The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-04-08
CuRRENT PERIoplcALs.

The complete novel In the April Lippin-
colt is by Amelie Rives. author of THE
Quick or the Dead" Its title Is ''Meriel, u
Love Story
Short stories by Fiona Macleod, A, ccran
Doyle Amelia L. Barr Charles j. Gaines
and W. n. Harden are in the April Pocket
Magazine-surely a full FIVE cents worth
of fiction
The portraits of literary celebrities given
in each issue of the Bookman form one Of
its most attractive features The depart;
and interesting this month.
Arts for America (Chicago) opens its
March number with a paper on the place of
the lily in art. written by Miss Whhelmina
Seegmiiler, superintendent of drawing in
the indianapolis public schools.
No more graphic stories of railroad life
have appeared in print than the series now
running in McClure's Magazine. That in
the April number describes The Adven-
lures of a Passenger Engineer"
An article on the child picture in the
Home Decorator and Furnisher for April
win he read with interest by amateur ar
fists and photographers. A chapter on "cozy
corners is feature of the number.
The International Magazine (Chicago)
contains an illustrated article descriptive OF
the monuments and public statuary of Chi
cago The list is quite long and includes
such notable works as the Lincoln and
Grant monuments in Lincoln Park Trans
.ations from Danish. Italian. German, Swe-
dish. Dutch and French periodicals appear
in this number. besides chapter of diplo-
matc and foreign gossip by w. u. Curtis.
travel notes, Il London letter, etc.
The following subjects are discussed in
Popular Astronomy for April: stellar
Bands in the Zodiac" Comparison of the
Atmospheric Conditions in the Central and
Eastern Portions of the United States with
Those. in the High Plateaus of the SOUTH.
stellar Evolution 'Perturbations of the
Heavenly Rodies," Manufacture OF Glass
for 0Pts N ng Noss
April" This magazine is published at
Northfield. Mass, by directors of the Good
sell Observatory of Carleton College.
The Arena, that organ of political va
carries contains in its April issue paper
by William Jennings Bryan on Foreign
Influence in American Politics." George
Fred Williams points out The Way Up
ward as he sees it, and the editor, John
Clark Ridpath. discourses of Three Epochs
being Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson
and William j. Bryan. Though last, Bryan
is not the least in the estimation of the
writer Other topics of the number are
Abraham Lncoln-A Study from Life"
America Power" The Medical Trust
Legal Restriction of Medical Practice
and THE Employment of Convict Labor in
Massachusetts"
Privy Councillor Slaby, of Charlottenburg,
Germany, contributes to the April Century
an article on THE New Telegraphy" de-
scribing recent experiments in biography
with sparks. Dr. Slaby, after referring TO
the important Investigations of Hertz and
Tesla in this field, describes his own expert
ments and those of Marconi, in the line of
telegraphing between two places without
the use of connecting wires. At the request
of the German Emperor, DIR. Slaby recently
conducted a series of experiments in spark
biography between a church at Potsdafn
and war balloon, placed at his disposal by
the Emperor. Among the illustrations Is a
facsimile of the first message sent between
these two stations.
The New England Magazine confines itself
largely to local topics, but is none the less
interesting to those who live outside that
narrow but historic territory. The April
number opens with an illustrated sketch OF
the life and work of the late William James
Linton, the famous engraver. Rutland, VT,
&C mes in order among the New England cit
les whose histories are being given in this
magazine. A description of Boston's pau
per institutions is also a feature OF the num-
her. THE Story of Dorchester Heights
and "Old Time Factory Life in New Eng
land are subjects of other papers; there
are also number of stories and poems. The
editors department is devoted to the SUBJ
ject of school board reform, the occasion of
it being the present effort to reform the
public school organization of Boston.