The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-11-17
MAGAZINE MENTION.

Ruple Dix Smith, of the Indiana law
library, has some verses in the current num-
her of the Green Bag, the lawyers maya
zine, published in Boston.
The November number Of the Black Cat
contains a so-called -hundred-dollar prize
story. 1t is called THE Pillow of Justice, -
and is written by E. S. Innet.
In the November number of the Chicago
magazine Music, w. 8. B. Matthews has a
paper on THE Evolution of Music" It IS
intended for the instruction OF musical
clubs.
The Bookmans chapter of Chronicle and
Comment is unusually varied and inter-
esting this month. Contributed articles are
on the following subjects; "A Century Of
American Illustration" "A Political Judge
of Some American Authors" mContempor1
airy German Literature" and THE Dawn OF
the Russian Novel;"
No grown person can look through the
pages of st. Nicholas without envying
youthful readers their inevitable enjoy
ment in the perusal; but If they begin to
read they are likely to find that the stories
and sketches will hold their own attention
as WELL Tt is a magazine whose UNIFORM
excellence from one year TO another &C
counts for it's popularity with successive
generations Of children
The New England Magazine has beauti-
fully illustrated article descriptive of Mont
pelier, VT, and it's celebrities, among whom
is Admiral Dewey, who was born there. His
ancestry is traced back to 1853, In which
year the founder of the American family
came from England. A portrait OF Dewey
from a photograph taken in 1867 forms the
frontispiece of the magazine 1t shows a
handsome face with mild eyes.
The young mother who wishes to know
what is the best diet for her children, how
to elothe the little ones, how to treat their
simple ailments, how to give them moral
training-how, in short to meet the emer-
gencies that arise in, the nursery, Will hnd
answers to all her problems in Trained
Motherhood, the neat little magazine pub
lished at $50 Nassau street, New YORK.
Whether the art of being Sood mother
can be learned from book is doubtful, but
at least q good many useful hints are to be
had in the printed pages.
A writer in the Critic. speaking of George
Gray Barnard. the sculptor, says: His
home on the Fort Washington boulevard
fronts the Hudson; it has unconsciously
turned its back on the world of men, to face
the pleasanter aspect of nature. 1t is filled
with books and antiques gathered during his
residence abroad. From its windows one
sees the majestic sweep of the river and
the vanishing Palisades. He never wearies
in the contemplation they AFFORD. A pine
tree, rising high and standing apart from
its companions, won his attention. How
alone in it's beauty and grandeur it stands
he commented is ii not dramatic? For it
is the dramatic quality that always attracts
him; and in it, vitality and viriIity, guided
ny ldAlH winning upWdA0 " hA4OWACN6C'
Scarcely has the death of the Boston
Arena been noted when it rises from its
ashes into renewed life. Paul Tyner. a So
cielistic gentleman of Denver, now has 1t in
charge, and a glance through the pages Of
the October issue shows that little change is
to be expected In its character. The new
editor. however. is enthusiastic. Il believe"
he says, that underlying this new develop
ment of the career of the Arena there is a
divine purpose and divine power which
must carry 1t on to yictory-to the per-
meation of the thought of the age with new
light and new life; TO the awakening of the
people from the apathy which permits their
enslavement; to the larger and surer reali-
cation of the common human birthright of
liberty, fraternity, and equality of oppor-
tunity The Arena is more than an organ;
1t is an institution. 1t belongs to the people
as truly and as sacrecly as did the old
Roman forum. There is not money enough
in the world to muzzle or prostitute it; all
the kingdoms Of the earth hold no tempta-
ton that can cause II 70 swerve by hair
breadth from the cause of social service to
which II was dedicated by my honored pre-
decessor its founder nearly ten years ago;
10 which cause I rededlcate - to-day with