The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-08-23
CURRENT MAGAZINES.


dealing in sensible, practical manner with
fashions and other household matters which par
ticularly concern women.
Macmilan's for August contains papers on
Redistribution" referring to the representation
of the people in Parliament "Fiction in France
and England, Carlyle and Neuberg,n etc
Among the papers in the current Popular
Science Monthly may be found sThe Problem
of Population 'sWhere and How We Remem-
ber," Hygiene for Smokers, National Health
and Work, etc.
One of the most interesting papers of the Sep
TENDER American Naturalist is on 1.-THE North
ernmost Inhabitants of the Earth" It is illus
trated and affords many novel views of the hab-
its and peculiarities of the Eskemo tribes
Athletes, bicyclists, lovers of outdoor sports of
whatever kind will all find something of inter
| est to themselves in Outing and the Wheelman
1t is bright and breezy periodical, and indlca-
tions of increased prosperity show that it has
found the want it came to fill.
The Magazine of Art for September contains
a very entertaining illustrated article on Ships
| Before Steam, in which engravings are given of
the various styles of men-of-war that obtained
previous to this century beginning with the
earliest boats of the Phenicians and ending with
British ship of the line
Not the least interesting feature of Cassell,s
Family Magazine is 1.-THE Gatherer,p or monthly
review illustrated, of inventions, curious dis
coveries etc. In its last issue we find German
inventors are now making fine watches in which
all the wheels are made of compressed paper
The literary matter is exceptionally good.
fine sketch, with portrait of Emile Littre is
given in the September Century, in which the
eccentricites of that remarkable French savant
are depicted "On the Track of Ulysses illus
Is a IF riT oh
classic Greece. In the way of a complete story,
Paucha, Story of Monterey is given. The
initial article profusey illustrated is an account
OF bicycle trip from Coventry to Chester.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton contributes a remark
able paper to the North American for Septem-
Der, arguing the need of liberal divorce laws
She takes the novel ground-for woman-that
| this is demanded in the interest of il-treated
women, and for the sake of children who, with
out divorce of unhappy parents, are compelled to
endure a life of sorrow and trouble listening to
the inevitable chickering's of the contending par
ents fate to be spared them, if possible.
Richard Grant White, in the September Allan
tic, continues his merciless and amusing crit
| cisms of the numerous individuals who, as he
claims, have sought reflected glory in the anat-
omizing of William Shakespeare wolfe on the
Plains of Abraham, by Francis Parkman; THE
Story Of the English Magazines by Charles E.
Pascoe and THE Despotism of Party by Her
bert futile, help to make up an interesting num-
Der. The fiction of this issue, however, is of
the dull order
Lippncotts Magazine for September is read
able and entertaining throughout There are
two sketches of travel suitable to the season
"A Summer Trip to Alaska, by James A. Har-
rison, and Gossip from the English Lakes by
Amelia Barr The former is especially notice
able for its fresh and attractive descriptions Of
the marvellous scenery along the northwest coast
of America, while the latter gives us picture of
peasant life and its surroundings in the most
beautiful of the English counties.
The September Harper is particularly rich in
illustrated articles. Mr.. Boughton continues
his delightful Artists Strolls in Holland" Rev
Treadwell Walden has a second paper on the
'Great Hall Of William Rufus and Rev. E. p.
Roe contributes the tenth of Natures Serial
Story" An interesting article is the one on
THE Gateway to Boston and there are besides
these, judith Shakespeare, and the regular
amount of shorter stories, miscelanea and the
ever-welcome editorial department
The Manhattan is rapidly approaching the
front ranks among the magazines. Its typo
graphical appearance has been improved until it
presents very attractive appearance, and the
literary merit increases with each number
Among the contributors to the September ISIS ue
are Paul Hamilton Hayne, Kate Field, Hope
Ledyard, Ernest Ingersoll and Philip Bourke
Marston. A poem called 1.-The Agnostic to His
Love by Frank J. Ottarson, the we'll known
journalist who died last week in New York also
appears in this number
The Indiana School Journal announces that its
August issue is the largest ever made. and that
the journal is now in its twenty ninth year To
the Department of Pedagogy edited by Geo
P Brown, and the Primary Department"
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added, conducted by Geo. f. Bass of Indian
apolis. The chief object of this department is
to furnish the teacher, especially the young
teacher, with practical lessons and methods
adapted to daily schoolroom work. By this di-
vision of labor in editing, Mr. Bell has added
greatly to the value Of the Indiana School Jour
nal, which has no rival among Western journals
of education.