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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
The Road TO Ridgeby's.

This story has a bit of sad history con-
nected with it In that it Is a posthumous
work of a young newspaper man and writer
of fine promise, Frank b. Harris, who put
his best efforts into first novel which was
also to be his last, and which he barely
lived to complete and revise without ever
seeing its proof sheets. He had lived and
worked in Omaha and Chicago, and he died
on the way to New Mexico. where he waS
going in the hope of regaining his shattered
health The novel is a thoroughly Ameri-
can one. 1t is a story of farm HE IN me
middle West and in spite of certain limlta-
tions and structural defects, due perhaps
TO inexperience, ii presents true ana hu-
man pictures Of the scenes and characters
with which it deals. The heroine is a pref
ty girl who. left as q founding Dapy on a
farmers doorstep, was brought up as his
daughter. sent to Nassar Tor Two years
and became a very attractive young
woman She is introduced as the home
6ining-room girl and milkmaid, put at
tracts the reader from the start. Inc nero
is an educated young man who happens
along that way. and, pleased with the girl
at first sight, hires out a farm hand
The rest can be surmised. Quite num-
Der of typical rustic characters are intro
duced and there is a good zeal or rustic
dialect but the love affair between the
young man and the girl holds the main
the first but with some meanderings 1t
turns out all right. Without much plot
the story possesses genuine interest and
shows unmistakable marks of originality
and careful literary workmanship. Boston;
Small MAYNARD a. co.
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Two Cousins and a Castle.

Mrs III. Lovett Cameron maintains her
reputation for writing good stories in this
clever one of 1.-TWO Cousins and a Castle"
The elderly proprietor Of a fine estate and
of PortallOc Castle, whose two children,
a son and a daughter both married con-
trary to his wishes, and who has no male
heir of his own name. conceives the idea OF
perpetuating it by bringing about a mar
rage between his two grandchildren, first
cousins, OF whom the young man was 10
discard the vulgar name Of Spinks for the
aristOcratic one OF Eardley. The young
people are invited TO the castle, and
game of cross purposes At once begins.
The grandfather's plan of having the two
cousins fall in love with each other looks
very practicable from his point of view
but unfortunately they both fall in love
with somebody else. but the girl cousin.
the heroine of the story. SO winds herself
around the old mans heart that he finally
becomes reconciled TO her choice and the
story ends with a very different tableau
from the one ne had planned. There is a
plot within this plot. 10 work out both Of
which requires several interesting charac-
tiers. The story runs along in lively fash
i0n and. without aiming az anything
higher than entertainment. succeeds well
in that. New York: r. NJ. Buckles & Co.
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The author of this story Is Mrs Gertrude
Potter Daniels. Of Chicago. whose father
and husband are said 10 be spectators and
possessed OF large wealth The story is
rather strange one to come from such
source, for IL is an almost fierce arraign-
ment and protest against the assumed
wrongs Of capital on labor. I'm ambitious
young workingman falls In love with a
pretty typewriter whom he marries and
they are very happy for several years. until
Satan, in the form OF a Standard oil specu-
latOr, enters their lives. Then follow A
series OF prosecutions and msfortunes. in-
Guiding their financial ruin. the seduction
and ruin OF their daughter and ending with
the destruction Of all their happiness and
one or two murders. The story is graphic.
in sense. but il has no literary merit and
its moral tendency is 10 promote class dis
content and anarchism. The author seems
to have been more DESTROYS OF writing "A
book that would sell than of effecting any
reform. Her style is loose and verges at
times on slanginess. grammatical error
like He laid awake all night is not more
offensive than such an expression as ''She
had made a big effect on him" Yet in
spite of these defects ana lack OF moral
tone the story has the kind of interest that
will cause il to be read on a railway train.
Chicago: Jameson Higgins Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
The Old Plantation.

The author if this book, Rev. James B.
Avirett, of North Carolina, is an old man
and his heart is in the past. He was a
chaplain in the Confederate army and still
thinks the lost cause was a just one.
The object of the book is to vindicate the
South and its people against what are
deemed the unjust aspersions of Uncle
Toms Cabin" and to portray slavery and
it's influences as they existed before the
war in what the author regards their
true light. Having been born and brought
up on one of the largest Old-time planta-
lions in North Carolina, he is capable Of
doing this. from his point of view, and
he has made an interesting book Its title
with subtitle, is: THE Old Plantation
How We Lived in the Great House and
Cabin Before the War" 1t is not a story
nor a work of fiction or imagination. but a
faithful description in narrative style and
with much interesting detail of the occu-
pations, amusements and daily routine Of
old plantation life. The book is so full of
interesting character sketches and anec-
dOtes, and so abounds with realistic pic
lures of a life that is past and gone, that
one can afford to overlook its occasional
harmless pedantry and its illogical eonclu-
siOns in favor of the elevating influence OF
slavery. The book is dedicated Ito the
memory of the old planter and his wife
the only real slaves on the old plantation
of many overgrown children. servants OF
the estate, from 1917 10 1S65-the father
and mother Of the author" New York:
+. TennysOn Nicely Company.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
Last Confessions of Marie Basbkirt-

There may have been other women who
have written as intimately of themselves
as Marie Bashkirtsef, but probably none
whose confessions have been read TO the
same extent The story Of her precocity,
her talents and her early death caught the
public attention, and her unique style
charmed readers who appreciated original
ity. In this new volume of her Comics
sions" there is no falling off in interest
from her journal, first published in English
some twelve years ago. The volume con-
sists partly of entries in her journal and
partlv of letters that passed between her
and the French novelist Guy de Maupas-
SAINT She had never seen him nor had he
ever seen her, yet. girl as she was, she
wrote him first, and a letter that so piqued
his curiosity that an interesting corre-
spondence followed. 1t was a literary CORE
spondence in which each was trying TO out
wit the other and in which each wrote free
" without any idea Of publication. The
letters are not particularly edifying, but
they are interesting, though they carry
abundant evidence of the egotism well
as the genius of the writers, both of whom
are dead. With wonderful talent and YER
satility Marie Bashkirtseff also had glar-
ing faults of character, but she does not
hesitate to lay bare her whole nature and
heart This volume has frontispiece por-
trait of her from the last photograph she
had taken. New York: Frederick A
Stokes Company.
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS.
In sects.

great nature movement or movement
to promote the love and study Of nature.
seems to have sprung up recently in which
the study of insects finds it's proper place.
Insects form a unique branch Of living Great
ures and furnish an interesting study. In
one form or another they abound every
where-bses, bugs. flies, ants, wasps. spid
ers crickets grassh0ppers. katydids. To-
Gusts etc. the list is almost endless The
Insect Book" by DR.. Leland o. Howard.
aims TO promote the study of this broad
and interesting field. The author Is chief
of the division Of entomology in the United
States Department of Agriculture ana Is
of course. an authority on the subject.
| The book is at once scientihc ana popIiaI'
treating of all insects except butterlles'
moths and beetles. "One OF the main
| desires in my mind in planning the method
of treatment" says the author In preface
has been TO encourage the study OF Ire
| histories Of insects Where posslDie d
| typical life history has been given IN each
/ family treated. Some of these are mOdeT-
| ately complete as 10 main 1acts' VIII
! others have gaps in the life-round OF the
| species which, in many instances. can De
| easily filled by careful study. Inc chdp-
terS on mosquitoes and WaSps are very III III
| teresting. over $50 pages are gwen 10
| flies, or twO-winged insects, OF when more
! than 10000 species are known already ana
100000 more estimated to exist, ana they
range from the midges and mosquitoes 10
| than chronological interest not only pc
| cause of the annoyance humanity and the
larger animals suffer from them, ana thelr
injury TO crops of various kinds. but be-
cause many of them carry and communl-
| cate germ-diseases, such as ma larla, yellow
| and typhoid fever, gangrene, anthrax, TN
| cattle), ophthalmia, and other eye disease,
| cattle plague (tsetse) and cholera. For the
| spread of several of the worst of these nor
rors the worldwide house fly is responsible,
and the author points out that one OF the
! advantages of the gradual supersedence or
| horses by electric cars, automobiles and 9TH
er mechanical vehicles Will be a reduction IN
/ the number of these agents of disease and
| misery. The great order Of bugs occupies
| space commensurate with its variety, and
| grasshoppers, katydids and crickets are
| fully described and illustrated including
| even the scores OF their songs. A chapter
| on collecting and preserving insects will
| be found helpful by those who make
! practical study of the subject. The book
| is copiously and beautifully illustrated. II
makes large volume of over 400 pages and
| is handsomely printed and bound. New
/ York: Doubleday, Page & Co.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09

OF communication. Good roads and cleo
trio railways will work great change in
the conditions OF farm life all over the
country. Both movements are compare
lively in their infancy in this State, but
both have made a good start and are evil
IDENTIFY destined to great development. A
general system of good roads and trolley
lines will bring the farming communities
of the State so close together and intro
duce so large a social element into farm
life that there will never be an abandoned
farm movement in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09

as to have money invested in stocks and
bonds. Such persons must not only be
timid beyond comprehension. but they must
be ignorant. The death Of the President, If
it should occur, will not eliminate in
panic of the whole country. like that Of a
vanquished army The natural revulsion
at such crime may affect business for
few days, but the government would be al
ministered by men holding the Presidents
conservative views. There is not the least
cause for fear; the timid do not direct the
industrial and business interests Of the
country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
THE Equal OF ANY PREDECESSOR.

Not long ago Secretary Long, in an ad-
dress in Massachusetts. asserted that Pres
ident Mckinley as statesman and execu-
tive is the peer of any man who has held
newspapers which claim TO be independent
turned upon the secretary with ridicule and
contemptuous remark. One intimated that
Secretary Long must have felt under per-
sonal obligation TO the President to make
a statement which he knew TO be so OBJ
viously incorrect. Others, with that pes
simism which pervades the intolerance of
mugwumpism which masquerades under
the disguise of independence belittled the
President and Idiculed The secretary.
IT is unfortunate for the world and foI
human progress that the character au0
deeds of great and useful men are not APP
preciated until they are dead Washington
was censured and belittled; the best quail
tiles of jefferson were not recognized:
Abraham Lincoln was maligned until the
day of his DEATH il has taken the Amer
lean people years 10 comprehend the great
ness of General Grant and the real worth
Of Harrison was not acknowledged by
many until he had passed away. This
evil OF depreciating the living Is even more
detrimental ct the present time than it
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
SILLY TALK.

Dispatches from New York and Wash
ington continue to refer to measures
which, it is said, are being taken by the
banks and the treasury authorities to avert
a money panic or financial crisis in the
possible event of the Presidents death.
The bankers express confidence in their
ability to tide matters over" and the
treasury officials are said to realize that,
should the President die, a panic could
hardly be averted by the strength of the
hanks alone, and in that event the financial
department of the government must come
to the rescue of the money markets to
restore confidence" The Journal takes no
stock in these reports nor in the affected
apprehension and anxiety Of the banks
and treasury officials. They exaggerate
their own Importance and, whether inten-
tionally or not, they misrepresent actual
conditions. The business of the country is
on too solid basis, it's prosperity is too
real, the condition of the banks is too
sound, and, above all, the confidence of
the people in the stability Of the govern
ment is too absolute to admit of any APP
prehension of a money panic or financial
crisis, even in the possible event of the
Presidents death. That event would doubt
less have a temporary depressing effect on
business, because it would cause several
days of national mourning, but nothing
more, unless perhaps spectators might
use it to bear down stocks little. The
assassination and death of President Gar
field did not materially affect financial
conditions. During the year 1881, in which
he died, the government redeemed pur
chased its bonds to the amount of S123 $685.,
600, making a reduction of S11,374,S 14 in the
annual interest account. There was no
money panic whatever, nor any sign of it,
There was somewhat of furry in specu-
lative stocks, but the author of Thirty
Years of American Finance says: Gar
fields death was not a decisive influence
on the situation; it was, in fact, a coinci-
dence rather than a cause" The persons
who are disseminating groundless fears of
financial trouble in case Mr.. Mckinley
should die are doing themselves no credit
and the country disservice. All talk of that
kind is silly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
Mr.. Chupes and Miss Jenny.

These are the names OF two birds, and
the book tells the story OF their lives. IL
is a charming account of the life i'm cap
tivity of two robins whose misfortunes AZ
first made them the involuntary companions
Of humankind and whose affection for their
gentle owner and guardian made them I'M
willing afterwards TO return TO life of
freedom The story OF their training OF
their habits their tricks their pretty ex-
hibitions OF instinct and intelligence is told
IN a style that shows the author-Effie Big
nell-to be a true lover not only of birds
but of nature in all her forms. The book
is very appropriately dedicated Ito the
Audubon societies in recognition OF their
work in the cause OF bird protection" II
is published by the Baker x Taylor Com
pany, New York.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09

Already papers are demanding that the
Anarchists be driven out Of the country.
This is based upon the assumption that all
Anarchists are foreigners The assassin
who attempted the life of the President is
native American, and it will be found
that a large part of them are American
citizens. But if they could be banished, to
what country could they be sent? Are we
prepared to send assassins to murder the
rulers of other lands? And if all Anarchists
or those who have the views of anarchistic
hate in their hearts should be banished, is
it not possible that the number would be so
large as to make their transportation diff
ficult? 1t is unwise to disguise the situa-
ton. The number of persons who exut
over the deed of the assassin is larger than
most people suspect. During several weeks,
as before observed, primary teacher of
anarchy has been speaking to small au-
diences near the Circle quite frequently
He has not advised the shooting of Presi-
dents, but he has declared that the gov
eminent is in the hands of millionaires or
their tools in Washington In his last
speech he declared that the only way to
get rid of a millionaire was to put bullet
into his brain. There is a class of people
who imbibe such sentiments. They read
the papers which are filed with them.
Very naturally they hate those who are
called capitalists, and are rather pleased
than otherwise when a public official ac-
cused of favoring trusts is murderously as
sailed. We use the name Anarchist with
shudder of horror, but those persons who,
like Senator Wellington, are utterly indif-
ferent at the shooting of the President and
those who unguardedy declare that they
are glad of it, when allusion is made to
the crime, are impregnated with the virus
of anarchy.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
Under n Lucky star.

The wise men Of old taught that there are
twelve distinct types of people in the world
who have their special place and work TO
do I'm the plan of the universe. and that
they can be classified under their apprO-
pirate sign of the zodiac. This idea forms
the basis of Under a Lucky Star" by
Charlotte A. Walker. The book Is an in
genious but most persons Will say rather
forced attempt TO explain personal char
acteristics, tendencies and possibilities
choice of partners and employees, choice OF
occupations, etc, by the influence OF the
stars under which a person is born. IL Is
claimed that in studying the influence OF
the planets it is found that persons born
at about the same time of a month are
alike in their general characteristics and
that other planets may work for or against
them. The lives of many celebrated men
and women are cited TO sustain the in
genious astrological theories advanced. ard
the author has tried TO give them a prac-
teal turn. The book is one that can be
read with interest by those who are fond
of pursuing ingenious suggestions. New
York: c. w. Dillingham; Company
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
Heart and Soul.

The author Of this novel, Mrs. Henrietta
d. Skinner, made a favorable impression
by a musical story, "Espiritu SantO," pub
lished some time ago. The scenes of Heart
and Sour are laid in various parts Of this
country and of France. The story deals
largely with the life OF Detroit during the
first half of the nineteenth century. when
it still retained much OF the old French at
mosphere, though the scene shifts from
this to other parts of the country. The
hero is a youth Of Spanish descent, born in
Cuba, brought up i'm Detroit, and finding
his career in the work Of civil engineering
The heroine is a little maiden OF mixed
French and Scotch parentage. who wins
the admiration of the reader as she did OF
Roderic, the hero and relator OF the story.
The story is full Of strong pictures OF hith-
erto untouched phases of American life.
and the love romance that runs through il
is handled with delicacy and skill New
York. Harper e, Bros
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09
A Handbook OF Proverbs.

There have been many compilations OF
proverbs, but none, it is believed, on the
plan of this one. the distinctive feature
of which is a classified arrangement by
subjects with all Of the proverbs relating
to each particular subject colated under
that head. Among the topics are mar
riage, celibacy, poverty, wealth, speech
and silence, friendship, dress, pleasure.
pride, jealousy, fame, gratitude and Others
to the number Of more than a hundred,
with from a dozen TO fifty proverbs relat-
ing to them under each head. Thus, under
the head of Folly and Fools" we find !:
Fools grow without watering" "A fool
is never wrong" "a FOOLS fortune is his
misfortune" "a man may be fool and
not know it," IF every fool were crowned
we should all be kings" and many others
The proverbs are selected from approved
sources and the arrangement makes the
book a handy one for readers, thinkers
writer's and speakers. New York: New
Amsterdam Book Company.
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ton Is used than formerly and only the
best accepted. and good verse is "a scarce
article. Is question that need not De- here
discussed. The character OF this little col
lection OF poems indicates. however. that
the second inference may be- the correct
one. Mr.. Moody proves himself hero Go be-
possessed OF Imagination. "a refined taste
and power OF effective expression quite
beyond the average modern verse write.
I'm addition he has "a command OF the mere
mechanics OF Ncrse-making that soon gives
the freader confidence that he VIII meet
with no larriug notes iu rhyme or rhythm
He chooses simple themes and makes no
ambitious flights. vet there o. "a suggestion
back even of the lighter rhymes OF deep
thoughtfulness and Of spiritual insignia
suggestion that still better work may be
expected from this autnorS pen Space
does not permit quotation. though many
lines offer themselves; D. must suffice to
say that the volume is worth reading ~
showing both the achievement and The
promise OF one OF the younger poets, also
that i'm the reading "Song-hower and Pop
py The Daguerreotypc and The Nc
nagerie' should not bc missed. Houghton,
Mifiiin K Co Boston
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-09

The experiences Of a married couple who
exchange city for country life FOR the bene-
TT OF a delicate child furnish the theme for
this clever story by Sydney H. Preston.
THE Abandoned Farmer is newspaper
man who, mainly for the reason above in
dicated, concludes to move 10 the country.
How he and his wife discussed the pros
and cons Of the matter. how they finally
rented a little farm from skinfiint land
lord how they blundered along i'm happy
go-lucky style. having some disagreeaDia
experiences and some pleasant ones. and
how the journalistic farmer raised a biz
crop Of potatoes. half OF which he gave
10 the village church-these and other Odd
and amusing experiences related i'm A
pleasing style make "A very readable story.
Now York. Char-os SnrLhnnL $ Sons
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Crankfsuns.

This is the title which. for want OF a
better, is given to a little volume OF satir-
ical aphorisms on the follies and frailties
Of human nature. accompanied with clever
illustrations which carry out and develop
the humor OF the text. Both text and
Illustrations are unusually bright OF their
kind Following are some Of the aphorisms
each with its appropriate picture. For
hidden fruit has no attractions until we
know that il is forbidden" 1T is impossi-
bic TO serve two masters, and few of us
try We are satisfied 10 praise God from
whom all blessings iOw, while We cash the
checks Of mammon." MANY who sing
loud praises 10 God pay heavy tribute to
the devil Tell the truth and you Will
shame the devil; you will also surprise him
very often" Philadelphia: Henry Coates
Il Co.