Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-08-05
LITERARY NOTES.

| the leading feature of the August num-
Der Of .'Harper's Magazine" Among
| the short stories which it contains are
allie Cannon's First and Last Duel
| by Seumas MacManus; "The Lady OF
the Garden" by Alice Duer; THE
Tree of Knowledge" by Mary E. Will
kins; and 1.-The Angel Child" by
Stephen Grape. The main story in
.sThe Drawer is "a Compounded Fell
ony," by James Barnes. There are
further installments of Their Silver
Wedding Journey" by w. D. Howells,
and 1.-THE Princess Xenia," by H. B..
Marriott Watson. The illustrations
are throughout uncommonly attrac-
| tive.
FRANK LESLIES POPULAR
| MONTHLY.--Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly for August is grand Mid
summer Art and fiction number. 1t is
brilliant and entertaining in its liter
airy contents, and sumptuous pictor-
lGily, DIS uldy NC juuSSu II oii tAS law
that among it's writer's are included:
w. d. Howells, Ruth McEnery Stuart,
| Joel Chandler Harris, Egerton Castle,
Van Tassel Sutphen, Edgar Fawcett,
Eta w. Pierce, C. f. Carter, Theodosla
| Pickering Garrison, Perriton Maxwell
and Larkin G. Mead. Joel Chandler
Harris contributes one of his inimit-
| able 'sMinervy Ann" stories; while
Ruth McEnery Stuart's Queen O.
Shebas Triumph" is destined to rank
| among her masterpieces. Larkin G..
Mead writes crisp little newspaper
staryette, called Human Interest" "
ga Day of the Presidents Life" by
Mrs. John A. Logan, is no fiction, but
highly interesting actually. The mid
summer cover, in colors, is by. Wenzell.
| This number will surely rank. Frank
Leslie's' as the monarch of the 10
cent magazines.
REVIEW OF REVIEWS.-The spe-
cial features Of this number are an il
| lustrated sketch of the late Robert
Bonner, by E. j. Edwards; an ac-
count of the preparations for the COM
ing yacht race for the Americas cup,
with the record Of past contests (fully
illustratedl; study of Porto Rico
from a Womans Point Of View by
Mrs. Guy V. Henry; the story Of the
recent defeat of "seven-day journalism
in London, by DR.. Henry S. Lunn; a
paper on Education in the Southern
States,' by the Hon. J. l.. M. Curry; a
presentation of the American side Of
the Alaskan boundary dispute, by Will
liam H. Lewis; and an article on play
as a Factor in Social and Educational
Reforms" by Prof. E. A. Kirkpatrick.
AINSLEE'S MAGAZINE FOR AU-
GUST.-While most magazines put
forth Midsummer Fiction number,
Ainslee's strikes an original course by
ofISring an American Fiction number
in which are five short stories by the
foremost native writer's, F. Hopkinson
Smith, F. Marion Crawford, R. w.
Chambers, Morgan Robertson and
John Luther Long Each of these
names is guaranteed for a masterful
tale. There are, besides, several newsy
and well-considered articles, Of which
may be mentioned THE Evolution of
the Signal Corps" by Gen. A. W. Gree
ley; millionaire Socialists" by Ar
thur Henry; Commerce and Poll
tics" by w. P. Corwine; From New
York to Boston by Trolley" by H. D.
White; THE Indian Women of the
Southwest" etc.
SCRIBNER'S MAGAZINE.-Scrib-
ner's for August is a charming Mid
summer number. The cover-page and
frontispiece are gems of artistic skill
and beauty in color and design. Rich
ard Harding Davis contributes choice
story under caption of THE Lion and
the Unicorn "Vaillantcoeur," by
Henry Van Dyke is a story Of many
excellent features. 1.-The Plays the
Thing" by Albert White Worse is a
superb story; most beautifully illus
trated in colors Thomas Nelson Page
contributes an absorbing story enti-
tied THE Spectre in the Cart" A pa
per of unusual merit as 1.-The Trail of
the Sand-Hill Stag" by Ernest Seton
Thompson. Theodore Wores presents
an excellent article on Japanese
Flower Arrangement" Daniel Web
ster;" "A Royal Ally" and 1.-The Ship
of Stars" complete this excellent num-
Der.
OUTING MAGAZINE-Outin for
August offers a charming assortment
of seasonable literature and artistic
Illustrations. Notable features are:
Golf in Gotham by Charles Turner;
AN August OUTING by I'd. w. San
dys, and THE Best Out of Three"
complete story, by NJ. Gertrude Gun
dill. Other sketches of sport, travel
and adventure in many lands lend the
needful variety to very satisfying