Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-30
TIE MAGAZINES.

The January number of the North inieri
cGu Rsrier opens the ll3d volume OF pc
riodical in which public interest does not
diminish with It's Increasing age. Al
though truly venerable ia years, IL IS ever
fresh and up with the times IN rs contents.
The present number furnishes another IL
I 'ustratiOn Of this wei known fact The
two upDermOst questions in the world to-
dav are doubtless the Indian question in
I this country and the Irish question IN
/ Great Britain Both Of these find adequate
| treatment in the pages OF the Rsrier. Gen.
/ Nelson \ Miles, an expert of the very
/ highest authority. deals with the future OF
| the Indian problem, and rciterates the
view which he expressed in this magazine
l thirteen years ago.
/ The January Forum opens with "a review
/ of the colonization and division of Africa
down 20 date and accompanied with map.
| by Prof Emile de Lavclcye TIN, Is Il
record of the most gigantic work OF colonil n
alton ever undertaken. ana ii, influence on
the future OF civilization cannot yet DC
rccSoucd. Mr. Thoma, G.. sherman writes
an essay on The Coming Bulionalrc. TO
show that under the present system OF Fed
cral taxation our present two hundrcd-mil-
liOnaires would necessarily become billion
aires in forty years. but he does not expect
a Millionaire al all, because he regards the
present system of indirect taxation IS
doomed, aud the early coming Of direct
Federal taxation as inevitable.
The story OF American ironmaking in
the Popular ScicRc, Monthly is continued in
the January number with an account OF
the introduction OF Iron Mills and Pud-
ding Furnaces. Like the first of The ser
les. IL is bv Mr. William +. Huriee. and is
has one of his vigorous Warfare OF
Science. chapters in This issue, entitled
From Babel TO Comparative Pathology, 10
which tie origin Of the tower legend Is Civ
en- and the history OF the belief that He
brew was the original language Is traced.
The most beautiful froutisDiecc ever pro-
duccd In an American magazine, appears IN
the January number ci the CosHlnpoiitGa
IS Is a Y0NYOAlaSti0H ia c0l2gS 90 Gy00coiS
Flamcur's famous picture The Cake Sell
er. and can scarcely be distinguished from
the imported photogravure which Is eNhib-
tied in the dealers windows, 40 the price OF
= "a CODY. 10 is one OF the most charming
Of subjects, and is well worth framing aud
preservation The CcSW0p1ifda las be
come noted of late for It's froutispicccs and
this very much oXcels its previous EFFORTS.
The twenty-dfth volume Of the MdJ1-ia,
of ImtricdH History is opened with most
attractive January number Tue varied
contributions 20 this periodical are always
timely aud chosen with cOusummate taste
and discretion. The leading illustrated
paper for the month, from the ready pen Of
/ the editor, John Ericsson, the Builder OF
I the Monitor" aud one of the very best por-
traits cNtant OF the great inventor, TO whose
Genius ourcOuntry owes SO much, forms the
froutispicce 10 the new volume.
Mrs. Krehbiel. the musical critic Of the
/ Tribune. has written paper on Chinese
music for the January CcHtw8. The conf
poser Henry Holden Huss, has supplied
I grotesuue harmonics 10 some Old Chinese
I marches. and these accompany the article.
I The magazine IS also rcpie,e with the usual
variety OF good things.
Scribusr for January cannot help but
please the most eXacting reader. In TINS
number Henry NJ Stanley tells all about
the wonderful pigmy race bee run across In
his travels through the African forests.
/ Sir Edwin Arnold contributes another en-
tertaining paper on the japanese people.
The .tHanfic Monthly for January Is an
4 unusually interesting number. 10 contains
among other things the continuation of
Frank r. StocSton's story Tine House Of
| Martha ~ New University Course by
| Cleveland Able. and Compulsory ArOi-
tratiou" by Charles Worcester Clark.
The family reading circle would hardly
be complete without u copy Of that old
| standard magazine Hrypsr's Monthly. The
number for January has profusely Illus
trated articles on The Outlook for South
ern California" and London Music
Halls"