Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-30
JULY MAGAZINES.

In the July number of the North
american RcUieo0, which opens the one
hundred and fifty-third volume and the
seyeDtE=SeVenth wear ot-thi'-asel Unknown
cussion on the right uses OF wealth,
which has attracted marked attention
in recent issues. is resumed-this time
by Baron de Hirsch, the well-known
Hebrew philanthropiSt, who has done
and is doing so much for the oenent OF
the poor and oppressed OF his own race.
His contribution Is not long, but the
frnk statement which ne makes regard
ing his plans in "My Views on Philan-
thropy'' cannot fail to command wide
attention. This article opens the num-
her. 1t is followed by two papers OF
special interest to farmers. The first OF
these is written by L. l.. Polk, the
President of the Farmers Alliance, on
the subject of ''Thc Farmers Discon-
tent" 1t is mainly an answer to the
Note and Comment Of George E. war
ing. Jr., in the RepielU for June. EraS-
tus Wiman writes spiritedly about zine
Farmer on Top" and makes some start
ling statements concerning the eXhaus-
tion of the worlds wheat lands and the
growing demands for food products.
He predicts rosy future for the farmer,
and not very distant future, either.
An admirable full-page portrait Of
Oliver Wendell Holmes forms the from
tispiece of the July Arena. critical
paper bv George Stewart, ID. {. H., LII.
d.. the well-known editor and critic OF
Onebec. treats OF the life and literary
| labors of DR.. Holmes, in manner at
once scholarly and Accordingly inter-
esting. Probably the most notable pa
per in this issue is Edgar Fawcetts
''PlutQcracy and Snobbcry In New
| YORK" In it the weaknesses, toibles
and evils of high life in the metropolis
are boldly dealt with in mastery man
ncr. while Prof. Buchanan's closing pa
per on Revolutionary Measure and
Neglected Crimes" strikes boldly at the
very evils which Mr.. Fawcett so wildly
depicts. The argus is a library in
itself. treating all the great living prob
lens of the hour in q comprehensive
manner, and containing vast amount
of entertaining and instructive matter
in its stories, character sketches, bio
graphical and critical papers.
Scribney'S Magazine for July (begin-
ming the tenth voumc) has its leading
article on a subject which attracts
particular attention at this season
"Speed in Ocean Steamers" The
author, A. +. Seaton, Is connected with
a large Ship-buiding firm in England,
and makes perfectly plain to untechni-
cal readers, the various conditions
| l ha in, min N
ing ocean greyhounds, and the most
advanced methods which have met
them. The Illustrations show mum,
Der Of the fastest steamers aiioat,
This issue also contains two illustrate
ed out-of-door articles-one on lizard
Hunting in the Spanish Pyrenees" and
the other on fishing for the black sea
bass on the Pacific coast. The mum
Der is unusually rich in fiction, contain
lug four complete short stories BY
George A. Hubbard, the late John
Elliott Curran, Edith Wharton, anc
George L. Catlin, United States con
sui at Zurich.
THE Lady of Fort ST. John" the new
serial which begins in the July number
of the atlantic Monthly, is story OF on
of the lords Of Acadia, Charles de !;
Tour. The novel opens in an Acadiar
fortress at the mouth OF the river ST
John. Within the walls of this fortress
over which Madame de la Tour, tn
Lady OF Fort ST. John, presideS, is gath
cred a curious family-a noblewomal
formerly OF the English court, Swis
lieutenant, a dwarf witch-woman,
Dutch gentlewoman, and two Jesui
priests. There is good deal of dra
matte interest in the first installment
which ends, as all well-regulated serial
should, in a situation which piQues tn
curiosity of the reader. Professor Ian
cigni contributes paper on "Under