The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-03-10
BY WALTER d. HICKMAN

BY WALTER ID. HICKMAN
THERE was a time in many
Il homes that the books of Have
lock Ellis was treated in a bootleg
manner, but those days have passed.
have before me copy Of
Psychology of Sex" by Hayelock
Ellis, and published by Ray Long
and Richard r. Smith, and sells
for SO.
This book of BIT pages covers the
main topics of discussion that this
expert included in the original
seven volumes on The Psychology
of Sex"
The subject matter as we'll as his
experiments and conclusions have
been brought up to date. Person
ally. I am glad that this book has
been edited with the viewpoint that
it is for the general public.
DO not get the impression that
this book is a yellow edition OF the
sex subject done in a cheap man
ner that is not scientific.
The fact is some of the novels
that have been in the greatest de-
maud have handled sex = problems
so cheaply and so brazenly that they
were disgusting to me and many Of
them I have thrown on the ash
heap.
Not so with this Ellis book. 1t is
true that the subject manner may
seem startling to many but judges,
social workers and leaders in
thought today are turning more
and more to a scientific and health
full consideration of these problems
Probably our grandparents would
have considered this book impious
but today as the author states IN
his introduction-"Se Sexual pSyChol-
ogy, normal and abnormal, as well
as sexual hygiene, nowadays attracts
a general interest and attention
which before the present century
was undreamed of"
One of the outstanding features
of this Ellis book is the listing OF
hundreds of authorities on the sub
jects considered but one will always
find the conclusions and opinions OF
the author stated.
Two chapters which have been
intellegently handled and in an eX-
ceptional way are Marriage and
. THE Art of Love"
Been as ed for list of five "gOoc
books to read. Here is my idea
Take it 70. what it is worth to you
The list-"Van Looms Geography,
by Hendrix Van Loon; Ann Wick
ers," by Sinclair Lewis; Life Begin,
at Forty" by Walter B. Pitkin
How to BE Happy on Nothing {
Year" by Charles A. David, anC
Design for Living a play by Noe
Coward
III Tell You Everything by j
r. Pricstly and Gerald Bullet is ;
British mystery with a lot of humor
Understand that Henry Ford figure
in Grand Duke AleXander'S new
book now in the process of being
published. The book is called AL
ways a Grand Duke" and concerns
the experiences of the former mem
Der of the cars household trying tC
maintain some sort Of a position il
today'S society.
n
OF course they are talking aoou
H. G. Wells new book. Its title i
THE Burlington of Hlup' and con
Germs the growth of an average Eng
lish boy. The word burlington
one Wells best.
I knew that Richard Halliburton
would take to the clouds because h
told me seven years ago that tina
was the only way to get over Som
mountains.
And so his latest story of ad
venture is in the ouds and hi
winged horse is an airplane. Th
title Of Dicks latest is The Fly
ing Carpet" published by Bobbs
Merrill
Halliburton has been presented
with many strange things, but h
tells us in this story of receiving
from Chief Koh of Borneo a col
lection of six human heads as
token Of friendship
And Dick in turn staged tril
for the chief in the air and whel
the plane landed Koh had "becom
almost a deity"
I like The Flying Carpet evel
better than I did Halliburtons first
"The Royal Road to Romance" ant
that is saying a lot.