New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-21
BOOKS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
TALES OF ADVENTURE AND STORIES FULL
OF EXCELLENT MORALS.


ago-furnished TO the plays a pleasant htt'e IN
PRODUCTION giving some amusing details concerning
the MANAGEMENT OF the stage. Most OF these hlghiy
romantic blood and thunder dramas were perlor"eu
by the sisters 10 and Meg each olieh 'ani"e
Ave or six characters and changing with dazzling
rapidty from witch to robber from lovely lazy 10
murderous knight. The stage accessories were
manufactured and adapted from the scantlest ma
terials. Meg herself being very clever stage car
penter. The plays as shown In TINS volume were
absurd echoes OF the poc;ical meodramas WHICH
the little maidens had read. virtue and constahcy
always being triumphant and villany punished win
unfailing promptness and bloody severity Meg re-
cords the fact that 40 reveed In catastrophe ana
the darker scenes were her delight she usually
required Meg to do the love-part, which she con-
sidered quite beneath her pen. Thus their produc-
tons were a queer mixture of sentiment, with en-
tire disregard of such matters grammar history
and geography-all Of which were deemed OF no
Importance by these aspiring dranaustS' Ou'
Of Reach" (Tait Sons e. Coz by Esme Stuart. Is
story for girls In their teens The country IN
which the scene passes has an interesting mystery
which lends animation 10 what would otherwise DE
q commonplace plot "A Lady Born" (E. d j. h.
Young is addressed to the same readers 1t cee-
brates in very entertaining way the beauty ana
wisdom of sef-sacrihce and devotion TO duty.
sTngleside" Ct. Y. Crowell & Coz is delightful
story of a loving and lovely chd-a winning little
girl who conNuers the stern heart of an old aunt
and brings happiness sad and lonely life
Barbara Yechton is the author of the little story.
MAUD Mevilles Marriage" Ct. Nelson Sons). by
E. Everett-Green. is romantic story OF the seven
teenth century. 1t turns upon the marriage of two
small children who part upon their wedding day.
and meet again only after long years Of sorrow.
The cavalier husband almost dies in prison. where
ne lies under charge of treason, and 1t is TO MS
young wife that he finally owes life and liberty
This clever story is also addressed to young
people In their late \ book of stories About
Girls for Girls" is Susan Coolidges The Bar
berry Bush" Roberts Brothers.. No one who has
read What Katy Did" needs TO be told that these
stories are wise they are sparkling. An at
tractive little book Of short stories for children
Is Mrs Pauls Mothers Bedtime Tales (Thomas
Whittaker). These bits Of fiction are full or az
mirabe lessons for the little people
When Mr. Walter Camp writes about athletics
everybody who takes interest in the college boy
and his games reads with attention There is no
who stands better as the exponent OF all that IS
good in college athletics and the foe OF every
practice that tends to degrade them In his ne"
Book Of College sports Crhe Century Company
he gives those who know his full justification for
the faith that is in them. He tells all that any
spectator could wish to know about ri ok athletics
rowing, football and BASEBALL he gives hints 10 the
youngsters who hope TO join college teams he
offers enough technica. information about the
games, their history and the necessary apparatus
10 supply the needs Of an academy captain; and
withal be does much more. He lifts the whole
subject into an atmosphere OF refinement and makes
the ideal a.hlete-whom very colegian could not
help being persuaded by him to long to bean
example Of honor, of genileness OF courage ana
of self-restraint. BE EACH pray God, a gentle
man." is his frequently repeated motto The gen
teman, he says, does not make his living from
his athletic powers "Ie does not earn anything
by his victories except glory and satisfaction
Perhaps the first falling off in this respect began
when the laurel wreath became a mug SO long as
the mug but the emblem. and valueless other
WISE there was no harm There Is s'IIl no harm
where the mug or trophy hangs in the room OF the
winner indicative of his skill; but If the silver
mug becomes silver dollar either a; the hands OF
the winner the donor. let US have the laurel back
again." SO he lectures the ,.on-acadendc spectator,
the contestant and the colesian in friendly fashion,
we are told that gentlemen always play fair, do not
resort to sharp practice. courteous TO their
foes take defeat or victory without undue dis
play of feeling, and in their celebrating 30 not
forget their high calling. Convinced that this
Olympian figure is the true college athlete or at
least what Walter Camp meals him to be- we are
very willing to learn in detail from the pages
following this athlete lives. trains and plays;
what the work Of each member of a team is. and
what interesting "reminiscences Mr. Camp can give
of college contests He has added to the book an
appendix of peculiar interest to thos. who may be
organizing teams. This contains the intercollegiate
football rules, the baseball rules governing the
principal college games. the original Rarvard-fae
boating agreement, the Harvard Yale track athletic
rules the -Princetcn-Ya ale baseball league
constitution, and the form OF contract for hiring
Manhattan Field.
There are certainly very few little girls who at
some time have not thought that they would like
TO be Processes. and John D. Barry will surely
have large audience among the children to whom
ne dedicates his story OF THE Princess Margarethe
George NJ. Allen Company. This little princess
did not stay for long time among kings and
queens, nor she at first very welcome. for
prince was wanted succeed to her fathers throne;
but before she went away she had conquered all the
hearts In the palace and also in the city Of her
home But from first to last she really didn't want
to be q princess any more than most OF the other
little girls in the world would really want 10 be- II
they knew all about being one Fairy tales are al
ways interesting TO children and stories of parrots
are by no means to be despised; but when parrot
IN his own proper person tells the fairytales their
interest Is raised to the second power. A. Condle
Stephen In Fairy Tales Of Parrot (E p. Dutton
e. Coz has taken twelve stories from the Persian
text Of Mehemed Kadiris version Of the "Tooti-
Name" and adapted them to the uses Of English
and American boys and girls. weaving them into
story about the court Of Achmet Sultan. king
who lived In that golden age OF fairyland. once
upon a time" "a Little Queen Of Hearts" Erred
erick A. Stokes Company contains the records OF
the court Of a little American girl who Is In the
main just what every little American girl ought to
be- and who in her American home and while visit
ing her English cousins gathers about her a throng
of courtiers, including a postman, several small
boys and not a few older persons. 1t Is no trouble
for one boy to have a lively run of adventures even
in the small things of home and school life and
twins surely will be interesting as they are por-
trayed in "Dick and Joe; or Two Of a Kind" de
Wolfe. Fiske & Coz. which begins with the chris
tening of the pair and does not leave them till
they rather large boys.
Tn Thorne's plprirna nd Other Stories"
Gee & Shepard) ]. T. Trowbridge has gathered ten
sketches Of boy-ife. They all Of the kind
which will hold the attention Of young folks with
out being In any way overseasoned with the spice
of startling adventure. Oliver Optic has added a
second volume 20 the series of the "All-Over-