The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1900-05-07
Current Periodicals.

AS a Substitute for Creek in high
schools, William c. Lawton in the June
Atlantic proposes a course in the history
of Aryan civilization, touching more par
ticularly upon the achievements of the
race I'm western Europe. He believes that
such a course will furnish the pupils mind
with those lessons and ideals which have
hitherto been sought exclusively in the
classics.
The publishers of the-International Month
ly have instituted a series of FeIlowships
of $50 each. to be used by holders in the
interests of his or her profession. This gen.
erous offer is fully described in the circu-
lars obtainable by addressing the Fellow
ship Editor. the international Monthly,
Burlington, VT. The object of the estab-
lishment of these fellowships is to stimu-
late originality and research in various de-
partments of learning.
The literary features of the Eclectic
Magazine for May are among it's most
striking attractions. They include a fiat
tering review of the poetry of Mr.. Stephen
Phillips, from the Edinburgh Review: an
of Literary Decency;'' Mr.. Robert Buch-
anan's reply to Sir Walter Besant in the
Kipling Controversy, entitled The Ethics
of Criticism" and a paper on John Ruskin
by Julia Wood. which has a strong personal
as well as literary interest. In this long list
belongs an appreciation of THE Sentiment
of Thackeray" from the Quarterly Re-
view; and a tribute by r. LIE Gallienne to
hat too-little appreciated poet. Sidney
Lanier.
Colonel George B. NJ. Harvey, manager
of the firm of Harper & Bros, returned
from Europe last week. During his absence
of six weeks he completed arrangements
with many we'll known authors in England
and in France for the publication Of their
work in the Harper periodicals and in the
North American Review, and for the book
rights to several new novels and volumes
of travel. He also made plans for the es-
adjustment in London of a British review
to be conducted on lines similar to those
of the North American and I'm Paris Of
a French quarterly. He announces that,
beginning with the June number, Har-
per's Magazine will be raised In price TO
"a a year, and that a 10-cent magazine will
probably be brought out by Harper & Bros.
In the autumn.
was written by Col. Charles DENLY, Of
Evansville. Under the caption, "The Con-
stitution and the Flag he undertakes to
| show hat the Constitution Is not in force
IN territory acquired until Congress shall
rave extended 1t to such lands by specific
acts. He says that there is not the slight
est %pretense that the Constitution extends
to the seventy guano islands which We
rule by virtue OF an act of Congress
Po1o0 N
we have consular courts in China, Turkey
and other countries which try those ac-
cused of crime without indictment or jury.
| and that the Supreme Court has declared
that their sentences are valid. He quotes
the government of Louisiana and Indiana
when Territories as instances where the
! Constitution did not rule until Congress
had taken action. In an article on the
| Hay-Pauncefote treaty President Rogers.
of the northwestern University, shows
that no administration has acted as II the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty We're obsolete. and
that the only administrations that have
declared for an isthmian canal under our
sole control were those of President Hayes
and President Garfield.
The leading article in Appletons' Popular
Science Monthly for May gives a very
clear and interesting account of the COM
ing total eclipse of the sun of May Is. 1t
is fully illustrated with maps and dia-
grams. Prof. F. III. Bigelow. the author.
is the professor OF meteorology at the
United States Weather Bureau at
Washington. Prof. E. S. Morse. the nat
uralist. tells the stoy OF an insect which
blows bubbles as a business in life. Pic
lures OF several varieties of his bubbles
are given. The second Of Professor
Shaler's articles on the negro question is
published in this number. and should be
read by every one who wishes to obtain a
clear notion of the real difficulties at the
bottom OF this very much discussed prob
I lem. 0eHdlOT george 1uduOOn contributes
a natural history sketch under the title.
"The Birds of the Adirondacks." The curl
Gus anatomical notifications which the
blind fishes have undergone in natures at
tempt 10 compensate them for the loss
of eyes are clearly described by Profess
sor Eigenmann. A number OF illustrations
help very much to simplify a somewhat
difficult subject. Prof. +. w. Clarke's val.
liable article. giving a popular account OF
the advance OF chemistry during the nine
teenth century, is concluded in this num-
Der.
Harpers' Magazine for May contains
much good reading of one kind and an
other. II opens with an article entitled
Inside the Boer Lines which gives a
description of Bloemfontein and conditions
there as they were before the capture by
the British. The writer also tells of 9
visit 10 Johannesburg and Pretoria. This
is followed by a fanciful little story, 1.-The
Angel and the Child" written by Howard
Pyle and deliberately illustrated by Sars
S. Stillwell. j. Zangwiil offers the frs
chapter Of a novel. The Mantle OF Eli