The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-11-30

the most important conditions in New York
in the year 1@3-that being the year In
which New York will celebrate the three
hundredth anniversary of the arrival of
Hendrix Hudson. The article is by Mr..
John Brisben Walker, and covers amuse-
ments, the new education, transportation
and many other subjects which concern the
prosperity not only OF New York, but Of
other fast-growing cities.
TIL Christmas L%ippincotts Magazine is
signalized by the first translation from the
pen of Mrs. A. L. Wister in many years.
She has chosen a facetious story by Fulda.
the translated title of which is The Coat
at the Furrier'S.' The coat begets letters
between a separated husband and wife. and
the letters lead to a diverting reconcilia-
ton. Mrs. Wister's old charm Of style is
undiminished by her long silence. Helen
called IA Detached Pirate In the Christ
mas number of Lippincott's Magazine she
is even ~livelier, with a novel called The
Fascinating of Mr.. Savage. Several OF the
short stories have a Christmas flavor.
In the December World To-Day Q7 Wa
bash avenue, Chicago such subjects as
the Alaska boundary award, the "Ameri-
can invasion of western Canada by Da-
kota farmers, the Korean situation, the
municipal elections in New York and San
Francisco, are treated in leading articles.
In the realm of the fine arts are The
Present Condition Of Music" by Prof. Felix
Borowski, and The Permaneroe of L,Art
Nouveau.' by James william Pattison.
Other articles include Christian Service
Some Women Leaders of National Or
ganiZations," by Jane A. Stewart, and
Shorthand and Brains by John Rothwell
Slater.
Scribner's Magazine for December is full
of color. Like the Century, 1t opens with a
contribution by Edith Wharton, this one a
story entitled "a Venetian Nights Enter
tainment." The illustrations are by Max
field Parrish, a striking one in color FORM
ing the frontispiece. A feature of the num-
Der is a series of eight pictures in color, by
Lucy Wilcox Smith, entitled "A Child in a
Garden" The color illustrations by Ed
ward Penfeld accompanying his article on
"Buda and Pest" with Illustrations by
Peixotto. John Fox jr., contributes a very
Ralph Paine. is a story out of the beaten
track, having a soldiers homesickness for
its theme. Other stories are by Mary r. S.
Andrews, Jeanette Lee and A. A. Knipes.
Henry Van Dyke. Edith M. Thomas, Anne
O'Hagan and Julia c. r. Dorr contribute
poems.
That attractive home magazine, the
Ladies' World New York;, does not claim
to be the only woman's publication, or the
best one on the market, but it can safely
boast that it is the only woman's publica-
ton, and, therefore, the best one, that sells
for the small sum sum of 5 cents a copy or 50
the fine illustrations and the superior read
ing matter compare favorably with those of
it's competitors. 1t is, therefore, a mystery
to publishers who are familiar with the in
ner workings of such publications, and the
endless expense entailed, how 8. III. Moore
& Co. can afford to give as much for the
money as they do. The marked improve
ments i'm the Ladies' World during the last
few months would Indicate that the pub
zine attractive, and it certainly offers on
every page something new to please and in
terest women. This magazine is said to
have a circultion of half a million.
The Engineering Record of Nov. p con-
tains three especially noteworthy contribu-
tons to the engineering history of 19O3-one
of worldwide interest and the other two
bearing on a more circumscribed, but none
the less important, enterprise. First in
interest. certainly from the spectacular
viewpoint, is part one of an elaborate des-
cription of the power development work
at Niagara Falls, especially timely because
of the rapid approach to completion of the
COMPANY. 1t is profuseiy illustrated with
photographs and plans. The other two are
part one of a description of the construc-
in Brooklyn. and one of a write-up of the
| Ambridge plant of the American Bridge
Company on the Ohio river. fifteen miles
Illustrated with photographs and plans in
detail. and contain much matter of interest
to the civil and mechanical engineer.
The special features of the December
number of the Review of Reviews are a
character sketch of Speaker Cannon, Of the
House of Representatives: a sketch of M.
Bunau-Varilla, who represents the new
Panama republic at Washington; an Illus
trated survey of the Carnegie art exhibits
at Pittsburg, by Ernest Knaufft; an article
on portrait shows, apropos of the exhibition
now in progress in New York, by Frank
Fowler; a review of Progress Among the