The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-01-20
CURRENT PERIODICALS.

Mr.. A. e. keet, formerly editor of the
Forum, has become the manager in the
united States of the Pail Mall Magazine.
In the number of Literature for Jan 7
among My Books is written by William
Watson. In this weeks issue it will be by
John Oliver Hobbies
Among other interesting features of the
January Winonian, the official organ of
Winona Assembly is a philosophical dis
sertation on golf from the standpoint of
actual experience, by the editor, Rev. Geo.
l.. Macintosh.
The National Sound-money League with
headquarters at Chicago, issues a patriotic
almanac which contains, in addition to a
large number of patriotic quotations from
various authors, the Constitution of the
United States in full.
The first chapters of a new story by
Henry James and a discourse by Andrew
Lang on new books are features of the cur
rent number of CosmopolS. paper by
n. M Hyndman on Socialism and the Flu
ture of England" is also of interest.
Judge O'Connor Morris, an authority on
naval matters second only to Captain Ma
han, will contribute to the February num-
Der of the Pail Mall Gazette the second of
his highly interesting articles on naval bat
ties, dealing with the Campaign of Copen-
hagen'
The Critic of Jan. % gives in full NJ
Zola's address at the grave of Daudet. The
original manuscript, which is in its pos
session, is reproduced in both French and
Englsh, the translation in the latter case,
being made by Mr.. Theodore Stanton,
whose striking description of NJ. Daudets
funeral appeared in the Critic of Jan. S.
The Louisville Courier-Journal Almanac
contains nearly five hundred pages and
over ten thousand facts and topics. Among
other valuable features is a carefully pre-
pared chapter concerning the Klondike. A
map of Alaska ACCOMPANIES it. The usual
SldIlSJ1cS
especial attention here.
The amount of information furnished in
the New York World Almanac for % cents
is worth many times more than that sum
to it's possessor in the course of the year.
SO many facts and statistics are crowded
into its 500 pages that the man who writes
to the editor of his newspaper whenever
he wants to know anything would save
postage by having this compendium at
hand 1t is useful in household and office
alike
The Cyclopedic Review of Current His
tory for the third quarter of 1897 is now
out. This well-edited and useful work of
reference will henceforth be issued by the
New England Publishing Company, Bos-
ton. Each number contains a classified
summary of important events, social, polit
zeal, scientific, literary, that have occurred
throughout the world during the preceding
three months 1t is, in fact, an epitome of
the newspapers of the period.
Nature and Art is the title of a new 10
cent magazine published in Chicago. 1t is
intended for school as well as home use. 1t
is devoted mainly to natural history, espe-
cial attention being given to illustrations.
the three-color process being used. Among
those who will contribute to the magazine
is DR.. John M. Coulter; other writer's will
also be authorities on their various SUBJ
jects. The first issue contains several Illus
trations of birds and animals, with de-
scriptive text.
This is the season of the seed catalogues,
and the people who will really make gar
dens when spring opens and those who
only cultivate the flowers of fancy enjoy
looking over these attractive ANIMALS and
making their selections among the enticing
array of illustrated flowers, fruits and vege-
tables. Vick's Floral Guide Dorchester,
N. W is one of the most attractive of these
blcations-sufficiently decorative indeed,
to merit a place on the library table in
company with more pretentious periodicals.
There is class of little people, hardly
old enough to be called little readers" to
whose wants none of the old-established
juvenile periodicals is exactly adapted. 1t
is to meet their tastes that Little Folks
is printed and it is likely to meet all child
ish Requirements rem hts oI It is an Illustrated
contributing to it's pages. It's stories,
verses and pictures will give pleasure to
of their elders. Published in Boston, by S.
E. Casino. Price, 81 year.
The Inland Educator (Terre Haute) has
this pertinent comment TO make on the
question of co-education at Wabash Col
lege: 1T looks as though the trainers of
this plan chat of establishing an annex
want to be considered as for co-education
and against it at the same time. The plan
seems to us to be laboring under the diff
Guilty of trying to establish a distinction
without a difference. Wabash College is
one of the best institutions in the West, in
opinion. and we believe that the best
thing that it could do would be to come
out fairly and squarely in favor of co-edu-
cation and thus place the women on the
same plane as the men"