The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-05-08

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pulitzer biography prize. 1 believe
that I agree that this was the out
standing biography Of 1880"
The author Of the winning biogra-
phv is the son of William James,
the famous American philosopher
and nephew Of Henry James, the
novelist.
Have always considered that the
statement of q selection of a book
to become a member Of The Mod
ern Library is important. I have
the greatest respect for the value
of this library
The last two books to be admitted
into this library are "The Garden
Party" by Katherine Mansfield and
1.-THE Making of Man: An Outline
of Anthropology."
We now have the ten best sellers
in the past two weeks in Everyrnan's
Library. E, P. Dutton & Co. an
nounces them as follows: Amer
ican Short Stories of the 18th Cen
tury;" 1.-THE Way of All Flesh" by
Samuel Butler; 1.-THE Purple Land, ."
by w. H. Hudson; 1.-THE Woman In
White" by Wilkie Collins; 1.-THE
Confessions of an English's Opium
Eater" by Thomas de Quincy; Tom
JONES'" by Fielding; "The Private
Papers Of Henry Ryecroft," by
George Gissing; Autobiography Of
Benvenuto Cellini;" THE Heroic
Deeds of Gargantua and Panta-
Cruel" by Rabelais, and Mol
Flanders" by Daniel Defoe.
Sounds like the best sellers OF
1890, but they are only Of the last
two weeks in this particular library.
The English edition of 1.-THE Muir
der of Some Importance" by Bruce
Graeme, has gone into its fourth
printing in England. The American
edition will be brought out shortly
by ]. B. Lippineott Company.
CHOULD you be interested in
- world affairs, you'll like Andre
Siegfrieds brilliant analysis Of Eng
lands economic dilemma in Eng
lands Crisis" qIarcourt, Brace &
Co. $3), translated from the French
by H. H. and Doris Hemming.
And then, of course, in the lime
light is Sir Hubert Wilkins defense
of his pending undersea voyage to
the North Pole in his amazing book,
Under The Pole" brewer, Warren
& Putnam. So.
Federico Nardelli and Arthur Liv-
ingston have written a beautiful tale
on Gabrielle D'Annunzio, poet, poll
tician, soldier, and lover. Gabriel
The Archangel," (Harcourt. Brace
81 Co. $3.50, is a dazzling story of
D'Annunzio's incredibly eventful
life.
NEW fiction works have popped
Il up this week worth anything
at all. One is 1.-THE Night Is Long, "
by William r. Lipman (Washburn.
so. It's night club story, told
shrewdly and humorously.
A well-written story is "a Mid
land Saga" by Miriam Monger
Dorrance e. Co. so. The char
lacters and events are well done.
For a thriller get "Jimgrim," by
Talbot Mundy Century Co. so.
Mundy is clever and his king of
the world" IS exceptionally good.
For some lively, gifted comedy
and romance read "Ten Days Won
der" by Muriel Hine Cd. Appleton
g. Co. So
For the children there is "Meliss
Ann, Little Girl Of the Eighteen
Twenties." It is a fine book by
Ethel Parton doubleday, Doran 6,
Co. so.
A dignihed, readable biography
for girls 16 and over is Florence
Nightingale" by Irene Cooper Co.
ward Mccain. Inc. so.
VNHERE are several excellent new
4 mysteries, however. For stark
realism in the political world there
is 1.-THE Glass Key" by Dashiell
Hammett (Alfred A. Knopf, so.
An AL mstery is About the
Murder of the Clergyman's Mis-
tress," by Anthony Abbott (Covici-
Friede, $2).
Ample entertainment is provided
in 1.-THE Second Shot, by Anthony
Berkeley Doubleday, Doran & Co.
SD.
Well recommended Is 1.-THE Army
Pose Murders" by Mason Wright
(Farrar q Rinehart, S2). Read it.
One book will appear soon anc
which should attract attention is
Money Mad" by the more-than-
famous Rex Beach. Cosmopolitan
Another forthcoming book il
"Again Sanders" by Edgar Wallace
Doubleday, Doran). And what vii
that be but a thriller
Clifford Raymond levels out
barrage of kidding at Chicago IL
"Our Very Best People" (Bobbs-Mer-
rell Co., S2). It's clever and inge-
Nous, but the writer becomes er-
ratio, He's excellent at times anC
simply terrible at others.
One of the best new travel books
is Travels in Normandy" by Roy
Elston It is a fine, intelligent piece
Of work. Robert NJ. Mcbride & Co
$500
Another which could be termed a
travelog is Roaming American
Highways" by John T. Faris Ear
rar 81 Rinehart So. It's a clever
story of auto travel over the Lin
coin highway.
For those interested in civic mat
ters there is Detroit Rules Itself,
by William P. Lovett (The Gorham
Press. So. It's story of Detroit's
climb out Of political mire to non
partisan self-rule.
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