The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-03
MAGAZINES,

Current Literature does not show any
marked change in the character of it's selec-
lions under Mr.. Cables editorial manage
ment, but remains as before a mine of mis-
cellaneous reading matter culled from
newspapers, books and magazines of the
month. The May issue, perhaps, deserves
criticism for giving space to SO much com
monplace verse.
The Grant number of the New York In
dependent shows a curious lack of editing
and carelessness in proof-reading for so
notable an issue. What was the editor
shrinking of when he permitted Col. Fred
Grant to go into print as saying that his
father always preferred funny plays, Joe
Jefferson as Bob Acres in She Stops to
Conquer being one of his faVoriteS?"
AS a timely contribution to river literature
a writer in st. Nicholas tells how, by the
shifting of the Missouri river channel, a
slice Of Iowa, several miles long, found
itself one morning on the Nebraska side.
Each State claimed the tract and the case
went into the courts, the final decision be-
ing hat a mere change in the character of
the boundary line did not change the title.
An illustrated article on native orchids,
by the late William Hamilton Gibson, in
the May Harper, brings, along with the
pleasure afforded to lovers of nature
studies, q renewed regret at the untimely
taking off of this gifted artist-Writer. An
other interesting paper describes the geo
logical progress of the century-the results
of erosion by running water, erosion by
wind, etc. Several readable short stories
are features of the umber.
The Ishmaelite quotes Rev. Myron Reed
as pleading for more pepper in that peri
odicaI. Perhaps ginger is the continent
most needed. With the most kindly regard
for the little magazine, the Journal is new
ertheless compelled to acknowledge that it
misses in it that pungent flavor which it's
prospectus gave reason to expect. Still, it
iS njPkipC III. and the current Issue con-
tainS some pieces" that, if q trihe too
sweet, still have merit.
What exercise does for the body, and just
how far physical exercises and athletic
sports are contributory to the ~prolongation
of life, is scientifically considered by Prof.
D. A. Sergeant, of Harvard University, in
the North American Review for May. Much
stress is laid upon the proper nourishment
of the individual parts of the organism by
activity. Professor Sergeant declaring that
upon the health and tone of the individual
units depend the health, strength and en-
durance of the body as a whole.
Mrs. Raymond Maude, Jenny Lind's
daughter, contributes al interesting chapter
of "reminiscences of her mother to the May
Ladies Home Journal. In the course of
them she makes this statement of interest
to autograph hunters: Il have a boxful of
the letters my mother wrote me after my
marriage, when our interchange of them
was frequent. She even wrote to my babies
in magnificent. large handwriting, with af-
fectionatc superscriptions on the envelopes,
much to the edification of the Surrey post
man. no doubt. But none of these letters
were signed with her name. and / am al
ways quite at a loss when asked for an
autograph, and lately, in order to add to
a well-known collection, could give but a
leaf out of an account book.
Mr.. Du Maurier's communications from
Mars. as set forth in the May Harper, af-
ford some interesting information concern
irr tba ipba hita1tS Of that Diauet. They
are amphibious, it appears, and clothed in
a beautiful soft white fur with which IA
t,,ra has endowed them. They have evolved.
not from the monkey, as man or the earth
has done, but from am animal OF the seal
family. but their beauty is TO hat OF the