The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-03

lie paints tne mistress Of julius
Caesar and the betrayer of Mark
Antony as a woman utterly without
heart, who lived up to the worst
traditions Of the Ptolemies. murder
ing without conjunction, a woman
to whom no evil was too monstrous
If it aided her march to unlimited
power
The whole vicious history Of the
Ptolemies is portrayed graphically,
and Won Wertheimer tells IN vivid
and fascinating style Of life IN Rome
and Alexandria during the turbulent
days Of the temptress Of the Nile.
Il Il It
II, as a youngster, you got your
2 passport into the realms Of gold
by means of Prescott's Conquest
Of Mexico" you will enjoy reading
STOUT Cortez," by Henry Morton
Robinson. In fact, you probably
will enjoy it even if you never heard
Of Prescott.
The story of Cortez is one Of
the brightest adventure stories in
history and Mr.. Robinson makes the
most Of it.
The book is published by the
Century Company and sells at 81
In THE Crime of Punishment"
Margaret Wilson deserts fiction to
discuss penology. Her book is in
dignant and argumentative, and,
like most such books, very inter-
esting.
Plenty Of people will condemn it
as overemotional, and Mrs. Wilson
probably will be excused Of being too
sentimental. But her arguments will
take a good deal of answering.
"The Crime OF Punishment" is
published by Harcourt, Brace g. Co.
and sells at So.
TN Americas Way Out: a Pro-
L gram FOR Democracy" Mac
MILAN, $3.50, Norman Thomas
gives his ideas Of what this coun-
try would be like if he we're in
trusted with its guidance. Briefly,
his program is the acquisition and
control by the state of whatever is
necessary for the common life. He
eXpounds the absolute necessity of
planned control Of the machinery
and resources of the world in the
common interest"
He discusses the problem with
a Saneness that is refreshing. He
does not paint a Utopia, but ex-
pands on a philosophy OF ultimate
plenty for all, but not philosophy
Of easy transition without toll
Il 4
Hugh Walpole, in his latest book,
"Above the Dark Tumult' Double
day, Doran & Co., $3.50, aims at
tale Of pure horror and very nearly
achieves his purpose. 1t is story
with the theme that murder will
GU, and is entertaining, despite
its ghasJiness.
MYSTERY stories do not seem
I've to have the same widespread
pull that they enjoyed a few months
back, but the crop still seems to be
plentiful
Dodd. Mead & Co. offer Murder
In a Library" by Charles j. Dutton.
a sinister and nervously exciting
tale
Madeline Sharps Buchanan has
written another, the BLACK Pearl
Murders" "a. c. McClurg & Co., so,
with a fascinating mystery running
through.
Murder. torture. and the myster-
ious Cellini jewels are the thrills
around which Patrick Wynnton has
woven 1.-THE Ten Jewels" Oippin-
colts, So. 1t involves a mad con-
spiracy of a witchlike countess, a
monk, and the heroine.
II
ID OBBS-MERBILL points with
ID pride to Flamenco a gypsy
romance, which is the April selec-
ton of the Book League of America.
Lady Eleanor Smith, who wrote
'The Red Wagon" is the author. 1t
is a best seller in England and has
won lavish praise from English re-
viewers, this romance of gypsy
girl reared in a family of dissolute
Englishmen.
An interesting book for young
readers is Caesar" by Patrick Russ
C. Putnam's Sons, so. 1t is the
life story of a leopard, with splen-
did illustrations.
Chips the story of bad dog
that made good, by Albert Payson
Terhune (Harper's, so, is another
book which children will enjoy to
the utmost, told as only a lover Of
dogs like Terhune can tell it.
"TT~HE DANGEROUS LIFE is
4 the story Of Ben Lindsey, writ
ten by the famous judge, with RUDE
Borough. It tells of his boyhood in
the south, his student days at Notre
Dame and his career as a fearless,
fighting attorney and Judge Give
right, SD
A wholesome story Of life and love
on a ranch is Ruth Comfort Mitch
ellis Water" ID. Appleton & Co.,
so. the story of a wealthy football
star who goes into the irrigation
country and there weds the milk
maid" after a series of adventures.
Those who read "A Nice Girl
Comes to Town" may be interested
in a new book by the author, MaySie
Gregg It's "A Girl Must Marry.
dial Press, So