The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-21

methods of kidnapping and their military
strategy. Professor McCook is an authority
upon his subject.
w. NJ. Thackeray's friendship with the
Baxter family of New York was one of the
most interesting of the great novelists
friendships. His letters to the Baxters are
To see the light in the pages Of the Century
during the coming year. They cover both
visits OF Thackeray TO America. and are
said TO reflect his opinions upon all Sorts
and kinds of American topics, with all the
authors frankness. vivacity and charm.
The novelette, of the October Smart Set il
I'VE of Adams Clay" by Cosmo Hamilton.
lurid tale descriptive of married wom-
ans hirtations. Julien Gordon has story
which deals with complications following
divorce. Among other contributors OF short
stories are Herbert ID. Ward, Martha Nc
Culoch Williams, the Baroness Won Hutton
and Zoe Anderson Norris. The verse or the
number is Of rather good quality, and some
OF the humorous matter clever.
In Success for October is paper by Will
lam Armstrong, telling the story of Madame
PATHS achievements. Madame Nordica
contributes a short article, touching on
some aids to a young singers success and
there is brief paper by the late Sibyl San
derson on the Necessity of Caring for the
Voice. Among other features of the num-
Der is an article by Walter Wellman, de-
scribing the methods of transacting the
business of the United States Senate.
1.-The Measure of a Man is the title OF
the novel in Ainslees for October. The au-
thor is Francis Provost. Other well-known
contributors are +. F. Benson, +. Nesbit,
Morgan Robertson. Jack London. Ella
Wheeler Wilcox, Charles Battell LOOMS,
Arthur Stringer. Elizabeth Duer. George
Horton, Kate Masterson and Rafael Saba
tint Jack L0ndons story is bit OF auto
biography of an educated hobo" full OF
the witty, epigrammatic sayings of one of
these lookers-on, but told in the language
of a cultivated man of the world.
The weightier articles in the Eclectic Mag
azne for October include a review OF the
pontificate of Leo XIII from the Quarterly
Review. and a discussion of Mr.. Chamber
lain's preferential tariff proposals. by Wis
count Goschen. There is a second INSTALL
ment of Signals" "Personalia." from
Backwood's, which is full OF witty stories
about lawyers. There is a poem. hitherto
unpublished, by William Blake; "Glimpses
of Ruskin," as seen in the recently pub
lished letters TO Miss Gladstone: a descrip-
ton of the Goncourt Academy, by j. III.
Rosny; an appreciation OF Charles Reade's
Novels" by Walter Frewen Lord. and a
pleasant paper by Augustine Birrell on the
new editions Of Charles Lamb. The Living
Age Company, Boston
In the August issue of the Burlington
Magazine, the beautiful and elaborate art
publication ISSUED for connoisseurs," con-
siderable space is given TO an illustrated
article on the porcelain of the Lowestoft
factory. There is a full-page photcgravure
of Titian's portrait of the Empress Isabella,
with accompanying text; also newly dis
covered portrait by Durer, with an account
Of the picture. Other features are the first
of a series of articles by Joseph Pencil on
Later Nineteenth-century Book 1llustra-
tions," and papers on Andrea Nann1,"
Early Painters of the Netherlands" The
Geographical Distribution of the First Folio
Shakespeare, Recent Acquisitions at the
Louvre and Oriental Carpets" In addi-
ton are notes on various works of art. bib
biographies, foreign correspondence, etc. The
illustrations are numerous and of the finest
quality. This periodical is handled I'm this
country by Samuel Buckley, 100 William
street, New York.