The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-08-27
Current Magazines.

The frontispiece Of ''Babyland" Is baby pen
gum sitting on piece of ice, a very attractive
design for an August issue.
The Culver lCassell & co., for September is
at hand and as usual, ia full of excellent read
ing. This is the best lowprice magazine there is.
Macmillans for August contains several arti.
cles of value to the scholarly reader, as we'll as
others that will engage the attention of the gen.
eral reader of magazines.
Magazines received: The Eclectic; E. R. Pei
ton. Is Bond street, New York; The Library
Magazine, John B. Alden. 1913 Pearl street, New
York. and The Cosmopolitan, Schlicht & Field,
Rochester, New York.
Cassell's Family Magazine contains an enter
tanning article on student life at Heidelberg, by
graduate of that venerable institution. The
stories and sketches of this magazine are among
the best offered the reading public.
''vicks Monthly and Floral Guide" for Au-
gust contains an article of considerable length
giving careful directions for the propagation of
hyacinths and other spring bulbs. which cannot
fail to be welcome to the amateur florist
"Good Housekeeping as it grows in age and
experience becomes more practical and better
adapted to the needs of housekeepers in all
Clark w Bryan, publisher, Holyoke Macs.
of the Popular Science Monthly are: Genius
and Precocty" (concluded). by James Sully; SIN
the Lion Country" by Parker Gilmore; "Indian
Medicine" by Dr. Stockwel 'The Nature of
Pleasure and Pain" by Alfred Fouillee, and
"Some Economies of Nature" by Dr. Andrew
Wilson.
''The Atlantic Monthly" for September con-
tains an article by Frank Gaylord Cook on "rhe
Laws Partially for Married Women" which
will rouse the indignation Of all irrepressible ad-
vocates of ''women's rights from Maine to Cali
fornia. Another paper of special interest is
''The Saloon in Politics." by George Frederic
Parsons.
'The Art Amateur contains, in addition to its
usual number of supplement Sheets colored
study, in soft greens and browns, of a 81 ing
landscape, by Leonard Ochtman. Among the
contents are papers on "Sketching from Ma
ture, Flower Painting in Oils" "Water color
Painting" and Amateur Photography" all of
which are interesting and valuable to the stu
dent
One of the most interesting articles in the
September Harper is an illustrated one on Fer
dinand Barbedienne the French sculptor giving
pictures of his works. his workshop, etc. "Work
ing men in the British Parliament by Edward
Brown, F. L.. S., illustrated with the portraits of
several of them, gives a pretty comprehensive
view OF the characters that are at the head
of the labor movement in Parliament Lewis
F. Allen contributes a paper on short-horn cat
tle which is generously illustrated with portraits
of noted cattle of this breed. All the features
for which Harper's is famous are well sus-
tanned
The September ST. Nicholas is replete with
good things for juvenile humanity, and will
prove treasure trove to them all over the world
The opening article is an illustrated one on
"Stories of Art and Artists" and gives illustra-
tons of some of the chief works of celebrated
English masters. It will prove highly instruct
tive There is continued that historical sketch
by Mrs Burnett, entitled Little Lord Faunt-
leroy" and Horace Scudder's Life of George
Washington is continued. Palmer Cox's ever
popular and funny brownies take game at ten
mis-, with the usual funny results, there be-
ing endless collisions and confusion. The short
poems and sketches are all that could be desired
Wide Awake. in its beautiful new cover, comes
freighted with the best things the literary world
can produce for the little folks, and there is an
abundance of all that could be asked or wanted
NJ. e. w. Sherwood gives pleasing insight to
the domestic life of English royalty in her
sketch, 'Those Royal Girls at Sandrngham,"
being a story of how the daughters of the Prince
of Wales pass their time and enjoy themselves
"LEufant Terrible Turk by s. S. Cox, is
cess, and presents the infant Turk as he appears
at home. 1t were impossible to give entire
list of attractions presented in this issue of the
Wide Awake 1t should be placed in the hands
of every bright boy and girl in the land.