Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1897-01-10
NOTES OF NEW BOOKS.

NEW OCCAsIONS-A Magazine OF soci%
Progress Charles III. Kerr 81 CO., en-
cago. $l.0O year. m
Frederick Upham Adams, VINO ull
yoeman service during the last national
CAMPAIGN in connection with the press
bureau of the National Democratic
Committee, has founded in Chicago q
new monthly magazine, New Occa-
sions. which is as fresh, bright and
snappy a political publication as b
ever been issued from the Amer
press. The first number, dated
airy, 1897, is just out, with a 4
contents which appeals with
force TO the American voter
thinking apparatus is in GOOD
is local-as to ChicagO-Sat
tioal in its scope 10 deals
rent topics, and those mat,
ed worthy Of comment are
a most vigorous and rerC
ner. For instance under On
of About Cuba, there Is an
which opens in Ills breezy fashion
"Thcr. are some misguided people ln y
country VINO Inn ging thil i- ,H.
states is 90 extend q helping hand 70 1h.
'.- uOoule oi CKL InDy are nor
NOT IN touch with tho
dean institutions Tiny
what Is demanded Dy
s5di, who are talking
Iba are not practical
.le siGe OF the question.
ra the butcher Wcyl'r and
ms airs toruring and MUIR
.r of Cuba and insulting and
women OF that fair it.n
Z the Cubans are maniuily
al we fought FOR lt years
aeo ann, read that France helped u5
=, ,.yaipet tho British and their uIrDu IfOt
slams. And their blood boiis ana tne spfl-
of patriotism stirs I'D their veins
cuba so .oH9@s 49, a.,
any patriotic outbur-t from H. 4. YoTo
Stock Exchange, have you? ~
we do not 50 a. war nova y, you
know. over such foolish thing y right
matter of business IT, Us simply the agent
OF a collecting establishment spain owes
the Rothschilds and other money -ltnqinB
Jews many millions OF dollars. ana 1upit
has been assessed a good share OF tnat
debt The patriots OF cuba are nothing
but 'repudiatonists,' ~ We called mem lu
the last campaign They az. mo-, In Iaf ,...
of honest money They ar" attempting
TO evade Il debt which some ono fastened
a City Without Shame is a red hot
arraignment of the western metropolis.
For instance
"Citizonship Is dead IN Chicago. Moral
ity is dead. civic pride Is d j. ko"u,'y
alone survives ana IL has i..om. gee
'encc. Bribery IS a high arr ana puhie
plumber is regula ted only by tIe laws OK
supply ana demand
But this publication Das other at
fractions. There is frGt class hcion.
short comment on current matters ana
much general information. IL ia
good thing in small gpoce.
PRESIDENT JOHN /SMITIf Tho story
Of n Peaceful Revolution. Ey Fr.I'rl.k
Adams. Chicago: Charls u. heff a.
Co.
This little volume is a glimpse into
the political future. Written in 1850,
during the progress Of the Worlds Coz
lumbar Fair, the author an- ip'.
in a most remarkable manner some VI
the issues and events OF The last tt
tional campaign, while his fore a3. ol
1900, fantastical as il may appear I'D
some. affords food for deep relic, ron
on the part Of the citizen and voter.
The author is a little 100 strongly
tainted, perhaps, with paternalism I'D
suit most people. yet his reasoning l9
sound. his premises well taken and h'3
conclusions will receive wide endorse
mont as well as strong dcnunciation.
The narrative Of the suppositious eisc-
tion OF 1900 is drawn with master
hand. showingta close familiarity Win
election methods and practical politics.
and the nara iva has all the interest VI
a strong novel. Those who dincr rad-
ically from the author can perie DIS
little book with interest aua profit, ana
It merits wide circulation.
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