The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-09-20
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CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY. BY James Parton. Hough-
ton, Mifdin & Co., Boston; Bowen, Stewart & Co.,
Indianapolis. Price, $l.25.
Brief biographical sketches and anecdotes Of
famous men and how thcy became such, well
calculated to stimulate the boys of to-day to
emulation. Among the captains considered
are: Peter Faneuil, Israel Putnam, Gerrit
Smith, Horace Greeley, Richard Golden, John
Bright. William B. Astor, Peter Cooper, Sir
Christopher Wren, and others scarcely less
famous.
LIFE AND LABoUR IN THF FAR WEST. BY W. Henry
Barneby. Cassell & Co., New York; Bowen, Stew
art & Co, Indianapolis. Price, 81.
A brisk, breezy sketch of an extensive tour of
the West, as may be guessed from the spelling
of the title, by an Englishman. It is, however,
almost American in its racy freedom of EXPIRES
sion, and contains very many data that will en-
terrain and instruct all who care to know of the
resources of that great region now being opened
to settlement.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS HERoDoTUs. BY John S.
White, LII d. Fifty illustrations. G.. I. Put
mans Sons, New York; Bowen, Stewart & Co, lndi-
annapolis. Price, SO.
The writings of the father of historians. edited
and adapted to the wants of the boys and girls
who love to read, and who want to learn of the
most ancient of civilized peoples without having
to study Rollin or some other equally heavy
writer. Parents will find this an excellent
work.
TABLEAU DE LA REVOLUTION FRANcAIsE. With
Notes. BgS. I. Crane, An, and s J. Brun, B
>. G.P. Pntnam's Sons, New York; Bowen, Stew
art Co., Indianapolis. Price, $1.50.
A collection of historical pictures of scenes
and incidents Of the French revolution, not ar
ranged chronologically, nor commercially, the aim
being simply to afford the student OF the French
language excerpts from the best literature on
the topic named.
THE YoYAGE OF THE VIVIAN. BY Thomas W, Knox.
Illustrated. Harper & Brothers, New York; Mer-
rlll, Meigs u Co., indianapolis.
An imagined journey to the arctic region, in
which the north pole is actually discovered. But
while the story as a reality is fiction, the Incl
dents for the most part are collected from relia-
bic data furnished by the record kept by those
who have repeatedly made attempts to reach
that desired spot.
THE MAN WONDERFUL IN THE HOUSE BEAUTIFUL.
by Chillion q. Allen, A. ~, LII. b.. NJ. D., and
Mary A. Allen, A. B., ii. D. Fowler 81 Wells. New
$3.50.
A physical allegory, in which the organs and
functions Of the human body are p~ersonifed and
individualized. A very easy and agreeable means
of becoming acquainted with the human form
divine.
CLASSIC TALES, ESSAYS AND Poems. BY Jane and
Ann Taylor. Roberts Brothers, Boston; Bowen,
Stewart q Co., indianapolis.
A collection of dignified stories, essays and
poems, suitable for children who are beginning
to think for themselves.
A GRAMMAR OF THE GERMAN LANGUAGE. For
High-schools and Colleges. BY H. G. G.. Brandt.
G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York; Bowen, Stewart
& Co. Indianapolis. Price, $3.50.
A grammar for advanced students of the
language. Not SO well suited to beginners.
A READER OF GERMAN LITERATURE. BY W. n.
Rosenstengel. g. P. Putnam's Sons. New York;
Bowen, Stewart a Co, Indianapolis. Price, $I.5o.
ELIZABETH Err. Famous Women Series. By Mrs.
II. Il. Pitman- Roberts Brothers, Boston; Bowen,
Stewart Co., indianapolis. Price, 81.
SoNGs AND LYRICS. BY George Ambrose Dennison.
@. z. Putnam's Sons, New York; Bowen, Stewart &
Co., Indianapolis. Price, $l.25.
J~AcKANAPEs. By Juiiana Horatia Ewing. Illustrated.
Roberts Brothers, Boston; Bowen, Stewart & Co.,
indianapolis. Price, 30 cents.