The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-07-31

The Penny Magazine, published in Phila-
deiphia, has quadrupled in size and is still
worth the money.
The Pocket Magazine for August con-
tains stories by Margaret Deland, Anthony
Spofford and Charles Kelsey Gaines.
The Scientific American celebrates its
fftieth anniversary by issuing a number
many pages larger than usual, in which 1t
describes the progress made during the
half century in the various lines of inven-
ton. 1t is a very interesting and instructive
review.
The current number of Our Day, a re-
ligious magazine published in Chicago.
contains. among other matter of interest, a
paper on Christianity and Buddhism by
John Henry BarrOwS, and one on the dea-
coneSS movement in the Christian Church
by "A contributor whose name does not ap-
pear.
The Strand Magazine for August con-
tains a detailed account of the prepare
tons made by Mr.. Andree, the Swedish
a~eronaut. for his balloon voyage to the
north pole. After learning his plans and
scientific theories the feat seems less Inn
possible of performance than it appeared
from the mere announcement
What to Eat is the title of a new month
ly magazine devoted to the science of gas
tronomy. 1t is published in Minneapolis
and edited b. Gilbert A. Pierce & Son.
Among the contributors to the first issue
are H.. c. Chatield-Taylor. Juliet Corson
and Melville Stone. geographically the
new magazine is very attractive.
''Th- White Mr.. Longfellowt is the hap
Ply title of a chapter OF "reminiscences of
the poet by Mr.. Howells in the August
Harper. Mr.. Howells's work of this line
has a peculiar charm, and his tribute to
the great poet and gentlest Of men is evil
IDENTIFY a labor of love. lie paints a pleas
an. picture of the literary circle in Cam
bridge a quarter of a century ago.
The August Harper is largely made up
of fiction. Among the contributions is the
first part of a story by Mark Twain in
which the old-time popular favorite. Tom
Saw yer. appears again-this time in the
that in pOint of age this parsonage begins
Eow precisely where he left off years ago.
Ability to accomplish q feat of this kind
gives characters in fiction a point of ad-
vantage over those in real life.
A highly entertaining. if not altogether
pre- bable. tale is 1.-The Great X. & A. Train
Robbery by Paul Leicester, Ford. which
forms the complete novel in the August
Lippincott. Al interesting article in the
number is on "Heraldry in America"
showing. as it does. that the official and
individual heraldic devices used i'm this
country are of historical and educational
import, and that their use is not a mere
aping. of foreign fashions as is often ignor-
antty charged.
The prospectus of the international
Magazine. soon to be issued at Chicago,
announces that the mission of the new
periodical is to publish from month to
month translations of the best foreign
literature In order that Americans may be
kept in closer touch with the literary life
and feeling of the whole civilized world.
Other magazines reproduce current En-
glish literature. but this will widen the
field by giving attention to what is being
done in other countries of Europe.
In addition to its book reviews and al
ways interesting literary gossip the Book
| man gives a list of books published during
the month and also a list of sales of new
books in order of demand in the different
| cite. of the country. These records vary
considerably, a volume standing at the
head of the New York list being the last
on the Boston and Chicago lists. for ex-
ample: but the difference is hardly great
enough to indicate any wide variation of
taste. Books issued by local publishers are
apt to take the lead in their respective
towns owing to special advertising and
other influences, but because Mrs. Phelps
Ward's singular Life sells best in Balti-
mere in July and Hopkinson Smiths Tom
GIogan' leads in Detroit it does not fol-
low that Maryland readers are more sp'rit.
ual1y minded than those of The
order may be reversed in August. Never
the.ess the smonthly record affords room
fo- study and speculation as t. the causes
producing the variations, and IS an inter-
estilg feature of the magazine. The JIEe
sales in Indianaoolis, as shown in the
Stevenson's Weir of Hermiston:" 2.
Smiths Tom Grogan:' 3. Parker's Seats
of the Mighty. A. Harris's The Trent
Affair" 8, Aliens Summer in Already:
G.: Frederic's "Damna-'oh Of Theron