The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-03-08
SOME MARCH MAGAZINES.

The opening chapter of W. ID. Howells's
story. THE World of Chance" In Harper
for March. reads as if it might be in the
nature of autobiography. 1t relates the
experience of young man who has been
doing journalistic work on Western pa
per, but only as q preliminary to higher
literary work for which he has aspira-
tions He comes to New York, with
manuscripts of novel in his bag and lofty
ambition in his mind. Miss Constance
Kenmore Woolson has q short story OF
American society life In Italy. which
is not mp to this authors usual grade
of merit. People who like dialect stories
will probably enjoy the "Melchoir"
tales of William McLennan in the French
Canadian patois. The dialect shows the
MARKS of being accurately transcrib bed. but
to those unaccustomed to hearing II IL
makes very hard reading. Ernest lngersoll
has q pleasing illustrated study OF gray
squirrels and their habits. Edward An
thOny Bradford discusses the question or
whether aliens shall be permitted TO own
landed property In the United States. MIR.
De BlOwltZ has q chapter OF memoirs tell
ing how he became chief Paris correspond
ent of the London Times Julian Ralph
has n second article on the fur region of
the North Invest. and another Oh st. Paul and
Minneapolis. Poultney Bigelow continues
his account of u tour from the Black Forest
to the Black sea. The London of George
the Second" is the title of Walter Bessnts
historical paper.
Scribner for March opens with q poem by
James Russell Lowell ION q Bust of Gen.
eral Grant" So far as known this is the
last one written by Mr.. Lowell. and it was
left incomplete in two or three lines. A
hu of ~ INN fan
that BY Charles Rogers, Y. s. n. on The
Water Route from Chicago to the Ocean,
Under the title Small Country Places"
Samuel Parsons. jr. gives a lesson In the
art OF landscape gardening NJ. \. forney
writes of "Speed in Locomotives" and the
limits of fast running. The relation OF
train speed to transportation Is dis
cussed by Theodore Edy. IL. Walter
Webb describes a practical experiment.
in fast running on the New York Central
road. Robert Grant contributes an anus
ing chapter entitled The Reflections of q
Married Man." William +. Apthorp writes
of Paris Theaters and Concerts" William
A. Collin has third paper on American
Illustration of To-day" Robert Louis
Stevensons serial, 1.-THE Wrecker." still
length along A depressing short story
called "a New England Kismet Is contrib
uted by Alice Morse Earle
March Lippincott. is by Captain King. and
is in his usual interesting style. Consider
ing the space occupied by these complete
novels each month, this magazine succeeds
In Offering surprising variety of other
matter. In the Journalist Series" A. f.
Watrous tells Of the merits of tho news
paper man as q confidant Foxhall Keepe
writes of 'Horsemanship and Polo.'
ha nm
| of the speed of railway trains. II. p.
| Mawson gives some historical facts in re-
| gard to the rebuilding of the navy. NJ. q.
| McClelland and Lillian A. North have each
Other articles are: "Ibsen's Earlier Work."
AN independent Theater. ""The Independ-
ent Theater of New York" and several
| poems.
The Cosmopolitan contains q number of
| especially interesting contributions. among
them Elizabeth Bisland's sketch of the
Cathedral of Cologne" Adam Badeau's
account of STRAW berry Hill and the
Countess WaldeRrave." THE Imogens of
the Stage" by Charles L. Wingate. and
| The Columbian Worlds FAIR by NJ. III.
De Young. Oscar Fay Adams has u good
short story entitled The Bishops Un-
| Political Cartoons of John Tenniel," "a
Night with Leopard" and From an Ex-
| Guardsman's Note book"
| There is no reason why even the busiest
of men should 60 uniformed concerning
the events of the time when so many pub
LEGATIONS are prepared for his especial bene'
fit The Quarterly Register of Current
History tDetrolt) contains reviews of the
Behring sea dispute. the dispute with Chill
gives the status of the Irieh agitation, de-
scribes the situation in Russia. including
the persecution of the Jews. reviews po-
| Iitical affairs in this and other countries
and touches briefly upon all the leading
| topics of the day.
Book News (Philadelphia) has portrait
and biographical sketch of Mrs. Humphrey
Ward in it's March number. A Boston let
ter contains some "reminiscences of that
eccentric woman. Emily Dickinson. who
was not discovered In literary sense by
her neighbors until after she was dead.
The American Angler contains number
of contributions in Its special line of topics
but the interest of the March number
centers in the "Notes and Q ueriesD wherein
| many questions that occur TO sportsmeu
are discussed and many incidents told.
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