Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-10-06

The Delineator is fan of interest TO
men as we'll as to women.
SOME NEW BOOKS.
THE SIGN OF THE PROPHET By
James Bali Nayler. \ Tale Of Tecum-
sch and Tippeeanoe. Akron. O.. the
Saalfield Publishing Company. Wheel
ing: Frank Stanton. $3.50
In this historical romance Mr.. Nay
Tor. the author of Ralph Marlowe,
has woven into delightful form many
interesting Incidents OF the border
warfare with the British aud Indians
in the then far Mest--lndiana and llli-
nois. The story opens in August
ISL, thence passes To the declaration
of war between England and the
United States In June. 1872, and most
stirring scenes are based upon the
western campaign of 1918, commenc-
ing with the defeat of General Win
chester at Freuchtown and the sur
render of General Hull at Detroit, and
proceeds through the campaign by
General Harrison, with a vivid piet-
IRE of the scenes about Fort Meigs, on
the banks of the Maumee. The story
of mingled war and love is we'll told,
and the leaoing characters. Bright
Wing" the Indian, Ress Douglass,
Bradford. Tenskwatawa. the Prophet,
Tecumseh, the Great Chief, General
Harrison and La Violette, are well de-
plotted. The story is both whole
some and interesting one. and may be
read with advantage.
THE SERIOUS WooING. A hearts his,
tory Ry John Oliver Hobbs. New
York: Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Wheeling: Frank stanton. Sl.50.
Here we have a delightful and origi-
nal novel. one calculated to not only
hold the interest OF the reader from
beginning to end, but to implant ideas
calling for thoughtful consideration.
1t deserves wide reading and should
command success.
THE LAST CONFESSIONS OF MARIE
BAslkfRTrsEFF and her correspond
ence with Guy dc Maupassant With a
foreword by Jeanette l.. Glider. New
York. Frederick A. Stokes Company.
Wheeling: Frank Stanton. si.10 net.
This latest and probably last glimpse
into the life of most unusual young
woman will attract the immediate at
tention of most of the quarter of a
million persons who bought the first
English of the Journal, translated II
years ago by Mrs. Serrano. There is
no failing of interest, and particularly
notable are the letters passing be-
tween the Russian girl and Guy de
Maupassant. These two never saw
each other, and yet their correspond
ence was a notable one. Both writer's
were exceptional in several respects,
woman craving interest and excite
ment. the man attracted from the first,
yet puzzled and even doubling that his
correspondent was woman. 1t was a
strange epistolary conflict.
THE STRIKING HOURS. By Eden
Phiupotts New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company. Wheeling: Frank
Stanton. $50
A collection of fourteen short stor-
les. all good and several of them quaint
in conception and character.
THE ROMANCE OF BLENNERHAS-
SET. BY Charles FELTON, Pidgin. Bos-
ton: c. NJ Clark Publishing Company
Wheeling: Frank Stanton. $50.
The story is an exciting one, of
decided dramacic flavor, touching on
the most interesting incidents in the
lives of Aaron Burr, his daughter
Theonosia, Alexander Hamilton, Har-
man Blennerhassett and his wife Mar
garet, Thomas Jefferson and other
contemporaneous characters. 1t Is
vigorously told in the authors own pc
culiarly simple style, bright and anil
mated, and delightfully."- captivating.
Replete with adventure, pathos and
tragedy, the story Is splendid combi-
nation of artistic quality, dramatic
power and human interest. An ABB
sorbing love story is carried through
the narrative. The fact that the au-
thor makes Burr the hero of his ro-
nance, and presents him in such IA
vorable light. quite contrary to the
teachings of school histories, will
doubtless attract universal attention.
The incidents. as described by the
following titles. give a very good idea
of the development of the narrative:
A Den of Treason, A Knavish Plot.
The Field of Honor, A Presidential
Stratagem, The destruction of Blen-
nerhassett's Island Home, Between the
Millstones. Before Napoleon. The Seal
ed Packet, The fate Of Theodosia.
In the last chapter the mystery
which has so long enveloped the fate
of Theodosia Burr Allston Is unveiled,
and her fathers dream Just before his
death. as 10 her fate, is proven true In
an astonishing way.