The Indianapolis times., 1931-05-15
BY WALTER D. HICKMAN.

BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
XKTHAT do school children read?
w The Henry G. Frick educa-
tional commission started an inves-
tigation which answered that prob
lem as far the Junior high school
pupils of Pittsburgh, Pa, are con-
cerned.
The study lists forty-six books
that had 1888 endorsers in the
eighteen high schools of Pittsburgh.
1t also includes the record of the
books that the seventh, eighth and
ninth grades like and recommend
TO other children. This is made from
50,845 titles turned in by $50 pupils.
The survey shows that some of
the most read books by the pupils
are Treasure Island" "Ivanhoe,"
Call OF. the Wild" tom Sawyer
Little Women" Lady of the Lake,
BLACK Arrow" Huckleberry Finn"
Ramona" kidnapped" "Oliver
Twist" Master Skylark," DR.. Flu
Manchu stories, Little Men" Tar
zan series, Wings" Ben Hur," Last
of the Mohicans," "The Virginian," /"
Dusty STAR" Robin Hood" and
others.
TTAVE before me a copy Of "Flow-
4 Il er in the Rain" by Adelia Cobb
Artman, published by Burton Pub
fishing Company of Kansas City.
1t is a collection of poems. epi-
grams and monologues. Mrs. Art
man is of indianapolis and founder
and life president Of International
Travel and Study Clubs,
WXTANT to know what they are
w reading in the east? Bren-
tano lists the best six sellers in fc-
tion for the past week as: "The
Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck;
1.-THE Glass Key" by Dashiel Ham
NETT; ''The Square Circle" by Denis
Mackail; From Day to Day" by
Ferdynand Goetel; Ambrose Holt
and Family" by Susan Glaspell, and
Flamenco" by Lady Eleanor Smith.
'Flamenco" is published by Bobhs
Merrill
A biography of Knute Rockne will
4 be published on Aug. 10 by Macrae
Smith Company. It will be Illus
trated and will sell for $3.50. The
author is Harry A. Stuhldreher, one
of the famous -Four Horsemer Of
Notre Dame" all-America quarter
back and head coach Of Villanova
college.
z. p. Dutton g. Co. are just re-
issuing in Everyman's Library one
of the worlds first mysteries, Ann
Radclife's mysteries Of Udolpho,"
published in 1894. This book was
FIRST issued in the United States by
E. P. Dutton & Co. in 1885.
Houghton NEif1in Company an
nounces for May publication East
ward Ho!" by Foster Rhea Dulles,
author of THE Old China Trade.
The new volume tells the story Of
the English merchant adventurers
of the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries, who penetrated Russia,
Persia. India, China and Japan.
1t also may be proper to men
ton that Erich Maria Remarque,
author OF "All Quiet" and ''The
Road Back" may come to the
United States soon for the filming
of his latest novel, Road Back, ,"
will appear in book form, by the
way, on May II.
An interesting new book is "An
American Procession: 1S55-19l4,"
by william A. Croffut Nittle, Brown
81 Co., So It. is a merrily written
group of memoirs Of journalist
who knew every one from P. T. Bar
mum to President Wilson.
One book which will appeal to the
masses is Warwick Deeping's THE
Bridge Of Desire" (Robert Mcbride
g. CO., so. Sex, says the author, is
stronger than civilization, and sets
out TO prove it.
q
POWERFUL, dramatic, sensitive
L firm and sure. That describes
Erich Maria Remarque's new book,
''The Road Back" Oittle, Brown &
Co., s2.5O). just published. Remar-
que has surpassed everything in the
war line and whether you think
s'The Road back" is a better book
than "All Quiet" depends on your
tastes.
At any rate. his latest has q wider
vision and a fuller range of life
than "All Quiet" and the young
German proves himself a master
craftsman. A. w. Wheen's transla-
ton is perfect. The Road Back" is
being published in twenty-five
languages. You surely should add
this TO your collection.
The other excellent travel book,
Screen He'll" by Julian Du Guid,
mentioned in this column a few
weeks ago. still is winning laurels.
It's a masterpiece.