The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1926-08-03
BY Walter ID. Hickman

There are styles in books as well
a. dress. Readers of the minute
are as interested in the fall style
of books as ome are in fall
clothes.
My mail has been so interesting
the last few days with fall announce
ments of books that I decided today
to let several publishers tell you
about fall style in books.
The following items have been
sent me by the publishers:
The Century Company begins its
fall. season with the publication Of
even books Aug. Goth. These are
Left The Lucky" a historical novel
by Clara Sharpe Hough of the great
Vikings, who swept to the coast of
unknown America in the year 1000
A. D.; "Short Turns" a collection
Of fourteen classic short stories by
Barry Benefited, author Of the fam
Gus "Chicken.Wagon Family; "Out-
whiting Middle Age" by DIR. Carl
Ramus, a popularity written explana-
ton of new discoveries in medical
Science which tend to prolong the
youthfulness of human fife; and four
juveniles, The Mounted Troop by
Joseph B. Ames, 1.-THE Harmon
Twins" by Willis Knapp Jones.
"Seagoing Jock" by Kenneth B.
Kempton and Hunting Stories" the
last being the newest addition to
the popular "St. Nicholas Series"
OF children's books, which now in
cludes some three dozen titles.
Most Of us are dying half our
lives" declares DR.. Carl Ramus,
author of "Outwitting Middle Age"
Few of us are fully alive. Aging
Ms Just another word for slowly dy-
ing. Yet aging is not natural necess
fly nor divine dispensation. Aging
is really a preventable disease m
large measure"
ANFast Trip
heavyweight days and fourteen
hours is the record established by
Linton Wells and Edward s. Evans
in theirgrace around the world. How
1t was done will be told in vivid de-
tail by Mr.. Wells. whose account is
to be published this fall by Hough.
ton Mifflin Companyfn a volume en-.
titled Around the World in Twenty
Eight Days" Upon their return,
the globe racers were royalty enter
tanned by the New York World and
the North American Newspaper AL.
I4onaA 1Jyr1N,- ur1Aaa oIICV0fnoC fho
trip was made.
Valentine Williams recommends
Cannes as the ideal summe resort.
He is installed in a new workroom,
a diminutive kiosk, perched On the
edge of a high balustrade so close to
the beach, he says, that if he should
split an in1nitive half Of 1T would
fall into the blue waters Of the Medi-
terranean. Commenting on his To-
cation, Mr.. Williams writes: 1.-THE
kiosk is built on the site of a~bat-
terry laid here by Bonaparte from
an island across the way, and on
the wall of my room hangs the key
of the battery door. still in use,
which is eighteen inches long. Next
door is the house where Murat spent
three weeks on the way to his death
in Italy" Mr.. Williams last book
was Mr.. Ramosi,'' a tale of mystery
and adventure in modern Egypt. His
A.p0blishers. Houghton Mifflin Com.
$pany, announce-a new thriller, THE
Key Man, for Fall publication.
In saith Printing
The book usually associated with
the name of DR.. Richard c. Cabot
is the stimulating volume. What
Men Live BY" in which DR.. Cabot
discusses the issues Of life under
four main headings. Work, Play,
Love, and Worship. Houghton Milf
fir" Company, DR.. Cabot's publish