The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-03-21
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OLD OCEAN. BY Ernest Ingersoll. Illustrated.
ID. Lathrop 81 Co.. Boston; Bowen, Stewart d
Co., Indianapolis. Price, 81.
A handsome little volume, with fine pic
lures illustrative of the text. A delightful
and instructive book for the young full of
matter new in character and told in such
manner as to entertain while educating the
youthful mind. The author treats not only
of the outward appearance and characters
tics of the ocean, but describes and explains
all its various pnenomena-the Gulf stream,
the action of the waves, the tides, the cur
rents, with the accompanying phenomena
of the winds in certain portions of the globe.
SCIENCE OF POLITICS.. BY Sheldon Amos, M. A.
d. Appleton & Co., New York; Bowen, Stewart
~ Co., Indianapolis.
By the author of The Science of Law, late
professor of jurisprudence in University Col
lege, London. The writer, in preparing his
material for this work. made a two years
tour around the world, in which he visited
America, Australia, Polynesia and North
Africa, sbesides Europe, studying all the
chief centers of civilization with view to
deducing system of political science that
should have universal application. As
textbook or for reference this volume is
valuable.
LEADING MEN OF JAPAN. By Charles Lanman.
d. Lothrop & Co, Boston. Merrill Meigs d.
Co., Indianapolis.
The volume is valuable as giving an insight
to the lives and characters of the leading men
in the extreme oriental empire, destined at
no distant day to be as familiar to our people
as are the statesmen of any of the European
countries. The biographies are introduced
by that of the Emperor, Muts-hito In addi-
ton to the Emperor some sixty other men,
now prominent in the affairs of the empire,
are described. The second part of the vol
1lme is devoted to a historical summary of
che empire.
ECLECTIC MANUAL OF PHoNoGRAPHY BY Elias
LonSey. Cincinnati: Robert Clark & Co., pub
fishers
This little volume, costing only seventy
Afve cents, is a complete manual of short
hand, for use with or without teacher. It
is the result of lifetime's work and obser-
vations by an expert shorthand writer and
student, embodying the best features of vari-
Gus systems. though mainly teaching the
system of Isaac Pitman, the founder of Eng
lish photography. 1t is a valuable book for
young people, aud should have wide circu-
1ation.
THE EPIC OF KINGS By Helen Zimmern. Henry
Holt & Co, New York. Bowen, Stewart &
Co, indianapolis. Price, $3.50.
handsome volume, with two etchings by
/. Alma Tadema. The book is made up of
stories retold in prose from Firdusi, the epic
poem of Persia. 1t gives a fine view of the
beauties of Persian poesy, and by the lover of
\Semitic literature this book will be well |
coined. In translating the stories, or legends |
the author has rendered them in old English |
style, as more in consonance with the digni- |
ty of the theme.
THE BELLE O. BEcKET's LANE. BY John Beatty
]. b. Lppncott & Co.. Philadelphia. Bowen, |
Stewart & Co, Indianapolis Price, so.
A story full of incident woven about the
life of Margaret Huntley, a waif left by
horseman and his diving wife to "Old" Tom
Beckett. With difficulty the sequel may be
guessed after reading the first three chapters
Margaret becomes the "Belle O. Becket's
Lane" and eventually the wife of Beckett
himself.
WIDOW BEDoTT PAPERS. By Francis NJ. Whit
cher. A q, Armstrong Son, New York.
Bowen, Stewart & Co, indianapolis. Price,
S1.25.
An illustrated reprint of these ell-known
humorous sketches, To those who have
never read them they will prove a source Of
great amusement, while many who are
familiar with them will turn to them again
with certainty of finding something to laugh
at anew.
HYGIENE FOR GIRLS. BY l. P. DAVIS. NJ. D. D.
Appleton G. Co, New York. Bowen, Stewart
& Co.. indianapolis.
A plainly-written treatise on this very i'm
portant subject. It's perusal must result in
good, and the observance of its recommend
dations will almost certainly insure good
health to the young girl who is sensible
enough to do so, Itshould have an extended
circulation.
SHELLEYs LETTERS. Edited with an introduce
tlon by Richard Gdrnett. d. Appleton & CO.,
New York. Merrill, Meigs & Co, Indianapolis.
Select letters, consecutively arranged in
each correspondence, of Percy Byssche Shell
ley. The text of the letters is made plain by
copious explanatory notes, and the volume.
pocket-size and bound in vellum, is very
handsome.
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE. BY George J. Rnwanes,
NJ. A., LII. r.. F. r. S. D. Appleton & Co., New
York. Merrill, Meigs & Co, Indianapolis.
OF the International Scientific Series A
very entertaining and highly instructive
work on the intelligence or instinct evinced
by animals. To open the book is to read it.
Other Publications.
The American News Company New York,
has issued The American Almanac and Treas
llry of Facts, edited by A. r. Spofford, libra
ran of Congress- As year book it is one of
The best, and no one having occasion for ref
erence can do without it. Price % cents
John B. Alden, publisher, New York, has
issued five new numbers of the ElZeyir Lii