Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-11-28

| New York. q. L. PGtnAm SOiS.
This is another of the series in the
''Story of the Nations" The Strange
Land South of Palestine" has been the
scene of some of the most remarkable
events of history The strange early his
tory of the Arabs, their crude beliefs, Gus
toms &c, are well shown. Much space
is devoted to the deeds of that great bis
tory maker, MOhammed-his career rs q
camel driver, as prophet, as an exile, as q
eonqueror. The founding of the Saracen
| empire and the rule of the Caliphs, the
eonquests of the Saraeen, the elimination,
decline and final ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF the
empire are full of interest.
| UNwIsE LAWS, by Lewis II. Blair. Cloth, $50
pages. Philadelphia: J. b. LippineOtt q TO
Wheeling, Jos. Grayes& son.
Mr. Blair in this volume shows how UNI
wise laws have originated, how they at
times stimulate the prosperity OF a eoun-
try and finally end in u collapse. The
Protective tariff system is then taken up,
and it is shown how it stimulates for
awhile and at last paralyzes the commu-
nity, ruins mercantile business, impOver-
isheS the great body of the people by
making wealthy few, loses us the trade
of other nations and shuts us up in n
home market. Mr.. Blair then discusses
the remedy, and finishes his book with
some views on the silver question. The
book is we'll worth reading.
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"A Trip ArouRd the World" by George
Moerlin, published by NJ. & Il. Bingham,
No. Al Vine street, Cincinnati, o.
The following extracts from the review
of the Cincinnati Commercial gazette Is an
excellent conception of its worth:
Mr. George Moerlin has produced in his
| "Trip Around the World" remarkably
original book, and one that will be sought
after by collectors of the rare and curious.
1t is not every day that unique book ap-
pears.
The illustrations are the peculiar feature.
They number 40, and the reproductions
| from photographs, printed in oil colors. Ey-
| identity no expense has been spared IN the
making and decoration Of this book. AS
the pictures deal largely with the costumes
OF the various races seen in going around
the world, they required many tints. and
these the artists have strikingly achieved
and applied.
Mr.. MOerlein's text is direct and in
tereSting record. 1t is a business mans
story of journey around the globe-of Il
business man, however, on pleasurable
sightseeing bent. The route was from
Cincinnati to San Francisco, EOkoham2,
Toxic, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Canton,
Macao, Singapore, Batavia, Ceylon, POndl-
cherry, Calcutta, the Himalayas, the
cities of Central India, Arabia, Egypt,
] Palestine, Beyrout, Smyrna, Con-
stantinOple, and thence home by way OF
| Vienna. The distance travelled Syas %, al
miles by steamer, and II ,i53 by railroad,
a total of 81. 1871 miles. The highest hotel
charges paid on the journey were four dol
lars . day at ConStantinOple, and $3.50 q
day ut Yokohama. The average per day
| i'm the best hotels of eighteen different
cities among the route was S2.56. This
| figure was slightly increased by the pay of
servants in countries where they are hired
| ny guests of hotels.
The book is printed on fine plate paper,
and is bound in scarlet with black and
| gold lettering and OrnamcntatlOn he
| tween the authors clear and faithful de
scriptiOn, and the rapid Succession OF richly
/ cOlOred pictures, the reader gets an exact
idea of what constitutes a journey around
| the world in these times. The author, the
publishers and artists deserve warm thanks
for this production.
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The December Century New York. con-
| tainS the following among its treasures:
Opening articles on l.incOln'S youthful idol,
Henry Clay. His home ut Ashland is de
! scribed by Charles w. Coleman, Jr., and
"reminiscences forming altogether definite
picture OF the man are contributed by his
friend, political opponent, and executor,
-. o. Harrison, ESD. The three portraits
of Clay are given; one from u daguerrcO-
type printed as u irontiSpiece, one Us a
young man, from a miniature, the third he
ing of himself and his wife, from photo
graph. : The other drawings, chiefly by
Mr.. Fem, reproduce wildly the mansion
ut Ashland its surroundings and memen-
toes.
The art paper of the number is the first
of several short articles ON Contempt
rary French Sculpture the critical text
by MIR. W. C.. Brownell, devoted this
month to the work of Chapu and Dubois,
the former being represented in the illus
trations, BY his La JeuneSse," from the
Regnault monument, and by his Jeanne
d. Are" the latter by his Military Cour-
age" from the tomb of LemOriciere by
his Infant John
The following is the table of contents
for the December Popular ScjeRer Monthly,
Science and Theology, by John Burroughs;
Geological SuperStitions, by Felix l.. o.
valid, NJ. D.; The Higher Education OF
Women, by Mrs +. Lynn Linton; Energy
in Plant-Cells, by Prof T. III. Mcbride,
| IlluStrated); Geology Of the Atlantic
Ocean, III, by Sir William Dawson; The
New acquisitions for Admission at Har-
ward College, by Prof. Josiah Parsons
Cooke: Life in the SOuth-Sea Islands, by
Captain Cyprian Bridge, L. N; Some Ont
lines from the Iii .Ory of Education, by
Prof W. K. Benedict, Concluded: The
Physiology of Attention and NOlitiOn, by
IT,. Capie, NJ. d.; How To Warm Our
Houses, by T.. Y. Robbins; The Wings OF
Birds, by Prof. W. II. Flower, +. L. $.
Measuring the Earth'S Surface, (IlluStrat,
I ed), by Francesca SInSone; Sully'S Hand
Book of Psychology. by Carveth Read
Sketch Of NJ. AraSo, with Portrait; Edi-
tors Table, The Lesson of Virgins; Lit
erary Notices, Popular Miscellany, Notes.
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The Mrgd=iRc Of american History New
York closes it's sixteenth volume with m
exceptionally bright and readable Decem'
Der number The frontiSpiece this month
is an admirable portrait of MaiOr-General
Halleck, made expressly tor this magazine
from the painting in possession of General
Geo. W. Cullum; it accompanies Il paper
entitled, misunderstanding Halleek and
Grant" by General James B. Fry. The
number has a holiday flavor, two of its
papers relating to Thanksgiving festival
The consecutive papers, Shakespeare
Literary Executor" by Appleton Morgan
president of the Shakespeare Society o.
New York, and Ohio rs a Hospital vii
derneSs," J. II. Kennedy, are two Is de
lightful contributions As any magazine
! whether of fact or fiction, has been pub,
} lished within the year. Creole Peculiar,
tiles" by Il. +. de Gournay, will also he
read with appreciation.
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