The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-09-04

splendid picture OF post war con-
ditions in England. He is bitter
and cruel, but he paints a picture
of facts. Doubleday. Doran 81
Co. are the publishers.
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN
HAVE you written your book re-
Il i view yet for this department
Many people, even boys and girls,
are getting the review habit.
Every Friday in this department,
one review written by a reader of
The Times will be published. And
the writer of the winning review
today is Miss Rae Shirley Davis,
902 South Illinois street.
She reviews "a Lantern in Her
Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich as
follows:
In depicting the life of the early
settlers of Nebraska, BesS Streeter
Aldrich makes the reader feel he is
an eye witness to all the events.
Through the writer's insight, fic-
ton and non-f1ction are combined
making one beautiful theme.
Throughout the story, Abbie Deals
character is so human that often
she becomes a prey to the discour-
agementS and heartrends of a
mother. Often, too, she is tempted
to forsake the cruel country, but
her loyalty comes to her rescue, and
she carries on with renewed
courage.
When her husband dies she feels
lost. but just for moment, for she
knows he will always be with her
in spirit-which is bright light in
a dim future.
The trait of culture, the one
thing she has no time to develop
even though her love for music and
books is ever a burning desire, she
passes on to her children, each one
fulfilling something she herself has
always longed to do.
"She dies an old woman who has
spent eighty-six rich and happy
years interspersed with the dis
asters and joys of life we'll spent.
Miss Davis can have a copy of
any of the six best sellers in fiction
as her prize for writing the review.
The best six sellers in fiction in
New York just now are listed as
Shadows on the Rock" by Villa
Gather; "a White Bird Flying" by
Bess Streeter Aldrich; "Hatter's
Castle" by A. J. Cronin; The
Sixth Journey" by Alice Grant
BOSNIAN; THE Good Earth, by
Pearl S. Buck, and Red Pepper Re-
turns" by Doubleday-Doran Com
pany.
Have Just received a copy of "The
Story of Julian the new novel by
Susan Ertz. She is the author of
Madame Claire" and THE Gal
axy." Her latest story is a romance.
Would you share your husband?
That's the question answered in
Belief Mere" by Kathleen Norris
Her triangle consists of a blind
husband, a jealous mother-in-law
and a love-starved wife.
X. DELISLE BURNS puts Mod
~ ern Civilization on Trial
MACMILLAN, $3.50 in one of the
most interesting of the new non
fiction books. Burns point of view
is interesting and he leaves very
little out of his book.
Some one has suggested that list
one book week that the average
reader might enjoy. Seems like a
pretty good idea. The must" book
this week is Mans Own Show;
Civilization" by DR.. George A. Dor
sey. Published by Harper & Broth
ers.
Farrar e. Rinehart announce the
publication of a new collection o!
poems and lyrics by Selma Robin.
son. It's title is City Child" anc
Rockwell Kent is the illustrator
This young poet is unusually popu-
lar in New York newspaper anC
writing circles.
No long poem in recent years ha:
attained the wide popularity o
The Testament of Beauty" by thu
late Robert Bridges. The new edi'
ton by the oxford University Pres
has many explanations by Novel
Charles Smith.
The Case Against Birth Control
by Or. Edward Roberts Moore vii
be published Sept by the Centur!
Company. This book reveals thu
results of an extensive survey of thu
birth control problem by the Roman
Catholic church.
a y
vicki Baums newest, Martin;
Summer Cosmopolitan. So
strikes observers as little more thar
a variation on the theme of "GranC
Hotel" but still there seems to b
quite an ado over 1t.
q n
One novel and interesting volume
is Il Am Still Alive" by Dick Grace
the famed movie stunt ace Dicl
tells all about cracking up planes
for the movie public and it is {
thrilling tale Of cheating and defy.
ing death at almost every turn
(Rand-McNally. So
q
The Great Physician" by Edit
Cuttings Reid, finally has appeared
1t is a biographical appreciation o
medicines great modern exemplar
Sir william Osler (Oxford U. Press
IA gnl te-~w.vu.