Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-09-27

The October number Of Our Little Ones
and the Nursery Russell Pub. Co, Bostonl
completes volume v. II is beautifully IL
Illustrated and an attractive number, and has
an index of the entire volume.
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The Eureka REGULATIONS and Readings Is
q very coed collection and has been com.
piled and prepared by Mrs. Anna Randall
Diehl, whose reputation as writer of stand
srd works on Elocution, and also as q
teacher of the art, is second to none. All
those who are interested in providing for an
entertainment should have this collection.
1t contains l28 pages, and is bound with
handsome hthogrsph cover printed in four
colors, and vii be mailed to any address,
poet- paid, on receipt of twelve cents in
stamps, by j s. 0gilvie & Co., 81 Rose
street, New York.
Mr.. John Preston True, an author already
well known to young readers, has written
for NJ. Nicholas. New York; The Century
Company, an electrically good school
story for boys that will awaken the interest
and enthusiasm Of every boy and girl who
has read the best stories Of school boy life,
from the Gays Of Erie" and Tom Brown"
10 the present time. "Drill," as the storyis
entitled, deals with g vital and very impor-
tant feature in the present system of miii-
tsry schools for boys. 1t is imbued with the
spirit ofreal maniiness, of courage, honor,
and iastice, and contains whole schoolful
Of real human American lads, with black
sheep or two to make it ali the more natural.
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The most striking teatureof the Magazine
Of American History New York, tor 0cto.
Der is General Grants autograph letter 10
fac smile. covering six pages. II was writ
ten in 1888, on the death of Alexander 81
Stephens, and is now published for the first
tune. 1t was addressed to Rev. Henry
Whitney Cleveland, formerly Colonel IN
the Confederate service, who contributes,
with the letter, an intensely interesting pa
per on General Grants Military Abilities,
arguing that the South moderated General
Grant from the first, and that both the North
and the South undertakes his generslship
even now. General Egbert L. Viele writes
the opening article of this number of the
msgazine-s brilliant and forcible deserip-
ton of the famous Port Royal Expedition,
lS6l-the First Union Victory of the Civil
War" in which be was an active partici'
pant. Theo. r Davis furnishes two full
page illustrations, from sketches made at
the time; and all excellent portrait Of the
commander Of the great expedition, Com
modore Dupont serves as trontispiece to
the number.
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An article of curious interest, and very
instructive w.thal on comets, by President
A. ID. White, leads in the October Popular
Science Monthly. New York: d. Appleton
4 Coz 1t is a history of the strange be-
hsfs and speoulstions that have been en-
tertained in different ages respecting the
nature and import Of comets, and the history
constitutes q mo- s'ryng chapter In the
warfare of s,ieuce with ignorance and su-
perstition. TIE paper shows immense re-
search. The second article is entitled The
White Ant: A Theory" and is by that lucid
thinker and happy writer, Prot. Henry
Drummond, author of Natural Law in the
Spiritual World The paper is long, beau
tifully illustrated, cAsrmiDglY written, and
foil of new information concerning an ex-
traordinary creature, and especially the won
derful part it! plays in the economy of Ma
ture. The Early Study of Plants" by Miss
Eliza A. Youmsns, is an extremely valus-
bic contribution to the science of primary
education. 1t is reply to Dr.. Mary Put
nsm,Jscobi, who, in her previously pub
Eshed essay, IAN Experiment in Primary
Education" criticised Miss Youmsns
method Of beginning botany with young
children. There are numerous other arti-
cles which will well repay careful Pc
rusal.