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

James Barnes has in Harper an historical
paper on ''The Beginnings of the American
Navy" 1t is supplemented in an indirect
way by a Twentieth Century Outlook
from Capt. A. 7. Mahan, in which he ar
CUES the probability of future wars and
the need of them for purposes of civiliza-
ton.
Recreation for September contains va
riety of sportsmen's experiences in the
hunting and fishing regions-a variety that
ranges from the shooting of bear on the
Little Big Horn, deer in Wisconsin and
trout fishing in Nova Scotia. The literary
features include poem by Hon. S. B. Nc
ManuS, of Indiana.
The Midsummer number of the National
Geographical Magazine, the Illustrated
monthly published by the National Geo.
graphical Society contains carefully pre-
airy Commission and It's Work. Mineral
Production in the United States, THE
Forests and Deserts of Arizona" and
Mount ST. HelenS.'
In the Ladies' Home Journal for Septem-
Der Miss Frances Benjamin Johnston tells
how women may succeed as photographers.
Considering the number of women who play
with the camera surprisingly few make a
serious study of it for pecuniary profit
Miss Johnston, who has made great sue
cess of portrait work in Washington, ID. c.,
is qualified to speak with authority in the
matter.
The special features of the September Re-
view of Reviews are illustrated sketches of
the three members of the new Nicaragua
Canal Commission-Admiral Walker, Capt
o. M. Carter Corps of Engineers, United
States army and Prof. Lewis M HAUNT
"Canovas: SPANS Foremost Statesman. .
by the Hon. j. l.. NJ Curry, eX-minster TO
Spain; THE Sine Qua Non of Caucus Re-
FORM" by Ralph NJ EaSley; Simon Polka
gon on Naming the Indians, !" and an article
on President Andrews and the" Situation
at Brown"
The September Harper contains the last
bit of work from the hand of the late Will
liam Hamilton Gibson--a characteristic
study, in pen and pencil, of the milkweed.
The reading rouses anew the regret for the
untimely death of the artiSt-natural1St, who
was also poet in its truest sense, though
he wrote no rhymes Henry James contrib
uteS estimate Of Du Maurier from the
standpoint of intimate friendship, which for
it's sympathetic comprehension may well be
accepted as the final word concerning the
author of '"Trilby.'
In Theosophy. the literary organ of the
theosophic movement, a contributor ex-
plains that he believes in reincarnation be-
cause il is an absolute necessity to one who
would solve the puzzling problem of exist
ence. mo BIRTH he says. "can meet a
returning soul which it has not earned;
there is no life, however overborne by hor-
rlple SUFFERING or mucous ciilhe' Whlch -
not the exact and just recompense for
deeds done in this or some other body;
there is no death however peaceful or APP
palling, which has not been justly deserved
by the soul itself or comes to it because
of family racial or national deeds, in which
it took an active part. and for which 1t
therefore justly suffers. There is no med
ley or succession of acts so complex, nor
sins so direct, that the infinitely wise law
of cause and effect cannot adjust their eX-
act recompense. For this law is but the
eternally present expression Of the divine
will" He meets the objection that this