The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-08-05
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
N/OU recall what a furore that
Il Trader Horn caused when he
first struck the printed page in story
form. Am beginning to believe that
Jan Well is going to do the same
thing with his Thirty Years in the
Golden North" published by the
Macmillan Company and sells for
$3.50.
In the introduction, it is stated
that the book was produced by
means of countless questions" put
to Well in his home in zabreh,
Czechoslovakis, by journalists, over
cup of coffee, tea, or glass Of
rum, amid clouds of smoke.
The two men who interviewed
Well for months after his thirty
years experiences in roaming in the
far north met many difficulties.
In the words of Edward Valenta
and B. Golombek, "A second OBJ
stacle was Welzls absolute ignor-
ance of geography. WE'LL who had
tramped all over the world, was I'M
able when confronted with map
to distinguish the north pole from
the south"
And again the statement of the
same two-"Welzl never knowingly
uttered an untruth."
Once more when they caused him
to repeat certain experiences at
other times. they were identical and
always gave proof of what was
sometimes an almost incredibly in
innate acquaintance with every inch
OF the polar regions.
j While was reading Thirty
Years in the Golden North had
the feeling that sometimes I was
being spoofed by a wild man and
then the next second I was being
led into an adventure that could
be proved,
You start with Well in 1893 when
he started his long journey from
Irkutsk across the endless regions
of Siberia to the distant north to
seek my fortune"
At times / thought / was riding
behind his horse and on the cart
and then farther north by reindeer
over the ice and snow.
He records many intimate things
that an explorer would never record
such as the strange custom of one
tribe of women who enjoyed
Throwing lice at each other"
The women, according to Well
in that strange part of Siberia,
would chew a large flea, swallow
one half, more or less. while they
threw the other half at me-"
He found out that the women
were trying to make love to him.
But don't let those queer record
ings prevent you from reading a
travel book that will keep you on
the edge of your seat all of the
time
It is the strangest travel book I
have ever read.
q y
Among the new fall novels an
nounced by Claude Kendall are:
Lake of Fire by Lionel Houser,
literary editor of the San Francisco
News; Bed and Bored" by Max
Trell, Sweet Dust" by Jeanette
Greenspan; Sex Marks the Spot"
by Gremin, and AN American
Girl" by Tiffany Thayer.
The 1875. 000th' copy Of Grace
Livingston Hill book was sold yes
terday. Happiness Hill" Oippin-
cotb, is the present book which
brought Mrs. Hills total sales to
that astounding figure Her biggest
sale is The Enchanted Barn"
which has sold approximately 1885,
900 copies.
J. r. Lipplncott Company an
nounce the publication this autumn
of The Perils and Fortune of the
Duke of Osuna," by Antonio Mari
chalar Marichalar is the Spanish
correspondent of the New Criterion,
London, of which T. S. Eliot is the
editor.
Sidonie M Gruenbergs book.
"Your Child Today and Tomorrow"
has been selected for inclusion in
the exhibition of books to be on
view at the sixth world conference
of the New Education Fellowship,
now being held at Nice. Mrs.
Gutenberg will also give a course,
1.-THE Family in a Changing So
ciety," during the conference.
Another book that I have before
me is Respectfully Submitted" by
Harold G. Aron and published by
j. j. Little and Ives Company of
New York.
1t is brief for the present right
OF man to attain through justice his
own true and substantial happiness.
In writing on The Job and JUS
tice," the author states: mo hui
man being can be truly and sub
stantislly happy without the con-
viction, whether it is shared by
others makes no difference, that he
or she is accomplishing something
worth while, making something of
themselves. pushing the peg of their
family progress at least one notch
higher, leaving something behind,
either offspring or achievement,
which will be footprints in the
sands Of time"