Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-25
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES.

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Babu Land for November, comes
along on time full of interesting pictures
and reading for the little tots.
The Globe (Chicago) for October has
a splendid list of articles touching up
literature, society, religion, arr ana
politics. One striking article Is George
w. Curtis & Co.." in which that gentle-
mans literary career is dealt with in
vein entirely different from that In
which most critics have written.
Frank Leslic'S Popular Monthly for
November con .ains two articles OF par
ticular interest to general readers; one
is Literary Chicago" and the other
half Century Since" The later ar
tice is description of New York CITY,
it's public places, customs and manners
fifty years ago and contains many strik-
ing pictures. The number is replete
with other good reading.
PHANTOM DAYS, by George I.
WEIGH, published by j. S. Ogilvie d
Co., New York; price so cents. The
heading of chapter No. 1, THE OLD
Colonial Mansion" does not strike the
habitual reader of light fiction, in which
love and small amount Of blood play
prominent parts, with much force,
though perusal of the entire volume
shows it TO contain well-written story
with a fair plot.
THE GOLDEN BOTTLE, by Ignatius
Donnelly; ID. ID. Merrill q Co., publish
ers, St. Paul, price S1.25. 1t Is a wen
printed and well-bound book OF three
hundred and thirteen pages and forty
six chapters, in which the author tells
visionary tale of reformation OF the
world, which includes millennium ana
many other nice things. 1t contains
many ideas, which though not thor
oughly practical, tend to set one think
| ing.
MARsE CHAN, by Thomas Nelson
Page, Charles Scribner's Sons, n. T.,
publishers, is tale Of old Virginia told
in the purest of negro dialect and in the
simple language of the race as found in
the old commonwealth. "Marse Chan"
is the master of the narrator, and the
story deals with their experiences in the
war and since. 1t is handsome book,
and those who know Page need no fur
Their comment To assure them OF the
worth of the story.
THE ASSASSINATION OF LINCOLN, A
HISTORY OF THE GREAT CONSPIRACY,
by T. NJ. Harris, Brigadier-General
| U. S. ", u member OF the commission,
published by the American Citizen Co.,
Boston, is a complete review OF the as
sassination of the War President and
the trials of those charged with the
murder and with taking part in the
preparation aud execution OF the plans.
1t is closely printed book of 400 pages
and contains much documentary evil
dence arranged conveniently for the
student Of history.
THR ROSE OF THE ALLEGHENIEs is a
touching poem issued by the Pittsbu. g
News Co., of which the following is the
condensed story: In the year 1872 4
young girl, Polly Williams, lived near
the western slope of the Alleghanies,
in Fayette county, Pennsylvania. Far
uD on the side of the mountains is q
huge cliff, appropriately called the
"White Rocks" Polly Williams had u
lover, Philip Rogers, who, after having
betrayed her under promise OF marriage,
induced her by false representations to
meet him at the secluded spot which
before had been their trysting place
and threw her over the precipice.
ALAsKANA, a book of descriptive and
legendary poems by Prof. Bushrod w.
James, published by Porter & Coates,
Philadelphia. His faithful adherence
to truth in recOunting the customs Of
the people of Alaska gives glimpses OF
them in very vivid light, and must
awaken the sympathy of those who
pause to think OF the heathen-like dark
ness which instituted such dreadful
practices. The weird beauty OF the
Legend of Mt. Edgecumbe" is riyalled
by the pathos in the Legend Of Yehl, :"
the sparkling grandeur of the Legend
of the Large Glacier of Stickeen River"
and the Ife-like diction of the legends
OF the Raven" and the owl"
The Southern Magazine for October,
Volume l, No. l, Annie Smith, Rich
mond, Va, is out. The following is the
table of contents and every contribu-
tiOn is good: Southern Literature, Du-
val; Christmas Times Behind the Lines,
Charming NJ. Smith; Appomattox,
(poem) Annie Smith; Reflections OF a
Widower, Abram Shelton; Mental
Science and Mental Healing, Helen
Williams; An Hereditary Trait, Robt. l..
Pemberton Rise of the New Political
Party, C. c. Post; Capital Punishment,
Retrospect and a Prospect, L. c.
Aedigo, A. NJ, NJ. D.; Light, (poem) T.
A. Foster; A Tour of the World, Dr. E.
p. Beadles. Jessamne and Mocking
Bird, (poem) ChaS. w. Coleman; Black
and White. (noveO Anglo-Saxon; Ten
nySon, (poem) Anon; Editorials.