The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-09-11

OF a country but to hold dominion over the
people. Perhaps the most important paper
e that devoted 20 the legal aspect OF trusts
by a lawyer who assumes that leg1slative
bodies would do Industrial combinations
great wrongs IL they could.
In the Coming Age for September is a
sane and sensible paper by Rev. c II.
Meserve on How to Enjoy Browning" The
other poets whom the person-usually the
woman-engaged in the work OF 1mproV-
ing her mind" finds rather hard reading
The Bookman's Chronicle and Comment
is Of rather unusually varied interest this
month. A paper on Robert Ingersoll." by
Henry Thurston Peck. is accompanied by
a picture OF lngersolls death mask The
series Of promised papers on New York
In Fiction begins In this number. Hamil-
ton ". Mahie has paper on The Essay
and Some Essayists." and Richard Gott-
he'll writes OF Jewish Literature in the
Nineteenth Century"
scribner's for September opens with an
account OF canoeing trip in the Canadian
wilderness. 1t is beautifully illustrated. A
poem entitled "Old Home Haunts' ex-
presses the longing of a fisherman for the
days of his youth and his ''old fly rod" The
verses are good, but are made more read
able by unique and really illustrative draw
ings. Robert Grant concludes his series OF
forceful 'Searchight Letters or studies or
American politics. He finds danger 10 our
institutions In the fact that the average
American is too good fellow TO trouble
himself about reforming the corrupt things
is not interfered with. Several short stories
of good quality help TO make the number
attractive.
Lippincott's Magazine is showing signs OF
renewed life and literary vigor. 1t retains
its distinctive feature-a complete novel
with each issue-but offers more variety in
the remaining pages. Maurice Hewlett con-
tributes the novel TO the September num-
Der. Ii Is tale of the time of Caesar
hmene other '', eo,ntribntors re- the humber
are Ruth McEnery Stuart, who has a clever
study Of negro child life; /. Zangwill, who
has two poems; Maurice Thompson, whose
Sunday Eclogue'' is a Southern character
SKETCH Madison Cawein, Charles NJ Skim
ner and Charles Ledyard Norton. DR.. w.
Z. Wilson, director general or the Phtladel-
phia export exposition, has chapter ex-
planning the character and purpose of that
institution.
Ainslee's Magazine, which is one of the
best of the 1o-cent monthlies. opens with a
sketch OF the proceedings OF the Interna-
tional Council of Women. written by Char
lotte Perkins Stetson. A portrait OF Mrs.
Stetson forms the frontispiece OF the maga-
zine. Arthur /. Street contributes an illum-
NATIVE paper concerning the Alaskan
boundary question. Ii is accompanied by
maps. The Business OF Express Companies"
is graphically described by Peter Macarthur.
Mayor Phelan. of San Francisco, is honored
with biographical chapter. Charles III:
Trade Expansion" giving account of the
Philadelphia commercial museum A sketch
of the author of David Harum." descrip-
ton OF some of the curios of the Patent Of
flee, paper on THE Industrial War;" and
half a dozen short stories make up the num-
Der.
Current History for the second quarter
of 1899. just issued. opens with an article
on wireless telegraphy. in which the Mar
conf system and other systems of wireless
communication are described in plain and
simple English; the place of the achieve
ment In the history of science indicated and
its practical utilities and possibilities fully
shown. Numerous diagrams OF apparatus
are given, making the whole subject per-
fectly clear TO the ordinary reader This
| the book. Other topics fully treated are
| the Issues of the Spanish War" Confer
ence at The Hague, Samoan Difficulty,
Far Eastern Problem" Transvaal Crisis.
Venezuelan Boundary" Recent Strikes,
Liquid Air" Color Photography"
Trust Problem" Biographies of Promi-
nent People" and hundreds Of other topics.
THE Americas Cup is the title given
| to history of American yachts and yacht
| ing, with which the September Cosmopoli-
| tan opens. John E. Wilkie chief of the
| United States Secret Service. contributes
clever little story entitled AN Unconscious
| Crime l. Saint-Just. former chief of divi-
| sion OF French Secret Service, writes of the
| system. THE Art Gallery of the Great
Lakes" is the title given to an article by
| Charles Warren Stoddard descriptive of the
picturesque features OF the northern water
ways The Cosmopolitan has been giving
| special attention recently to domestic
/, science and In this line are two papers, one
| on The Delightful Art of Cooking" the
Other The Art Of Buying Food for a
Family" Other topics are: The Roof Gar
| Empire" The Study of Fiction and THE
| Romance and Tragedy of Kentucky Feuds."
| Pearsons Magazine for October is already
| out, and, not content with being i'm adj
vance OF its rivals for the month"; offers an
attractive prospectus for the coming years
| numbers. This issue opens with an article
| on THE Monte Carlos of America show
| ing how gambling of the so-called fashion,
able kind is carried on i'm New York, Sara
| toga and Long Branch. incidentally this
statement is made: THE amount said to be
won by, breaking the bank at Monte Carlo
| is in the neighbo-hood of $1,000. During
| the season at Saratoga and Long Pranch
that amount is frequently won alAa lost
| without attracting much more than momen-
| tary notice" Another striking article. en-
| titled CLOUD Seas" is a study of cloud eff
| fects as seen from above. Tine Petroleum
| City" is the title given TO an article de-
| scriptive Of a small town by the Caspian
| sea where oil is said to be far more
sbundant than anywhere IN the United
| ing Down a Volcano" and THE Work OF
the Royal British Engineers" are topics OF
/
| stories, and the number closes with chap-
| ter of w. l.. Alden's "Lifes Little Ays-
| teries''-sketches that Of themselves would
| make the magazine worth While
The special features Of the current num-
| Der of the Review Of Reviews are a sum-
| mary of the war in the Philippines from
| the outbreak last February, to Aug Il.
| written by the Hon. John Barrett: an ar
ticle entitled why the Trusts Cannot Con-
| troll Prices" by the Hon. George f. Rob-
| erts: a suggestion as TO How TO Eliminate
| Trusts from the President Campaign, by
| Merry mcfarland; an illustrated article on
| THE Hague Conference In Its outcome, :
| by w. T. Stead; fully illustrated account
| OF the public library movement IN Massa-
| chusetts by Sylvester Baxter; an optimistic
| view of 1.-The Future Value of the New
| England Farm" by Hezekiah Butterworth;
| an affirmative answer TO the question Does
| Farming Pay?" by Prof. l. II. Bailey;
| brief statement of the work OF the Cuban
| Educational Association OF the United
States by Gilbert X. Harroun, and Illus
trated character sketches of Secretary
Elihu Root, by Henry Mcfarland; OF Col:
Ingersoll by DR. William Hayes Ward. and
| of the late Grand Duke George OF Russia
by Erica Glenton. The frontispiece Is a
| man of the theater Of operations In the
| Island of Luzon during the past hair year.
and ii shows the routes taken In the dif-
ferent campaigns as well as the location
and dates OF all battles. This map was pre-
pared from data furnished by the war De-
partment and includes events az late as Inc