Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-01-18

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Ths ss.sasssnsh volume Of The Hncycls-
pedia Briaaanica Is ready for the sab
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Some Of the English reviewers . very
severe in their criticisms Of e. 2. ROes
"Natsre's Serial Story"
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Joaquin Miller publishes in She Current
ofJsauary 10, one Of the very best OF bis
recent poetic productions, entitled by the
Lower Mississippi" II presents an elo-
qusnt picture Of purely Southern scene.
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The ViIlou Society's literal edition OF
"The Arabian Nights"-the five hundred
copies of which were sold . year or " ago
fer about $47 each-cannot be had now Tor
less thAa $i25 q copy.
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George Augustus Sala, in = recent inter
view, said he had permanently retired from
Journalism, and proposed to hereafter con-
Gne himself to fiction. He is now engaged
EOon q novel, entitled "A Party in the City.
Y. =.
The Blackwoods, London, have p1b-
Eished q new edition of Burton's Book
Hunter" of crown octave size and IN HoX-
burvhs binding, like the scarce original
This edition contains all the latest emenda-
tons and corrections Is well Is . coplous
index.
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II il said that the national editions OF the
works Of Victor Hugo, announced by lie
Mounyer, ofParis, viii cost OO,OOOt., the
illustrations alone coming IN for ABOUT
$500, 000f. There viii be 40 small quarto
volumes, containing about $50 etehings and
$500 copper plate Ugnsttes.
Zols's new novel, "Germinal," Is now ap-
pearing in "Gfl Bias" as q feuilleton. bis
contract with the paper was to furnish 3d.
600 lines Of matter at If. the line, or about
Sc, 900 for the whole work. 1t is recalled
that when Mr.. Sals wrote 8 certain supple
ment for the London Graphic ne was
paid hsltpenny a word
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The personal traits Of the British authors
of this century are TO be dealt with in q
forthcoming series OF "aneedote biographies
by Mr.. Edward T. Mason. There will be
four volumes in the series, which will DC
published by the Seribuers. "Anecdose
biographies" of course means compilations
from the ~pleasantest sources.
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The large paper cor with proOts) OF
Mr.. Philip Gilbert H4merton's work on
Landscape" are held by Macmillan Il Co.
at $40 each. Only a limited number will
be printed, and each copy will be mum,
bered. The volume consists Ct q series OF
chapters or ESSAYS on landscape in nature,
literature and art, in which, although paint
ing is not i~nfrequently referred to. there is
little of a technical character and nothing
likely 10 repel q general reader who takes
some interest in landscape.
The first three volumes OF Captain Bar
tons translation of the Arabian Nights
will be delivered to subscribers next March.
The ten volumes-st q guinea each-Will
be issued within eighteen months Only
this one edition Of 1000 copies will be
printed. He has kept the long, unbroken
sentences of the original; and the peculiar
passages which he faithfully retains will not
he thinks, commonly be found more Objec'
tiorable than some which are in Shakes
are and in Shakespeare contemporaries
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Some of the books sold at the SySton Park
sale and the prices they brought we're the
following: "Luciani 0pusculS DErasmc
Aldus," isis, with autograph Of the famous
| collector Grolier, and beautifully bound
El32; the "Aldine Lubretius," bound BY
Roger PAYNE, 1915, E6 lis. Sd; "LucretiuS
de Rerum Natura," 1868, EST; the 1861 edi
ton, from the library of Marguerite DE-
| Valsis, in olive morocco, by Clovis Eve
| slO5; Homer Opera Grace" two vol
umes, first edition, bound by Roger Payne
| excessively rare, SIS; the extremely rart
Homer" four volumes, Oxon., 1900, or
| large paper, E46; "HOre Beste Maria Vlr
%ginis,' manuscript on vellum, with % ex
| 9uisite miniatures and initial letters, ego
| he rare and beautiful Post Est edition
of Pines Horace" EST; Bodoni's edition
| E28; a splendid "Josephus," printed OF
vellum and msgniGcently Illuminated, thu
| edition of 1892, Paris E276.
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Mr.. Dolby declares that Dickens cleareC
out of his readings the comfortable forum,
ofS2so,OO0. OF the effect of these reading
| mon Dickens mind and body, his old agen
SAYS: The ordinary state of Mr.. Dickens
pulse was u. David Copperfeld" brough
Il up to 90; abr. Marigold," 80; the frs
night of the Murder" during the last read
ings), it was ll2, and the second, llS
Nicholas Nickleby" brought it to III, AM
"Dombey" to Ia. On one occasion it ros'
10 l24. At the last reading of all, when HI
went on the platform for the Christina;
Carol" his pulse marked los, and at tn,
conclusion Of the reading it had risen =
4 llU. nc ululoclA HAS AobOOhAVN -
state of his pulse after the last Copper
field" reading, and explained it by tn
emotion he felt in parting (forthe last time
with the reading which he liked better thai
any of the others, aud which had done s.
much to pOpularize the whole series. A
though his pulse frequently ran as higI
during many other readings, the after
effects were not so serious as when he lei
the platform at the termination Of the Sike
Murder" reading. On these occasions b
would have to be supported to his retirin
room and laid on a sofa for fully ten mir
utes, before be could speak a rational G
consecutive sentence.
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Mr.. Herman. the English dramatic ~
thor. is about to sell his library. The co
lection is q valuable one, and in some sense
It is UNIQUE. Some of the works, the mo!
Of which have been extended, are these