The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-01-14

will appear in February. 1t is, it is said.
a frank and dispassionaIe discussion of the
conditions of the reconstruction problem
as they appeared at the close or the CIVIL
war.
Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly for jan
uary contains a brief but well-written and
comprehensive account of Cuba's national
convention. An interesting paper, deScrip-
tive of a visit to the Baldwin locomotive
works, is entitled Trading In Locomo-
tives." Several readable short stores are in
the number.
Little Folks. IAN illustrated monthly for
youngest readers" not only affords enter
tainment for children. but is a source of
satisfaction to their elders for the relief
they afford when their own supply of nurs-
cry tales and rhymes is exhausted. The
little magazine is attractive and well con-
Quoted. S. Z. Casino, Boston, publishers.
Any one who wishes TO read Senator Mar
Gus Hanna's views on 1.-THE Revival Of
American Shipping may find them in the
January issue of the National Magazine
(BOstOn.) Senator Hanna contributes an
article on the subject and urges that this
revival can only be brought about by the
passage. by Congress, of his subsidy bill.
Somehow, one does not care much for
the reviews in the Bookman, but the gos-
sip about books. their writer's and publish
ers, is likely TO be fresh and entertaining
and not a repetition of that found else
where. 1t is odd how greatly the reading
public cares for the talk of the literary
shop. but that it does cannot be denied.
The January number of the international
Magazine Chicago opens with an historic
al sketch, by John Livingston Wright of the
Valley of the Illinois-a region as rich in
Indian and French tradition as the Valley
of the Wabash. Their history, indeed, is
closely i~nterwoven. Among other features
of the number is a short story by Louis
Wesiyn Jones.
After the installment of the Kipling serial
the most entertaining bit of literature in
the January Mcclure is Clara Morris's
frank chapter of recollections of her early
experiences on the New York stage. Some
OF the men and women mentioned by name
who are yet living must vince at her re-
cital of their bad manners on an occasion
memorable to her.
In the January number of Good House
keeping, DR.. Groedel. a specialist. tells
What people must do TO avoid heart trou-
bles-the physical sort. Ella Wheeler Will
cox considers the subject of Getting into
Social Life" there is a paper on Keeping
House in a Flat" one On the servant lues-
ton, together with the usual departments
relating to cookery, etc.
The Strand Magazine manages somehow
to pick up a variety of contributions at
once interesting and yet OF different char
acter from the matter found in other peri
odicals. Although it has lost its star con-
%tTibutor, the late Grant Allen, ii has the
names of many brilliant writer's still on it's
list. The holiday number completes the
tenth year of its publication.
Gabriel Nicolet. painter. and his works
| are given a good deal of space In the jan
uary Magazine of Art (Cassell's.) Recent
art acquisitions of several of the British
galleries are described, there Is a paper on
Position. and there is an Illustrated paper
or "Humor in Black and White" by K. L.
Reed, one of the artists of Punch.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady is the au-
thor Of the complete novel in the January
Lippincott. Mr.. Brady is becoming rather
a prolific writer, but he has not yet pro-
duced a dull story. This. when Blades
Are Out and Loves Afield' is a tale of
revolutionary times. Two or three well
lumber. Among other contributions rs one
on odd Clubs" by Lucy Monroe.
To know who Is Who" in the world of
business and professional men one has
only to follow the pages of the Successful
American from moath to month The
magazine is intended FOR the use of news
paper men as a work of reference. but II
/ Is or value 10 all VINO wish to Keen in
formed as to what Is being done and by
whom In the various fields of endeavor.
Golfers Weekly will publish Hall Gaines
new novel, The Sternal City," about which
so much has been said. The first chapters
story is, of course, Rome, where so many
opposing forces meet. Full of color and
dramatic movement, ii grapples. it is said,
with the tremendous social and religious
problems of the present tine without detri-
ment TO the plot or action.
1.-THE Hoosier Lit " IS the title of a new
literary magazine issued by the students
OF Indiana State University. Bloomington.
It's editor is Walter Henshaw Grim. his
assistants, Alta Brunt, Hans Otto Ste,,h-
han and Ais Beatty Lowder. Though UMPIRE
tentious in appearance. it's contents are
highly creditable TO it's promoters and Il
has more Of a really literary flavor than
most college publications.
The current issue of the quarterly Poe,
Lore. contains as its most notable feature
a prose play, "Ephraim's Bridget" by Carl
Hauptmann. "Appreciations and Essavs-
deal with "Tennyson's use of Homeric Ma
terial Some Shaksperean Questions !,
Color and Motion in I.assies." and 9Th
Berlin Stage During the Past Season." In
the instruction department students are
told how TO study Wordsworth's Michael
Parts o and 7 of the Chefs Doeuvre of
the Exposition Universelle." reproducing.
both in color and black and white. the best
pictures displayed at the Paris exposition.
are at hand and equal the preceding num-
bers in attractiveness. American and En-
glish artists are represented In these num-
bers. The descriptive text Is well prepared
and the series is of value not only for its
pictures. but for the Information given
concerning artists and their work. This
very handsome publication is issued by
George Barrie & Son, Philadelphia. There
will be twenty-five parts in the complete
work.
Subjects discussed in the current issue of
the National Geographic Magazine are:
THE Wyoming Fossil Fields Expedition of
July. 1897" Gold in the Philippines, 18th
Teaching OF Physical Geography In Ele-
mentary Schools" Geography at the Brit
ish Association for the Advancement of
Science Decisions OF the United States
Board OF Geographic Names and Some
Significant Facts Concerning the Foreign
Trade OF Great Britain
Brush and Pencil. the Chicago art maga-
zine. gives up a good deal OF its space In
the January issue 20 the work of the
American artist. Daniel lsidgeway Knight.
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