The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-22
Current Periodicals.

The Youths Companion celebrates its
eeventy-fifth anniversary with its issue of
april 49,
St Nicholas for April contains several
stories of daring and wild adventure. The
article relating the history of Robert Hou-
din. the magician, will also be OF especial
interest TO boy readers.
Book News (Philadelphia) for April has
as its supplement sheet the portrait OF
Harry ThurstOn Peck, editor of the Book
man. Among other features of the number
IS a list of books desirable for a pastors
library.
The Literary Era philadelphia is fur
nishing goodly supply of readable matter
on things literary-and some other things.
geneaIogy. for instance. THE Passing of
the Historical Romance" "A well-written
article by John Gimer Speed, will meet
with the approval of many readers
The May Century will be a travel num-
Der. transporting the reader TO many lands
and climes-Italy, England and France, In
dia. China and Japan-or dropping him
down in midocean on an Out ward bound
steamship. Not the sketches only. but even
the fiction Is cosmopolitan IN its appeal.
Cassell's Magazine gives a good deal of
space to fiction. Besides installments of two
serials. the April humber contains five COM
plete stories. Among other contributions
are stories of Special Trains" Twentieth
Century Tur-traGing. THE Trans OF the
CHM &c Co. school book publishers, issue
bulletin announcement Of new text
books in the form OF a small magazine
with educational notes OF Importance to
teachers. There is. for instance. a practical
geography by no less an authority than w.
NJ. Davis, professor of physical geography
in Harvard University.
Good Housekeeping is one of the most
practical OF the domestic magazines. One
of the contributors to the April number is
Octave Thanet a writer whose most strik-
ing characteristic is common sense. She
considers phase of a certain household
problem and promises to give further per
sonaly conducted" housekeeping hints.
No two persons are likely to agree in
making a list of best books" but such
list is always worth considering James
II. Confieid's article In the April Cosmo-
politan on THE Average Young Mans
Library has much in II 10 commend, and
should receive attention from one In need
Of a guide to book-buying or oook-reading.
Publishers OF the Worlds Work announce
that the July number of the magazine
will be given almost wholly to an inter-
probation of the Pan-American exposition
at Buffalo. n series of special photo
graphs will be taken which are expected
TO give a better pictorial description than
has ever been made or any or the great
expositions.
Recreation for April opens with an &C
count of buffalo hunt in 1875 that turned
out to be an Indian fight. Considerable
space is given to consideration of the Bel
gian hare. Lee Hopkins tells an adventur-
Gus tale OF Padding Around the Great
Peninsula" There is report OF the work
accomplished in the year by the League Of
American Sportsmen.
paper in the April Magazine OF Art. by
that charming writer Alice Meynell, on the
work of Mrs. Adrian Stokes, not only in
PRODUCES to American readers artist of
merit with whom they have not been ac-
quaInted but is little essay on art in
article on THE Grand Prix for Engraving
at the Paris Exposition, "A description of
the work of the English sculptor. F. j. Will
several galleries, paper by William White
on "A National Tribute TO Professor Rus
kim study OF decorative art in Belgium.
and another OF the decorative work In the
rev station of the Paris-Lyons Railway.
The National Geographic Magazine for
April contains an Interesting article by w.
j. MCGEE vice president of the Geographic
Association. on THE Ola Yuma Trail
that trail over which the ancient peoples
of that region travelled General y w
Greedy. chief signal officer OF the United
States army. reviews the advances In geo
graphic knowledge during the nineteenth
century Mexico of To-Day Is the sub
tect OF paper by Or. Juan n Navarro.
consul general of Mexico in New York
city.
The etchings of that well-known artist.
Mrs Mary Nimmo Moran. receive especial
attention In the April number of Brush and
Pencil. This handsome Chicago art maya
zine constantly increases in interest and at
tractiveness. paper by Frederick w.
Morton. on reproduction in color. in the
three-color process. explains much that pic
ture lovers will like 10 know a striking
full-page color plate. representing "A Mexi-
can scene. accompanies this article Re
productions OF pictures by j. H. Sharp.
Bruce Crane. Thomas Moran and many
others appear in the pages.
The mere enumeration OF the articles and
writer's that appear in the Woman's Home
Companion for May is sufficient evidence
Of the value OF the number without any
word OF comment Memorial Day I'm the
South by Mrs. v Jefferson Davis: The
Countess Won Waldersee. by Mabel Percy
Haskell: Two Meetings with Garfield" by
Clara Morris. a Vacation Tour in an old
Street-car. ''Woman's Part in the Pan
American Exposition" Two Old Chicago
Clubs" fiction by Lillian Bell. Leroy Scott
and Onoto Watanna; household articles by
experts In every department. and the usual
number OF excellent Illustrations.
Current History tBoston) is specially de-
signed 20 serve the busy reader IL sums
up monthly the important news of the
world, carefully sifted OF non-essentials.