The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-17
CURRENT PER1ohIcALs.


CURRENT PERIODICALS.
The first Of Andrew Lang's new series of
Letters to Dead Authors. is addressed to
Nathaniel Hawthorne, and appears in the
current issue of the Chap-Book.
The current issue of Case and Comment,
monthly digest of legal opinions pub
lished at Rochester, ~ ". contains a por-
trait and biographical sketch of Judge w.
Woods, of the Federal Court.
John r. Procter formerly State Geolo-
gist of Kentucky, has written a paper for
the March Century on 1.-THE Mammoth
Cave of Kentucky" The article has many
striking Illustrations by the noted French
American artist, Andre Castaigne.
The first number Of the Newspaper Mag
azine is to be issued during the week be-
ginning the 9th of February. 1t will con-
tain over 100 pages of the most valuable
matter that the press of this country yields
in the couSe of a. month The advance de-
mand for it has been extremely large. 1t
is now anticipated that the edition of the
first number will reach 100000 copies.
Walter A. Wyckoff, the college man who
became a day laborer, begins his new Sc
ries, 1.-THE Workers-The West" in Scrib-
ner's for March. Chicago filled with an
army of the unemployed.7 is to be the
subject Of the bulk of this series. Each
part sWarmS with new characters, new eX-
per1enceS, and a variety of incident of
which the first part of The Workers gave
no hint.
The February number Of the Church at
Home and Abroad, issued by the General
Assembly of the Presbyterian Church, re-
produces four illustrations from '"The Con-
gress of the Sioux" by S. G. Gilman pub
lished by Carbon & Hollenbeck, of this city,
wide sale, particularly among those inter-
ested IN educational and missionary work
among the American Indians
j. M. Callahan, of Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, has written valuable historical
paper on the subject of 1.-The Northern
Lake Frontier During the Civil War" 1t
is a phase of the war history that has not
Deen given much attention hitherto and
MI. Callahan has evidently given it much
study. The paper, which is now issued in
pamphlet form, is contained in the annual
report OF the American Historical Associa-
ton for 1896.
The International Studio for February
gives the place of honor to Mr.. Gerald
Mora. Reproductions of his work show a
weird imagination He is said to be a
daring colorist and to belong to the newest
school, later than the impressionists. and
neither archaic nor realistic in it's choice
treatment OF themes. An architectural pa
per is descriptive of an English country
house. Mr.. r. e. James's water colors is
the subject of a paper. There is considera-
bic gossip OF London studios and exhibit
tons
Cosmopolis for February contains the con-
clusion of a two-part story by Henry James.
1t is d clever presentation of the methods of
the modern magazine editor in his effort
to secure the personal gossip about celebri-
ties which he prefers to real biography or
character study. Other English contributors
to the number are paper by Mallock on
THE Theoretical Foundations of So
story by Zangwill, some hitherto
unpublished letters by John Stuart
Mill, a sketch of Daudet by Edmund Goss
and a review Of current events by Henry
Norman. The French and German depart
mentS Of the magazine are equally well
filled, the first containing, among other mat
ter, q paper on The Literature of Brittany
and one on 'Ibsen and George Sand Fred
erick Spielhagen offerssa tribute to Alphonse
Daudet. e
Success is the title of a magazine whose
purpose is to show how men and women
have succeeded in the world and to point
the various ways in which they may sue
coed. The current number opens with a
story by Octave Thanet showing how real
success was won by country doctor who
was devoted to his profession, though he
never gained wealth by 1t. A feature of
the number is sketch of Edison's life. In
an interview with millionaire Armour that
gentleman says, he thinks that most men
who accumulate large amount or money
inherited the money-making instinct The
power of making and accommodating money,
he says, is as much natural gift as those
of a singer or an artist. 1.-The germs or the
power to make money must be In the mind.
Take. for instance, the people we have
working with us. Lean get millions or good
bookkeepers or accountants, but not more
than one out of five hundred in all those
have employed has been a great success as
an organizer or trader" The magazine is
useful one to put into ehe hands of boys.
1t is published at the Cooper Union, New
York. Price, 81 a year.
The recent interest in genealogical re-
search, which has been so greatly stimula-
ted by the formation of patriotic societies,
has resulted in the discovery that the trac-
ing Of ancestry in this country is rather q
difficult matter. especially in the Western
States, where, until within late years. Off
cial records of births and deaths have not
been kept 1t is to aid and encourage such
researches that 1.-THE old Northwest Gen
ealogical Quarterly was projected by the
.'Old Northwest Genealogical Society, an
organization with headquarters at Column
bus, O., and whose proceedings are briefly
recorded in the magazine. Genealogies of
pioneer families in the States of Ohio In
diana, Illinois. Michigan and Wisconsin Will
be published from time to time. and impor-
tant documents bearing ON family histories.
The editors of the Quarterly desire TO be m
formed of the existence of such documents
and family trees, and to maintain friendly
relations with ali pioneer and family asso-
Citations. The first issue of the Quarterly
contains biographical sketch OF MicaJah
Terrell Williams. one of the early settlers
of Ohio, where he became prominent His
father settled in Indiana and brother be-
came chief engineer of the Wabash and
Erie canal. There is a list of the ancestry
and descendants of Matthew Mckinley and
his wife, Nancy Adams early settlers IN
Ohio A list of English surnames in the
United States with special reference TO
those found in the "Old Northwest" is
printed a guide to the amateur genealo-
want among the pedigree hunters, SO many
of whom are seeking n direct line connect
ing them with revolutionary times. 1t Is
published at Columbus O.
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