Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-26

An.w serial story. nv Edein Lsaset.er
Byuner. opsa= tire Atlantic Monthly for
MAY. IL i. called "The Regum's Daueh-
ter. - The scene Of the novel il laid IN old
New York about 1859. ard some OF The
familiar KpickerbOckeT NAMES sppsar in IT,.
Il Is new field for modern fiction, and a
GOOD one. This is followed by paper on
Temperance Legislation, its Uses and
Limits" particularly necessary TO study
iust al present, written by Charles Worces-
ter Clark. Mr. Fiske Contributes one CT
his valuable rhetorical papers on Brandy
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poeical contributions are exceptionally
goo and the whole makes up IN unnsu-
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DE. Andrew ID White comes down very
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"Diahoiism and Hys'eria,h ard after CIV
ing accounts Of European epidemics Of ST.
Viiu-' dance and other msnias, which were
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A very attractive article in the ssme Issue
is The History OF a Picture Window, -
nv Prof. c. II. Henderson, l. which the
process Of making cOlored windows are
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Theodore Voorhees,, Assistant General
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sill contribute TO the May SeribRer's one
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