The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-06-14

Murder tale of New York, are promised for
en- early date. They will be bound together.
One Of the latest crazes for collectors is the
framing of engraved copper and steel plates for
wall decorations.
A merchant of Lubbock has bequeathed to the
University of Jena the sum of 100000 marks to
found Darwin chair.
heroine of the serial, Taken by Siege' now
running in Lippincott's Magazine.
"How to Send Boy to Sea- is the title Of a
practical little book by Capt. Franklin Fox, a
well-known commander of an English steamer.
Signora Rstori will present seven photographs
OF herself in her forthcoming book of studies and
memoirs-six in stage costumes and one in street
dress.
new volume of poems by Victor Hugo en-.
titled La Fin de Satan" and containing six
thousand verses, is announced to appear on the
22d of the month.
1t is said that 81 900 copies of Crawford's tale
or Lonely Parish" have been sold. A paper
covered edition of Mr. Isaacs" has just left the
Macmllans' press.
1t is the opinion of the American Bookseller
that the magazines are killing the books and
the newspapers are killing the magazines A
Sunday paper to-day is a magazine and re-
view"
A translation of the principal works of Nikolas
V. Gogol, ''the Russian Dickens" will be pub
| uSneu lmm6Q1aLely Dy Il. L. CfOW6U cS 20. Inc
first of the series, "Tarss Bulba," will be ready
early this month.
Mr.. Joseph George Cupples. of the firm of
Cupples, Upham 81 Co., Boston, wiki join the
Order of Benedicts on the I'd of June next Miss
Harriet Elizabeth Nichols has given her consent,
and the cards say that the ceremony takes place
at the North Congregational Church, Haverhill,
Mass, at 2 p. NJ We offer our congratulations
w. l. Harris & Co. Boston, announce another
book by the author Of 1.-Two Strokes of the Bell {"
1t is to be called 1.-The Romance of the Lilies"
aud will soon be issued. 1t is said to be less SEN
sational but more original than its predecessor.
The scene is laid, for the most part, in an OBJ
scure seaside village in Maine, and the central
figure Is girl of sixteen "a charming uncon-
ventional characteristic unconsciously plays q
strange part in powerful tragedy.
''The Century Dictionary" which the Century
Company have been at work upon during the past
five years under the supervision of Prof Whit
ney of Yale, will not be completed till 1888 1882
It was at first intended to base it upon the I'm
perial Dictionary, but it was finally decided to
make an entirely work which will be ency-
clopBdic in extent and character. The new die
tionary will contain about 5000 illustrations,
prepared by the artists and engravers whose
work has become familiar to the million readers
of The Century and ST. Nicholas Each picture
as it is drawn and again after it is engraved, is
submitted to the specialist to whose department.
it belongs, that its scientific accuracy may be
guaranteed. OF these specialists there are about
thirty. working at their homes in New York,
Baltimore, Washington, New Haven, Cambridge,
and elsewhere. The type-setsing and printing
will be done by the De Winnie Press. 1t is esti-
mated that the dictionary will cost it's publishers
about 1886, 900.