The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-10-28
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November opens with Thanksgiving story
by Mary E. wilkins; another short story is
by Sophie SWEET. The various departments
of this magazine are extremely wel-con-
Quoted, making ii especially valuable as a
household magazine.
The Cosmopolitan Magazine for Novem-
Der includes a tragic story of the Mexican
foothills by Thomas a. Janvier, a clever
society story by Carolyn Wells. one of the
old French rOmances by Richard LIE Gal
llenne, an interesting Indian narrative by
IA. L. George, and story by s. r. Crock
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The Ledger Monthly grows constantly
more attractive and is an excellent ''all-
around" household magazine. One of the
interesting and useful features is its archi-
tectural department. In the current issue
there is a description of a narrow house for
twenty-tve-foot lot, to cost about 81 $50
a very interesting example of what can be
achieved on a single lot with a small
amount of money.
"Idealism in Contemporary French
Painting" "Favrile Glass; "A japanese
Art School,, 1.-The Decoration of Upright
Pianos Books Upon Art" THE Collec-
tor" art for Babes" are titles of some
of the papers ian the October Magazine of
Art (CasselPs) All of them are finely illus
trated y photogravure of Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds's portrait of Mrs. Braddyl forms the
frontispiece of the number.
The November Atlantic opens with Sgd
ney Brookss Europe and America" giving
the European view of the vital topics of
reciprocity and the Monroe doctrine; Paul
E. More treats sympathetically 1.-The Soil
tude of Hawthorne;" Congressman Nc
Calls Daniel Webster is an interesting
study; j. X. Hosmer's Mississippi Valley
exploits that region, while Charles BaS-
/ tides I'm Argonne" sheds new light on
rural France. Henry A. Clapp's ''Remi-
niscences" continue, treating Salvini, Ade-
laide Nelson. Nilsson, Janauschek and
others Charles r. Grinnell offers much in
formation on Modern Murder Trials" The
stories and sketches are Ellen Duvalrs
Boyhood,' Edward Thomas's "Recollec-
tons of November and Frances A. Ma
thewss Alice Same" Miss JohnstOns
/ Audrey increases in force and interest.
A group Of lyrics is a feature Of the num-
Der.
The article, "A Woman's Trip TO the
Klondike," printed in the current number
/ of Lippincotts Magazine, is one of a series
of articles giving Miss E. L. Kellys per-
sOnal experience, covering a period Of time
/ of about fifteen months spent in the Klon-
/ dixie in the 'early days" before the i'm
proved facilities for travelling had induced
| thousands of gOld-seekers to VISIT the new
| she says, give the Klondike and Dawson
/ the center of the district, 1 saw them in
/ their pIllnlllN6 cOnOlIlOlk during the WIN
ter of 1897. and 1898 there were very few
/ newcomers, and people who were there,
/ having been in the district from five to
| twelve years, were typical pioneers: so far
/ removed from centers of ciVilizati ton that it
/ seemed almost like another world. The
author OF the complete novel in this num-
Der, Mabelle ID. Cameron, is said to be a
very young member of well-known New
York family. Her characters are prominent
New Workers thinly disguised.
The November number of Success con-
tains an unusual variety of interesting mat
ter. 1t opens with an article by Theodore
| Roosevelt which was furnished to the
! magazine before his accession to the presi-
dency, and is the substance Of an address
delivered by him at a Methodist Episcopal
Church in Newburg, y. Y 1.-The Citizen
and the Public Man is his theme. This
article Is followed by an estimate of Mr.
Roosevet's character made in 1898 by the
/ late Benjamin Harrison. General Harrison
! saw in him presidential quantity. 4 num-
| Der of eulogies Of President Mckinley are
| given. Topics OF other contributions are:
The Mission of Teacher" THE Influence
of a Single Book" Opportunity" Yankee
/ Enterprise Overcoming British Inertia. "
Talks with Young Women Personalities
and Problems of the Hour" AN American
Triumph in Fruit Culture" Speak Up,
| Boys" Success and Failure" and "Hesita-
ton and Reconstruction" Success is en-
phaucally a magazine 10 put into the hands
OF young people.
The publishers of Frank Leslie's Popular
Monthly are celebrating the twenty-ffth
birthday of their magazine by issuing an
extraordinarily large and handsome num-
Der. The magazine, which consists Of 16S
pages is profusely illustrated no single
page being left without a decoration of
some kind while scattered through the
issue are several handsome full pages i'm
colors. The text has number Of really
notable features an authoritative article
by hansen, on the half dozen expeditions
now racing for the poles, the opening chap
tiers of a new novel by Maurice Hewlett
the first considerable work he has done
since the publication of Richard Yea and
Roberts author of In the Heart of the
Ancient Woods. How Tammany Wins %
written. curiously enough, by an outspOken
] spokesman, THE Great Automobile Race
from Paris to Berlin" and The American
Diary of a Japanese Girl, naive and
spontaneous narrative which marks a new
departure in magazine literature. The
number is sold at the usual price Of II
/ cents.
The Thanksgiving number OF the Ladies
Home Journal opens appropriately with an
article which tells Where the PRESIDENT
Turkey Comes From" There are storie.
by Hezekiah Butterworth and Laura Spen
Ger Porter. and a new love story called
Christine" by Frederick NJ Smith. Cleve
| land Moffett has an interesting story about
| Ira u. Sankey, the great evangelist. ane
| Edith King Swain recounts the famous as
I cents she has made In various parts of IN,
! world VIII Bradleys original designs fol
! "A house begin with the breakfast room ant
Wilson Eyre, jr., presents plans for a coun