The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-04-29
CURRENT PERIODICALS.

The May issue Of Leslies Monthly is an
open-air number, dedicated, as its cover
declares, to sport, to nature and to the JOY
of living.
A series of articles on Captains of In
dustry' begins in the May Cosmopolitan.
The article will deal with the men who
have made great financial successes, and
the publishers think the series, if con-
sldered solely from the point of view of
romance, should have been named The
Entertainments of Our Modern Aladdins.'
In the May Era appears the first INSTALL
ment of a series of articles on Marie An
toinette. Under the pseudonym Henry
Francis the author. it is said, hides the per-
sonality OF a well-known figure in the
literary wOrld-one whose knowledge of
French court life is perhaps unequaled in
this country. The life story of the unhap-
Ply Queen is told most sympathetically.
Sylvester Baxter is contributing to the
Century group Of papers on Town and
Village Improvement" The May number
contains a practical discussion of What to
Do and How to Do It." with examples
drawn largely from the experience of Bos-
ton and other places in Massachusetts
where great advance has been made in
this line. The drawings for the article are
/ by Jules Guerin.
n new serial story by Mr.. Haggard will
begin its course in the July number OF
| Pearsons Magazine. The story is entitled
1.-THE Pearl Maiden; or. the Fall of Jerusa-
! lem and is a historic romance of the
| time of the Roman invasion of Judea. The
| scene shifts from Jerusalem in the begin
| ming of the story, to the imperial city of
| Rome itself, under the Emperor Titus 1t
| is said to be a story of unusual interest.
| The second number of a new magazine
Les Arts, is at hand. 1t is published by
Goupil & Co., of Paris, and by Manzi,
| Joyant & Co., New York city. 1t is a
handsome publication and undertakes to
| furnish chronicle of art movements and
/ variety of personal and incidental in
! formation relating 10 artists and their
work The current issue contains illustra-
! lions, with accompanying description of
| important pictures in private collections.
| There is both a French and an English
| text.
One Of the fourteen articles in the Forum
for May which will attract as much atten-
| tion as any other is The Degradation of
the Professional Office" by Professor Laid,
| of Yale University. The intent of the arti-
Gle is to show that the professor meaning
/ the teacher is not as influential and useful
| as teacher as he was years ago. The old
| time professor and pastor was more i'm
| portant factor IN public affairs than are
/ their successors OF the present time In the
/ college ii is the elective system of studies
/ that has worked the mischief. The pro-
/ lessor is a specialist and not a broad, all
/ round scholar that the professor of years
ago was compelled to be- Among the other
/ interesting articles THE Registration
| of Title to Real Property" "Our Industrial
| Position in the World" american For
/ estry," ~ New Career 'ReclGiming the
/ Arid Southwest" and THE Collegiate Con-
/ ditions in the United States" the last by
| President Thwing. Of Western Reserve
| University.
| The Eclectic Magazine for May has a
thoughtful, friendly and broad review of
THE Progress of Women" from the Quar-
terly Review; a second article OF especial
interest to women is a budget OF "Recol-
/ lections of the Empress Frederick" by
Lady Paget. For readers who wish to keep
informed touching the great movements of
world politics there are also two articles
/ of more than ordinary Importance, one a
/ consideration Of the "AnglO-Japanese Alli-
ance," by A. Niche. and the other a dis
i cuSSlon or european Expansion in Asia,
/ by Major Younghusband. Both of these
writers arc recognized authorities on the
\ politics and peoples Of the far East In
the domain of letters there is an article on
/ the proposed British academy of learning
/ from the Quarterly Review, articles on Vic
tor Hugo. and stephen Phillipss Fran
cesca da Rimini'' by Arthur Symons, and
/ an article on Art and Eccentricity" by
Herbert Paul. DR.. James Stalker makes 4
! valuable contribution TO contemporary theo-
/ logical discussion in a comparison of the
article Jesus in the three latest encycIo-
paedias.
Harpers Magazine for May opens with
the first chapters of Mrs Humphry Wards
new novel. Lady Roses Daughter" with
two Illustrations by Howard Chandler
Christy. one of which is a colored frontis-
piece. The eight short stories are by FL
more Elliott Peake. Beuah Marie Dix
Julian Ralph. Grace Ellery Claiming
Cyrus Townsend Brady. Mary r. s. An
/ drews and others; and there are sketches
| by Roy Rolfe ellison. Mary Applewhite
Bacon and Jane w. Guthrie. The travel
article is Sven Hedin in Central Asia" by
J. Scott Kettle, LII D.. and an account Of
coaching in France entitled THE Charm OF
/ the Road" by James III. Hyde, furnishes
! less serious entertainment in the same vein.