The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-04-29
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN

the L4Neld4I 0Nllus anu ~ pun
lished by the Century Company.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
CHRISTOPHER col UMBUS'
~ father was Mr.. Columbus and
his mother was Mrs. Columbus and
there we're four children.
Christopher's sister had a name
once. but that was so long ago, no
one can remember il.
All Of this is according to Sadye-
beth and Arson Lowitz, who have
just written The Cruise Of Mr.
Christopher Columbus"
This corking good book for chill
dren Of all ages is published by Ray
Long and Richard r. Smith, Inc,
and sells for s1.50.
And Columbus as a boy probably
was no different than lots Of little
boys OF today who love to go to the
ocean docks and hear sailors tell
weird tales and take a look at their
tattoOS.
And as the authors of this de-
lightful book puts it, He looked
just like his two younger brothers
only his hair would never stay
combed. One lock always hung in
his eyes"
Mr.. Columbus was a weaver and
che worked all day at his loom max
ing yards and yards OF fine wool
cloth. But. he had so many children
to dress, he seldom had any cloth
left over to sell"
Mr.. Columbus wanted his son to
be a weaver but the son wanted to
60 to sea and when Christopher
went to sea at the age of fourteen,
"even the Columbus dog cried"
This story of Columbus is beauti-
fully and humanity told and the
seventy pictures, old wood cuts, help
to make this book a sensation in
Juvenile books.
The American Library Association
has selected the fifty notable books
OF 1881. and the list includes only
two fiction. They are The Good
Earth" by Pearl S. Buck. and
Shadows on the Rock" by Villa
Gather. The only play selected
was O'Neill's Mourning Becomes
Electra"
Am asked TO recommend a book
that is different" Ny answer is
The Phantom President" by
George Worts and published by
Jonathan Cape and Robert Ballou.
n
Bobbs-M Merrill of this city have
every reason to be proud because
they have two best sellers in the list
prepared by A. c. McClurg & Co.
as being most in demand through
out the country during the last
week. They are Bright Skin" by
Julia Peterkin, and "A Fortune to
Share" by Wash Young.
THAT Americans are reading
i and thinking about the econom-
ic situation is indicated by the
demand for the reading list For
Thinking America" published by
the American Library Association,
and distributed by public Libraries.
So rapidly was this list exhausted
that a second list has been pre-
pared These twenty-seven books
have been chosen by thirty dis
tinguished American social scien-
lists to help leaders form intelligent
opinions on present day vexing
problems The books have all been
published since January. 1881, and
are grouped together under such
headings as Facing the Future, :"
"Everybodys Concern" Simplify
ing the Money Question" Big
Business and the Consumer" The
Affairs of the World" The Soviet
Way and Getting Our Bearings"
On top of the sensational New
York critical reception of Way of
the Lancer" comes word from Holly
wood that work will start immedi-
atelv on the movie version starring
Ronald Colman and introducing
the newly arrived and much publ
cized European star, Anna STEM.
This is one Of the few cases in
movie history when> the screen
rights have been sold and produc-
ton plans started within six weeks
after publication OF a book. and it
It considered even more remarkable
since before March Way Of the
Lancer" was completely unheralded
and unknown. The announcement
from Samuel Goldwyn came as a
complete surprise as the next Ronald
Colman talkie was scheduled to be
DostoievSki'S Brothers Karanlazov."
Houghton Miffiin Company claim
that The Rumble Murders" by Ma
son Deal is a detective story that is
different. Touched with a disarming
and satirical humor, it is perhaps
one Of the first detective stories in
which anybody laughs. George
Gaynleigh, N. p. fNeo-P hilistine) is
a Shavian master mind" quite dis
tinct from the typical amateur
sleuth OF detective fiction. You are
introduced 10 him on the first page
--Skeptical inquisitive. brilliantly
daring in his deductions. than
whom no more amusing amateur
detective ever put a cigaret butt
in an envelope or took a cast of a
foot print. The fact that he is
occasionally fallible stamps him as
unique among professional
sleuths. George Gaynleigh. N. p, is