The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-10-19

at once ingenious and distinctive. while the
characters are drawn Win vitalizing clear
ness. This is narrative OF love and busi-
ness mingled. wherein wall street appears
as the battlefield of Cupid. There are
number of readable short stories ana
sketches in the number.
The Century will publish during the COM
ing year what seems likely TO be pro-
nounced daring and unique piece of his
torical writing, 1.-The Youth of Washington:
Told in the Form of an Autobiography. by
,. Weir Mitchell LII. D., author of Hugh
Wynne. DIR. Mitchell ina gines Washing
TON sitting down at Mount Vernon In MS
oiu age and recording, solely for his own
eye, the story of his youthful life and the
influences that affected il for good or i'll.
IL Is promised that the author has so fully
entered into the habit of mind of Washing
ton that IL will be impossible for the reader
TO separate in the text the passages taken
out OF his actual writings from those which
Dr. Mitchell imagines him TO write.
One OF the most noteworthy contributions
TO the current literature of the Panama
canal negotiations is John George Leigh's
THE Republic of Colombia and the Pana-
ma Canal" contained in the October num-
Der OF the Engineering Magazine. The
scope of the article is more fully set forth
in its subttle-"Industrial and Political
conditions in the Mainland States for
Mr.. Leigh has set forth in great detail
though clearly and succinctly. those radical
economic differences, both Industrial and
political, between the mainland states and
the isthmus, which made the defeat or the
canal treaty probable from the beginning
The article is illustrated with numerous
entertaining and instructive photographs
Another notable article is Emile Guarini
Electric Trolley Vehicles Without Rails,
a description of traction systems adapted
TO lines of light traffic density.
Pearson's Magazine will shortly COM
mence the publication of a most important
set of papers in which are combined some
of the most thrilling phases of American
history. and the inside facts bearing upon
the making of much of the history, under
the general title. tom Mast. Cartoonist."
Shortly before Mr.. Nasts death he invited
his friend, Mr.. Albert Bigelow Paine, to
spend a few weeks with him in his home.
going over with him his old Scrapbooks
and memoranda in which were recorded the
facts upon which his world-famous car,
toons were built. Mr.. Mast told his friend
that he proposed 10 make him his literary
executor, and forthwith Mr.. Paine COM
menced work upon the memoirs OF perhaps
the greatest molder Of public opinion ever
known. Parsons will present the story TO
its readers, fully illustrated with Nasts
most famous cartoons, in either SIX or
eight parts.
The November issue of Everybody's Mag
azine, already at hand. has a brilliant au-
tumn cover, the design showing ears OF
corn in red and yellow. Its frontispiece is
striking portrait of William Travers
Jerome. The opening article has for its
timely theme John Alexander Dowie. whose
crusade in New York city has just begun.
1t is written by |. X. Friedman. Of Chi
cago. Reform that Reforms tells what
has been accomplished in New York city
under Mayor Lows administration. Sue
cessful Men Who Are Not Rich" paper
worth reading in these days, when the dol
lar is so constantly TO the fore. tells or the
achievements and public services of men
who have other aims than the accumula-
ton of wealth. Eugene Wood contributes
an interesting article on THE Good Bac-
terra" ''World-Old Handicrafts' and
'.Dramatists Wives are themes of other
papers Several good short stories and
many illustrations help to make up this ex-
cellent number.
The Ladies' Home Journal and Woman's
Home Companion have a formidable rival
i'm the Ladies' World. household magazine
published in New York. 1t contains some
of the attractive features of those periodi-
Gals. with other equally valuable ones OF
its own. The October issue is especially
pleasing. From the cover by Charles Hope
Provost to the Thanksgiving announcement
on the last page il is artistic. entertaining
The opening story by Mary Clarke Hunting
ton is a romance of colonial days. n. Hud-
son Moore has an interesting study upon
old china, beautifully illustrated from pho
tographs. ''Dr. Kennels Discovery" by
Ben Hams is a pathetic little story of a
lonely boyhood and the miracle wrought
by the sympathetic insight of tender old
Scotch physician. Mature Studies with
the Camera" is accompanied by some
noticea BILE camera studies OF autumn fruits
and flowers In the household department
a paper on the making of artistic braided
rugs will attract the attention of women
readers. The World is published by 5. H.
Moore & Co., 81 City Hall place, New York