The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-08-08
AUGUST

There may be a few select souls who
can read woman suffrage literature in mid
summer and not weary. Such persons will
welcome the August Century, which con-
taiIs a discussion of the topic by Senator
Hoar and Rev. j. NJ. Buckley, the one up
holding it's right and expediency,' the
other descanting upon it's wrongs and
perils.' The on both sides are
ably presented and leave little to be said
on the subject. The same theme and its
side issues are brought to the front in Mrs.
Burton Harrison's Bachelor Maid,' who is
d very advanced" but rather tiresome
young woman. A revival of Poe literature
has drawn cut an extensive correspondence
between the cratic poet and his friends,
an installmert of which is presented here.
Marion Crawford is represented by a pa
per entitled washington as q Spectacle
and also by the first chapters of a nsw
Fox's Cumberland Vendetta" reaches a
concll sion with the marriage of the Two
surviv ors of the warning families. The
Wharton Edwards has a group Of three dia-
lect sketches. Virginia Frazer Boyle a ne
Ing and admirable chronicle of an Indiana
farmer's experience in seeking sanctifca-
a ss : pa 1fnar e~onfTib9 mori5n are n; WALKING
Anesthesia," and Conversation in France
\ dialeGt P Rfia1 Home , Ag,in'o by James
Der. IL is one OF his best.
In the August Arena Heinrich Hensoldt
resumes his series CT articles on occult SCI
ence in Thibet;~ and describes rather a start
ling Illustration used To convince him that
matter does not really exist, but is an illu-
sion of the mind. Ellen Battelle Deitrick
gees to some pains to show that petticoats
have not been the exclusive attire oe
women. but that long skirts and draperies
| were worn DIV men of all countries for
ages. and that trousers are a compar ia lively
modern invention, and by no means uni
now. Rev. j. NJ. Savage enumerates some
of the things which social reformers are
rylng to do by way of opening up a larger
lie for the struggling classes. James r.
Cooke, NJ. d., in p paper on the value of
hypnotiSm as a means of surgical anaes-
tnesia, avs he believes, from experience,
that hypnotism can and will supply the
place now neld in medicine by morphine
and other opiates, 'r at least from 70 IL so
or similar drugs are now used" Other top
les discussed are: Prenatal Influence"
and Single Tax" and Insurance and the
Nation"
In the August Atlantic Susan Coolidge
offers a carefully prepared study of 1.-The
Girlhood of an Autocrat,' said autocrat be-
ing that repellant and yet fascinating his
toric character. the terrible Empress Cath
arine Second of Russia. Theodore Roose-
Welt earnestly urges upon college graduates
to perform the duty they owe as citizens
by taking part in public affairs, instead of
leaving them 70 the ignorant and reckless
classes. Albert H.. Washburn sets forth
forcibly some of the evils OF our consular
system. One does not look for articles Of a
sporting character in this staid magazine,
but Mr.. Merwin has managed to make a
very interesting paper by writing about pro-
fessional horsemen. meaing thereby train
erS and Jockeys. Short stories are by A. NJ.
Ewell and Ellen Olney Kirk, respectively.
Other contributions are Letters of Sidney
Lanier," Church Communion Tokens and
Cardinal Lavigeris Work in North At
RIGA"
In the Eclectic for August is.a very inter-
esting paper from Temple Bar. by an I'M
named writer, giving some recollections of
Charles Dickens. Wilkie Collins and Fannie
Kemble. In a well-written article on 9TH
Art of Dying Miss |. A. Taylor shows
that men, as a rule, meet death with cour-
age. impressions of Life in a Zenana,"
Freaks and Fancies of Memory and
Mayfair and the Muses. are papers that
will find readers. T.. r.. Pelton, IA Eighth
street, New York.
a fishing story of a very spirited sort is
a feature of the August st. Nicholas. The
catching OF &c. Whillikens'' could only have
been described by one who has some time
fshed for trout-and caught them. A paper
by Brander Matthews on j. Fennimore
Cooper and an account of a visit of Amer
lean bicyclers 10 Mont st. Michel are among
the more serious contributions.