The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-12-15

but all may well be interested In the trans
lation in the current issue OF Records OF
the Past OF parts OF the oldest book In the
world"-a manuscript found in the ruins OF
Thebes, and which is a treatise on manners
written at least 1000 years before the
Christian era. These precepts suggest the
wisdom OF Solomon and some are quite ike
the modern code. Another paper in the
number is descriptive of the Imperial Otto
man Museum at Constantinople- This Pc
riodicaI is published in Washington.
Among Christmas trifes and novelties is
a booklet from the house of Elder & Shep-
ard, San Francisco, portraying. mainly
through a series Of half-tones. 1.-THE Calcu-
lations of Baby Roland" Baby Roland as,
pires, reflects and finally achieves, in spite
of all difficulties set in his way. Those
who will may draw moral from the pic
lures From the same house comes The
Cynic's Calendar of Revised Wisdom for
1903" by Oliver Herford, Ethel Watts
Mumford and Addison Miner. 1t is in the
form of small book containing blank
memorandum page opposite the calendar
for each week. the latter being preceded by
such cynicisms as MANY are called but
few get up" God help those who do not
help themselves" "A church-fair exchange
is robbery, etc, etc.
The Architectural Record is a class mag
azine. but the most casual reader could
hardly fail to have his attention held
should he open the pages of the December
illustrated and show not only the exteriors
of buildings. but many interiors and deco
rative effects. The illustrations are re-
markedly good, and the views of Paris
streets and houses have an artistic value
apart from their technical interest. Ar
ticles in the number are on the following
themes: 1.-THE Partisan Suburb of Passy"
..The Plan of a City" ''The Contemporary
New York Residence" 1.-THE Campanile of
St. Marks at Venice" THE New York
Turin" (the illustrations with this are of
furniture). and lover the Draughting
Board Under this last head the relation
between architecture proper and land
magazine. which is devoted to architecture
and the allied arts and Sciences is pub
lished at IA Vesey street, New York.
The holiday number of the Book Lover
is mine of good reading for the genuine
lover of books. Such a one knows. as he
turns the pages, that the editor of this de-
lightfu quarterly is doing work of love
as he prepares and selects the matter for
each issue, and is not animated solely by
commercial interests. This number opens
with the concluding paper of Rene Bache's
interesting series on the Library of Con-
gress." Its illustrations show facsimiles
of rare manuscripts. pages of Illuminated
missals, book bindings, ETC. Persons in
terested In book plates will read with much
approval the article1by Sir James Balfour
Paul on this subject. He recommends SIM
plicity in the design of such plates, and
sees little point to the scattering of them
about, their proper place being within the
books of the owner. Numerous designs IL
lustrate the paper. Other papers are 1.-The
English Lyric THE Origin of Water
marks on Paper" Men of One Joke" "The
Pamphlet and the Magazine" ION Becom-
ing Possessed of Library" 1.-The Art of
Illuminating, 1.-The Original Camille
Robinson Crusoe, christmas at Gads-
hill' and Tricks of the Eighteenth Cen
fury Publishers" Among the shorter mat
ter is an interesting comparison of a dozen
versions of a single famous quatrain of
Omar Khayyam. showing the great SUI
periority of the Fitzgerald translation. The
magazine is published at so East Twenty
first street, New York.