The Indianapolis journal., 1894-06-30
JULY MAGAZINES.


ing itself in recent issues by the excellence
of its short stories. but the literary editor
seems to have been OFF duty when several
of the contributions were accepted for the
July number. Anything processing to be
literature silly than ''Un Mauvais
Quart d'Heure (which title might better
have been rendered in English-or "In Fly
Time" it would be difficult to find The
frst-named story also verges vulgarity.
Owen Wister's Specimen JONES'" is a
spirited sketch of Arizona life. Brander
Matthews's Before the Break of Day."
is hardly up to the standard of his MAN
haitian Vignettes." 1t is a story of low life.
but without sufficient interest TO justify its
being But whatever the short stories may
lack is made up by the ever-delightful
'"Trilby." Du Maurier's serial is reaching
a conclusion, and the end, it seems clear,
Is to meet the approval of old-fashioned
novel readers by being happy. Charles Dud-
ley Warmers promised serial, 1.-The Golden
House." opens in this issue. College stu
dents will be interested in paper describ-
ing Harvard and Yale boat race. Henry
Loomis Nelson writes of the home life oe
the President-the subject being treated in
a general way and not in relation TO any
one occupant of the White House. w. d.
Howells continues his account of his first
visit to New England. An interesting arti-
Gle is that by Miss G.. II. Spence describ-
ing an australians Impressions of Ameri-
ca" Commander Jewell writes of the
United States naval gun factory, and Alex
ander McAdie contributes q study of <eiec-
tricity under the title, ''The Storage Bat
terry of the Air..
In Scribner's Monthly the attractions of
the north shore of Massachusetts bay as a
summer resort are pleasantly set forth by
Robert Grant. Some extracts from diary
kept in the summer OF 1863 by Philip
Schaff, then theological student in south
ern Pennsylvania, give q vivid picture of
the events of Gettysburg Week." as they
seemed to the people living in the vicinity.
Carl ~ Lumholtz writes OF the american
erton on THE French in Holland'-this
term referring to painting by Francois
Flaming, the real subject of the sketch. A
pathetic story is that of "a Man Without
a Memory''-a confederate soldier whose
brain was injured by wound and his men,
ory of events lost fol- thirty years. n. S.
Shaler follows his entertaining study of
dogs with a paper on camels, elephants
and other beasts of burden. Octave Tha-
net continues her series of studies of the
American workngman, and Ernest F'lagg
writes about New York tenement house
evil and its cure. "Aut Caesar, Aut Nihil,"
is the title OF a little essay by Agnes Repp-
lier, on certain phases of the woman ques-
tion. She utters some plain truths in her
graceful way, the moral of her talk being
that in so continually celebra ting them
selves and their moderate successes women
encourage each other in mediocrity.
'Ine Heral0ry or the Plains is the
title given by Alice Mac Gowan to an
article in McClure's Magazine describing
the system of branding cattle Ida NJ.
Tarbell writes of the Paris municipal lab
oratory, which is the chemical annex to
the Department OF Public Health and de-
votes itself to the analysis of the food
and drink of the people. Alphonse Dau-
dets account of his home life and literary
work, as told to r. II. Sherard. is a feature
of the number. a short story by Bret
Harte is called "An Ingenue Of the
Sierras" Another very clever short story.
Eliza Shute, new name among fiction
writers.
Music teachers who hold that the study
of music is so severe a mental training
that the student might properly omit an
extended mathematical course in school
will find support for their argument in
Discipline and Culture" i'm the July num-
Der of Music. though this point is not the
a. which the writer aims. perhaps.
number are Music and the American
Poets" "An Appeal for Sight Reading
piano Touch and 'Pedagogic Aspects OF
the Practice Clavier." Chicago
Annals of the American Academy.
bimonthly devoted TO political and social
science, is published in Philadelphia.
Among the articles in the July issue are
Future Problems of Charity and the I'm
employed" "Peaceable Boycotting" "Sig-
niicance of Decreasing Birth Rate"
''Rent and Profit" supplement of sew
enty-five pages is devoted to an exhaustive
consideration of The Theory of Sociology
by Professor Giddings, of the faculty OF
political science, Columbia College.
The Art Amateur not only furnishes
practical instruction to students in the
several varieties of decorative art, but also
gives a description, each month. of the
newest pictures in the leading art gall
Ieries of this and foreign countries. It's
readers are afforded a comprehensive view
of the picture world. The profusion of
supplement designs and patterns are much
valued by students. Two color plates are
sent with the July issue. % Union Square.
New York.
Romance, that excellent monthly maga-
zine of short stories. has reduced its price
from 25 cents to 10 cents a numbe-. A
dozen stories by the best authors are given
in each issue, and the purchasers certainly
get their moneys worth. The magazine
is sent yearly for 81. Romance Publishing
Company, New York