The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-09

The Arena offers a college scholarship as
a prize to subscription agents.
The Partisan will make a speciality of
series of illustrated articles on the Paris EX-
position of 1900, beginning with this issue.
The Art Amateur for January contains
color-plate, Winter in Holland which is
a well-executed snow scene The supple
ment designs are equally practical and are
for China painting wood carving, pyrogra-
ply and embroidery.
The January Atlantic opens with a dis
eliminating comparison between the De
structive and Constructive Energies of Our
Government" by President Eliot, of Har-
ward University. President Eliot pays nigh
tribute to the skill and energy developed by
our government in the management of the
late war.
Miss Louise Imogen Quincy furnishes a
personal appreciation of the late Harold
Frederic to the January Book Buyer Many
extracts from familiar letters add to the in
terest of the sketch. critical sketch OIL
the work OF Mr.. w. >. Gilbert with q Hne
portrait of the dramatist, is a prominent
feature Of the same number.
Modern Machinery, of Chicago, has as a
frontspiece in it's January issue, which is
unusually attractive number through
out, fine pen portrait of Herbert Spencer
who is described, in connection with the
consideration of the relation of evolution
to engineering as 1.-The engineer who has
reproduced the blue prints of the universe.
A very curious presentation of the number
of Irishmen, of the stamp of Wolseley in
England the Duke of Tetuan in Spain, Gen.
O'Brutscheff in Russia. Viscount Taafe in
Hungary who are leaders in many nations.
is given in the January Cosmopolitan under
the title, Irish Leaders in Many Nations"
1t will be found interesting to all who have
even drop of Irish blood in their veins.
The Jews in Jerusalem" is another article
in the same number possessing interest Tor
large class.
In the current number of Harper's Bazaar
appears the first installment of a serial by
s. r. Crockett, entitled, Kit Kennedy,
Country Boy" Among other valuable fea-
lures is an extremely interesting article on
"Goldsmith's Deserted Village" by j. Howe
Adams. In the department. CUP women
and Club Work Margaret Hamilton Welch
discusses the political influence OF women
clubs. The number contains the thlrd paper
on college Days and the Their Sequel" by
Alkaline w. Sterling.
The Chicago News Almanac for 1899 is
the first of the newspaper ANNALS in the
field. 1t contains the usual agricultural ed
ucationaL financial. political, industrial,
naval military and other statistics, bring
ing them up to date and making valuable
book for daily reference. but its special
feature is a concise account of the Spanish
American war with valuable articles on the
Philippine islands. Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Ladrones. The whole subject of the
annexation of Hawaii. supplemented by
description of the agricultural mineral and
Industrial value of the islands, is given the
importance 1t deserves.
Current History for the third quarter of
1893 contains 256 pages of reading matter.
illustrated with eighty-four portraits, thir-
teen maps and two fulI-page views 1t is
a handbook of information on all questions
of the day-nOt an almanac but phllo-
sophie presentation of the essential facts
of progress the world over. concise, clearly
written and conveniently arranged for ref
erence purposes. With this 1t combines the
features of a dictionary of general blogra-
ply and a portrait gallery of national ana
international celebrities. Each number is
full to overlooking with useful and interest
ing information worthy of permanent pres
ervation. Price, $3.50 year.
The frontispiece of the January number
of the Critic is a portrait of Mr.. Thomas
Nelson PAGE and in THE Lounger" col
umn are portraits of Dr. E. E. Hale, Mr..
Joel Chandler Harris E. A Poe Miss Pa
mela Colman Smith. NJ. Boutet de Monvel,
Mr.. Kenneth Grahame. Mr.. Lang ana count
Leo Tolstoy, with a picture OF his nome III
Moscow. There is a full-page reproduction
of the late Burne-Jones memorial to Miss
Christina RoSsetti, the last work from MS
hand beside other illustrations Of varied
interest and value This is the first number
of the Critic to be issued from the Knicker
booker press of Messrs. CT. p. Putnam
Sons, and it is an excellent illustration of
the advantage of good printing. The literary
features are all that could be wished.
The Wide World Magazine for January
has been received, the table of contents
being as follows: 1.-The Adventures of
Louis de Rougemont' part W. illustra-
tions by Alfred Pearse; THE Votaries of
Eternal Silence" by Herbert Vivian; Saved
by a Horse" by E. G. Henham; "A River
of Red Lava" by overend q Rose;
Abandoned by Morgan Andrews;
'Klondike Pictures" by Eustace Macdon-
aid; ''The Voyages of the Mole Hill" by
#. webster Smith; Curious Birds Beaks,"
by w Percivals Westall; Private Hunting
in China by Admiral J. Moresby; six short
stories-"How the Maid of the Mist Shot
Niagara Falls" "A Fight for Safety
Valve" How 1 was Hanged" Used as
a Bait for a Tigers Trap, "A Fifty Min,
utes Horror" and "A Queer Explosion
''The Indian Child and His Toys" by Mrs,
A. H. Dickerman and e A Davis; Christ
mas in an African Desert by f. c. Selous,
and odds and ends. For sale by the Interna-
tional News Company, New York.