The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-05-06

REV. JONI 4. GeIilt-
The New York Sun remarks that there
is little doubt that one American book just
published will make a sensation IN Lon
don, entirely apart from its merits or de-
merits-this is Lord A~llingham, oy MISS
Mary Manning. which was brought out last
week by Dodd. Mead X Co II oeals Win
real and prominent British personascs 20
frankly that the hctional names are 10
disguise at all Il Is impossible, X - SAID.
not TO recognize Mrs. Langtry as the act
ress, and the hero is Sir Robert Peel,
grandson Of the great Sir Robert OF the
corn laws. Other notable figures IN Lon
don lie are said 10 be introduced with
equal %frankness. The author is Of Amert-
can birth. but has spent much time In
London.
The most important new feature OF the
Ladies Home Journal. for May. is the be-
ginning Of Ernest Thompson Seton's de-
partment for boys. which is written and IL
Illustrated by the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Lindsay Denison, who knows President
Roosevelt in a personal way. writes or
The Outdoor President" and Helen Keller
continues the story OF her life. The fiction
features are Miss Portor's Those Days IN
old Virginia and the first part OF a story
by Grace 5. Richmond called The IndiffSr-
ence OF Juliet" Nellie planchan tells
How the Birds Build Their Nests and
Will Bradley shows the boudoir OF "The
Bradley House Mr.. Mabie, in his literary
talk. deals with the reading habit and sew
eral new books and writers OF note.
A feature of the Worlds Work for May
is an article made up Of explanatory notes
to a series Of sixteen full-page pictures OF
the business streets OF Cairo-"beyond the
American invasion" The other fine illus
trative features OF the number include an
article on Leland Stanford University. an
other on Mr.. Carlin's wonderful snapshot
and fashlight photographs OF Wild animals,
and a story about a wonderful Dry SAT-
sea in the Western desert. Wolf Won
Schierbrand furnishes another OF his stu
dies Of modern Germany-considering this
time the commercial relations OF the United
States and Germany; and Frederic Emory
writes OF Americas new role as an interna-
tional peacekeeper. Charles Graves has
gathered together some data which tend TO
show that the Christian Church. as an or
ganization. is declining. The New Bank
ing Methods" by which the great city
banks are becoming veritable department.
ton, are described by William Justus Boies.
William G. Whitney is the subject OF a
study of success, and there Is an editorial
article which furnishes reasons why New
York is the future money center OF the
world. Short articles on DIR. David starr
Jordan, the energetic president of Stanford
University, and on the work OF the United
States in Hawaii are other features.
In the May number OF the North Ameri-
can Review Count NJ. Matsukata. former
ly prime minister Of Japan, explains the
Financial System of Japan" Senator j.
2. Dolliver expounds the Significance OF
the Anglo-Japanese Alliance" Andrew Car
negie calls attention 10 The Opportunity
of the United States to acquire unrivaled
glory by acting toward the Filipinos in the
same way as toward the Cubans. Mark
Twain undertakes "A Defense Of General
Funston" Senator James Mcmillan tells OF
the origin, purpose and work of The Pro-
posed American Art College in Rome" TIL
Duchess of Sutherland writes of Woman
and Her Sphere Sydney Brooks. after
several months Of personal observation or
the condition OF things in the Peninsula,
describes The Situation i'm Spain. Amelle
RiVpS contributes a molOdlOuE FHNmn 10
the Sea" Colonel w. ii. Carter, assistant
adjutant general OF the United States army,
inquiries, will America Profit by Her Re
cent Military Lessons senator ). 4.
Morgan considers The Choice of Isthmian
Canal Routes" and gives reasons for his
preference for the route through Nicaragua.
w. l.. Penfeld, solicitor OF the State De-
partment. discusses the legality or Brit
ish PURCHASES, of War Supplies in the
experience of an artist In an alien land. 10
illustrate The Way OF the WOrkingman,
and A b; Martinez gives an account OF the
Public Debt Of the Argentine Republic,
which is the ninth article in the Reviews
series or the National Debts of the
World"
Lippincott's Magazine for May presents
as its complete novel. "A Mock Caliph and
His Wife" by Edith Robinson. 1t has
short stories by George Moore, Marie Van
Worst, Francis Churchill Williams, VOL
colt lie Clear Beard and Clinton Danger
field. Elizabeth Robins Pennell contributes
over the Alps in a Diligence" Othon q.
Guerlac writes of the French Academy.
and Frank II. Sweet, in Food for Fishes"
declares that the microscopic creatures
which, in parts OF the Atlantic, are massed
so thiCkly as TO discolor the surface and
give abundant food for the whale. are pres
ent, not so thickly, but in numbers COM
parable TO the notes in the air. In all parts
creatures are the basis of all the large life
of the ocean. and in a great degree OF the
growth and increase OF fresh-water fishes
The article contains much useful informa-
tion. Recollection OF Stonewan jack
SON. are given by Edward NJ. Alfriend.
DR.. Charles c. Abbott writes calmly. and
as II familiar with the subject, or Eden,
Past and Present. and offers some sensible
suggestions which, IL acted upon by even a
small per cent. of the people. might re-
create the world or hasten the millennium.
He concludes thus: Paradise was not for
a brief space and never TO return. The
world is a series OF shOrt-lived creations.
Paradise is daily lost, perhaps; but. IL you
so desire it is, also, daily, Paradise re-
gained"
EYerybody's Magazine for May is Illus
trated by photographs of famous Ameri-
can mountains" which company a des-
criptive paper on the same subject, written
by Henry Gannett. geographer of the
United States geographical survey. 1t is
useful and interesting. Another entertain
ing article furnished by Herbert X. Job. is
called Ocean Wanderers" these being
specified as shearwaters, skunas, petrels,
4 Tx OICE AAAA0 aAtA Ill AlNE dAAOM1
are furnished from photographs taken from
life>by the author and others. L. +. O'COn-
nor, NJ. p, writes of The Napoleon OF
/; south Africa" This is a study OF the man.
| Cecil Rhodes. The writer expresses his
|, opinions calmly and forcefully, and appar-
! entity without prejudice. lie refers TO Mr..
Rhodes as IAN example or the nOn-moral.
not immoral, man. one who did not under
t stand the spiritual side Of man. The three
serial stories, "Belshazzar," by William
Stearns Davis: Danny" by Alfred OIL
; want, and Tangled Up In Beulah Land,
author unmentioned, are still continued.
o Eleanor Hoyt. Frederick and
John Tsn-Eyck Tompkins contribute short
stories. Mar as 4 Machine" by II. w.
Wiley. and Tie Rockefeller Institute for
D Medical Research by Arthur r Bostwick,
are of interest. The department How 10
Make Money" is sure 20 be Of value 20
e many women. The Modern Basket Ma
3 ker,'' by Mary White. is concluded. There
: Is also a chapter devoted 10 Paris fashions.
[ The magazine. az a whole. is excellent.
Scribner's Magazine for May offers a
pleasing variety in subjects and illustra-
h tions. The frontispiece is a drawing by
F. c. Yohn. reproduced in color. and rep
resents the departure of the Indians after
2 the massacre OF Wyoming. 1t belongs 10
"A Story Of Three States" which Is con-
. cluded I'm this number, and Is accompanied
E by Illustrations in color by Howard Pyle,
n +. c. YOhn and Denman Fink. and by
9 drawings by Jules Guerin and others. II Il
4 a shocking story, but the events really