The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1904-05-30

phrey Wards new story, 1.-The Marriage of
William Ashe." II gives promise that the
story will deal largely with Mrs. Tn WARD ev
eral short stories of the number are for
the most part sentimental twaddle. Among
the more serious contributions is a Vat
sor Lounsbury, in a learned pathological es-
say, disposes completely of the objection
able phrase would better" The Strange
Medals Res" by Henry Loomis Nelson;
"Radium the Revealer." by c. w. Saluby:
THE Invisible Philosophers" by Edmund
Gosse: Some Real American Music, by
Emma Belle Miles, and THE City of Beau
tiful Towers" an italian sketch, illustrated
by Walton Hale, form variety OF agree
able miscellany.
for June is that by Reuben Gold Thwaite
on the newly discovered personal records OF
Lewis and Clark. The accompanying IL
Illustrations are from documents and fam
lily records. Robert Grants serial, 1.-The
Undercurrent." deals laboriously with the
divorce question. Under certain conditions
it seems that the author approves Of di-
vorce. His novels give the impression
of careful manufacture. John Fox, jr..
writes of the Trail of the Saxon"
Fox is one of the special correspondents
sent to Japan. and writes from there. An
article OH Trout Fishing on the Nepisguit,"
an installment OF Nelson Lloyd's serial,
THE Soldier Of the Valley" an installment
of Captain Mahan's History of the War
of 1872 and several short stories and
poems make up the number. A striking
portrait in color of Clark. the explorer OF
the Northwest. forms the frontispiece.
The special features of the June number
of the Review of Reviews are: What STAN
ley Lived to See Accomplished in Africa"
by Cyrus c. Adams; 1.-The Cossacks: Rus
sia's Unique Troopers Qllustrated), by
Lieut.. Joseph A. Baer: two illustrated arti-
cles on 1.-The Turbine: a New Era of
Steam" by Arthur Warren. and 1.-The Au-
tomobile in business" by ]: A. Kingman;
sketch of "Maurus Jokai, Hungarian Pa
triot and Writer" by Alexander HegedLs,
tr.. with photograph of Jokai. taken ex-
pressly for the Review of Reviews; an il
Illustrated article on 1.-The University of
Wisconsin and This Years Jubilee by
William b. Shaw: a suggestive paper on
Sending a Son to College" by President
Charles F. Thwing; THE Work of a Mod
ern Public Library, by III. l.. Elmendorf
with illustrations. and two brief articles
describing recent experiments in the taxa
ton of franchiscs-one by Prof. E. r. A
Seligman on the special franchise tax in
New York. and another by Prof. Carl G.
Plehn on the taxation of bank franchises in
California.
The June Century is called Western
| number, in part because ii deals largely
with Western themes. in part because many
propriately enough, perhaps. the opening
article treats of the vitality of Mormon
ism. Other topics are THE Asiatic Trade
of Our Pacific States" Attractive Features
| of the ST. Louis Exposition Lincoln as a
| Lawyer; with an Account of His First
Case" this contributed by Jesse Weik. of
Greencastle, Ind; The Master Plowman
of the West meaning the pocket gopher,
| by Ernest Thompson Seton: "A Word for
Forestry by Grover Cleveland, and THE
| New Hope for the West" by Clifford Pin
! chot, the government forester. There are
/ a number OF short stories. among them one
| by Miriani Nicholson and one by octave
| Thanet. In Group of Western Poets"
| the names of James Whtccmb Riley and
| Louisa Fletcher Harrington appear. The
| notable literary feature of the number is a
| sonnet by John Hay. "Deathess DEATH"
| 1t is accompanied by full-page reproduce
| ton of Sargents portrait OF Hay. Alto
getber the number is unusually attractive
| a really remarkable number.