The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-01
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"a UT Z ~ LatAN @%AH ~
Leonora Beck Ellis. an able Southern writ
er. 1t will interest h~ousekeepers OF the
North and South. Concerning the Deli
catessen," "A Little Chapter on MUsh-
rooms and For the Gardens" are but
brief mention OF the several practical ar
tcles IN this number. Specimen copies
Of this useful little household publication
are sent free on application.
An intimate and entertaining budget OF
Personal "reminiscences Of Queen Vic
toria" will appear in the April Century. 1t
is anonymous. neither the nationality nor
the sex of the writer being revealed. the
only clew to his or her identity being this
statement: Il saw her (the Queen con-
stantly in the summer of 1856. during my
four weeks peep into English court life.
while temporarily forming a part OF the
suite Of an illustrious parsonage. a guest
or the Queens at Osborne House"
The first article in the April number OF
the Ledger Monthly is entitled Easter
Morn at Bethlehem" by Rufus Rockwell
Wilson. with Illustrations by William L.
Hudson. This article describes the quaint
Easter services of the Moravians. The
Ledger Monthly is an excellent family mag
azine. II contains reading matter for every
member of the family circle. and a large
number of Photographic illutrations and
drawings by well-known artists, which &C
company and embellish the articles ana
stories.
Two of the special articles in the April
DuHDcf O I AlCOluIC : Md6dLAAC - hN~AA.
to this season. The first of these is a
story of the beaver. written by William
Davenport Hubert after a long study OF
the animal in its home amid the wilds.
The authors account is made complete
by a series of pictures drawn by a RAD
clyffe Dugmore. an artist sent into the
articIe G is by Martha Mar hnS Observation-Disclosures 1it
on Flowing" An historical article OF I'M
portance is by Ida NJ. Tarbell. entitled
Outstanding the Confederate Army
The Woman's Home Companion for April
opens with an illustrated article on Eng
land's New Queen and Her Hobbies"
These hobbies are very simple feminine and
domestic ones. Stage-struck girls will
read with interest what Mrs. Leslie Carter
has to say about THE Actress and Her
Rewards" A noble character, an unset
fish disposition, good looks and a good
voice seem TO be the chief requisites, ac-
cording TO this authority. A good deal or
space is given to Easter topics: The vari-
Gus well-edited household departments
make this periodical a useful one in the
family.
The portrait of Mr.. George Barr Nc
Cutcheon. author of ''Graustark." a clever
novel which was reviewed in the Journal
last week. appears on the first page Of tbs
April Bookman. After the fashion Of In
diana men when they enter the field or
literature he has acquired prominence az
once. The next portrait is that of Harold
McGrath, whose novel. The Puppet
Crown" has been attracting attention as
a serial publication and is about 10 be pub
lished I'm book form by the Bowen-Merrill
Company. A sketch OF Mr.. McGrath shows
that he. like Mr.. McCutcheon. Is a young
newspaper man.. being an attache or a
Syracuse, n. Y, paper.
Harper's Weekly of March 30 contains
two pages devoted to pictures taken at the
funeral of General Harrison. Another fea-
ture of this issue is the first of a series OF
four articles by the Rev. Francis +. Clark.
ID. D., president Of Young Peoples Society
of Christian Endeavor. These articles are
entitled. "A New Way Around an OLD
World and are taken from DR.. Clark's
new book, "A New Way Around an Old
World just published by Harper *
Brothers. This number contains a page
devoted 10 reproductions OF some samples
of the work of Edwin a. Abbey, the Ameri-
can artist. who has been commissioner by
King Edward VII 10 paint the only otlcial
picture that will be made OF his coronation
scene in Westminster Abbey.
The first page of the Ladies' Home Jour
nal for April is given up to a drawing by
w. l.. Taylor, entitled THE Barn-raising
as a Social Event" II is a realistic study.
true to the time 1t represents Some wom-
en- cause people to fee from them when
they begin to tell their tales OF woe con-
get paid for such talk. Elizabeth Stuart
Phelps is now at the thirteenth chapter OF
her miserles in this line, and thirteenth
girl. Rebecca Crate, the Philadelphia
Jewess. who. tradition says. was the
original Of the "Rebecca" In SCOTS Ivan
hoe is the subject Of the seventh paper on
Americas beautiful women Inere ~
many pages in this number especially at
~tractive TO the feminine eye which Is IN
tent on personal or household embeliish-
ment.
TIL Independent, of which the late Maur-
ice Thompson was literary editor. pub
fishes i'm its issue OF May 2S a story by
him entitled "Jere Jones's Ride" The
scene is laid in the South just after the
war. This story. together with a poem and
two nature articles found among the au-
thor's papers after his death. were OBJ
tanned through the kindness Of Mrs.
Thompson. The poem viii be printed IN
the Decoration day number, May 18th. and
IS I'm praise OF the valor and patriotism
OF the soldiers of both the blue and the
the Golden Wings Woodpecker" Ito APP
pear May %: the other is entitled Rocked
in the Winds Cradle" and Is said TO be
one of the most brilliant articles ever
written by Mr.. mpso II describes a
solitary fishing and hunting trip In which
the author suspended his hammock from
night for two weeks. One night a storm
came up and the description OF n is thrill
ing. This article will appear June s.
Prof. Harry Thurston Peck contributes
to the Bookman quite an elaborate and ex-
haustive study of Anthony Trollope. He
classes him as of the three masters in
realism. Balzac and Thackeray being the
others. Professor Peck. in another DEPART
ment OF the magazine waves deeply indig-
nant over the '.yeilowness" OF the news
papers which condemned Admiral sampson
for his snobbish letter In regard 70 GunEer
Morgan. Professor Peck. as might have
been expected. agrees With the admiral
There il an interesting chapter OF reminis-
cences OF Horace Greeley. written by a
veteran Journalist. Norman Hapgood
writes discriminatingly OF the current
drama. Rufus Rockwell Wilson contributes
another chapter OF interesting 'aih OF lor-
eign authors who have visited this coun-
try. George Macdonald. Charles kingsley
and Thomas Hughes among the rest An
article, especially notable for rs niustra-
tons Is descriptive Of New Orleans as IL
was when George w. Gable wrote about ~.
The description and sketches are d. Wal
ter Hale. The department OF chronicle
and IN this issue Is interesting.
as usual.
Harper's Magazine is especially fortunate
I'm its serial stories this year. Gilbert
Parker's Right Of Way is something
quite out of the common and Is deeply in
teresting, while Miss Wiikins's The Por-
. ton Of Labor gives promise OF being By
far her best work. The April issue has a
number OF short stories. all but one or two
OF which are rather amateurish. Mark
Twain's Extracts from Adams Diary" IS
a strained and doubtful piece o. humo--if
IL is humor. IL Is safe 20 say that AZ II had
come 10 the editors as the production OF an
unknown writer they would have Omp