The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-06-03

Mems Christian Association. held IN HOs-
ton on the 18th OF this month. makes timely
a history OF that organization which IL
given with very fun Illustration N the
June number OF the New England Iasa-
Zine. brief article oH New Enyiaa1
weather IL also appropriate 10 this number.
\ sketch In the current number or the
Outlook. by Booker Washington touching
on his liking for animals and for working In
his garden. gives 4 pleasant picture OF the
simple domestic life led by this truly great
man and 4 glimpse OF his character NOT
shown in his public work. jacob H.iss
Autobiography. THE Making OF au Amer
lean running serial IN The outlook
Is hardly less frank and pleasing IN It's
Wy than that OF the founder OF TuskcG~e.
The third OF Mr. William Aschcr's Zeal
Conversations is printed IL the June num-
Der of the Critic and is with stephen Phil
lips. ne scene is the smoking room OF a
club. and the characters IN the play. the
two gentlemen VINO do the talking Adj
mirrors OF Mr.. PhiIipss verse will be isi-
terested i'm the glimpse or tho man HIM
! self that this Interview affords lie appears
| 10 cherish animosity toward the British
press for the manner in which il treats the
drama more particularly his drama.
| ''Herod.'
The complete novel in the June number OF
Lippincott's Magazine is by Maxwell Gray.
author of The Silence OF Dean Maitland
Its title is 'Four-leaved Clover" While IL
has not the strength and novelty os The
writer's first story. ii is entertaining.
well-wrtten tale. There are several read
| able short stories I'm the number. one being
Princeton College tale by Burton Egbert
| Stevenson. a former student. Prof. Lewis
NJ. Haupt. member OF the lsthmian Canal
| Commission. has an article dealing with
| the question Of the population OF the coun-
| try and its bearing on the need for such
| a canal
Maxfield Parrish's decorative design on
the cover of the Ladies' Home Journal for
I June forms fitting introduction to at
tractive issue. Among the features of TINS
number are a double page OF pictures.
| titled Where Golf is Played" showing
some of the handsomest country club
| houses in America. none. however. more
| pleasing, in its surroundings. at least. than
| the Indianapolis Country Club house.
which is not in the list; series OF curious
Love Stories of the Zoo told by Clifford
Howard; the first installment of a new
serial. "Aieen.' by Elizabeth Knight
! Tompkins; a full-page picture of The
| Passing of the Farm by W. l.. Ha, Tor;
the queer experiences with Some People
Have Married by the Rev ID. NJ. Steele.
and Enthusiastically positive article on
! Women as Poor Pay. by Edward Box.
Numerous other articles OF general and
| domestic interest I'LL out the rest of the
/ number.
The summer number of that handsome
| San Francisco bimonthly. The Book Lover.
contains great amount and variety OF
matter relating TO things literary. The
contents are mostly selections from other
| periodicals, but as few readers would see
more than small proportion. IL any. OF
| this matter in its first setting. the compia-
| tion has the merit and attractivencss OF
new and original contributions Some OF
the subjects treated are: Privately Illus
trated Books" collectors of Broadsdes."
"Balzacs Relations with Madame Hanaka."
The Fate OF Books, First Books
THE Popular Novel Era" THE Legacy CT
Litterateur" and An IIlustrious Plagiar-
list" The plagiarist alluded 10 in the
ticle last named is no less parsonage than
! Alfred Tennyson. who is charged with
borrowing the story of 'Enoch Arden
from Adelaide Anne Proctor. who had writ
| ten and published poem with precisely the
same incidents six years before Tennyson's
! appeared
The special features of the June number
of the American Monthly Review of Re-
| views two articles on the Pan-American
exposition illustrated from photographs
taken in May expressly for the Review.
and showing especially the electrical ill.,
| limitations and other night effects for which
| the Buffalo fair is already noted. The first
of these articles The Pan-American on
Hotchkiss; the paper on Artistic Effects
| Of the Pan-American Exposition is con-
| tributed by Mr.. Ernest knauft Other
articles are an account of the electric power
development at Niagara by Mr.. William q.
Andrews; a sketch of the late Professor
Rowland, OF Johns Hopkins University, the
| great physicist: description OF the recent
| inventions in wireless telegraphy and long
distance telephony. by Professor Joseph S
sumption" by Sylvester Baxter: The New
OH Fields of the United states" by DIR.
! logical survey: and THE Printing OF
:, Spoken Words, by Frederic irland. In
THE Progress OF the World' will be found
survey OF educational conditions In the
| South, together with the usual editorial
comment on events of the month at home
and abroad.
an interesting paper by Henry Norman
on Finland-a country OF whose govern
ment and conditions most people know but
little. Some picturesque sketches of life
in the South Seas are contributed by John
La Fargo, with illustrations by the author.
Walter A. Wyckoff tells OF his experience
| as a section hand the Union Pacific
Railway Ernest seton,Thompson offers
| the first of a two-part history of 'Kreg.
the Kootenay RAM" Kate Douglass Wig
gin continues her DIARY OF a Goose-Girl'
and r. w. Hornung offers further "Ad-
ventures of the Amateur Craftsman"
| paper concerning THE Scottish Univer-
sty'' is of especial interest in view of Mr..
| Carnegie's great gift TO the Scottish I'M
situations of learning. A contribution OF
much Importance TO young men Is Sena-
tor Hoars paper on oratory. His instruc-
is an article well worth reading by any one
if only for the understanding ii affords OF
the finer points Of the art of public speak;
live the more highly ] have come TO value
the gift Of eloquence Indeed. | am not
sure that IL is not the single gift most TO
be coveted by man..
McClure's Magazine. of which Miss Ida
Tarbell is now the editor. shows the beHe-
fits of a new management in the improved
character of it's fiction. Formerly its stories
were OF rather weird type. but recently
have been Of superior quality, both I'm style
and theme A series OF Wall-street stories,
one OF which appears in the current issue.
shows especial originality Among other
features in the June number Is an account
by Josiah Flyrt OF the World OF Graft as
he found it in Boston. His assertions con-
corning official corruption in that city are
likely TO bring him into demand as a Wit
ness as was the case in New York. An M
teresting paper. by Prof. Frederick g:
Wright. on Geology and the Deluee.
shows hat conclusions OF modern eeolo-
gists indicate that deiuSe occurred IN
Asia about the time indicated IN Biblical
history. and so sustains the Bible story OF
that event 70 certain extent As a mat
ter OF course the biologists DO not go SO TAR
as TO claim 20 have found traces OF Moan
and his ark +. $. Martin discourses pleas
antly on the topic Woman his article be-
ing Illustrated by portraits OF women or
| ancient times and modern Clara Morris
contributes chapter OF recollections OF the
comedian John L. Owens. and Frank A.
Vanderfip and Horace Boice tell why Fresl-
dent Mckinley was petitioned 10 save an