The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-01-25
NEW PUBLICATIONS.


gaining favor with American readers.
This interest will be Increased with the
announcement that Is made, by the pub
fishers that the Hon. William Waldorf
Astor will contribute an important ar
ticle to an early number of>the maya
zine on John Jacob Astor. The article
Will be illustrated. Tho American I'D
dress OF the publication is Astor Court
Building. New York.
When Captain Mahan writes upon a
naval subject, he always adds some
thing to any previous conception OF It.
his phllosophlc mind, practical knowi-
edge, and admirable style make THE
Naval Campaign OF 1776 on Lake
Champaign" an important reality. IN
stead of the obscure episode that It has
heretofore been. He has had access to
unpublished letters and documents.
which throw new light on the cam
:palgn. Carlton r. Chapman has made a
series OF carefully studied historical
pictures to accompany the article,which
will appear In Scribner's for February.
The. current number OF Harper's ga-
Ear contains story by Martha Mccul-
loch Williams, entitled when the Cat
tie Enelt'; a more than usually long
department devoted 20 Women's Clubs:
letters from London and Paris; hints
upon spring fabrics, and an array Of
fashions OF evening, reception, street,
and calling gowns.
Il =
Mr.. Russell Sturgis. the eminent, ar
chltect and architectural writer, con-
tributes to the February Atlantic an
article upon the Education OF Archi-
tects, which is OF great general Interest
and will attract widespread attention.
He takes very radical ground as. TO
the decadence Of the art at the present
time, claiming that practically nothing
has been done since the beginning OF
the century that Is worth preserving,
still less studying andim!tating. Mr..
Sturgiss maintains that the student OF
architecture to-day has nothing to
learn from the epoch in which he finds
himself, that there Is now no tradition
which should not be avoided. because
there Is no tradition which Is not tell
Ing against q healthy growth OF the fine
art OF building.
The value OF striking title TO an ar
ticle or story is understood by no
American periodical so well as The
Ladies' Home Journal. writes New
York correspondent. II has made It's
titles famous by their uniqueness. Its
"Slde-Talks With Girls, Heart to
Heart Talks" and Unknown Wives
OF Well Known Men," have been rld-
lculed and paraplirased from one end
OF the country 10 the other. But It has
all been grlst for the Philadelphia per-
] lodlcaI. Just now the title OF THE InEer
| Experiences Of Cabinet Members
WIFE," Is attracting attention. Julia
Magruder's new love-story Is given the
title iof "a Heaven-KissinG Hlll'-ta-
ken from Shakespeare, really. but who
but the Journal would have thought OF
| It? Marion Crawford's new story Is
called 1.-THE Dead Smilc"-a title good
enough 10 sell any storF. The Men
Never Married, Is tackled to a new
series. The Man Under Thirty.Rve"
made the reputation OF Lillian Bell In
this magazine.
The opening article OF the February
Harper's Is the first OF two pages by
George du Maurier on Social Plctor-
ial SATIRE in England. In this paper
Du Maurier speaks Of his personal i'm
presslons OF John Leech. In quaint
| and characteristic passage he contrasts
the Leech glrl--a vivid, lovable. kiss
able creature--wlth the sedate and ath-
| 70 tot - all
lovers of du Mnurler's own drawings,
The article contains a striking por-
trait OF Lcech by, Lucius Hitchcock, en-
gravcd by Z. schIaditz, and reproduc-
lions from stwo original drawings by
Lcech, one OF which the celebrated por.
trait of mir. and Mrs. Caudlc," Is
faithfully reproduced in color as the
frontlspiece OF the number.
Godey's Magazine for, February APP
pears with,n new malsc-up and various
typographical embellishments, which
gives It: a fine appearance. Among the
articles OF special value are: George C.
Lays preliminary Period of the Rev.
olution." Part Second: the conclusion OF
Stanley Edwards Johnson's tale OF
THE Wimpled Maid OF yNaptucket;"', the:
facts concerning the Chinese In = San,
Francisco, by Gordon Poynton; the
thicd paper on .Triumphs3 In Amateur,
Photography;"a a superb article on rnrn
"old Blue and White Pottery" by.
jane w. Guthrie.
Harper's Weekly OF January 20, wilt
contain the FIRST OF vcrR important
series OF articles by FRANKLIN Matthews,
who on behalf OF this paper, has been3
making tour through the gtnteB OF thu.