The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-07-16
Current Periodicals.

Pearson's Magazine, for August, is a fc-
ton number, the most of its space being
given up to short stories.
Scrfbner's Magazine, for August, viii be
a fiction lumber. Ernest Seton-Thompson.
George Hubbard, Albert Bfgelow Paine ana
Arthur Cotton are among the contributors.
Casselrs Magazine. for July contains
seven complete short stories. Among the
more serious contributions is a descrip-
tion of the character and workings OF a
French court of justice.
An article I'm the international Magazine
(Chicago) describes some curious ruins of
prehistoric America found in Utah. So rich
is the region in antiquities that the found
ing there of an archaeological museum is
suggested.
The July number of Current History re-
views the crisis in the Orient. latest devel-
opments in South Africa. the presidential
campaign in the United States, politics in
Canada and Europe. progress of science.
religion. etc. IL contains fOrty-f0ur pOr-
traits and maps.
Louis II. Gibson. an indianapolis archi-
tect. has an article in the current number
of Brush and Pencil (Chicago) on the
architecture of the Paris exposition. OF
the buildings i'm general he does not speak
highly; the United States pavilion he says
cannot be said TO be debased; IL Is mere
~ crude and common. 1t Is architecture in
the raw"
The Cornhill Booklet is a little monthly
magazine on the order of the defunct Chap
book of Chicago In it's earlier days. 1t is
published by Alfred Bartlett. Boston. The
first issue is devoted to a reprint of Eugene
Fields humorous Fables which were
originally contributed to the Denver Trib-
une, then published in the Tribune
Pioneer" a pamphlet now very rare and
high-prfced
The July number Of the international
Monthly (Macmillans) is made up of the
following articles; THE Nature of the Gre
alive Imagination" by tn. Robot; "Ameri-
can Literary Criticism and the Doctrine of
Evolution by William NJ. Payne; "Popu-
lar Histories, Their Defects and Possibili-
ties by j. III. Robinson; Recent Aspects
of Biological Research" by Edmund b.
Wilson. and "The Bubonic Plague by
The Smart Set. for July, contains a long
list of contributors. among them being a
number of w~ell-known writer's. The peri
odical is classified by its publishers as "a
magazine OF cleverness." but the contribu-
tions do not invariably sustain this claim,
some being clever. others quite the reverse.
Que of the latter Is the opening story in
this issue. Mr.. Van Zile ought not TO be
proud of this story. Some of the short
sketches and some of the poems are really
worth the doing.
The National Geographic Magazine con-
tains an article by Edwin ID. Mead on "The
Expansion of England William E. Cur
tbs, i'm a paper entitled "The Road 10
Bolivia" describes a little known part Of
South America, and LleweIlyn ]. Davies
has a chapter of Information about the
Chinese Boxers" A small outline map of
the far East is timely. but il is TO be
hoped that this official periodical OF the
National Geographic Society will soon be
able TO offer a larger map of the same
region
A pleasingly illustrated article in the
July Critic is Representative Women IL
Illustrators" the title indicating the charac-
ter OF the paper. There is a paper on
queen Victoria as an Etcher.'' and one
on college Literature and Journalism"
neither topics of especial interest to the
interesting. however, its literary notes and
book reviews being sufficiently varied to
make IL so. William Archer, the London
critic. has a readable paper on 'Puritanism
and the Theater."
The first of a series of papers by John r..
Spears. giving the history OF the slave
trade in America. appears in the July
Seribner. History, it must be acknowledged
does not always make pleasant reading. A
feature of this number of the magazine Is
an account by Richard Harding Davis of
the relief of Ladysmith. South Africa Is
+ MsITaG c9ns a6 !sThd IN Rae paper by SU,5 Thomas
wi ~
beautifully illustrated paper on Trees is
contributed by Frank French. Sena-
tor Hoar writes about Harvard Col
lege as he knew IL fiftv-eight
years ago. Dexter Marshall has found
a picturesque theme I'm the River People
otherwise the shanty-boat folk OF the Mis-
sissippi. Daniel G.. Mason writes OF THE
Tendency TO Health" IL is "a paper worth
reading. Two or three short stories and an
installment of Barrie's Tommy and
Grizel' complete the number.
Mr.. W. ID. Howells has written exclu-
sively for the Harpers for so long a period
that the sight of his name in the list of
contributors TO the Atlantic Monthly
causes a sensation of surprise. He has. in
the August number. the first chapters of a
two-part story, entitled a Difficult Case ."
The place of honor I'm this number of the
Atlantic is given TO Grover Cleveland's pa
per on 1.-THE Independence of the Execu-
tive" but most readers will find more TO
interest them in other contributions There
Is. for instance, the clever paper. entitled
'"The MeditatiOns of an ex-SchOol Commit