Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-08-07
LITERARY NOTES.

THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTH
LY-Herbert Spencer opens the August
number of the Popular Science Monthly
with ,le fourth Of his papers on Pro
fesiona, Institutions, in which he shows
the functions OF the orator, poet, actor
and dramatisr The other c0ntr.Ou
tiCns are articles of great merit and
ability by such men as Frots. A. ID.
White. Z. L. Richards, John O.. Morse,
Herbert Lyman Clark joan Ferguson,
David Starr Jones and Others.
THE REVIEW OF REVIEWS
There is no periodical presented TO the
public that excels the Review. The cur
rent number is filled with the choicest
articles, furnished by writer's of ac-
kn0wledged ability. AS usual the illus
Jrari0ns are an especial feature OF this
m0nthly-and each one proves itself
to De the work OF rare genius in the art
department.
The North AMERICAN REVIEW
The following splendid table OF con-
tents is presented In One August number
OF the North American Review. The
Menace of ROmanism. by the President
of the A. F. A.; Female Criminals, ~
Major Gr.mths. II. NJ. Inspector Of Pris-
ons. Tendencies I'm Fic-i0n;' The So
luton of War. Yachting and Cycling,
The Yacht as a Naval Auxiliary
"What 90 Avoid i'm Cycling. The Turn
ing Of the Tide" by the Chief of tle
Bureau of Statistics; The New Admin
istrat.on iu England Sir Charles w.
Dixie. NJ. p: Leo XIII. and the Social
Question. Jhe Rev j. A. Zahm; Per
s3nal History Of the Second Empire,
Social Splendor. " "Guesses at the Rid
die of Existence by Prof Goodwin
smith; Notes and COmments-"R evol-
yer or Sabre?" Major w. p. Hall, L. S.
A.: What Men Think OF Women's
Dress" c.. H. Crandau; Historical
Niclnames' T. L. Oswald
TIE ENGINEERING MAGAZINE
Among the contributions in this excel
lent periodical will be found The Signs
Of the Times, by Edward Atkinson;
The Trolley in Competition with Rail-
roads. by Clarence Demiug; Is the In
vention Faculty a Myth?' by Vim. II.
Smy-h. Illuminating Gas for Heating
Purposes by Frederick Siemens; The
Magnetic Separation of Iron Ores by
c. ~ Ball Many ether interesting
subjects are ably discussed in the Au
gust number of this magazine
THE COSMOFOLITAN-NOt since
The AnglOmaniacs' has there been so
clever society satire as Henry Fuiler's
pilgrim Sons. which is published in
the August Cosmopolitan The prob
lens involved in wOmans use of the
bicycle are so startling and so numer-
Gus. under the rapid evolution of this
art cba, one welcomes careful dis
cuSsi0n Of The subject by so trained
a mind and so clever q writer as Mrs.
Reginald de Koven.
WCLURE'S MAGAZINE-F0r Au-
gust is a great story number. Besides
a new Zenda story. Anthony Hope and
new jungle story by Rudyard Kiping,
there is an excellent California story by
Bret Harte. also a thrilling story of adj
venture boy Stanley j. Weyman.
HARPER'S ArAGAZINE-Nine illus
trat.0ns by Edwin A. Abbey for Andrew
Langs comment on Nidsummer's
Nights Dream twenty pictures Of Chi
uesa life by c. ID. Weldon six sketches
of Florida cowboys by Frederic Reming-
ton: four drawings by r. Cation Wood
vile for POultney BigelOw's German
Struggle for Liberty, are some of the
rhetorical attractions of the August
Harper's Magazine. A spirit of recre-
ton and good Aumor pervades the num-
Der, which is one OF the most entertain
ing as well as artistic ever published.
HAMPERS BAZAR-Harper's Round
Table and Harper's Weekly are all per-
i0dicals filed full of choice literary mat
ter while their Illustrations cannot be
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