Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-09-01
I'm the World of Books

This is almost too much Ring Lard
ner and Irwin Cobb each have written
book, and the principal character In each
volume is the author thereof;
Lardner's only excuse is the fact that
be has reached the ssnile age OF IS
years and Cobbs is that he has lost
a few score pounds to the extent Of one
third Of his total weight. Lardner calls
his hook. which is very brief and to the
point, symptoms OF Being S5." As
foreword he declares that "On reaching
the cottage I amt making no complaints
to the management and I'm willing to
accommodate with a few rules which has
enabled me TO reach the age of IS an
NUNS and which | stuck to faithful will
bring the same results" 1t is apparent
throughout the book that the author
feels the burden Of many years keenly
The book is illustrated with charming
silhouettes by Helen +. Jacoby. 1t is
published by the Bobbs Merrill Company.
indianapolis.
Irwin Cob bcalls his outburst "One
Third or and insists he is nearing the
one hundred and eighty Ave pound mark.
1.-The way | look at IT," he says, lis this
way: II something happens to you and
by writing about 1t you can make a bit
of money and at the same time be
benefact0r TO the race, then why notf"
with this brief question he proceeds TO
tell other "addicts" how he did It, He
once admitted he was the ugliest man
in America. II he keeps on he is going
10 lose that distinction. This latest book
on how to grow thin more or less grace
fully is published by George II. Doran
Company, New York.
Leroy Scott has written another novel
dealing with New York life from its
worst to its best The book is children
of the Whirlwind" and has all the ele-
ments of both a crook story Of the slums
and a society novel. IT has to do pri-
marily with the reformation of a girl,
who, living in the most unfortunate of
environments, naturally turns early In
life to the profession of those surround
ing her; namely, that Of relieving un-
suspecting persons Of their money
through the employment OF confidence
methods.
The reformation is brought about by
.oung man who has just done stretch
In Sing Sing, but who has decided to
"go straight" He accomplishes his pur-
poses with the able assistance of an ar
tist OF the better sort who has taken
refuge on an out of theway part of the
city in order to be able to do what he
bel ewes to be real painting instead Of
the painting of merely pretty pictures
ttaC his public demands.
The plot of the story is a little involved
md there is a large amount of detailed
incident giving the impression at times
of a heroic struggle to create situations
which will force the story to n conclu-
sion. 1t is not at all bad reading, how
IT
fin Company, Boston.
Indianapolis persons who have become
acquainted with or interested in Samuel
Merwin through his connection, as an
author, with the Stuart Walker Com
pany, should be interested in a little
volume being distributed by the BObbs-
Merrill Company. The book Is "A Chat
With Samuel Merwin," by Robert Cortes
Holiday, one of Indiana's authors who
his succeeded in a field a little different
from most of the rest. that of the essay
Indiana, 1t seems, is not alone distin
guished for It's writer's and its politicians
The Century Company is bringing out
what it describes a complete history Of
art and Artists of Indiana" in which
| Mary O. Burnet traces the history of
makers of pioneer days down to the lat
est of Hoosier artists to gain fame The
book Is described as richly illustrated
with Photographic reproductions.
| General Dawes, who so suddenly came
into prominence through his picturesque
language in testifying before a congress
sional investigation committee, and who
is now Federal director of the budget,
has succumbed to the same influence,
whatever 1t is, that has affected so many
veterans Of the world war, and has writ
ten q memoir of his service, which he
calls his Journal of the Great War"
1t is published by Houghton Mifflin Com
pany.
The publication of this latest war book
leads one to wonder when war books
Will lease to food the market. During
the latter part of the war, when war
books had been published by the hun
dreds. the reading public suddenly re-
belled and demanded something that had
nothing to do with the war. There are
only a few w2y books which survived
this period. Then came the epidemic OF