The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-07-31
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

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BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
XXTHAT are the books that every
w young American "on the
make" between the ages Of 20 and
As should read? One hundred ce-
lebrities whose names appear in
Who's Who in America" have
recommended 100 necessary boCl-o in
a leaflet which is for free distribu-
ton at the public library or any of
its branches and is called 100 Books
Chosen by Prominent Americans"
The books are listed in order Of
their popularity and Benjamin
Franklin's autobiography heads all
the rest. Cervantes' Don QuiXote"
is next on the list. Eleven books of
poetry are included and number
of modern novels, among them "The
Growth of the Soil" by Knut Ham
sun, GalsWorthy's "Forsyte Saga"
Main Street." by Nobel prize-win-
ner Sinclair Lewis, THE Bridge of
San Luis Rey," by Thornton Wilder,
and Death Comes for the Arch
bishop" by Villa Gather.
Sixty of the titles are by foreign
writer's and only forty by Americans.
The entire list constitutes a pretty
good intelligence test, chosen as they
are by 100 prominent Americans as
an ideal cultural background. How
many have you read?
II n
Vicki Baum'S new novel, Mar
tins Summer" will be published by
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation Aug.
IA. 1t is in lighter vein than Grand
Hotel" but it also is crowded with
action and incident. The hero is a
life saver at a fashionable resort,
chiefly female in population. Cos
mopolitan Book Corporation will
publish three novels by Vicki Baum
in addition to Martins Summer. J"
Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
has signed a contract with Colette
for the exclusive publication of her
novels in America. The first novel
under the new contract will be
brought out in September.
Il q
Boris Pilnyak will sail back to
Russia on Aug. 3, where he will be-
gin work on book about America
for Cosmopolitan Book Corporation.
His novel, THE Volga Falls to the
Caspian Sea- to be published here
July "a, will be brought out i'll Eng
land later by Peter Davies.
THE Memoirs of COmte De lilly
with an introduction by Havelock
Ellis, will be published by Cosmo-
politan Book Corporation in fall.
The Comte De Tilly was not great
man of his time but a representa-
tive man of his time The book
could be titled 1.-The Private Life of
the Eighteenth Century" Havelock
Ellis was delighted with the authors
intimate outpouring of the psych-
chology. manners, morals and STAN
dards Of that period. 1.-THE Memoirs
of Comte De Tilly" will be published
in one volume at IS instead of two
volumes at $40 as announced in the
fall catalogue.
Newspaper men and women all
over the country are reading Walter
Mills THE Martial Spirit" re-
viewing 1t, writing editorials on it,
preparing feature stories from its
fascinating pages. The book is a
study of the Spanish-American war
which. Mills points out, was the re-
suit of deliberate misrepresentation
and propaganda carried on for the
benefit of politicians, newspaper
publishers and business interests
The deadly rivalry of Pulitzer and
Hearst is graphically depicted as
well as the respective parts played
in the affair by the World and the
Journal. Mills is q newspaper man
himself, now connected with the
New York Herald Tribune. Pub
lished by Houghton Miffiin Com
pany, 1.-THE Martial Spirit" is re-
cent selection Of the Literary Guild
Travel light Of course warns
Howard Vincent O'Brien. But if
YOU must, take out a pair of shoes
and put in French a la Mode by
E. E. Pattou (Houghton Miflin
Company. Most foreign language
phrase books cover such helpful
situations as how to borrow a pinch
of snuff, or asking what time the
stage coach leaves, or where to &c
to get a rapier sharpened. This one
is as up to date as Harry'S New
York bar. 1t takes the reader
through all the situations he is
likely to encounter, phrasing them
in the sort Of French that French
men speak"