The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-03-13
MARCH MAGAZINES.

Boys can learn something about the art
Of hy-fishing in the current number OF
| Harpers Round Table: they may also learn
how to repair golf clubs and balls.
Harpers Bazaar Of March IL is an I'M
usually attractive number of always
cellent paper. The manner in which the
picture on the back supplements the deco
rative sign on the first page of the cover is
something unique I'm advertising.
The Literary Review. issued by Richard
G. Badger & Co.. Boston, is considerably
more than publishers advertising list. 1t
contains some excellent reviews Of current
literature and some features showing that
It IS under Intelligent mana cement Boston
has needed periodical of this sort.
What to Eat for March is arrayed in gay
spring colors and discourses enticingly of
toothsome viands. Among the topics con-
sidered are Honey as Food. What Wines
to Serve, Experience as a Vegetarian,
Practical Menus" THE Defense of the
Pie and What We Will Eat in Our New
Colonies"
Mind, one of the numerous magazines de-
voted to Christian Science and various oc-
cult themes contains in its March issue an
interview with Ingersoll and contributions
on "Individualism. The New Century.
Thought" Fiat Morals How to Heal
and THE Art of Concentration"
DR.. Henry Van Dyke, who has recently
been offered a number of positions as pro-
fessor of English literature. Will lead the
April Scribner with a story OF life in the
Adirondacks entitled "A Lover Of Music"
This is the first of number OF outdoor
stories by the author of Little Rivers.
They are to be illustrated by Walter APP
pleton Clark.
The Open Court, devoted to the science
of religion. the religion of science and the
extension of the religious parliament idea"
considers these topics in its March issue:
The Encycilocpaeedsts' The Cross and Its
fants and Deaf Mutes," The Moral Edu-
cation OF Children" and Human Documents
from the Early Centuries.
To the North American Review for March
Demetrius c. Boulger contributes an inter-
esting article on THE Dissolution OF the
Chinese Empire" maintaining that however
slow or intermittent the process may prove.
there is no longer any reason for doubling
that dissolution is inevitable, and that in
the least changefUl land of the changeless
East new constitution and new method
Of maintaining political life has to be de-
vised or discovered.
The Arena, now edited by Paul Tyner
shows no change in its characteristics. its
contents suggesting that the new editor
found the contributions in stock when he
took possession. One exception Is an essay
by the late Myron w. Reed entitled Our
recently a resident Of Denver and CO.
worker with Mr.. Reed in philanthropic
matters doubtless accounts for this article,
which is apparently an old. though none
the less readable sermon.
No one who has read and loved the
Arabian Nights" in his youth should fail
| to study the illustrations accompanying
| Miss Leach's article in the March Cosmo-
| politan on 1.-THE Real Arabian Nights"
Those weird pictures recall something OF
the curious fascination by which the re-
| markable tales held the childish reader.
| Among other interesting features of the
| number is an essay on Richard Brinsley
| Sheridan, by Speaker Reed, and an account
| Mind Reading" by Edmund w. Roberts.
Mr.. Will III. Thompson. author of the ia
nous poem, High Tide at Gettysburg"
only writes for publication occasionally, but
what he does print is worth the reading.
1.-The Bond of Blood" in the March Cen
fury. is a strong poem and one that de-
| serves TO stand beside the other Mr..
! Thompson is a brother of Maurice Thomp-
| son. An interesting feature of this issue Of
| the magazine Is a chapter from the diary
| his tour of Europe in ISL Mr.. James
| Bryce contributes a paper on British EX-
| perience in the Government of the Colon
| les There are a number of papers on
| various phases and incidents of the Spanish
American war.
| In the symposium on Peace and Prog
ress'' in the Coming Age. Z. o. Howes' 8
| new magazine Mary A Livermore, Rev.
| r. f. Bisbee. and Ernest II. Crosby urge
universal disarmament on the ground of
| wisdom, humanity. morality and economic
| progress. Lovers of psychical research will
| Study of Psychical Phenomena" by Rev.
| w. CT. Todd. Mrs. Reifsnider continues her
series Of papers entitled Dreams and VI
| eions a Record of Facts" Other notable
| papers in this issue are by Mary A. Liver
more, Rev r. E. Bsbee, w. A. McCrackan,
NJ. A, Prof; Daniel Bachelor and James
| A Herne the dramatic author and actor.
| Mr.. Herne writes most interestingly on
''The Outlook for the American Drama"
] The Atlantic Monthly for March has
| much that Is worth reading. John Fiske
! turns his attention away from historical
subjects long enough to write an amusing
chapter about "Cranks and Their
Crotchets." One OF their r,uo, cro dSi1et
ing, another the shape of the earth
and so on. The article is really a
| study of mental eccentricities. The INSTALL
ment of Mrs. Howe's "reminiscences Is es-
pecially Interesting. dealing, as 1t does. with
| Theodore Parker and. Charles Sumner. The
Vital Touch in Literature by John Bur
! roughs, is an essay that ambitious young
| writers who fancy that authorship is a
| thing of the schools and to be successfully
achieved by any one who Will might s study d
''The upbuilding of the Theater' is val
liable contribution to current dramatic lit
| erature.
The special feature of the March number
| of the American Monthly Review of Re-
views are an illustrated sketch of the late
! President Faure, Of France; sketch of
| General Otis our Governor General in the
Philippines, by Col William Conant Church,
editor of the Army and Navy Journal; two
/ illustrated articles on the native Filipino
| population, one of which was written by
Senior Caro- Mora, editor or the VOC ES-
! pamela. of Manila: an illustrated account OF
present-da conditions in Porto Rico, by DR..
! William Hayes Ward. who has just made
an extended tour through the island; q
! study of several Of the young Cuban lead
| ers of the day, by George Reno with por-
| traits; an interesting exhibit of the balance
| sheets of two of the bonanza farms of the
middle West, by Frank II. Spearman, with
| pictures. and a survey Of The Literature
| of the Middle West by Johnson Brigham.
| THE Progress of the World which is the
| principal editorial department of the maya
! zine. gives special attention to the cam
| paign in the Philippines
| kiplinE.
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