Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-29
LITERARY NEWS.
Content, of Our Great Magazines inier-
estine New Books.


NELLIE BLY, Book. ABOUND THE WORLD rs
~FyFNTY-rWu DAYS. Illustrated. New y urA:
/ The Pictorial Wce6lie- Company. Price 5OcentS
I'm Miss Bly's book is contained the
| first deliberately written account of her
unique tour around the world. While
She preserves the graphic SprightlineSS
| of the newspaper writer, she here writes
40 greater length and in more careful
/ style the account of her experiences
aud Of what she saw. Not the least re-
markable thing about il is that the
books show how an American girl with
her eyes open may manage TO see a
great many interesting things while
hurrying around the world at the high
est possible rate OF speed. The story Is
told i'm clean-cut language. without any
prctense Of elegance of dictiOn, very
much as one friend would tell another
of similar experiences. The book itself
&, abir fifty cents worth, being hand
,omely illustrated with half-tone en-
cravings. and printed on good paper,
with large. clear type. The handsome
cover bears @ portrait Of Nellie BY IN
her travelling costume.
-Ur. Ftrrrr>c IDEAL" 4 romance OF balled
hNpnoti>n Published 10y J. =. Oseril. % Rose
street. y. \. Ina paper - couts
The craze for the unique in literature
has produced nothing more remarkable
than this book tits a composite novel
10 which chapters have been contributed
bv =. T. Barnum, John l.. Sullivan,
Bill I'VE. Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Alfred
c. Calhoun. Howe x Uummell, lnSpec-
tor Bvrnes. Pauline Hall, Miss East
lake. ". H. Ballou, and Allan Dale.
II cannot be said that the book is a con-
tinuous. well sustained story, yet every
chapter is a polished gem, bearing the
marks of its authors peculiar work
manShip. The book will furnish an
endless source OF amusement TO The care
full reader.
The August MdgG-inc If american
History is filled with pleasing variety
of able and popular papers. The open
! ing Illustrated paper this month, ellis
toric Houses and Revolutionary Let
/ tiers. is written in felictouS style by
Mr.. Robest Ludlow Fowler. The sec
Ond article. 'GlimpSeS of LOg-cabin
Life i'm Early Ohio" from the pen of
| Emanuel Spencer, is wonderfully realiS-
tic and delightfully."- picturesque, bring
/ ing the l0g-cabin home to Us in earnest,
with all its limitations and ambitions.
The Pcrils and Romance of Whal-
ing" IS the title of an article by Gustav
Kobbc: published in the Midsummer
August Century. 1t is composed
largely OF anecdotes of whaling eX-
pcriences, much of tho material for the
article having been gathered from log
books. old newspapers, and records in
the possession of +. c. Sanford, of Nam
tucket. 1t is illustrated by three full
page eugrayinsS and number OF
smaller pictures.
The August Cosmopolitan contains a
article from the pen Of Elizabeth Bis
land entitled ~ Flying Trip Around
the World" Miss Bisland will be re-
membered as the plucky little woman
who made such a gallant race with
Nellie BY. She writes in an easy, grace
ful style. and her article is the decided
feature OF this number. The other con-
tributionS are, however remarkably eN-
celleut.
The August number of the Forum
completes volume nine Of that excellent
magazine. The Forum has proven one
of the successes of the day. As high
toned literary, scientific and political
magazine it has no superior. The Au-