The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-02-26

of These Restless Heads" the au-
thor has chopped off the James.
His latest is published by Mcbride
and is the February choice of the
Literary Guild.
BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
THE thing that I like about Bruce
Il Barton is that he does not at
tempt to cheaper" the thing he
writes about.
He simply and honestly is trying
TO rub elbows with the characters
in the Bible.
Maybe twenty years ago, if Bar
ton had written "He Upset the
World" just published by the
Bobbs-Merrill Company, the author
might have been jailed or given a
ride on rail out of town.
Today the question, what is re-
ligion? is bein answered many times
in very human manner. The
answers have ceased to be revolu-
tionary when humanity honest and
not written just to shock or kill a
beautiful idea.
HE Upset the World" is book
about Paul. Barton asks the ques-
ton: why is Paul so uninterest-
ing to most of us? Partly for the
reason that the books about Jesus,
written in former days, failed tt
make Him real or appealing. He
was presented as divine visitor or
a brief vacation from heaven. He
had no real struggle, no crises. He
was never tempted to leave the
whole enterprise and save His life
by going quietly back to Calilee and
His Carpenter shop"
And also: $50 with Paul. He, too
is presented in his biographies as
an actor chosen by an Almight Pro-
ducer for a predestined part. God
has determined to establish q
church. He selects Paul to do the
work Paul is saint. He can moi
fail"
The greatest idea of Barton in his
new book is determining what
Jesus really accomplished is: He
came not to found a church or tt
formulate a creed; He came to leac
life"
Here is a truly great human un.
Outstanding of the subject handled
Here is a strange one. Neither the
publishers of 1.-THE Clairvoyant" nor
the Book League of America which
chose the book for it's March pub
lication, knows anything of the
author, Ernst Lother. All they know
is that he is dramatic critic of the
Neue Freie Presse in Vienna. Some
newspaper men must lead a retir-
ing life.
Six characters, all dead, who ar
rive in the next world in 1.-THE
Kingdom in the Sky" by Alice
Brown, author of "Old Crow" and
there they meet julius Caesar and
others. 1t will be March pub
lication of the Macmillan company
The Century Company announces
that Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch" is celebrating her thirtietfl
year by sale of 4,500 copies. Since
the book was published october
1901, the total sales are now how
erding around three quarters of 9
million copies.
On Monday, Feb, 20, Claude
Kendall, New York publisher, will
publish Thirteen Women" by
Tiffany Thayer, who wrote "Thir-
teen Men" have read an advance
copy and I assure you get an as
bestos cushion and chair when you
read this one.
THE winner of today's book re-
l. view is Archer Shirley, R. R.
Box 47S, who reviews THE Lady
Who Came to Stay" by r. E
Spencer.
From now on, the reviews sub
mitted must not be over 200 words
in length. We are trying to ge
thumbnail reviews and the readers
own reactions to the book.
Send in your book reviews to thu
editor of this department, and thu
winners each week, until furthe
notice, will nave choice CT one o
several good books as soon as TIT
winners get in touch with this de-
partment.
Shirley's winning review is il
part as follows:
One of the outstanding novels writtel
within the last few months is that yer
eentsertaiping story The =, Lady S Who Cam
The Lady Who Came to Stay is nev
pe 81 sn1st yoT don bs ssy gbo
because Mr. Spencer brings them befor
you in such way that YOU resent theE
next coming with expectancy.
sssThis Is one OF the most powerfI
and gripping, stories that he's been pub
reader who is seeking something differeu
in his action.
~ONINGSBY DAWSON ha
- pounded out another novel 70
Coningsby Dawson readers. Thi
time it's about Santa. her sec
ond husband Give, and her frs
mistake, Dicky.
The characters are common
place. the situations somewhs
hackneyed and the writing ap
proacheS mediocrity. It's name: ..
Path to Paradise" RnopD.