Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-26
LITERARY NOTES.
MAY MAGAZINES.

AINSLEE'S MAGAZINE.-"Two Bosses:
Platt and Croker is the leading article
in Ainslee's for May. THE Men That
Control Our Railroads." by Earl D. Berry.
is a readable and important study of the
eight men that control the two hundred
thousand miles of railway in the United
States. THE New Japan by Anna
Northend Benjamin, is a richly illustrated
study of japanese life from the view
point of a woman. Topics of the Thea
tre' is unusually well illustrated; and
there is a batch of exceedingly good fic-
ton. OF these stories the best are Money
Maze by o. Henry; 'Lavity Saunders"
by Mary ~Sherburne; The Forged Sui
eide" by H. T.. Gardner, and "A Wall
Tent Bewitchment,' by Gwendolen Over
ton. Street G. Smith, publishers. New
York.
THE SMART SET.-The leading feature
of the Smart Set for May Is a novelette,
entitled 1.-THE Wage of Character by
Julien Gordon. The story Is a strange, yet
a brilliant one. Mrs. NJ. L. w. Sherwood
contributes a grand PAPER on "England's
Princely King Another striking feature
of the number is "A Monarch of a Small
Survey" by Gertrude Atherton. Edgar
Saltus contributes one of his brilliant es-
says, THE Quest of Paradise" Other
stories, amusing or dramatic, are THE
Lady Demi-Tasse," by Fletcher Cowan:
How Prince Max Was Bunkered," by
Henry Morrow Hyde; Sir Leicester's
Blind Pool" by Henry Irving Dodge, and
Blue-Eyed Eliphalet," by Arabella Ke-
nealy.
Parsons MAGAZINE-The most
important article in the May number Of
Pearson's Magazine is "The Story Of
South Carolina" This forms the fourth
chapter of the series of the story Of the
States, which has become an important
feature of this magazine. The story of
the Palmetto State is thrillingly told in
his number by Prof. r. Means Davis, of
the South Carolina College. An article on
Archangel, the capital of Northern Russia.
is also likely to attract attention. Some
lovely illustrations of the city are repro
ducef. Other notable features are articles
on Trick Driving with an Automobile.
Scientific Kite Flying. two natural history
articles, finely illustrated; seven short
stories. Home ~Notes-dealing with fash
ions and other matters more particularly
interesting to -women-seven short stories,
including one for children by Seuma Mac
Manus, and half a dozen Other features.
THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY.
The Popular Science Monthly for May
opens with an article by DIR. w. ]. Hol-
land. President David Starr Jordan, of
the Leland Stanford Jr. University. con-
tributes an article entitled The Blood Of
the Nation" DIR. Frederick A. Cook, one
of the members of the Antarctic Expedi-
ton that penetrated furtherest south, de-
scribes the auroras of the southern sky.
Prof. R. H. Thurston, Director of Sibley
College, Cornell University, contributes
of mechanical engineering during the nine
feenth century. Prof. 4. A. Andrews, OF
the Johns Hopkins University, in an IL
Illustrated article describes many interest
ing and curious facts regarding frogs that
take care of their young Mr.. HaveIock
Ellis, editor of the Contemporary Science
Series, continues his study of British gen.
ius, the present article being devoted to
childhood. youth and education
REVIEW OF REvIEwS.-The special
features OF this number are a character
sketch of DR.. Edward Everett Hale. BY
George p. Morris; .The Steel Trust on the
Great Lakes" by ". Frank Mcclure.
.Russia's Readiness for War" by Charles
Johnston; The Navy 81 Japan.'s IS sam
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