The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-28
Current Periodicals..

Current Periodicals.
Leslie's Monthly for October has nine
good short stories as usual, as we'll as
goodly number of articles, including the
opening chapters from Mrs. Ballington
Booths memoirs.
G. P. Putnam's Sons are to publish an
English version of Lame est Immortel,"
by Gabriel Delanne. The book deals with
spiritism, apparitions, etc., from spiritual
istic as well as from materialistic point
of view.
The j. 3. Lippincott Company is publish
ing "Hypnotism; Its Theory and Practice"
by ]. Milne Bramwell, well-known writer
on this subject. The book is scientific. The
historical part contains some new and in
teresting matter. The volume is illustrated.
Houghton, Mifflin & CO. are publishing a
new edition of 1.-The Children's Book the
popular volume of stories and poems Sc
lected by the late Horace Z. Scudder In
addition to the illustrations of earlier edi-
tions, the new one Will contain sixteen new
full-page pictures many of them the work
of CruikShank. The cover Will have a de-
sign Of black and white
The late B. l.. Farjeon left the manu-
script of a story for girls and boys which
is to appear serially in st. Nicholas Maya
zine during the coming year. 1t deals with
Londons Madame Tussaud and her cele-
brated wax works; the marvellous doings of
the principal characters in that exhibition
Queen Elizabeth, Henry VIII, Tom Thumb
Guy Fawkes and others, all of whom are
brought to life and made to live in the Lon
don of to-day.
The Outlook Company will issue as one
of it's important fall publications, book
by w. S. Rainsford, rector of st. Georges
Church, New York. In it DR.. Rainsford
tells of his early life in Ireland, his strug-
giles with doubts and difficulties as young
clergyman in England Canada and the
United States, and of the ways by which he
has transformed st. Georges from dying
family parish into the present active and
powerful church.
The novelty of the Color Key to North
American Birds" by Frank NJ Chapman,
soon to be published by Doubleday, Page
& Co., is a new sort of colored picture of
each of the birds on the margin opposite
the description on every page, showing in
a conspicuous way the significant charac-
teristics so that they will be easily recog-
nized on the birds themselves. Mr.. Chap
man is the author of authoritative books on
birds, and bird students will be grateful to
him for this ingenious help towards identi-
fication.
In Harpers Bazaar for October are the fol-
lowing contributions: 1.-THE Memoirs Of a
Baby, by Josephine Daskam; "Acquaint-
ance With Grief" by Margaret Deland;
Ine FIRST Battle, by Grace IL. Ruare,
1.-THE Factory Girl and Domestic Service"
by Ida Jackson; THE Story of the Ensmall-
ing Glass" by Orson Lowell; 1.-THE Ultimate
Moment" by William r. Lighton; Tables,
ling; school Luncheons." by Josephine
Grenier: Housekeeping in Paris" by Flora
Med. Thompson; Beads as Decora-
tion," by Margaret III. WEIGH.
McClures Magazine for October has this
table of contents: Chicago Half Free and
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lock, jr., and the Octopus by William II.
Osborne: "The Barbizon School, by John
La Fargo; THE End of the Task. by
Bruno Leasing; Babies of the Zoo" by
A. w. Rolker; "a Little Flyer in Love, !"
". Philips; My Friend Prospero, by
Henry Harland; "Reclaiming an Ocean
Bed" by Walter Wcllman: The Commit
tee on Matrimony, by Margaret Cameron;
1.-The Mate from Maine" by Colin Mckay.
Mr.. John Burroughs is to contribute to
the Century for 1904 a number of articles on
Current Misconceptions in Natural His
tory giving his views as to what he be-
lieves to be errors Of observation, record or
deduction on the part of contemporary wri-
tiers on nature subjects. The echoes of Mr..
BURROUGHS article on similar topic which
| appeared in the Atlantic last spring are
still reverberating, and in this series Mr..
Burroughs will take up the subject more
fully, publishing his mature opinions as to
instinct, the alleged teaching of young ami
mails by their parents, the play Of animals
| and kindred themes.
Here is the table OF contents of the Octo-
Der Lippincott: "An Heir to Millions by
Frederick Raddale; 1.-The Tourist" by Ag-
mes Repplier; est. Peters," by Edith NJ
Thomas; "'Way Down in Maine" by Flor
ence A. Jones; "a Presentation to Leo the
Thirteenth" by Maude Howe; 1.-The Wear
and Tear" by Carrie B.. Morgan; THE
1.-The Lightweight Saddle Class" by Alfred
Stoddart; 1.-THE Temple in the Field" by
Mildred I. McNeal: 1.-THE Days Disdain, -
by George Jones; 1.-THE Two Generals" by
Sara c. +. Hallowell; 1.-THE Prison-House, -
by Algernon Boyesen: THE Cook at Con-
| ley's." by Kate f. Hartman; Partner
Ship by Harold MacGrath.
| Scribner's Magazine for October is made
up of these articles and stories: '"The
| Wastes of Great City," by John McG
Woodbury.; 1.-The Days Shooting by 4.
b. Frost; What They Are There For" by
Day." by Annie n. Bourne; ''rhe South
west from a Locomotive" by Benjamin
Brooks: sanctuary" Part III. by Edith
| st. Petersburg TO Paris in February, 1875"
by Mrs. John Quincy Adams; The Wit
nesses,' by Mary r. s. Andrews; Keno:
A Cayuse known TO Fame by Sewell
Ford: state Universities" by w. S. Har-
wood: ''Jim's Second Forgery by Jessie
! l.. Schulten: Some Phases of Trade
| Unionism." by Walter A. Wyckoff.
Contents of the October Metropolitan
magazine: "The Bent Soldo' of the Castel-
laini,' by F. Hopkinson Smith; 1.-The Sa'-
zada Tales by w. A. Fraser: 1.-The Village
Gardens Of Brittany" by Katherine l.. Fer
ris; THE Ray of Displacement b. Harriet
=. Spofford: "The Drums of the Heiau." by
Ethel w Mumford professional Con-
| science by John MacAlaTney: "A Creature
of the Machine" BY James c. Sanderson:
| .-Cha-mi-ni the Apache" by William ID.
| Williams; New York Homes OF Famous
Stage Folk" BY Gustav Kobbe; "saunders