New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-07
CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
ADVENTURES ON SEA AND LAND.

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any time for such old-fash!oned reau'ns 40 ~
SON Crusoe" and 'Midshpman Easy IN the i"oe "e
must run II ne keeps up with the Ju'e'"o law
of the day Men who have made lepu'd'' "
other lines Of work hasten 10 use ti'ei P''' " -
delectation and every corner OF the Sooe anu e'S
age OF history is placed before MN 'A,,,,"r 80
Christmas books. Paul Du Chaillus contribution -
tho Juvenile library is a story called Na' lie
viking" (Charles Scrbner's Sons)' III "hch nc "
scribes the life Of the Mortimer III tne tiiiu am
fourth centuries His hero is bred on te sio'e' -
The Ra,tic defeats the Romans. visits Britain ana
makes a tourney to the Caspian sea- HVINs " '"1
fun the ideal Morse life. which Is IN detail SCI III "
nv Mr. On Chaillu To this good story he prerXes
on Introduction in the nature OF a oeiehce
of his well-known Archaeological 'peoiioS ar
gives a characteristic letter from '''' 49,,
stone in which the statesman III N.'
way says that he does not kno" ihuoi' - az" ,' o
.bout the subject, but that the authors theoi'eS
.ra nrenossessing and that Norway does not seem
IN him and TO others like a foreign country, ne"'0
It's people may be closely related 10 those Vi "",
Britain 1.-THE Robber Baron OF Bcdioru 'aS''e
1T Nelson 81 Sons) Is story founded on inc c"ion-
,c,es of the wars of the Beauchamps ana breau'e7
IN the reign of Henry III. The heroine "heh
.u.d into her fathers presence to hear the prayer
30 an almost unknown but none the less unweicome
su,,or listens to his formal speech. ana thei' VIII"
stately stride advances six PAGES anu oedi' ii','
a smart blow in the face. story beginning VII"
auch startling incidents. of course, goes on u 1t
v,orous end In Justice TO the heroine IL shou'u
he noted that she is elsewhere well behaved. For
.ho MOS, mart the chronicles nave been faithiuly
followed in the story. but they might nave peeh
~. .. ho,,or use Molly Elliot Seawell In
."rbrough Thick and Thin and the Miashp'nei
Mess" Cd. Lothrop Company tells two capi'a'
s,ores one Of the Army and the other OF the Navy
and both true. They certainly ought 10 pe io'
,hev contain sketches of several manly young lei
1--we whose existence would be a benefit to their
country The color of West Point ana OF army
life is rot strongly developed but IN us s'e'S' ""
see some pictures Of Virginia when are "oi'"
having. When it comes. however. to the messrooh
and the war6room on maH-ol-""' NV
reyels in local color. o,,
The experiences Of the Louisiana HOME "''
4, the Civil War form the basis for ano'hel VI
Harry Castlemons war series Rooney 'ne wv
seer Porter & Coates continues the s'ois Va
4, character already known TO the reader OF uese
.o,s ard Describes his adventures about Baton
pouea-adventures which finally eliminate IN MS
breaking I'D one of the so-called Cohieueia'e VI
Plantations which. under the name OF or'e
troops' rob Unionsts when they can anu Oo''
federates when their legitimate prey Is not u oe
found These were the kind of men VINO from
.h,rd q ,evea fired on a tender from Federal
g,pboat and caused the bombardment OF baton
Rouge. ,u. nc tho
Thomas W. Knox. whom every BOY KNOWS Dc w
literary manager of excursions TO all parts Vi ,ne
world. has turned back the wheeis vi "' =, -,
o,d written about John Boyds Adventures ~
App,eton & Coz. John Boyd leaves New-Aork oii
.na brig Sweetheart after having some experience
with the PRESS gang. meets French priVa'ee''
rsscues the survivors OF wrecked NeSSei' - r
tured by the Barbary pirates, is imprisoned III INV
PHILADELPHIA and is lucky enough 70 De M "
tho time of the renowned rescue Of the prisoners
owl tho burning Of the ship by Decatur. lheh he
IL enrolled In the crew OF the Constitution Return
ing 10 his country, he goes back INTO 'he
service meets prates-Malay and Chnese-is ui'.''
IN sea in an open boat, and Is picked up by Il p."
who discharges him and his fellows lnVo II" '
min Having had adventures in about every way
nos.,h,e for one or II would seem, a dozen Dogs
to have on the sea- he finally becomes cap'ai,'
In uniform binding Of pretty red cIo'h WIN WI.
Enoxs story is Hezekah Butterworths Inc no!'
If Greenway Court Cd. Appleton q 'o'' ny
vav Court as every boy knows was the >Hs'i,
home of Lord Fairfsx. the patron OF the you'iiui
Uosbinpton The hero of the tale Is poor boy
,ho when wrongfully accused Of faults oil whic"
hc Is apparently guilty, is befriended by "ashhs
ton and finally grows up TO become uu''e'
courier in his service during the ReVoiutoh' wash
inqon appears in the story in the light oil what Ne
aftcrward became and many Signs anu o'.e','
roin. ont the young surveyor as man wnom II Is
we'll 10 keen an eye He is too reTnarKapie ioi
an average life without the mUouuCuoh Vi
tho story of the Ratchet. The book contains soihe
Interesting sketches Of Colonial life and many pict-
TO it is the journal of Washington describing MS
,ourpev 10 the Ohio in 1853 and also some notes
Giving the historical basis for some or the CHAR
acters and incidents.
.,rhc Black White and Gray" Gait. Sons d
Coz Is devoted 10 the attempts OF some chiidreh
70 ind homes for three kittens Of complexons
ouch as the title would suggest. and to the lie Oh
the three homes where the kittens took up their
abodes The children in one home are wealthy
and we'll managed in another n girl Is wealthy
and spoiled: and in the third one is poor ana H. Al
tho end the poor one is cared for and cured. the
spoiled child becomes lovable, and everybody Is
happy except the adult reader, who wonders IL
children really do like that sort Of thing. An
All-Around Boy" "a. D. L. Randolph Coz, Is
memorial volume Of 2j5 pages describing Inc career
OF bright eighteen year-old boy, who was crown
in the summer of 1892 while camping In the cana
dian woods 1t dwells on his ancestors MS own
babyhood. his collecting of postage stamps his
amateur printing establishment and other things
that healthy, wde-awake American boys delight
in II contains the history of his school DAYS anu
his preparation for college, and liberal extracts
from his letters 20 his parents, and his friends
both boys and girls. These all point to the con-
clusion that he was excellent boy, with Inc
average amount Of fun folly and good sense in his
,nakeup II the world ever forgets Just how boys
looked and thought and wrote at TINS time the VOL
ume may be OF historical value 1t is literally suppei
at the beginning of the chapters with quotations
from, the poets clever story is George Man
vile Fenns "Sail-Ho!' e. & J. t. Young q cob
a book full of exciting incidents, and no more won
derful than are most tales Of boys adventures
on a merchant vessel The Burgh Castle on It's
voyage is seized by mutnous crew and recovered
BY the officers who are again overcome ana set
sdrift in an open boat. They follow the ship and
take possession of 1t when is on fire ana deserted
by the mutinecrs. The latter afterward attempt
70 get on board. but repuised. and finally taken
IN the ship az prisoners. Mr.. Fem also lays span
ish-America under tribute to American ana Ehshsh
bows In Real Cold Crhomas Whitaker. story
of the adventures on the Pacific Coast of some
young Engshmen exploring the mountains where
were supposed be the gold mines of the Indians
which had beer kept secret from the time that the
Incas ceased to draw treasures therefrom Inc
vol,irna Is well printed on good paper, and Is one