New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-11-12
CHRISTMAS BOOKS.
o,,rs FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

gene'a.,x hs,oes Every boy loves war and con-
""' Ne mows down regiments OF grass blades
W Ut. stick and dreams OF the years when all
! VII" Ia wifi let itself be managed by him. II he
\ me ss 10 worship Napoleon a grown-up
! '"s ,r like himself there Is reason to COM
i a., Car with his own growth ne may learn to sec
y 20 ,,z-ling figure In a proper light,
''s ~, no, be fortunate. however. II the new Bona
-. literature for boys makes the conqueror Of
"a, .Amlration great leader and patriot OF SUI
inc" Qualities E:bridee :. Brooks. IN "A Boy Of
rrrst Empire Crhc Century Company. comes
.,ously near giving them this impression He
can ..a. a thoroughly entertaining story which
" ,s with II a great deal of history The hero is
.-.,ch lad who warns Napoleon OF a plo; against
rho IS taken into his personal service. and who
.,,ons his fortunes until after Waterloo The lad
,.ar, Is a worthy hero Of Juvenile fiction. and the
H., ,su, to be found with the book is that his
| ..,.- appears in 1t more worthy of honor than
.,hor history warrants
Warren L. Coss has added another volume to his
-,es Of historical stories OF the War for the Union
-.s hero OF Jack Alden" Thomas Y. CroweH q
-, q New England boy who served through the
virginia campaigns. beginning as private IN 1901
i - entering Richmond as a member Of a generals
i +on At the close OF the struggle He was wounded
4 the streets of Baltimore. present at Ante
i ~, fredericksburg and Chanceliorsville, was
j ,soner in LIBBY escaped through tunnel and
x-ved once more under the Stars and Stripes from
4 petersburg to Apron ittox.
h Henry christopher McCook has made novel COM
snation Of fairy lore and natural history in his
-o,d Farm Fairies" George w. Jacobs 4 COZ HIS
4 u.ratured COLLINS spiders and his tenement
srownies are the useful insects against which the
4 .osders wage war. These little creatures are en-
I a.ued with personality and language and are quite
,snan in their reality and fairylike in their wonder
l ,slness and thoroughly natural In the hdehty OF
Zach figure TO the habits OF life OF his species FOR
7 ,,ose whose scientific interest and knowledge is
o.1 .hn ola 10
an appendix added explaining the scientific basis
=, many OF the incidents which presented In
mystic guise.
IN Country Pastures for Boys Q-ongmans. Green
| Coz P Anderson Graham is al once a guide for
ou,door sport and adventure. and for the study OF
nature He tells how TO go birdnestng and nut
ing how TO FISH withou: tackle. where 10 find ber-
rss and what to do in English fields and woods at
| Al seasons of the year. His aim is 10 encourage
and direct observation and to develop in young peo-
n. a love OF nature. by showing them the harmless
,.asures 10 be found in making friends with wild
creatures
MANY OF the directions not OF practical value
I, America but they must be entertaining to our
opn country boys and suggestive OF ways to study
v,s, the new world has to offer. The volume
.,so contains some directions for toy bodybuilding
and for numerous outdoor games
Tn. charm Of old English history is never-failins
,or those Of Anglo-Saxor blood Barbara hut
.,. castles and Their Heroes CThomas Whit
,sksr, contains sketches Of ten places famous In
Eugsh history. together with accounts OF the uo'hss
elsewhere OF those whose names are connected VII"
,n,m Conway Castle leads to the story Of the con-
crss. of Wales: Wuesmateswick was the birth
r,,cA 81 Ridley and recalls the religious struggles
., his time. Corfe. Raglan and Carisbrooke each
has tale 10 tel OF the Stuarts and the Common
wealth
poys who wan; lessons In the history Of their own
country will find them admirably presented IN the
series Of biographies by Henry Cabot LoIge ana
Thsoiore Roosevelt collected under the title hero
Tales from American History" Che Century COM
uany) The sketches begin with Washington ana
End with Lincoln. and they include stories OF boone
and the founding OF Kentucky: George Rogers Clark
and The conquest OF the Northwest. the nghls III
Trenton Bennington Kings Mountain. Stony Point
New-Or;eans Hampton Roads. Gettysburg Nicks-
burg Mobile BAY. the burning OF the Phiiaoeiphia
the cruise Wasp and the peaceful WORK OF such
men az Gouverneu- Morris. John Quincy ADAMS
and Francis Parkman
Eo,h senator Lodge and MI Roosevelt thor
ough Americans who believe in great. ana not
a Ntre America. and they have presented TO their
readers types Of heroes calculated 20 tesch goou
citizenship thrift. industry obedience to law IN
time Of peace. readiness 20 fight FOR honor' anu inc
spirit OF individual sacrifice for National lire.
Napoleon's retreat from Moscow Is The suo)ect OF
| one OF G. A Henty's new books which bears 'ie
title OF Through Russian Shows Chares scI'o
/ ners sons !. describes the experiences or Two
4 English brothers. who thrown by fortune one
into fellowship with the Russians ana the o'hei
With the French in the advance on and the retrea'
tom Moscow. l. follows tie narratives OF SIT f'oo
~ Wilson and Count Segur. with the result OF pre-
xntng In the guise Of fiction truthful picture Oh
he war.
II Mr. Henty goes 10 India for the material OF his
hok The Tiger of Mysore' Charles Scribner
sons, and in following the fortune OF Dick Mans
s.id who goes on; from England TO seek his father
wrecked sea-captasn. he carries his readers
through the in which the Marquis OF "eneseS
opposed TppOO Sab. the cruel son or Hyuer All
Another Christmas story by Mr. Henty - devoted
the knights O, ST John OF Malta. After their ex
pv,on from Jerusalem the Hos oitallers settled at
Acre where they struggled with the Mosienns
Thence they removed to Crete and afterward 70
II Rhodes where they fortified and where they WITH
II sood two sieges before their final withdrawal to
Malta This second siege Is one Of the most inter
sting chapters in the long romance OF these Cru
sters and the incidents OF ii are woven into
might O. the White Cross Charles Scrlohers
sns
One o, the most charming OF children's BOOKS
anes 10 us IN Mabel r. Hapgoods translation iroh
- thirty-nnth Italian edition OF Edmohoo ue
hIc,s's .Cuore an Italian Schooboys journal
Nonss r. Croveu & Coz. II is the record OF q
M In a Turin public school. picture OF the o'i-
issnt pupils and their names OF the sciooi s''
"a and OF the teachers and their ways IN II arr
~ ~. nlsasant side OF the Italian lie OF the MD
q and lower classes. with It's simplicity ha'e
ssnness good feeling and charity. Some American
~ may think II was spritless school 10 "hich
'ssnts came every day and Joined the Hiasteis 80
a.aonition and 10 which the pupils Went u zen
asr master that they loved him when he was
rsyed By one boys misbehavior He may th,hK
ks much too grown up" for that klno OF
stod himself; but he cannot fall TO ENJOY learning
hon the young Italians are taught.
Albert stearns is not the first person VINO nas pu
iAddin's lamp into a story Of a modern scmoo'Doy
lie Chris and the Wonderful Lamp tlhe zen
'1ry Company is ingenious tse' ra'ie' 49,.
than mos, attempts OF its kind; but such attempts