Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1896-12-13

! of Little Boy Blue" l have always
! been. as you know, a most ardent adj
| mirer Of
THE POEMS OF EUGENE FIELD.
! The man / never knew, but l think II
| specially sweet that these poems OF
| child-life are set TO music by the friends
of the dead man. good musicians all OF
| them. from DeKOyen, up or down, ana
| offered at this Christmastide.
There's a wonderful book. TOO. |
nave forgotten its name, but it tells OF
out-of-door sports for boys, but oh.
but all, here's richness, This IS not
a book for a child. but oh. what mag
0ificent book il is for you or for me.
The stories of to-day. the plays OF to-
day are all going back TO the most ro-
mantle time in the history OF the world
lie Grand Steele" Up at the theatre
the other night 1 saw POmpadOur and
Louis XIV, / saw the Court OF France,
| but l missed
THE TINE OF THE GRAND LOUIS.
that was the fine time in history. This
book with its magnificent cover, Grim
son with a great gold crown upon IT,.
tells of the days and the people OF
Louis the Magnificent. Want it, or
course we want il, all of us who love
books and who love history, and each OF
us must hope TO either save up and buy
il, or 10 receive IL as a gift on Christ
mas morning AS you open IL, here is
the picture of Louis XIV, when he was
young and handsome; turn over a page
or TWO and there is another Of him,
but il is as a tiny baby in an elaborate
lace frock that fitted him closely and
suggests swaddling clothes: here he is
in the arms of his nurse and at this
time all France was thanking God FOR
his birth.
Later on. there's another picture; it
is when he was dressed as the sun
King. Dressed in this magnificent
suit handsome as only q superb young
man can be, glittering with Jewels he
danced in the ballet called La Mutt,
danced so we'll that he gained not only
the applause Of all tie court, but
TIE HEART OF LOUISE Ia VAL
LIERE.
There is o picture of her as Diana. %
and of that naughty beauty Montespan
as Iris" Then, too there is O. picture
Of Louis. the warrior, dressed in ar-
nor. ready for the battle. Oh. the
book is full Of pictures, There is one
OF Anne of Austria and her children,
one of q lady of the day as she sat at
her toilet table. one or the fashionable
ball. and no end Of clever caricatures.
those caricatures that foated around
Paris and which the police seized with
anger. Way in the back of the book
is o. picture Of De MaintenOn, dignifed
and stern looking, and having the
school of ST. Cyr as her background.
No fancy costume for the woman who
ruled the King and the State no friy-
olity for the woman VINO fOresaw and
dreaded what came 10 France no,
her brain was so much stronger than
that of the average woman that even
in her picture she could not pose as
they did The name OF IT.? / like TO
tell the name Of this book because il
is translated. and chat really means
that it is almost written by a woman.
A VALUABLE BOOK.
It's worth while saving your money
to get it am beginning to accumu-
late the pennies in q little tin box
then when you have q sufficient NUM-
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stiff ,-ioe ftar there was not merry
Ifa and much endowment.
Tbera is one illustration that convin-
cae mo that those DAVIS were not as
comfortable rs our own. Tie picture
i- ono If o badroom-fba room is abs0-
IutaIv hare save for a few stately chairs
and MAGNIFICENT pictures. the bed is
huge and iunereal looking and the
General sensation of whoever slept in
that room must have been that the cold
cold tomb had been offered for nights
reDose. We may be less digniied now
adays-we are. We may have worse
manners nOWadays-We have. Our
men NAV dress uelier nowadays
do Our women may be less beautiful
~ doubt this.
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