Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-01-13
LITERARY NOTES.


THE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW. =
With the first number of the new year,
the North American Review offers to its
readers most attractive table of con-
tents. In "Amer:canism VS.. Imperialism, =
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie presents fully his
views regarding territorial expansion, and
is followed In a scholarly essay from the
pen of Edmund Gosse entitled THE Liter
ature OF Action Ferdinand w. Peck
writes Interestingly regarding '"fhe
United States at the Paris Exposition in
1900 The subject of "Cuban Reconstruc-
tom is ably treated by Richard j. Hin
ton, while a reform in The Ballot Laws
of New York is earnestly advocated by
the Hon. Joseph f. DAILY. His "objec-
lions 10 Annexing the Philippines" are
clearly and trenchantly expressed by Sem
ator G. C. Vest in this number.
OUTING MAGAZINE-Outing for Jam
uary is beautiful number which carries
the usual generous supply of interesting
text and artistic illustration. 1t is full of
the merry sport and pastime of bracing
winter days. ''Midwinter Madcaps," a
poem by Charles Turner; "A Christmas in
Meoseland," by Ed. w. Sandys; "A Snow
shoe Caribou Hunt" by Frank II. Ris-
teen; New Years Day at a Hudson's
Bay Fur Post" by w. Blaisdell Cameron,
and "Figure Skating" by j. E. Mitchie,
are a few of the many good features
which have the pale beauty of the snow in
them. The fiosion department contains
two complete stories. while tales of sport
travel and adventure in many lands fur
nish the needful variety. The editorial
and record departments are fresh and in
teresting. .t-
MCIURE'S MAGAZINE-The January
number of Mcclures is up TO date in every
particular. The following are the CHIEF
topics discussed in this number: 'Voy-
aging Under the Sea-, an account of the
submarine boat Argonaut; The Day Of
Battle" by Stephen Ronsall; "Rising Wolf
Ghost Dancer" by Hamlin Garland
''The Parrot and the Melodrama," a story
by f. Nesbitt; From War to Wharf.-The
Sweeping Out of Spain,' by f. w. Hews;
1.-THE Scotch Express" by Stephen Crane
His Passports by w. A. Fraser; and
the continuation of Kipiing's "Stalky &
CO.. and of The Later Life of Lincoln, a"
by Ida NJ Tarbell.
THE COsJMCPOLIT.AN.-' Leaders
in Many Nations by John Paul Bocock,
and 1.-The Jews in Jerusalem, by Edwin
S. Wallace. are the two articles which are
features in the January number of the
Cosmopolitan. Other articles are Econ
omic Organization, by Charles R. Flint;
Princes of Egypt" by Charles Chalie
Long; THE Overtaught Woman by
Harry Thurston Peck; The Philippine
Shall They be Annexed" by A. H. Whit
field, and "Electing Governor" by Sam
uel G. Blythe.
FRANK LESLIE'S POP U L A RI
MONTHLY-The January number of
Frank Leslies Popular Monthly contains
in addition to the story of the Merrimac,
the first of a series of articles by Thomas
r. Dawley, Jr., recCunting his exciting eX-
periences while Campaigning with Go
mez.' in the wilds of Cuba; In Klon-
dixie Cabin" by Joaquin Miller, the poet
of the Sierras; Women in Politics." by
the Marquis LAMA; NAVAL Signaling
and Carrier Pigeons" by JOSEPH c. Croft
1.-THE Orphan of Belleville,' by Francois
Coppee; 'The Edge of the Marsh" a
complete short tale by Eta w Pierce;
poems by Edith M. Thomas. Mnna IT.
wing. Clinton Scotland, Martha McCul-
loch-Williams, Susan Archer Weiss and
Others.
THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW
OF REVIEWS-The special features of
this number are the editors instructive
review of the eventful year of 1898: w T.
Steads account of his recent interview
with the Car of Russia illustrated; a
character sketch of Gen. Calixto Gar
cha, the Cuban patriot, by George Reno:
a history of the work of the Red Cross in
the War. by iargherita Arlina Hamm
and resume of the whole course of
American diplomacy in the war, by Henry
Macfarland.
ADNELEE'S GAIN E-Ainslee's
Magazine occupies prominent place
among the leading monthlies of the day
In the January number we find "A Shad-
ow Before" by A. Conan Doyle; when
the Sails are Furled," by Theodore Drei-
ser; 1.-The Hewers of Wood" by George
Ralph: 1.-The Great Northern Rock Piper"
by Frank Moore; TOP of Crow HILL" a
story by Eugene Wood: Tales of the
INillllc, ny INODtIL Inc WuOlS NUM-
Der Is beautifully illustrated.
GUNTON'S MAGAZINE.-The following
excellent table of contents is presented in
the January number of Gunton's Maya
zine: Shall the Treaty be Confirmed?"
"Decline in Railway Rates and Profits"
"Wealth and its Production" The Anti
Expansion Movement" Some Valuable
Wage Statistics, - "Bohm- Bawerk on Karl
Marx Free Trade and Protection in
Practice" Practical Defects of Social
ISM" ''Gunton Institute Studies for Jan
gary, Teaching of Economics in
Schools"
THE HOME N1AGAZINE-"T Wan
derer's Return" is the subject of a hand
some frontispiece in the January number
of the Home Magazine. This publication
has kept pace with the leading magazines
of the day. and now deservedly occupies
an enviable position in the front rank of
Journalism. The New Years number
starts out with fiattering prospects, and
its patrons will not be disappointed in
the many excellent stories and contribu-
lions found in the first issue of 1899.