The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-12
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The Century Magazine permits Mrs. Bur-
ton Harrison to use the awkward phrase,
Our then President" Although Burke and
Charles Lamb are quoted as using "then"
as an adjective, a plain, ordinary news
| paper with no pretensions TO elegance OF
| literary style would blue-pencil it, But funny
things get into the magazines.
The color printing in the international
Studio are marvellous examples of what can
be done in the way of blending two or three
| primary colors into most harmonious eff
| fects. Among the numerous Illustrations in
| this number the most striking. from its sug-
| gestion of artistic power, is little engraV-
| ing from painting of eagles by Liljofors,
| q Swedish artist who, it is explained be-
| longs to no school.
Literature, the new gazette of criticism"
issued by the London Times and republished
in this country by the Harpers. is an at
tractiveIy printed weekly devoted mainly
to reviews Of current literature. The first
number has A review of TeDnysons life.
| The English" of the periodical shows in
mention of Miss Wilkins's jerome" where
phrase, across lots A very good phrase
1t is, too, even If it be American.
Most people who take an interest in the
subject do not believe that Bacon wrote the
Shakespeare plays. but the few who profess
to believe it have made so much noise about
the matter that it is highly gratifying to the
majority to have such an authority as John
Fiske take UP the Bacon claims and dis
pose of them as he can so we'll do. His ar
ticle in the Atlantic on Forty Years of the
Bacon Folly" is at once scholarly, con-
vincing and entertaining and is an impor-
tant contribution to the literature Of the
subject
The Flower Mission magazine, Once a
Year, has a list of contributors whose
names insure the literary and artistic merit
of the publication. They are T. c. Steele,
James Whitcomb Riley, Hector Fuller. Eva
leen Stein, Charles w. MooreS, Annie Por-
ter Mason, S. w. Butler, Otto Stark, Cath
arine Merrill Margaret Butler Snow, Mel
Vile b. Anderson, r. 3. Gruelle, Newton
Booth Harrington, Meredith Nicholson, Will
liam Forsyth, Allan Hendricks and ]. M.
Bowles The attractive cover design is by
Mary Y Robinson.
In an article by John Burroughs, in
the Century, on the rereading of books.
he says: General Grants Memoirs
1 think, are likely to last, because
Of their deep seriousness and good faith
The effort here is not a literary one, but
real one. The writer is not occupied with
his manner, but with his matter. Had
Grant had any literary vanity or ambition,
is it at all proba BILE that his narrative would
cling to us as it does? The near presence of
death would probably kill mans vanity,
If he had any; but Grant never had any"
That is a good country doctor the artist
| ISS1ySd IIdhSS III lAAuSlAd NIL AelACy .
Doc Sifers," in the Century-a man rather
shabby and careless in dress, though with
clothes somewhat better than those of his
farmer neighbors, and a shrewd, kindly
face-just such a doctor as hundreds of
neighborhoodS know for their own. If a
ings it is that the chin whiskers of the coun-
tryman are a trifie longer than even the
rural Hoosier is accustomed to wear. Fifty
of Relyeas ilustra ions. including those in
| the magazine, will appear in the volume
which the Century Company will issue con-
tanning the poem.
| The November Atlantic contains num-
Der of notable articles in addition to Prof.
| Fiskes paper. Mr.. Godkin discusses the
| American municipal problem and explains
| the difference between conditions in the cit
| les here and in other countries. F. j. Slim
son has investigated the laws affecting in
dustrial labor. and finds that though there
| is as great tendency on the part of legiS-
| latures to regulate labor contracts and to
| control the laborerS actions as those of
| their employers, there is comparatively lit
| tie drift in the laws toward state socialism
| j. S. Tunison reviews the conditions that
produced literary activity in the past, and.
comparing them with present conditions,
| deduces the conclusion that America is APP
| preaching a new movement in letters. Not
| the least important contribution to the num-
] Der is Mr.. Mabie'S graceful review of the
new Life of Tennyson. The Atlantic begins
| its forty-first year with promise that 1t will
| more than maintain its reputation for lit
erary excellence.
| In discussing the affairs of 1.-The Globe
| and the Island (the island meaning Eng
! land. of course), in the November Co.'S
mopolis, Henry Norman touches upon GER
! tain industrial problems troubling
| Great Britain, which could be solved by the
! imposition Of duties on a number of imports.
| THE whole matter" he says, "revolves, to
be quite frank, round two points The Brit
| ish people are unique among nations for
! their bulldog adherence to settled views.
| To take an example from different sphere,
| it is settled among knglishmen that Cen
! eral Gordon was Christian hero and moth
| ing else, and anybody who knows any facts
| conflicting with this view is likely to get
! his head broken If he breaks silence. So
| free trade is our settled policy, and that
/ is the end of the matter. Therefore the
| question of cOuntervaiing duties upon for
! eign bOuntieS gets no fair consideration from
| the press public men. 1t may be taken
! as perfectly certain that the duties will not
| argument against them which is not en-
| phasized by the commissioners, namely, that
| such duties like a bOttOmleSS pit AS
| soon you have helped one industry dis
| treSSed by the fiscal arrangements of other
| countries you will be met with demands
! to assist another; and logically, having once
/ begun, you cannot stop. But one may be
permitted to echo the question whether an
! other settled policy, namely, of not allow
| ing a part of the greatest and Wealthiest
/ empire the world has ever seen to lapse
| into bankruptcy and chaos is not deserving
| of consideration. And in this connection
| one fact has not yet, so far as | know, re-
/ ceiVed any public attention at all, though /
| venture to think it will have to do SO at no
| distant date" All of which seems to be
| rather heretical talk from an EngIlShman.