The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-11-20
CURRENT PERIODICALS.

Charles Dana Gibson will illustrate Dick
ems for the Ladies' Home Journal. the Sc
ries to form a feature of the magazine dur
ing 1897.
An article on food and digestion. a dis
course on Modern Five oClocks" a talk
on pottery, another on the chatting dish.
Hints About Living" and menus and re-
OF the December number of that unique
and decorative magazine What To Eat
published by Pierce & Pierce at Minneap-
oils.
The Strand Magazine is one of the most
attractive of the English illustrated month
lies. Among the interesting features in the
December number is paper describing a
steamship wheels or rollers, a new
French invention. An account of a rinia-
tire railway In an English garden and an
Illustrated article on SilhOuettes are other
entertaining contributions.
The English department Of the November
CosmOpOlis is made up of a paper on Eng
lish politics as affected by popular senti-
ment. an account of contemporary Scandi-
navian belles-lettres, a review of the recent
political contest in the United States. an
article on Madagascar. a chapter of notes
on new books. this by Andrew Lang, and
short story by Mrs. w. X. Clifford. The
French and German departments are equal
ly well filled by contributions from we'll
known writers Of the two nationaiities.
The greater part of Chap Book of Nov.
10 is taken up by paper on Robert Louis
Stevenson as illustrator, written by Joseph
Pencil. A number of Stevenson's draw
ings reproduced; they are crude and
childish, and were probably not intended
by the author to be taken seriously, but
were produced in idle moments for his own
amusement. Mr.. Pennell however, affects
to find signs Of artistic talent in theni Ii
is matter of some interest that a series
Of little pamphlets containing these draw
ings was once printed by Stevenson and is
now very hard to obtain and therefore in
great demand by bibliomaniacs, but there
are indications that Stevenson worship is
being Overdone.
The autumn number of Modern Art is one
of the most beautiful issues of that always
artistic periodical The illustrations are
unusually numerous, beginning with an au-
tolithograph by Philip Hale and including
photogravure reproductions of pictures by
Bruno Iiljefors, Robert W. Vonnoh and
Maxine Maufra. a new French impression
ist. Several decorated pages of Mr.. Up
dike's magnificent Altar Book are also re-
produced. Miss Susan NJ. Ketcham con-
tributes a short sketch of Mr.. Vonnoh and
his work. Mr.. Bowies. the editor. presents
some interesting views on the uses of arti:-
tic type and matters of taste in printing
A papsr on Scandinavian art is a feature of
the number.
Great stress is laid, in the announcements
of the Atlantic Monthly. on the articles
that will appear interpreting our great ed
ucational movements. Among the subjects
that will be taken up are: The Place of
the Public School in Typical Communities. -
where the life of the community centers
about the school-in these communities the
public school has i'm many respects the i'd al
attitude to the life about 1t: THE Chau-
tauqua Movements and Methods'-what
they have contributed 10 the intellectual
development of the masses: '.The National
Educational Association"-what measure
IL gives of the rise in the dignity and i'm
the efficiency of public school teachers
The Extension of the Use of Libraries
the part they play in the new era of library
development, In the cultivation OF the
masses. Teachers Pensions will be thor
oughly considered in an early number from
the points of view OF the teacher and of the
public.