The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-12-09
CURRENT PERIODICALS.

Demorest's Magazine appears in enlarged
size for Christmas and with a picture sup
plement in colors, showing a child helping
mamma"
One of the features of the Christmas Art
Amateur is four-page supplement, repro
ducing a number of famous Rembra1dts
owned in America.
The Christmas number of Puck quadruples
it's regular size and contains great va
riety of artistic drawings, some excellent
color work, and many very. clever and
genuinely luminous verses. sketches and
jokes. 1es- g.s.F.
The patriotic societies of America are COW
cred in an illustrated article by Marion
Howard, in the National Magazine (Bos-
TONI The Sons and Daughters of the Revo-
luton, and all the kindred societies are
sketched and the badges reproduced Por-
traits are also given OF eaders IN the dlf-
ferent branches.
The New England Magazine contains an
article by Ashton r. Willard on college
Libraries in the United States" 1t is a sub
ject concerning which there is not much
general information, and the paper will find
many readers. In the same number George
Willis Cooke has an account of the ever
interesting socialistic experiment at Brook
Farm.
French, Swedish, German and Bohemian
periodical literature is we'll represented in
the December International Magazine (Chi-
cago)-all the articles being, of course,
translated into English. Various editorial
departments, treating of diplomatic matters,
foreign gossip, subjects of current lmpor-
lance, etc, add to the interest and value of
this periodical.
There is this to be said for Carriers
Monthly, published at Chicago, and edited
by Opie Read: While the portraits of West
ern public men with which it's pages are
embellished are not studies of the beauti-
full they are a refreshing change from the
pictures of half-clothed actresses that so
many Of the cheaper magazines rely upon
as their chief attraction.
A new Juvenile illustrated monthly is
Little Folks" s. e. Casino, publisher,
Boston. 1t is intended for youngest readers.
There is nothing more difficult to find than
stories and verses suited to the capacity of
very little children, but the editor of this
little magazine seems to have proper con-
ception of what is needed, and has succeeded
in finding it. The contents of the first num-
Der fulfill the promise of the title page.
The character of much of the daily news
paper illustration is cleverly shown by Les
lies Weekly, which reproduces. in fac-simi-
lie, from paper that it kindly declines to
name, black smudge. intended to be the
likeness of Mr.. Anthony Hope Hawkins. The
letter press accompanying the supposed por-
trait assures the readers that Mr. Hawkins
Is no less attractive as man than as a
writer The illustrated daily press is unin-
tentionally funny at times.
Notwithstanding all the froth and foam of
current literature which leads the careless
observer to assume that more serious prod
ucts are not to the public taste, the fact re-
mains that deep and general interest is
manifested in all the writings that touch,
even indirectly, upon religious life. Books
and lectures relating to the Bible, especially
to its literary character, have been much
in demand of late, and because of this re-
newed and intelligent interest it is likely
that the account given in the American
Monthly Review of Reviews, by Clifton
Hardy Levy, of how the Bible came down
to us, will be welcomed by large class of
readers and students. The story is concisely
told and is illustrated by reproductions from
ancient manuscripts. Other features Of the
current number of the Review are paper
by Ernest Knaufft, on illustration in the
Victorian era; a sketch, by Lady Henry
Somerset, of the late Duchess of Teck a
sketch, by "One who knows him." of the
Ameer of ,Afghanistan; an account of the
new Canadian reciprocity movement, by E.
V. Smalley, and review of the lines Of
progress being taken by the American re-
publics. 0f.