Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-24
LITERARY NOTES.

A MANUAL FOB INFANTRY OFFICERS" by J. q.
GilchriSt. In cloth, 81 % Publ thed by A. G..
McClung u TO, III aud III Wabash AyenVe,
Chicago.
Probably every officer Of the National
guard, particularly il he has had no active
military training, has found it a matter OF
great difficulty top ocure correct descrip-
ton OF his uniform and understand thor
Oughly bis position on all occasions. The
provisions OF the army regulations ard tao
ties are often obscure and confused, and
every day new interpretations are being
put upon these provisions. TO obViate
many of the difficulties arising from this
source, an experienced military man has
compiled this little book. 1t gives az far
"a is practicable the rules that govern
infantry officers in their various duties,
from the highest to the lowest. 1t is a
valuable little work and will be spprecia-
ted by the class to which it is dedicated.
The latest volume of 7rckROr'S Paper Sc
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Next Door," a story by the well-kuown
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As series of fine and sensitive character
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The opening article of the Railway series
in ScribRer'S NdgaziRe will appear in the
June number, under the title The Build
ing OF a Railway" by Thomas Curtis
Clarke, one of the most eminent of Amer.
lean ridge-builders, whose most recent
work has been "a engineer of the great
cantilever bridge at Poughkeepsie. Parts
of the New York Elevated Railway are
also among his achievements. Mr.. Clarke,
with Mr.. John BOgart, who is TO write an
other of the articles in this series, WAS a
member OF the committee of experts who
recently made the investigation which
fully revealed the unsafe condition of the
ceiling in the Assembly chamber at AL
bany. There will be about forty elaborate
Illustrations in the article, many OF them
drawings from eminent artists.
The Foram is rapidly taking the first
rank among the few high literary journals
tan confiue their discussions to live topics
the day. Among the articles in the June
number will be The Pending Tariff Dis
cussiop," by Hon. W. ID. Kelly, who
makes q review of American tariff legisla-
,lion during the past hundred years. The
maTrS bearings of the Catholic Church on
Democratic institutions are discussed in
the same number by thu Catholic Bishop
Gilmour. Hon. Andrew ID. White on "A
Great Educational Plan" and Wade
Hampton on the Negro Question:" will
also be read with interest.
The May number Of Tube TAX is full of
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General Horace Porter has written q pa
per for the June CsatUry on 1.-The Philos-
ophy Of Courage" An illustrated article
on the Plantin Museum at Antwerp, by
Mr.. Theodore l. De Winnie, entitled "A
Printers Paradise" will appear in the
same number.