The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-03
CURRENT MAGAZINES.

General Horace Porters "reminiscences of
Grants military campaigns continue to be
one of the most interesting features of the
Century Magazine. He has the newspaper
faculty of telling without unnecessary de-
tail the things that readers care most to
know. In the current chapter the story
reaches to the time of Sherman march
through Georgia in 1854
Lovers Of any form of out-of-door sport,
whether hunting, fishing, bicycling or/phO-
Biography, will fird something relating to
their favorite pastime in each number of
Recreation. Some of the subjects treated of
in the July number of this little magazine
are: My Twenty-Five Point Buck, The
First Day. of the Chicken Season" Goose
Shooting in Colorado" "A Good Indian,
my Last Hunt IN k9nsRT de j., f1e mg on
tains" and Rabbit Shooting in Kansas"
Scribner's Book Buyer for July has as
it's frontispiece a beautiful photogravure of
Walden Pond, showing the site of Thor
eaus hut. A description of the pond and
it's present surroundings, together with a
review of Thoreaus life and work is con-
trbuted by Philip G. Hubert. jr In addi-
ton to the book reviews and record of cur
rent literature are two pertinent little eS-
says on "FataliSm in Fiction and Liter
airy Reserve" The present issue of the
magazine completes its fourteenth volume.
1.-The Smallest Republic in the World, 3"
as described in McClure's Magazine is the
boys farm near Elmira, n. Y, where Will
liam r. George established a summer home
for New York street waits, in which the
experiment is tried of permitting them to
govern themselves. Thus far the plan has
worked adm1ra bly,, and the first Junior re-
public will doubtless serve as a model for
others of its kind. A good deal of space
is given up in this issue of the magazine
to "reminiscences of the late Henry Drum
mond by his friend, the Rev. ID. M. Ross.
Short stories Robert Conan
Doyle and Anthony Hope
In the July Century John C. Van Dyke
begins a series of papers on the old Eng
lish masters, with Hogarth for his theme.
Three engravings of Hogarths paintings
are by Timothy Cole. Elizabeth Robins
Pencil writes of play" in London meaning
not its theaters but its gardens and out
of-door places of amusement. Two or three
articles on the hunting of big game will
probably be read with interest by men
whose idea of pleasure IL is to go out and
kill something, but to others the ilustra
tons showing dead and dying elephants
are suggestive of WantOn and cruel Slaugh-
ter. Among other contributions are de-
scription of the churches of Poitiers and
Caen a sketch of AN American Citizen. "
the late Henry L. Pierce Of Boston, two
or three short stories, and several poems
of more than usual merit.
Martha's Vineyard was discovered by
Bartholomew Gosnold almost three centur-
les ago and from early times IL has played
an important part in New England history
and life Edgartown was an important fish
ing center in the days when the whaling
interests of New Bedford and Nantucket
were great In recent times it is chiefly as
summer resort that Martha's Vineyard
has played its part. The island is the sub
ject of thorough and interesting article
by Mr.. William A. M0wry in the July num-
Der of the New England Magazine, an ar
ticle in which the history of the place
well as it's picturesque features and it's at
tractive summer life are outlined. "Girdling
the Globe with Submarine Cables is the
Mr. George Ethelbert Walsh in the same
number The methods of laying the cables,
of keeping them in repair and of finding
breaks when they occur are little under
stood The whole enterprise is stupendOus,
and is we'll described by Mr.. Walsh