Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-28
LITERARY NOTES.

IN o STYLE that combines serious argument
with entertaining reading, and so the ar
,icle Of this character, which opens the
August Popular Science Monthly, should
have a cordial welcome. IL is from the pen
of David Starr Jordan, President of the
University OF Indiana, and is a witty allie
CORY, entitled The Octroi at Issiore, or
City made rich by Taxation"
Henry Bacon has reproduced in black
and -white his famous painting, THE Bos-
ton SchOolboys and General Gage" now
owned by Columbia College; the drawing
accompanies Edward Everett Hale's serial,
The Story of Boston Common" and ap-
pears in the August Vide Asdke.
"Au Oss.la TrA>-.r-m - "InsR
wood. ia so capital descriptlon,ot the ias'
DAYS Of the American merchant service
tbSt Il has been well denominsteC the
,nodsrp 1.-TWO Years before the Mast II
is breezy and strong with the flavor oi Tie
Sea.
"Iotbrop's Summer Series" is PRONG
;,,nspssly popular. Such books As
pat;sncs Preston, NJ. D, Romance OF q
Iett.r. John Greenleaf, Minister, NI'
are not often found printed on hne pPef
il choice bindings at 25 cents. Try NE
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The opening article in the August MS'
o,;ne Of American History is an lntert',
a., and valuable study Of the careeIol
! 81, ,scoe Coukling," from the pen OF le
= psv Isaao s. Hartley, d. D., the emlna'
; I,;cs divine. The text is richly l's'
t,sta5 Minor Topics this month Oh
tains an unusual number Of snort leaua.
!. articles. Original Documents mas ~
y nId petitiop to Lord Bellomont ~hen
was Governor of New YORK. Inc 1os
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menus he issued this week in cheap Anne
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The temperature of the dog-days rs
No depressing effect on the conduee
a 1905 Ndqa=ine. The number
= anyust il as fresh and vigorous as M
saTlv June. Most of the stan OF
Snown contributors are represented
EN-, psges, with here and there new
From an artistic point OF view, tDT ere
cbsnce for fault finding. Abbey, ia
and ThulstIup furnish some OF tnei
- work. In fiction many strong cnsp''
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Sc sss' iIlnstrste the old rhyme apeu'
Leather Bottel."
rats The Forum for August contains u
opd of a number of articles oy Eu"s
~ L;nson ON Problems Of Wages az
W Snotion." In this article he shows
snIaT quality of British economic u
- and marks out the way tor an am
sccial science. The same NUMBER o.
notable comparison Of the Govern
oLs If Great Britain and the United sta
Az advantage of the latter, by
= ~ A'' liter for the reviews-Judge Jan
9 Tnvs of the u. 8. District Court
- " aonthern District Of Iowa Judge
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