London
| The author treats first Of Puri;Gnism in
New England, and then OF the beginning
aud gradual rise of the Episcopal Church
IN this country. The book contains fue
portrait of Bishop SeaburY. L. p. Dalton
Il Co publish the American edition.
-
The contemporary for March has the
following interesting list of articles: The
Mahdi and British India, by Sir Richard
Temple, Bart; The Organization Of De
mocracy, 10y Goodwin Smith; Amiels Jour
nal by Blanche Leppington; The Shipping
Commission Us Viewed from the Forecastle
" Cllfk Russell; George Eliot, by Richard
| i Hutton; Professor Drummond's New
,ciyl.iic Gospel, by h. A. Watson; Native
Eai;hs intbo Himalaya, BIZ Charles F. Old
7au,: The Suffrage for Women, by Emily
HG.rsT.
Tie leading article in the April "Har
er, is 6 delightful description Of Lubbock
I'd Stralsund, by +. D. Millct, with eighteen
| illustrations from designs b. the author and
r. Swain Clifford. r. Riordan describes
Mr.. Charles A. Dana collection Of Chinese
porcelains. Sylvester Baxter has an Illus
rated paper descriptive OF scenery aud life
on the Rio Grande. Eugene l.. Didier, &C
companies eleven Richmond portraits with
| illustrative text W. II. Russell pictures
the Prince of Wales at Sandringham in q
rossipy paper illustrated with fourteen
woodcuts, including fine portrait Of the
Prince. II. p Tells the pleasures OF lily.
tishiug. The fiction and verse of the num-
Der are excellent.
~
The May Century will contain number
of War features The articles by General
Mcclellan and General Jos L. Johnston
on the Peninsular Campaign, have already
| been announced, aud in addition tn are will
| be contributions from two other ex-Confed
crate officers, supplemen'inE General John,
ston paper. General Gustavus W. Smith,
who took the temporary command OF the
forces opposed to Mcclellan after General
Johnston was wounded at Seven Pines writes
description OF the second days fight at
Seven Pines. General John d. lmboden
contributes paper Of Incidents of the Bat,
tie of Manassas" in which it will be remem-
bered his battery took prominent part
about the Henry house. He adds number
of anecdotes of General Bee-who was
killed in this eugagement-Genersi stone
wall jackson and General Beauregard.
~
Although thousands Of readers use the
hooks in the library O. the English Museum
daily. and great freedom is allowed with
them. it is very seldom that any books are
stolen or nutilated During the past twenty