The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-23

though especially adapted to the needs Of
children Ia rural districts, would be found
of interest and value in city schools and
even in farmers clubs
The first monthly number Of the Critic
will contain the eleventh in the new series
of Authors at Homie" the subject being
Mrs. Margaret Deland. An excellent like
ness of Mrs. Deiand and a. reproduction of
one Of the pages of her book of poems, THE
Old Garden, with Walter Cranes decora-
tive drawing for 1t, illustrate Miss PurdyS
paper. The author of John Ward, Preach
err" is not Of those who cultivate the para
81 aph personal, and it Is not without reluct-
ance that she Consented oIbe included in a.
series of 'at homes. ,ss1s1GAs Elk
In the current number Of the Sewanee
Quarterly Review Prof Joalkim Reinhard
has a study of popular pagan literature Of
the second century. his attention being
given mainly to Lucian of Samosata, whom
he considers fair representative of the
skepticism .of the time and his opponents.
Professor Reinhard's purpose is to offer
illustrations of the religious revival which
marked that era, and he considers that the
controversy reused by Lucian's arguments
best brings out this movement. The paper
will be found Of value by students of ancient
literature.
The August Cosmopolitan opens with an
article by Secretary Lyman j. Gage on the
history and Organization of the United
States Treasury Department. The article
scribes the ascent of Mount Hood, Charles
Frank Dewey writes of THE Beloved Mon
arch, Francis Joseph" Clarence Pulien PIC
lures the Romance of the Klondike' and
". j. Youmans, Md, presents sclentlnc
study of the mysteries of hunger and appe-
tite. The fiction of the number is by Mark
Twan Mary WkR Marx RaT1a storS
is classed as fiction. but It Is notion Win
the laudable purpose of telling dyspeplc
readers how they can secure and retain
An English writer, William Archer, re-
views some recent American verse in the
August number of the Pail Mall Magazine.
He explains that the work commented on
has CHANGED to come into his hands and has
not been especially selected as typical. The
authors are Alice Brown, Bliss Carman,
Madison sCawein, Caroline and Alice Duer,
Richard Hovey. Henry Johnson Charles G.
D. Roberts and John B. Tabb. His opinions
are complimentary, on the whole. and he
sums them up thus: II hope l have said,
and quoted, enough to make the reader feel
with me that the achievements, and still
more the tendencies, of the younger group
OF American singers, are entirely encourag-
ing to those of US who hope for the devel-
opment of a second great literature in the
English tongue. I am far from implying that
any Of the writer's have dealt with can,
as yet at any rate, rank as a great poet.
What mean is that they are paving the
way for greatness when it arises by carry
ing on the best tradition of English verse.
Though Enthusiastically and enthusiasts
tically american, they are never provincial.
My quotations are sufficient to prove. hope.
that whatever they, or any of them, may
fail in. 1T is not distinction They use the
English, language with freedom, yet with
reverence. They are untainted by servility.
yet show, no tendency towards willful revolt.
This is just as it.shouid be- No reasonable
Englishman-no sane critic-wehld wish to
see American literature in any way subser-
Went to ours. What we hope for. what we
ought to aim at. is not a literature and a
half. bat two equal and .co-oruinate litera-
lures, both sprung from the great common
stock, and both equally accessible, for profit
soace, and delight, to all who are born to
the inestimable heritage of the English
tongue"