The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-22

CT the Philistine. but in the profundity and
general seriousness Of its contents very
different from that frivolous periodical
The current issue IS devoted largely 10 an
appreciation of Tolstoy. by Clarence s
barrow. John Vance Cheney and Harriet
Monroe are other contributors The Rubric
emanates from Chicago.
Mr.. II. White a well-known illustrator
OF the Figaro Ilustre. who has recently
returned to America after a prolonged
residence there asserts that nowhere in
Paris could he find such opportunities for
sketching as are present everywhere along
the waterfront OF New York To make
good his point Mr. White has executed a
large number Of sketches taken at random
along the edges Of New York city, which
are published i'm the February number OF
Lesiies Monthly.
The great vogue Of the amateur camera Is
shown In an entirely new phase in the
article entitled Hunting with the Camera
in the February number OF Pearson's Maya
zine. That man with nearly thirty
years experience OF ordinary hunting
should be converted TO the use OF camera
instead Of gun IS an interesting fact in
itself. and the account OF MT Shlras
readers. The Illustrations are from photo
graphs by Mr. Shiras himself-trophies Of
his hunting and won a gold medal at
the recent Paris exposition. AlOIner Tea
ture OF the number IS an article on Cecil
Rhodes and his home at Cape Town.
AS already announced, the Century is TO
print in the February and March num-
bers authoritative articles on the contem-
plated improvements OF Washington city.
which have attracted so much attention
in the press. and which, II Is expected.
viii make Washington perhaps the most
beautiful OF modern cities The contribu-
tiOns I'm the February number will con-
sist OF articles entitled white City and
Capital city" by Daniel II. Burnham. the
architect chairman OF the commission;
and the first OF two papers on the plans
Senate Committee on the District Of Co
lumbia, who Travelled abroad with the COM
mission The text viii be supplemented by
illustrations.
To many persons having only the most
general acquaintance with archaeology the
literature which deals IN an untechnical
way with the relics Of prehistoric races has
curious fascination. No doubt the pro-
iectors OF the new periodical, Records OF
the Past issued at Washington, D. c.. had
this taste in mind, for the contents OF the
first number are OF kind 10 attract the
attention Of the casual reader as well as
the skilled archaeOlOg8st- Rev. Henry Ma
son Baum, the chief editor, writes or Amer
lean antiquities. but the largest part OF
the number is devoted 10 paper by Al,
bert A. Hopkins. on ''Pompeii; Its Lie ana
Art" Archaeological Interest in Asiatlc
Russia and 1.-The Sloan Inscription ana
translation are subjects of other papers.
The Illustrations are numerous and good.
The Era CPhiladeIphia) is now much more
than a periodical dealing with new books
and other strictly literary topics 1t has
taken on many magazine features, the
January number opening with an account
of the work Of the royal academician, AL
fred East Some beautiful illustrations ac-
company the paper. The opening chapters
of Gabriel TOliver," a serial by Joel
Chandler Harris appear in this issue. The
promise is that il will contain good deal
of the Uncle Remus' element, Uncle
Remus in this case being 'Uncle Plato"
In a recent note TO the publishers Mr.. Har-
Tis said: THE book IS not precisely auto
biographical, but it is something more than
reminiscent, for L nave put mysel1 INTO
It in the most unreserved way. When
decided TO quit newspaper work, turned
to this work. and when i began II, de-
termined TO write il in my own way, with
out regard to models, standards or formal
ism Of any kind. 1 determined TO write
something TO please myself. The result Is
what you have 1t is mine; It is me. l do
not say this on account Of any pride have
in the work; it is perhaps faulty, but even
the faults are mine. mean by this that
surrendered myself wholly to the story and
its characters and the idea of art simply
never occurred TO me until the thing was
complete"
He is a real lover of books, the unnamed
man who edits the Book Lover-"a maya
zine Of booklore for the Book-Lover
Press Of New York city. Into this quarter
~ publication is gathered from many
sources matter dealing with books. their
writers and the various phases Of things
literary. 1t is a compilation entirely, but
so large a proportion Of its contents would
not meet the eye Of the majority of readers
in their original location that its pages
have all the interest of fresh contributed
= matter. The opening paper in the current
number treats OF the Kelmscott press and
offers much Information which even those
who talk glibly of William Morris's work
may find new and interesting. A list OF the
Kelmscott books with their prices, is also
a feature. Several articles OF interest
10 book collectors: Facts for the Biblio-
phile." Fashion in Book Collecting, -
'Book-hunting as q Business" ITO All
Young Collectors and Some Old Ones" etc.
Other readable matter includes Ten Miss
ing Years of Shakspeare's Life" "Litera-
ture as an Anodyne," Privately Illustrated
Books" when Novels Pail" This period
zeal OF 100 pages is really mine Of literary
lore