The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-02-01
MAGAZINE NOTES.

The Butler Co1legian for January has for
its frontispiece fine portrait of Miss Cath
crime Merrill, who was for many years a
favorite teacher in Butler University.
Some time ago f. Hopkinson Smith
showed that an artist could distinguish him
self as a story writer, and now Julian
Ralph is proving with fair success that a
newspaper writer can do well in the same
field. Both have stories in the current Har-
per- as also have Mrs. Burton Harrison,
Grace KING and Richard Harding Davis.
The Photographic Institute of Cincinnati
is issuing a photographic dictionary and
phrase book, arranged by Benn Pittman and
jerome b. Howard, which will, no doubt, be
of mucn use to shorthand writer's. 1t is
claimed that when completed the book will
include in its vocabulary every word in the
English language which is not obsolete or
rare The work is being published in in
stallmen1s.
Harry c. Jones, publisher of the period
ical hitherto known as the Quarterly Illus
traitor. announces that hereafter it will be
issued monthly. 1t has proved to be such
an attractive and popular means of keep
ing the public informed in regard to the
work of artists that extension of its work
seems justified. The price of the monthly
Will be 81 per year. Carl BeckWith's work
Is given the place of honor in the February
issue
The Southern Magazine, which has under
gone a variety of vicisstudes since it was
established in Louisville, two three years
ago. has been revived under new manage
ment after a brief discontinuance,. and
shows signs OF having a more experienced
hand at the helm than heretofore. The
mistake of making it a sectional publica-
nounces that in future it will seek from
every quarter the best material to be OBJ
tanned. The typographical features of the
magazine are admirable.
Harpers Weekly has a poem by Gustav
Kobbe which closes with the lines:
"NnIIghf said T
For knew DER the grave O. the Harbor
Belle the sea gullS fly"
If this production had been submitted to
the Journal, it would have been returned to
the author to have its lenses harmonized,
but Eastern literary periodicals sometimes
rise superior to rules of grammar. How
ever, perhaps Kobbe and his publisher
ought not to be criticised while Robert
Louis Stevenson's verses ending 'Ail that
was me is gone go the rounds without
comment.
In an article in Harpers Magazine on
gambling, John Bigelow argues that all
gambling is not essentially wrong, but that
its immortality is a question of conscience.
To illustrate, he says if player never al
lows his heart to be poisoned by a desire
to do to another what he would not wish
done to himself, his play would be innocent.
Mr.. Bigelow thinks strict application of
this test would practically do away with
the gaming table, and if he were to say
that 1t would interfere with great variety
Of so-called legitimate business. he would
probably not go far wrong. The Golden
Rule is very searching if allowed full sway.
Part five of the work entitled Fishes of
North America" issued by the Harris Pub
fishing Company, Is Park place. New York,
is out 1t contains two fine colored plates
with representations or, as they are called,
portraits of fish, life size and of natural
tints. The text which gives accurate
scientific information concerning all the va
rieties of fish, is prepared by William c.
Harris editor of the American Angler. The
illustrations are prepared with great care,
and the preparation of the plates involves
much expense. The work is an important
one, and will occupy a field of its own, no
other publication attempting to cover so
large a field. 1t is to be issued in forty
parts at cost of $3.50 each.