Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-17
WITH THE PUBLISHERS.

The Gossip Printing Company, Of
Mobile, Alabama. has Issued Z verS
clever pamphlet, Society as l Have
Foundered IT," By Cad McBallaster,
which, OF course, is take off on Ward
McAllister's book on New York Society.
Jules Simon, Of the French Senate,
contributes an article on The Stabili-
" of the French Republic, wherein he
reviews all the leading influences that
lend stability as well as those that have
been detrimental TO the present govern
ment.
The REGISTER is in receipt Of the
bound volumes OF the Century Magazine
and ST. Nicholas, containing the num-
bers OF those publications for the last
six months. They are bound in the us
ual attractive style and make valuable
additions TO the home library. They
are issued by the Century Company,
New York.
President Eliot, of Harvard, writes OF
Family Stocks in Democracy"-an
essay in which he maintains that demo-
cratic society is more favorable for the
founding and maintenance of sturdy and
enduring families than aristocratic So
ciety; and he points out the conditions
OF stable family-growth in the United
States.
The attractiveneSS Of the ArenG is in
creased in December number by fine
portraits of TolStOi, Rev. Lyman Alb
bott, Helen III. Gardener and Hamlln
Garland. The papers on The Chris
tian Doctrine of Non-ReSistance, by
Count Tolstoi, and Rev. Ballou, are OF
consuming interest TO laymen as well as
ministers of the gospel. Arena Pub
fishing Company, Boston, Mass.
The atlantic Monthly for December is
brighter and more entertaining than
any Of its predecessors. Some OF the
notable features Of the present issue are
The House OF Martha" by Frank Il.
Stockton, critique on the translation
Of Faust" by William p. Andrews,
and But One Talent" by Oliver Wen
dell Holmes. The magazine is pub
lished By Houghton, Miiilin \ Co., New
York and Boston.
The December number of the Forum
contains an article on 1.-The Govern
ment Of American Cities" by Andrew
d. White, wherein he shows that the
weakest point of American government
is in the management of municipal
affairs. lie points out in what specific
ways we fall far short OF all the Euro
pean governments in this particular.
Mr.. White has endeavOred TO make n
thorough analysis of the subject, and
he indicates remedy Is well as the
cause of the evil.
The extraordinary statements of the
Hon. IgnatiuS Donnelly, in the Decem-
Der number OF the North american Re
UiciC, rs 10 the cryptogram which he
claims TO have discovered in the works
Of Shakespeare, are TO be answered in
answered in the January number by an
article prepared by Ptof. w. j. Role,
the eminent ShakeSpearian scholar. Mr.
ROlfe does not cOntine himself TO Mr.
Donnelly, however, but takes up various
writer's who have aSSailed the claims OF
the "diVine William"
Henry VI. Stanley, in his article on
the PigmieS in the January Scribner'S,
says: I'VE have seen Some-a few
who might he said 10 be well formed.
The little plump beauty We saw with
Ugarrowwa-an ivory raider-was be-
witching little creature thirty-three
inches high. 1t is possible that this
beauty was due TO perfect health and
the good food with which she was fed
by the Arab She was certainly a gem
worth seeing, and as calm and self
oil ~ ttrafl -hra1 lady =
would have dotted on her, and Sculp-
tors would have paid goodly sums for
such 4 miniature model. She was young.
Just at the dawn of wOmanhood, and
her youth aud gi~liSh innocence made
her simply charming
The subscription lists to The Youths
Companion are now open for the New
Year. There is no weekly in the coun-
try which has ever been able to Gust
this old familiar favorite, and it is safe
TO promise that no other rival in the
field can offer such an attractive list of
announcements as The Youths COmpGl-
ion offers for 1891. There are to be ten
serial stories by such writers rs Bebecca
Harding Davis, II. Ii. Boyesen and c.
A. Stephens. OF whose tales yonnR
America never tires. The special Tea
ture OF the Companion for the coming
year will be a series OF stories of army
and navy adventure, TO which such men
will contribute as AdmiralS Porter,
Luce, Kimberly and ellis, and Generals
Howard, GibbOn, Brooke and BriSbin.
A calendar, with detailed list Of an
nouncement, and sample copies of the
panar will hp sent free uDOu aDDlicatiOn
20 the publishers.