Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1922-05-16
BOOKNOTES

Margot Asauith would have learned
more about the essential American from
a book of Irwin S. Cobb's stories than she
did from her trip over here. All parts of
the country. all types of American char
acters, the American attitude toward life.
not only does he know them but he un-
ierstands them with sympathy.
ASundry Accounts" is a new book of his
1T stories. JEFF, body servant to Judge
Priest. is here again, and the Judge him
self of course. There are stories of New
York. of the Middle West, of the Southern
States. Hugh Wiley is the only man who
can be compared with Cobb in his under
standing of the colored race. and there
are several good stories concerning the
colored population OF Paducah. Ky. 1T
Could Happen Again Tomorrow ought to
give New York State something 10 think
about. Each story has that combination
IL :. ANA, pathOs and humor that make
up the great humanity of Cobb. ''Sundry
-Acco Ints" Is published by George II.
Doran Company, New York. at 81 net.
Phyllis Bottoms is the author OF 1.-THE
Kingfisher." Her first novel, written at
the age Of 16 was accepted on the advice
Of Andrew Lang. She lives now in Wen
ma, although she is English. Her career
as writer was interrupted for ten years
by Illness, but she has recovered her
health and taken up her work with re-
newed energy.
Jim on, hero in "Kingfsher," had
an inconvenient way OF seeing things
quite simply, as they were. He could not
gloss them over and he didn't try. Looked
Ut simply, Jim's world, the lowest Stun OF
London, was unprepossessing and the
simple principles he learned from it as
a boy were the kind that put iron dust
into his soul when he was a man.
Jim's career began unpromisingly
enough at the age Of II with a prison
term He accepted it philosophically Just
as he accepted the books the desperately
caTnest young minister brought him, as
lee accepted the long hard days Of grinding
work on barge that followed his reieas Sc
But these things alter ones point OF view
and when the young minister, recognizing
remarkable ability in i'm, entered him In
.GSrst class preparatory school he was as
lnge being a man from Mars
would have been. He simply did not see the
same world that the sons of prosperous
England saw. AT oxford. too. his stand
ards were as different frop those of his
associates as they We're from those Of his
sister Eliza, who had become a very sue
tessful little thief The story of Jim Bar
ton is the story of a man who bent his
world to his viii, powerful and stirring
presentation of the cause of labor in
rnoving love story. Published uy George
II Doran Company, New York. at net 81.
Here Is another novel by P. II wode-
house, Three Men and a Maid" the per-
fiction Of righteousness. amusing chat
ter and delightful foolishness. Not only
is Mr. Wodehouse funny without trying
to be- he actually cannot help 1t. From
the moment when Sam NARROW is medita
lively bitten by Whilemina Benefits dog
and notices that she is the third prettiest
girl he ever saw the book is 6 series OF
chuckles, Of lines that push TO be read
aloud.
The Chicago -ibune says: "P G.
wodehouse has that delicate quality Of
insoueiance that was the charm of Oscar
Wilde Added to that he has the genius
for complicated situations In his plots
And they are all so frittering and foolish
and wholly amusing. That same quick
ness Of repartee that makes his musical
comedies certain hits makes his stories
best sellers"
Mr.. Wodehouse is an Engiishman, but
American made. That is he is an Eng
lishman whom few people knew The wrote
boys stories for a magazine called the
Captainl, until he happened to come to
America TO spend week. sold eight
stories and musical comedy. became
famous and sent for mis- trunk Since
then he has been amphibious, living part
lZSp this dry land and partly in England.
u has recently become an enthusiastic
golfer and divides his spare time between
playing golf himself and watching other
men play cricket. 1t is so restful after
baseball One brings ones lunch and
spends the day at the game He has just
made another hurried trip to this country
and Is reported to be at work on a new
musical comedy. He has an amazing
number Of musical comedies to his credit
and several novels, among them "Indis-
cretions CT Archie The Little Warrior"
and "A Damsei in Distress" Three Men
and Maid" published at George H.
naran Company, New York, at net, sI75.