Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-12-13

1plf q e0uc1to4 WRITER'S Hl1tofy,
6cfion and poetry are an to be found
III this number, while the artists pen-
eli has eniivened It's pages with numer-
Gus choice productions Of rare merit
The editorials are ably conducted.
which makes The Outlook y OF the
most desirable monthlies published.
APPLETON,S POPULAR SCIENCE
MONTHLY-"Exaet Methods In So
| Geology" by Franklin H. Giddings, oc-
| cupies the first place in A~ppleton's
| Popular Science Monthly for December.
Miss Cornelia Horseford presents a tine
illustrated article entitled. IN Vinland
and Its Ruins" How Standard Time
is Obtained" is explained by T. B. VIII
son. "The Development of the Amer
lean Newspaper is an interesting pa
per by Walter L. Hawley. Value OF
the Study of Art" by Geo. Perrot;
"Wingless Birds" by Philipni Clam
geaud, and Electricity from Thales to
Farady," are other choice articles in
this excellent number.
THE AMERICAN MONTHLY RE-
VIEW OF REVIEWS-The special fea-
lures of this number are an illustrated
account of The School City," by DR..
Albert Shaw; an article on Wagner
in America" (illustrated), by Gustav
Kobbe, THE Seasons Promise of Grand
Opera" What Has Been Done for
Porto Rico Under Military Rule" BY
DR.. H. X. Carroll, special commissioner
of the United State; 'China's Secret
Mission to Japan by William N.
Brewster; and 'sThe Progress of Mon
etary Reform" by Charles Sumner
Hamlin. There is also an extended IL
Illustrated review of the books of the
season.
GUNTON'S MAGAZINE-The fol-
lowing excellent table of contents will
be found in the December number of
Gunton's Magazine: Congress and
Monetary Relief" by William C. Corn
well; What About the Danish West
Indies?" by Julius Moritzen; Changes
in the Course of Study" by w F. Ed
wards; Review of the Month";" Free
Thought in College Economics" ''Shall
the Ballot be Given to Women" by
ex-Judge Alden Bell; "Boer versus
Briton;" THE Philippine Report"
THE November Elections" 'sThe Open,
Door in China" Ethics Of the Boy
cott;" Reform in Municipal Chart
ties,' and THE New Samoan Agree
ment."
The NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW
An extraordinary, interesting number of
this standard magazine appears for De-
cember. We submit the following excel
lent table Of contents:
historical Causes of the War, the Ri.
Hon. James Bryce, NJ. p; the War and
European Opinion. Karl Blind; WEI the
I'VE Intervene? Francis Charmes: the
south African Question, Andrew Carnegie;
the Practice of Confession in the Catholic
Church, the Rev. r. F. Clarke, s j.: After
the Yacht Race. Sir Thomas Upton: East
Indian Women, Mrs. F. A. Steel; a Liter
airy Movement in Ireland, w B. Yeats; "A
Carol of Birds and other poems. Nora
Hopper; the Highways of the People,
Hugh H. Lusk. The Fifty-Sixth Congress-:
Has Congress Abdicated? Joseph Pulitzer;
Congress, the President and the Philip
pines. Perry Belmont: Securing the Gold
Standard by Law. John Dslzell.
M'CLURES MAGAZINE-s"The Vision
of the Shippers" is the title of a beautiful
frontispiece in the December number Of
McClure's Magazine Rev. John Watson,
D. D., discusses THE Life of the Master"
in an able manner. The Man for the
Hour by James Barnes, is a choice ar
ticle on the patriotism of Col. John Laur-
ems. "Whistling Dicks Christmas Stock
ing" is a highly entertaining story by o.
Henry. Bucks" a story from the train
despatcher's office, by Frank H. Spearman,
is well told. Monsieur Beaucaire," by
Booth Harrington, is a charming story Of
English life in the last century.
THE Impeachment OF Andrew Johnson"
by Geo. S. Boutwell,: Their Second Mar
riage," by Mary Stewart Cutting, and "A
Paying Concern" by Gertrude Roscoe,
complete this splendid Christmas number.
THE COMING AGE.-The December
Coming Age is a capital number. The is
sue closes the first year Of this magazine,
which sprang into instant public favor and
which has steadily improved sinoe its in
itial number. The present issue Is very
rich in timely and Thoughtful papers and Is
handsomely illustrated. Among the lead
| ing subjects treated are, "Puritanism and
Play Houses of Boston," by the Rev. J..
Henry Wiggin: American Art" by J. j.
Enneking; THE Life and Work of F. Ed
win Elwell, Sculptor" illustrated, by B. O.
Flower; as our Universe Primarily Spirit
ual?'' by D. E M. Babbitt, LID: The
Poems of Emerson, by Mr.. Charles Nal
10y; several excellent Christmas poems and
an original and striking story by Mrs. C.
K. Reifsnider. The publishers announce
ments for 1860 are exceedingly attractive.