Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-02-01
LITERARY NOTES.
NEW MAGAZINES

Tor excellence that has heretofore been
established by the publishers. Rud-
!, yard Kipling's new poem, 'The White
Mans Burden" takes the place of a
frontispiece. Franklin Mathews de-
tails voyage in the diving torpedo
boat, the Holland" Hitting the
Trail" by Hamlin Garland, is first
class descriptive story we'll illustrat-
ed. Adventures of a Train Dispatch
err by Capt Jasper Ewing Brady, u.
S. A, is a graphic story, well told.
Rudyard Kipling's story of school-boy
life, entitled "Stalky and Co.; Lin
coin Gathering an Army" by Ida NJ.
! Tarball. and Life Masks of Great
Americans" are fine contributions.
Edward w. Harden writes an excel
lent paper on Dewey at Manila"
Other strong articles in this number
are Between Two Shores" a story;
"The War on the Sea and It's Lessons, "
and In the Third House"
HARPER'S MAGAZINE.-In the
February number OF HarDers Maya
zine, John A. Wyeth, M. d., furnishes
very readible article on Colonel For
rest at Fort Donalson-how Forrest.
with his command, made their escape
from Gen. Grant, and Suggests that
the balance might have done So.
with. Dewey at Manila" by Joseph
L. Stickney; anglo Saxon Affinities, y
by Julian Ralph; Ghosts in Jerusa-
lem by A. C. Wheeler, and The I'm
tied States as a World Power" are
each articles of fine merit. The num-
Der also contains the second part Of
Their Silver Wedding Journey" by
William Dean Howells, and Ruth Nc
Emery Stuart, Sarah Barnwell Elliott,
Margaret Sutton Briscoe, and Hen
ook- Makhewe-Kele (Angel de
Cora contribute short stories.
THE COSMOPOLITAN.-''It Was a
Spanish Galleon," is the beautiful
February. Samuel Ives Curtiss in this
number furnishes an elaborate article
on "The Emperor in the Holy Land"
An excellent article, well illustrated,
is after the Capture of Manila, by
Frank r. Robertson. Lloyd Osborne
contributes first-class illustrated
story entitled Her Guardian Angel"
"The New Organ an illustrated story
by Eliza Calvert Hall, will be highly
appreciated by every reader of the Cos
mopolitan. Among the Dyaks," THE
Professor" The Haven of Dead
Ships" and How an Empire Was
Built" are each well written and
highly commendable contributions.
THE AMERICAN MONTHLY RE-
VIEW OF REVIEWS.-The special
features of this number are an illus
trated anonymous character sketch of
AguinaldO, the Filipino insurgent lead
er; an illustrated account of the bril-
liant work of the Signal Corps under
General Greedy in the SDanish-Amer-
lean War, by Henry Mcfarland; an
important paper by Prof. Henry c..
Adams, statistician OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission, advocating
the federal taxation of interstate COM
merce; a defense of the Cuban char
acter, by Crittenden Marriott; a re-
view of the work done by relief asso-
Citations in the war, by William Howe
Tolman; and a suggestion of 'Train-
ing for Practical Philanthropy" by
Philip w. Ayres.
OUTING MAGAZINE-Ou Outing for
February contains delightful assert
ment of tales of sport, adventure and
travel. The fiction is tale entitled
'Ma Blonde" a complete story by NJ.
Gertrude Cundill. A wealth of beauti-
ful illustrations and the usual poems
embellish a most satisfying number.
The editorial and record departments
have received the customary careful at
tention by leading writer's in their var
ious fields.
FRANK LESLIE'S POPULAR
MONTHLY-The midWinter Frank
Leslie's Popular Monthly is bright,
crisp and picturesque. Mrs. Frank
Leslie contributes an excellent paper
entitled "To Make a Spanish Holiday"
IAN Old Spanish-American Colony"
by F. Williamson, is a charming de-
scription of a trip up the Magdalena
river. The story CT April Bloom" by
Egerton Castle, is very entertaining
Jack Hamlin's Meditation" by Bret
Harte, is very readable.
The whole number is beautifully il
lustrated, and is one of the most de-
sirable magazines before the public.
THE PARISIAN-A series of illus
trated article on the Pacific Exposition
is at present special feature of that
always up-tO-date and attractive maya
zine, The Partisan.
The February number opens with an
amusing account of Marie Antoinette's
penchant for pastorals, by Louis NORM,
and also contributions by Anatoie
France Mime. de Lucy, a Story) Leon
Bonnet (RembrandD, and Charles Fo-
ley (Happiness, a story.
Other stories and articles are Royal
Love, Poets of the North, The Origin of
the Waltz, French Opera in New York,
ETC.
THE MISUNDERSTANDING Fay Mills,
in lengthy article discusses the sub
ject Of THE New Party" in the Feb
ruary number of the Arena The
Making of Criminals" is the title of
very logical article by Charles Dudley
Warner Horatio w. Dresser writes in
terestingly on What is the New
Thought The Thousand and Sec
ond knight" a charming short story,
by Lucy Cleveland, is well told; Our
New Colonial Policy" by j. Randolph
Tucker, Jr., and War as a Necessity of
Evolution" by H. B. Bradbury, are
very commendable contributions.
THE AMERICAN ANGLER
handsome frontispiece entitled "a Mu-
tual Surprise" is found in the Ameri-
can Angler for February. Emmett
Page Bunyea furnishes a choice article
on Patented Fish Bait" This article
is well worth perusal. Deep Sea