The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-04-05
MAGAZINE NOTES.

The Midland Monthly for April contains
very clever little newspaper story called
deuteronomy" contributed by Arthur
Nichols Howell, an attache of the Cincin-
natl Tribune
T. Tennyson Nicely (Chicago) issues An
thony Hopes Father Stafford in a neat
cloth binding which sells at Is cents. .sThe
King in Yellow by Robert w. Chambers,
comes in the same series.
Scrbner's Bookbuyer for April is special
spring number and contains an unusual
amount of literary information. George
Meredith, the novelist, has the place or
honor, a fine portrait of hAm forming the
frontiSpieee.
The American Jt.wess is the title Of new
monthly magazine published at Chicago by
the Rosa Sonnenschien Company. 1t is to
be devoted to social religious and literary
subjects. A long list of contributors, mostly
from Jewish circles, is announced.
The Cyclopedic Review of Current His
tory, buffalo, N. W has just issued its
last quarterly number for 1884, This publ
cation is very useful to all who have need
of frequent reference to the incidents OF
the worlds progress and who md the
search through periodicals and newspaper
files too laborious.
The Charles II. Sergel Company, of Chi
cage, issues a collection of George Du
Maurier's pictures which have appeared in
London Punch and Harpers Monthly with
in accent years. The pictures and accom-
panying jokes are more or less amusing
and derive new interest from the re-
Gently increased popularity of the writer
The Strand Magazine, an English musical
monthly, contains n each number several
original songs and other musical compost
tons by well-knoNn musicians In an in
terview with Sir Arthur Sullivan that gen.
tleman says that or all his works in which
he had the aid of W. 9. Gilbert, and which
attained such wide popularity he decidedly
prefers 1.-The Yeomen of the Guard
The New Cycle, the organ of the General
Federation of Womans Clubs, is becoming
rather an ambitious periodical, containing,
as it does a great amount of matter which
seems to have no especial relation to its
official character. 50 many articles on mis-
cellaneous themes gre of so instructive and
serious character as TO suggest the alarm
ing possibility that the Cycle means to
publish papers read before women's
clubs.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the
Good and Great" is a series of brochures
written by Mr.. Elbert Hubbard and is
sued monthly by g. p. Putnam's Sons. The
four already issued deal with George Eliot,
Carlyle. Ruskin and Gladstone. Monthly,
SO cents a year. The author finds spots
on the Gladstone sun, as his palliation
avindication'' of the church of England
as the God-appointed guardian of truth.
The Eclectic Magazine contains, among
other interesting matter from current En-
glish periodicals, an estimate of Christina
RoSSettIS place in literature. -Ihe Srlmea
in 1854 and 1884," and paper on the tyran-
nv of the modern novel, The writer of the
latter makes this criticism of Stevenson;
..One English writer OF fiction of our time.
whose recent death ere his powers had
reached their full maturity must be sincere
" regretted, could certainly spin good
yarn, but his books are all lopsided MI.
Stevenson understood what narrative meant,
but he appare ntly forgot that women con-
stitute at least half the human race. The
result is that even his best efforts are
tales for men and boys-Dot novels. lie
adds: Let US hope that controversial fcIfon
will soon disappear. 1T is a bore and
tyranny Such books should be relegated to
the region of tracts
Amateur coin collectors will find some
thing of interest to them in an article in
Donahoe's Magazine on History as Told
in Coins" Hugo, in Les Miserables,' says
men solidified their ideas in architecture be-
fore the printed page came from the brain
of Faust He might. says the writer, have
added they wrote their histories upon these
Valiant wrote the chronicles of the kings
of Syria from a jar of medals, as Cuvler
would build up the mastodon and give YOU
the monsters habits from a tooth or
fibia The Roman denarii give the best
idea of Caesars well in the forum The
Epidaurian coins with the snake of Aescu-
iapius tell IN brief characters how the Ro-
father or medicine to come and heal them
81 the plague. The migration Of the Pho
clan colony to Asia Minor Is sucfinctly told
in the seal. which followed the early May
flower stamped upon one Of the earliest Of Z
the Grecian coins