The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-11-06
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
HAVE before me copy of
Il l. Hound and Horn" for Octo-
December, 1881, and 1 am i'm
pressed with what it has to offer.
Am interested in the first article.
Translation" an essay by A. Hyatt
Mayor
He states Most people, even
people who admire the English BIZ
BILE, consider translators as hack
writer's pressed for cash, and their
translations as nothing but gawky
substitutes for the originals. This
is not always So"
He cites for example: Poe, for
instance speaks French more read
lily than English, as any comparison
of his writing with Baudelaire's
translation will show"
You will find that Samuel Yellen,
teacher at the Indiana State Uri-
versity, has written a story under
the title of Death of Girl" in this
issue.
Under the title Mickey Mouse, a
chronicle by Kenneth White, you
learn that Madame Lopokova in
giving recent back-handed COM
pliment to the American dance"
pronounces Mickey Mouse cartoons
to be Americas greatest dancer"
What have you enjoyed reading
most in the last year? That is big
question. My answer is THE Story
of San Michele" by AXel Munthe
and published by Dutton. 1t is nom
fiction, you recall.
II n r.
TINE winner of today's book re-
Il view was written by Josephine
Singer, GAS East Morris street, who
read THE Good Earth" by Pearl S.
Buck.
Her winning review is as follows:
All kinds of people should read ''The
Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck-people
who like good literature; people who have
an idea that all Chinese are Sax Roh-
meresque characters; city people whose
feet never tread on earth from year to
wear. people who take their living from
the soil
Alio pOOhs WIAbbbl III bllC olAipACob
language, tells of the life of a Chinese
peasant. The tale of the rise of Wang
Lung, with his strong love of the earth,
his Chinese morals. his kindnesses and
his weaknesses, from peasant to rich
lord, is unfolded gradually and war,
famine. ard flood stalk through the book
without the least effect of sensationalism.
THE Good Earth" removes the Chinese
III o,T Fo,.-
beings, and Classics them as real flesh
Miss Singer when she gets in
touch with this department can
select one new book out Of several.
Write you reviews, keep them
within $50 words if possible and
send them to the Literary Editor of
The Times.
John Galsworthy has written his
first novel in four years. 1t has just
been published by Charles Scrib-
ner's Sons, New York, under the til
tie of Maid in Waiting" 1t tells
the story of an English girls fight
to save her brother from dishonor.
Two men, an American scientist
and an English naval officer, fight
to win her love. The background is
modern England,
What are they reading in New
York in fiction? The leaders seem
to be Red Headed Woman" by
Katherin Brush; Shadows on the
Rock" by Villa Gather, and, Sky
Scraper" by Warwick Deeping.
The Book of-the- Month Club for
November selects Job: The Story
of Simple Man." by Joseph Roth,
published by Viking, and, the Book
League of America chooses The AL
mond Tree" by Grace Earring
Stone, published by BobbS-Merrill.
Leading a Dogs Life might have
been a hardship in the Gay Nine
ties, but with the advent of the
Thirsty Thirties his nibs, the city
pooch, has nothing to complain
about, maintains Oh! Oh! (the
Odd Mcintyre in an article, Are
Dogs People?" in the December Col
lege Humor.
1T will interest dog lovers to
know" writes Mr.. Mcintyre, that
much prejudice against dogs in
hotels has vanished. Years ago no
first class hotel would allow them
in rooms or apartments. Today in
such New York hotels as the Ritz
Carlton, Plaza, Sherry-Netherlands,
Pierre,S and the like they are well