The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-08-21
Current Periodicals.

The Eclectic Magazine Is full OF good
reading this month, which speaks well for
the English periodicals. from which the con-
tents were CHOSEN
Edwin Markham, author of the Man with
the Hoe" has has wTitt sDDs e POEM n the on s sss nassr
number Of McClure's Magazine.
The Black Cat for September publishes
one OF its $500 prize stories-"The Diary OF
a White Kafar," by James o. Pagan. The
magazine invites another series OK prize
stories.
Something far out Of the ordinary In
soapbubbles Is described in the August ST
Nicholas. Three or four serial stories &c
cupys a good deal Of space In the magazine
at this time.
The fall announcements Of the book pub
fishers are beginning to appear. Little.
Crown & Co. and Houghton. Mift1in & Co.,
of Boston, are among the first to issue cata-
logues. and each house offers an attractive
Lieut.. Col. J.. D. Miley. late General Shat
ter's chief of staff. now In Manila, will tell
an the September Scribner's some curious
things about the secret society which mas
been the backbone Of the insurrection In the
Philippines.
"A feature of the Ladies' Home Journal for
August L. the first installment of a two
part story by the author Of Josiah Allen
WhCs WIN N
ers. Illustrations showing a number OF
summer cottages and the manner OF reno
waiting an old Farmhouse are among the at
fractions of the number.
The portrait of Herbert Spencer. which
forms the frontispiece of Popular Science
Monthly for August, Is from a photograph
taken soon after he reached the age OF
seventy-eight. Though Of late years his
Elected In his face. which retains its express
sion OF intellectual strength
The latest Of Ebert Hubbard's Little
Journeys issued by the Putnams. treats Of
.Arv Scheffer. He makes rather a pretty
romance Of the painters life. Incidentally,
that Scherer's daughter became the wife
of Ernest Renan Is an error, a niece or the
same name having that honor.
The American Illustrated Methodist Mag
ezine for August contains a chapter Of per-
eonal recollections OF u. 8. Grant nj his
family, by Rev. Thomas NJ. Finney, ID. ID.
The Problem of South Africa" Goethe
and Famous Hymn Writer'S are subjects
Of other articles. The installment of the
illustrated History of Methodism" relates
TO Whitefeld and Wesley.
The current number Of Mind, the maya
zine devoted to science, philosophy, relig-
ion, psychology. metaphysics and occultism.
discusses THE Genus of Genius Mental
States and Selected Consciousness Eek
detrimental and Transcendental Psychol-
AAaS - " " 11
come Soul Conferred and Mental indie
pendence-"
What to Eat for August contains an ar
ticle on the somewhat misleading topic,
What to Eat for Lung Trouble" 1t un-
dertakes to indicate the class of food that
may best be eaten by sufferers from pull
Original Entertainments" Suggestions for
Salad Dressing" Practical Menus and
National Sandwiches" are other features
OF the number.
Mr.. Guy Boothby. who won his reputation
by writing Australian stories, has now
transferred the field OF his operations to
South America and is contributing a serial
story. whose scene Is laid there, to CasselPs
Magazine: Several readable short stories
are In the August issue; there is a descrip-
fion Of the making of a newspaper. an ac-
count of a railroad In the Klondike and a
chapter about English cricketers.
The September Century. the Saltwater
Number" is to be full Of stories, poems, pic
lures and articles relating to the sea. The
editor OF the Century Atlas. in writing OF
the International Date Line for this is
sue. discloses the curious fact that by the
acquisition of the Philippines the limited
states Is the only nation in the world whose
trade Will have TO cross the date line tc
reach an Important part OF its territory.
The Case Against Christian Science" Is
strongly presented In the North American
Review by W. A. burlington. He SAYS. In
conclusion: I'VE devoutly believe that Mrs
Eddy is an instrument in the hands of God
not for the healing OF. the nations. but 10
tumble US intellectually by showing that
at the end OF the nineteenth century. pro
fessedly intelligent persons can be easily
ouped by her as their fOrbears were by
Cagliostro at the close OF the eighteenth. =
Josiah Aliens Wife, John Kendrick
Bangs, Lillian Bell. Julia Magruder and
other ~l-kn0 writers lend attraction tc
the pages OF the Woman's Home Comnan.
Ion for September. Edward Page Castor
writes at length OF the Count and Counties
CasteIlane and their establishment i'm Paris
Mr.. Booker Washington discusses the pro.
gressive Mothers Meetings" conducted for
the benefit OF the colored women an Tus.
keegee.
The Importance OF a pure milk supply for
large cities. the great difficulties in the way
Of an adequate official control OF such ar
Industry. and the means by which these
difficulties have been overcome I'm severaI
large European cities. are discussed Nv Prof
H. w. Conn.,. OF Wesleyan Universitv. In
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly 70,
6eptember. The large amount OF stud,
which Professor Conn has devoted to ths