New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-19
borough and hi. family being pardoned. returns

William o. Stoddard has gone back 10 MS ooy
hood for suggestions for new boys s'o'.' anu
considerably further back for the SUIT! "se' Ills
early memories Of the Indians ABOUT the ohohoasa
Council House have served MN wen III sAetcnihs
the adventure of band Of white settlers In West
ern New-York u,hen the Indians were a foe TO be
taken account of in the days before Sullivan had
broken the power Of the Iroquois confederation
by his march to the Genesee. ION the old From
tier d. Appleton & Coz Is full OF thrilling In
cidents. homely and quaint character sketches' ana
quite as much frontier history with its terrors as
would be desirable in fiction which is expected to
please as well as TO instruct Another Of Mr. Stod-
dard's books THE White Cane Uhe Century Com
pany) deals with adventures in the wllds OF Aus
tralia The boys who read st Nicholas Will re-
member II as one Of the good stories of that maya
zine II Is full Of the local color OF the strange
land which cannot fail TO be interesting TO the
children at this opposite corner of the world. All
the original illustrations have been reproduced.
They are among the best have in recent
books for children Oliver Optic begins the second Sc
res Of his Al-Over-theWo Library with 'Ameri-
can Boys Afoat" dee & Shepard. book In which
he continues to follow the travels Of Louis Bel
grave in the steam yacht, the Guardian Mother.
Youthful monaires with steam yachts are not so
numerous as to be uninterestng. and the number
of adventures which multiply upon the hands Of
the young men in their voyage from Gibraltar TO
Algers and Constantinople serve to increase the
store OF Information which Mr. Adams always con-
triyes to present to his youthful readers In anus
ing form. Boys who TO know how another
boy sees things In travelling will find the informa
ton in Europe Seen Through Boys Eyes. by
Tello J. d'Apery-who is. to judge from his por-
trait a bright New-York boy of perhaps sixteen
He has himself published this series OF sketches
OF trip through Spain. Italy and the Riviera The
book shows good powers Of observation. y more
serious journal of travel in the same regions is
IT,, Ia CO. fI.rp
Europe" HIarper G Brothers.. in which the story
of the wanderings OF old friends. the Bas-
setts IS continued They start at Venice and visit
Genoa, Florence. Rome, Sicily. Sardinia. Spain and
Gibraltar With their oldtime desire for knowl-
edge they study the history and art of every
place they visit. and discuss what they learn for
their own and the readers benefit
The author Of "Vassar Girls Abroad" presents
the story of six Boys Estes & Lauriao. one
of the boys Is a girl: but that does not in any
way spoil the story hinder the whole party
from having some good times together or from
learning by trial the value Of honor and truth In
their dealings with one another and their elders
'Chihowee Boys" (Thomas y. Crowel & Coz IL
founded on the records of old Tennessee fam
ily and describes the journey of North Carolina
parson and his family tomake their home in the WHO'S
OF Tennessee before tie War of 1872. Their prep
arations for the emigration their adventures on
the road and their settlement in the new home are
all well tO1. IN the party stN'idl H'"'N wv
pie whose work and play make youth predominant
in the tale.
The quarrels OF Toltec and Aztec. the story OF
Tolec youth imprisoned and condemned TO death
by Montezuma. his escape to the army Of Coriez.
an alliance with the Spanish invader. and distin-
guished career in the victorious army-these surely
are the framework for sufficiently exciting book;
and Kirk Munroe has improved the opportunity
they gave HIM to make in THE White Conquerors
of Mexico" Charles Scribners Sons pleasant
tissue of romance and history. No youth Of New
England lineage who boasts that his forcfathers
fought in the Revelation or took part In the French
wars or aided in the taking Of Louisburg could
fail TO read with interest "Englishman's Haven
ID. Appleton & Coz. That the name given
in old times to the place where the great French
Gibraltar OF the New World built. The young
Scotchman who tells the story is supposed to arrive
in Nova Scotia Just the eve OF the preparations
Of the American coonists for that remarkable Ok
petition Of undif clpned farmers mechanics and
Indians against the Cape Breton fortress. which
resulted In overthrow. The narrator follows the
wars through to the second taking OF Louisburg
and the fall Of the French power in America with
the capture Of Quebec. The story Is written from
the point Of view OF Briton soon after the close
of the Revolution. and the style is quaint ana
pleasing The writer has clear insight into many
phases Of colonial life, and illustrates them with
numerous fecitious touches.
THE Wreck Of the Golden Fleece Charles Serb
ner's sons Is a description by Robert Leighton
of life on the North Sea. The hero, the son Of an
English parson. Is apprenticed on board hshlng
craft has hard times and braves many storms
and other dangers both on land and sea new
book by Horatio Alger. jr. is called in n New
World Rorter & Coates. 1t Is the third Of his
New World Series and recounts the adventures
OF the American boys Of sixteen In the god fields
of Australia George Macdonald tells a fairy tale
with a quaint Imagination and lively humor which
carry one swiftly through land OF Indefinite
outline and impossible nature, filled with people Of
delightfully."- real consciences. fancies and expert
ences. Many things to wonder over may be found
in his book, "The Light Princess and Other Fairy
Tales &c. J.. Putnams sons. but perhaps the
wonderful thing OF all is the charming freedom
left each reader to find his moral II ne has II
in his heart to find TO turn from It all with
the simple feeling OF having wandered aimlessy
in fair country or Of having had pleasant dream
Joel Chandler Harris in Evening Tales" Charles
Scribners sons has done into English some French
fairy tales OF Frederic Oroli. Brother Goat, Broth
or Rabbit. the Tar Baby Mr. Snail Daddy Sheep
and the Enchanted Princess are all there" together
with many another old friend but they all alive
and we are quite willing TO know their new adven-
lures and learn about their friends These tales
are told with all the dircctncss and simplicity OF
a master Of storytelling They are stories OF the
kind that would make any children desert their
best friend for the sake OF listening 10 them from
the lips of old county servant before the Kitchen
fire Another kind of fairy tale has been rehearsed
by Fergus Hume in THE Chronicles Of Faeryland"
g. II. Lippncott Company lie had the rare good
fortune once TO wander into the library OF King
Obcron in the forest where all the leaves coy
cred with fairy lore. He found there the works
that Shakespeare did not have time to write. and
the unfinished half OF "Christabel" besides whole
alcovcs OF unearthly fiction, few pages of which
he had permission to bring back for the children
OF earth.
1.-THE Third Alan OBrentano) Is story Of the
New-York Fire Department. involving country
youth who gets into the service when he comes to
after the death Of his father an honorcd
fireman. He discovers that be Is the grandson Of
a rich man. his father having been disinherltcd
when young; and he young girl Of his
quaintance from death In a burning hotel. All this
places him the high road 10 prosperity before
his history is closed. The author, james J.. Ford.