Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-05-23
LITERARY NOTES.

PERSONAL MEMOIRS OF L. & GRANT, ID volume
octave, 6Si pages; illustrated; cloth, per volume
sier Co.
The second volume of General Grants
Memoirs is now out. 1t contains 632 pages
OF reading matter, and an exhaustive in.
dex 10 both volumes, or 64S pages in all.
There are 81 maps and illustrations, and
an exact facsimile of the original terms Of
Lees surrender, copied geographically,
showing all blots, interlineations, erasures,
and the color Of and folds in the paper
upon which it is written. The second vol
ume was written during General Grant
last illness, and was completed and deliv.
cred to the publishers by him but four
days before his death. The frontispiece is
q fine steel portrait OF General Grant as
Liutenant-Genersl of the Armies Of the
United States. engraved by VIM. Z. Mar
shall. 1t also contains a fine steel
engraving of MeLesns House-at Ap-
pomattox-in the psrlor OF which
Lee surrendered the Army OF Northern
Virginia-and over thirty maps and plans
The volume treats of the battle Of Chstta
noogo, Hookers fight above the clouds on
Lookout Mountain, all the subsequent
operations up to the bloody battle of the
Wilderness The capture Of Atlanta,
Sherman's march to the sea. and his oper-
atoms in Georgia North and South Caro-
lima are treated upon. Sheridan 8 raid
down the Shenandoah Valley, and his vic
tory at Five Forks, are described. The
Appomattox campaign, eliminating with
the final scene OF Lees surrender at Nc.
Leans house, is graphically told. The
spple-tree legend, and the story of Lee s
Sword, are automatically settled. Anec
dotes of President Lincoln are related.
Army stories are told. The inside history
Of important operations, undivulged at the
time, and heretofore misunderstood are
herein explained. The surrender Of John.
ston's army 10 Sherman, and the fall Of
Mobile are touched upon. The move
ments Of General Grant at the time Of
President Lincoln's assassination are de-
scribed.
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The following is the table OF contents
for the Popular Science Monthly New
York: D. Appleton & Co for June Evo,
luton Bounded by Theology, by W. ID. lie
Sueur, B. A An Economic Study OF Mex
leo, by Hon David A Wells; What
May Animals be Taught by NJ. j. Del.
bGuf; Primitive Clocks, by Frederic G
Ma,her. (illustrated); The Factors Of Or
gauic Evolution, (concluded), by Herbert
Spencer; Ethuologv OF the Blacktoot |
Tribes by Horstio Hale; RsGnesque, by
Professor David Starr Jordan; Counting
Uncousciously, BY Professor W. Preyer,
The Millennium of Mad
ness, oy Felix l. Oswald, NJ. d.;
The Principles OF Domestic Fireplace Con.
struction. by T. Pridgin, +. r c. S illus
trated); Scratching in the Animal King.
dom, by Prof Samuel Lockwood; The
Poisons in Spelling Food, BY Julius Stinde;
Eels and their Young; Sketch OF George
NJ. ID, with portrsiD; Ed.
tors Table-Labor Troubles Literary No
ices; Popular Miscellany; Notes.
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Thomas Nelson Page, the author Of
'Marse Chan" one OF the most popular
stories printed OF late years, will publish
he longest story he hss yet written in the
June Century New York;. 1t is entitled
'Meh Lady; A Story Of the War The
and affecting narrative is put in
he mouth of old Billy, an exslave and it
s illustrated with three designs by W. I.
Smedey.
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In the June issue oil the Southern
Rirouac louisville, Ky, B F. Avery 4
Sous) DR.. Felix l. Oswald will conclude
he interesting series OF articles on "Our
Last Hunting Grounds" with paper on
he Rocky Mountain Region DR.. Oswald
8 preparing series OF articles on South
srn Summer Resorts to appear in the
Southern BicOudc.
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The Forum New York; is 10 continue
tie very interesting series of personal ex'
oerience articles. In the June number
Bishop Huntington will tell the story Of
his religious life, and Dr. Vincent, Chan.
cellor OF the Chatauqua Circle, will de-
scribe how he was educated.
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The May number of The Cosmopolitan
o new family magazine that is published
in Rochester, N. Y, by Messrs. SchIicht
& Field, is excellent. The variety, brevity
and intrinsic worth Of the articles, and the
beauty Of the four full page illustrators,
will attract attention.
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Sarah Orne JeWett, now South on &C.
count Of bad health, contributes an illus
lrated k0llad to the June Vide ITdkc
Boston: d. l,othrop d Coz, entitled
York Garrison, 1910