The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-10-14

There are two war articles that treat of
army, medical and sanitary matters, and
another by Lieut.. John Fl. Parker, of the
regular army, on Some Lessons of the
War from an Officers Standpoint" The
only other notable contribution is one giving
glimpse of Indian life at the Omaha ex-
position.
Mr.. WIZ Bradley, the artist-printer, now
Of the University Press, Cambridge Mass,
has issued little book containing specimens
Of his work which. though only trade
publication, is worth preservation among
art treasures and is delight to the eye of
those who appreciate fine Typography.
There are book covers, advertising designs,
posters, ornaments, initial letters, decora-
tive type and color enects or the sort tnat
go to make up the most artistic printing.
Although an advertisement the book is not
for free distribution, but sells for so cents
copy.
The Century has secured for the opening
season a war series of unusual interest.
Rear Admiral Sampson will write for it an
account of the operations of the squadron
under his command; Rear Admiral Schley
will describe the movements of the flying
squadron in the search for the Spanish
fleet and the performances of the Brooklyn
at Santiago; Lieutenant Hobson will give
complete narrative of his connection with
the sinking of the Merrimac and his expe-
! riences in the Spanish prison, and Captain
Sigsbee and Lieutenant Commander VAIN
wright will tell, each from personal point
of view. the story of the loss Of the Maine.
Capt r. D. Evans will describe the San
tiago fight as seen from the deck of the
ana, will set forth his experiences. Other
naval authorities connected with the work
of the war will contribute to this series.
The North American Review for October
contains several articles called out by the
events of the war The most striking of
these contributions is that by General
Breckenridge, the inspector general of the
army entitled "Our National Folly and It's
Victims" In it he sets forth. in plain
language, the military unreadiness OF the
country, and attributes 1t to the 1natten-
ton of Congress to its army and militia
To this unreadiness he attributes the
troubles in camps. paper altogether oil
ferent is that of Mr.. Elliott Fowler III, IN
poor. who should have the advantage or
manual training schools, do not get 1t I'M
der existing conditions Prof Prof. O GGIdwl4 ~
Morality" informs us that morality is
simply another name for the rule OF reason
applied to human actions. Morality is SIM
ply prudence.
The letters written by Thomas Carlyle to
his sister and mother, now appearing in the
Atlantic Nor thly, show very little internal
evidence of having been written by great
man, but they are perhaps all the more
readable for that, being gossipy, CHEEKY and
affectionate and throwing an agreeable
light on the rugged character of the writer.
His numerous illusions to his wife show
thoughtfulness and solicitude for her well
fare that his critics have charged him with
! failing to possess. Hon. Carl Schurz dis
| cusses the question Of Anglo-American
friendship and favors its growth, but is OPP
posed to a formal alliance between the gov
ernmentS A. V. Dicey treats the subject
from the English point of view and reaches
the same conclusion. Prof Kuno Francke
Analyses the personal CHARACTER OF 6 onr
foreign policy and argues that each nation
must act for itself in such matters without
regard to precedents, and governed only Dy
| existing conditions. Prince Krapotkin offers
another chapter of his Autobiography or a
Revolutionist and Professor Newcomb con-
tinues his "reminiscences of an Astron-
omer."
Prof Mark H. Liddell makes an earnest
argument in the Atlantic for the preserva-
| ton of the language of Shakespeare, which,
he asserts, we are gradually growing away
from and will eventually lose as we have
| lost Chaucer. 1t can only be done, he
| thinks, by putting the study of English first
and foremost in the schools; by having 1t
taught thoroughly from it's foundation.
| whether Greek or Latin is learned or not.
| What we want is "a widespread under
standing of Shakspeare's language-nay, OF
| EngliSh-an understanding wide and broad
Fenough to reach into the public schools and
| touch the masses; that for every child who
can decline q Latin noun, there will be two
who know the rudiments of English his
torical grammar; for every boy who is read
ing Caesars Gallo Wars, there will be
five reading Chaucer'S Prologue; for every
college student who can read Homer $
archaic Greek and be unconscious of its
archaic form, there will be ten who can
read BeoWuf without having to translate
| it into broken-backed, cumbrous, impossible
New English compounds; for every. critic
who grows enthusiastic over the human
| and humanistic qualities of the Had, there
will be hundred who take these things
and the knowledge of them for granted on
| every page of Shakspeares plays.
| Magazine readers are not getting much
real literature in their monthly periodicals
these days. but do have a good deal of in
formation of one kind and another served
already been given in the newspapers, but
as a magazine article has a degree more
| of impressiveness than in the daily
press, even though both are written by the
same person, it will not lack readers
| through reason of its lack of freshness. The
| Century Magazine for October has not as
many Cuban war articles as some of it's
| contemporaries, but contents itself with an
article on 'Knotty Problems of the Philip
| pines and another on Life and Society in
Old Cuba" THE Blockade of the Con-
federacy" is probably paper that was sug-
gested by the achievements of our navy in
the recent war. Prof w. M. Sloane has a
chapter of personal impressions of Bis
marck, there is an account by Albert Shaw
| by Elizabeth Pennel of the Oxford and
Cambridge boat race. Art is given attention
in illustrated papers on on, E6ouard Detaille
and His Arch of Triumph" and Gilbert
Stuarts Portraits of Women" A little
sketch by John Luther Long entitled "A
Gentleman of Japan and a Lady" IS a clever
piece of fiction.