The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-07-08


azine for July has fine portrait of the late
Bishop Simpson as it's frontispiece. bio
graphical sketch of Simpson Is contained in
the number. An illustrated article on The
Hague is feature of the number
American Homes Knoxville, TENN gives
up good share of the space in its July
issue to a consideration of the architectural
structure variously known as the porch,
veTanda or gallery; also, attention is given
to the balcony or loggia. Numerous illustra-
lions show the latitude given TO the house.
builder in this matter.
Contributions to the North American Re-
view not mentioned elsewhere are: "A Plea
for Russo-American Understanding" con-
tributed by Prince E. Okhtowsky and
Vladimir Hohnstrene; True and False
Americanism," Universal Peace" Eng
land and the .Transvaal." Our Public
Schools" The Government of Greater New
York" Pig Iron and Prosperity" The
Logic of Our Position In Cuba" THE Ter
centenary of Velasquez" and General
Miles's third paper on The War with
SPAIN
The North American Review for July
opens with a poem of stately measure by
Algernon Charles Swinburne, entitled "A
Channel Passage" In the course of it are
these lines containing what can hardly be
called a friendly allusion to France:
Such glory. such terror such passion, as
tighten and harrow the far, fierce East,
Rang, shone. spake, shuddered around us:
the night was an altar with death for
priests.
shores where never was man born free,
Was clothed with the likeness and thrilled
with the strength and the wrath of
tropic sea-.
A very interesting illustrated biographical
sketch of Hiram Powers. the sculptor. ap-
pears in the July number of the New Eng
land Magazine. One contributor treats of
the religion Of Rudyard Kipling. as mani
tested In his poems. and finds ii lacking in
the highest quality-namely. spiritual sym
pathy. His religion, the writer says, can
make men fight: it cannot make them love.
1t can make men plod and drudge with
faithfulness and even with courage: it cam
not give men wings: Ii cannot make the
soul sing songs of faith. and joy, and vic
tory" Other articles in the number are:
Where William Penn is Buried" New
England Colonial Liquor Legislation" The
Last Letter of John Brown" and Lake
Champlain, Historical and Picturesque"
In the North American Review Andrew
Lang discourses on golf and has this to say
about the origin of the game: 81 have per-
sonally little doubt but that we (meaning
the Scotch) got golf from Holland where
1t is no longer played. From Holland. to be
sure, about Froissart's time (say 1880, we
got everything we wanted. ready-made,
paying in wool. fish. leather and other ex
ports; My friend , Mr., James Cunningham,
origins of golf. hope he will give his re-
suits TO the world. We know that the
driving off. and Putting at the hole. occur
I'm a MS. of about 1900 in the British Mu-
scum. MIR. Cunningham found pictures in
painted tiles of about 1850. but we knew al
ready that these things were so. His chief
discovery was the. Dutch origin OF such
'stymie' and dormie.' If his phil0logy is
correct. as / believe. the question is set
tied Holland is the cradle of the game"
The July number of the Indiana School
Journal is the first issue under the manage
ment of it's new editor and publisher, d.
NJ. Geeting. formerly state superintendent
of public instruction. The number opens
with a biographical sketch of Prof. w. A.
Bell, the retiring editor. and fine portrait
of Professor Bell forms the frontispiece.
Among the contributions is a paper on
School Hygiene by Prof f. B. Bryan;
Prof. George w. Meet discusses Language
in Elementary Schools" Esther III. Knapp
answers the question do the Public
SCHOOLS Meet the Expectations of the Pub.
lic?" Ernest y. Kent writes of Manual
Training in Grammar Schools Of Indian
apolis:" Superintendent Lee o. Harris tells
Geeting offers some Eastern '' Shore "I Pro- a.
vinciaisms." The various regular depart
ments are well conducted and. altogether.
the magazine seems in a fair way to fulfill
the purpose of the editor Ito conduct a
live. wide-awake. educational journal that
shall merit strong. and hearty support
lluHl tcdCficfS anu lIlefluS Oh e0ucdtlOn.
The Outlook of July 1 contains among
other attractive features review by James
Macarthur. associate editor of the Book
man. of some of the more recent books
especially desirable for vacation reading.
Rev. Lyman Abbott contributes review of
the Browning letters Speaking of the pro-
priety of publishing these letters, he says
much depends on the question whether the
publication was assented to by Mr.. Brown
ing before his death. but adds: This. at
least. may be ,said-in extenuation. if it be
extenuation-that no ones reputation. ex-
cept, perhaps, that of Mr.. Barrett, will be
injured by the publication: that the reputa-
ton of the writer's will be enhanced not
impaired; that those who have enjoyed the
poetry of Mr.. and Mrs. Browning will re-
| Joice In the possession of such a mental
photograph of the two poets: that students
| OF psychology will find in these letters in
teresting material for a study of life; that
| students of poetry will find in them some
| sidelights thrown not so much on the
methods of producing poetry as on the
| spirit out of which poetry comes forth, and
| that true lovers will delight in them as a
manifestation of true love-a manifestation
| such as history has never and fiction has
rarely If ever paralleled."