The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-02-04
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

In the February Lippincott the most i'm
portant contribution is that by Julian
Hawthorne. showing the work done by
Secretary Rusk in enIarging the m arket
for American farm products. After relat-
ing the success of his efforts in removing
the restrictions in foreign ports upon
American meats, the writer says: "But the
Secretary is not satisfied with wringing
from the officials of foreign nations q re-
luctant consent to allow our good things to
reach their hungry populations: he aims to
appeal directly to the populations them
selves. Until very lately. for example. the
use OF corn and corn-meal was almost en-
tirely unknown in Europe: the people
imagined IL was fed to animals only. Mr..
Rusk dispatched agents to the other side
10 educate these benighted people. The
success or these agents has been great.
Corn-bread Is likely TO become as popular
on English breakfast tables as mullins and
corn kitchens have been arrang ed for.
and a mixture of rye and corn is TO oOnsti-
tute the bread ration supplied to the Ger
man army. This IS only the beginning of
the good work In case of a single cereal,
in Its relations to foreign consumers alone.
The prospects for the future are obvious,
and. as Secretary Rusk observes. an in
crease In our crop eX ports of only 10 per
cent. would put $780, COZ. 700 more a year In
the pockets of our farmers Mt. Haw-
thorne tells of the practical benefits Of
the experiment station, the scope of
which Mr. Rusk has done much
to enlarge. The duty and responsibilities
OF the managing editor of q metropolitan
daily are set forth by Julius Chambers.
According to his view it is o position not to
be coveted. Henry Clews endeavors To
show that the TRANSACTIONS of q board of
trade are not hostile to the farmer. Her
mo gIn h. n an MN go Tho of ~
swimming. Other contributions are The
Hackney Horse" Prince Gallitzin," "a short
story and several poems. The complete
novel with the number Is ROY. the Royal
ist." by William Westall.
The February Cosmopolitan has for It's
frOntispiece a portrait of W.. ID. Howells.
who Will, on March l, take editorial con-
troll of the magazine. A eulogistic sketch
of the new editor is by Hialmar Hjorth
Boyesen. Sir Edwin Arnold writes of
Love and Marriage in Japan" and takes
occasion to reafirm his former belief that
Japanese women are ''semi-angelic" in dis
position. This article is embellished with
marginal Illustrations in the style with
which the public has been made familiar
In the Garfield edition of Ben-Hpr. Peter
MacQueen gives a very interesting &C
count of the petroleum industry. from its
beginning In western Pennsylvania until
now. William McEiroy Curtis has an
other chapter on the Columbus portraits.
A beautifully illustrated article by Clarence
b. Moore describes tho work and methods
of some Leading Amateurs in Photog-
Taphy." In an article on The
Relation of Invention to the Con
the effect that improved labor appliances
have had in the advancement of clviliza-
ton and in making life easier to all classes
of people. Robert Adams. IT,. reviews the
events in Brazil that led to the rise n
fall of Fonseca, the first President of that
new republic. Daniel Colt Gilman dis
courses of boys and boys schools. and in
cidentally makes some criticisms on the
prevailing system of instruction. Murat
Farmer Boy" A short story by Patience
Stapleton. several poems. and the usual
editorial department complete q readable
number.
students of Roman history will read with
interest q paper in the Atlaptic by Pro-
lessor Rudolfo Lanciana, giving an account
of the public games held in Rome seven
teen years before Christ. Some recent dis
cOveries have enabled hun to describe in
detail the character of the popular amuse-
ments. Isabel f. Hapgood. II an article
emit tied "a Journey on the Volga," gives q
kIdpulO uCSCklptAOh u 4bocSA0A AAkO N
paper by Henrietta Channin 9 Dana, on the
life and training of school girls in France.
presents rather a pleasing picture. being
the I'M pathetic view of one whose educa-
ton was gained in Paris schools. Another
contribution of popular interest Is q dis
cussion on 1.-The Nearness of Animals TO
Men," by Prof. E. p. Evans. The writer
credits animals not only with some
mental endowments commonly held TO be
the exclusive attributes Of man. but with
certain well defined moral qualities iS 9th
BETH" "The Border State Men Of the Civil
War" THE League as o Political lnstru.
ment,n and Indian Warfare on the Front
ier." The fiction consists of an lnstallment
of Marion Crawford's Don Orsino" and q
pleasing Venitlan sketch by Harriet Lewis
Bradley. The book-reviewer discusses re-
cent novels.
st. Nicholas for February has a table of
contents sufficiently varied to suit the most
exacting taste. There are tales Of advent
ure, fairy stories, sketches of q sentimental
or domestic character to please girls. articles
that convey instruction IN palatable doses,
and rhymes, and jingles. and pictures to
please old and young. Charles I. Lummis
is doing a good work in describing the
Strange Corners of Our Country" Last
month he set forth the wonders of
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado.
and in this chapter devotes himself
to the great American desert. J. 0. DAVID
son tells of the use of electric lights at
sea. Mrs. Laura Z. Richards. daughter of
Julia Ward Howe. continues her reminis-
cences OF childhood days. The public has
had, at one time or another. a great deal Of
the Howe family biography, and 1t may be
doubted whether the general interest In the
younger members. at least, is so abiding as
to Justify the publication of so much per-
sonal matter. especially as the reminis-
cences aud experiences are not In them
selves at all remarkable.
The New England Magazine for February
devotes considerable space to an account
of the granite industry in New England.
'"The Churches of Worcester" Is another
contribution of purely local interest. Some
letters of Wendell Phillips to Lydia Maria
Child are hardly of enough consequence to
warrant publication The public has. of
late years, had q great deal of the private
correspondence of distinguished men, and
has not always been edited thereby. Albert
Smith touches a new phase of wartime
history In relating "a Country Boys Recol-
~lectlons of the War; The most interesting
article in the number is q sketch of the life
and character of Corot. by Camille Thur
wangeE, Another chapter of the history of
the Salem witchcraft, q description of the
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