New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-12-07
HOLIDAY BOOKS.
ADVENTURES OF BRAVE BOYS.

o,r,,ouate and a volcanic eruption and night III
an omen boat are few OF the incidents VIM"
should make Mr.. Arthur Lee knights leaves ~
a Middy's Log Crhomas Nelson & sons) extreme
=, ,,,.rss,i,. 10 bows The hero was in the company
-, q pr,.ish nan-of-war In the days OF saiihs
sb,ns and sea robbers. The authors aceoun. ..
His adventures off the coast OF CUBA Is wri'e" 'u'
for the sake Of telling lively ana hea''hy s'o'''
with little geography. no history no se'e"'o' nv
,nstructton in morals, and little air OF Nei's'"'''
tude but with mia suiHS'en'' "
ard a pleasant outcome.
!, "uapner's Heroes" edward ArnolD Con-
stance Maud tells in simple, sracefui anu ra."e'
o,aint language about Parsfal, Hans Sachs' E'a
- nnhauser Venus. Lohengrin. Elsa ana ther oo''
ranions OF the four lyric dramas TO when they pc
,oYr The stories are put into form suitape loi
children. with attempt at extraneous setting ou'
as s,,r,le tales: and in the main Wagners version
Of the legends has been faithfully ioiio"eu' "a
Granville Eel contributes eight drawings 10 INC
volume which are notable among HIustraNohs III
ohidrer's books for their freshness OF treatment
cleverness Of handling, good use,of iine' ana aSe
Of back and white and spirit at once slroHs anu
poetic. =, ~
Henry Castlemon IS continuing 10 loho" I'm
Mason through the adventures OF his eAcilihs nv
1.-THE Missing Pocket-Book" Qenry T. coates ~
Coz is the third volume OF the Lucky Tom series
Tom ana Fam Storms and Carlos Burton the three
old acouaintances. dwell in the house OF a IeHas
rarchman He dies leaving his property 70 an
adopted son. but 4 rascally relative attempts 10
cheat the boy out of the property, and the search
for the will and the efforts to prove 1t are carried
on In traditional cowboy style with the "oui'S" u
revovers and plots OF violence
Oliver OPTICS Half Round the World Gee
sheparD IS a continuation OF the travels OF LOUIS
Belgrave the young millionaire. whose yacht car
ros himself and few friends on an educatiohai
cruise about Burmah. Sumatra. the Malay peninsula
and the East Indian Archipelago As in most OF
Mr. Adams's stories OF travel information aoounds'
Talks lectures and discussions on geography MS
tory commerce zoology and botany occur in the
schoolroom of the yacht, TO the edihcation OF the
young travellers and presumably Of the young read
ers
Nv Adams also issues another volume of his
"R.ne and Gray Series" - Lieutenant at E!gh-
teen" Gee & Shepard follows the fortunes OF Deck
LYON who is made a second lieutenant in the Union
Army ard serves under General Thomas in the ad-
vance against General Zollicoffer, and is at the
battle of Mil Springs He is good soldier and
his gallant conduct brings him first lieutenancy
and place on a general officers staff
Through Forest and Pain" (Roberts BrotherO
Is a ,a,e by Ashnore Russian and Ferdinand Boyle
Of orchid hunting n Central America The exploits
of the hunters are, however. by no means confined
TO climbing trees and fighting jaguars and taprs
The two English boys and the German collector
whose fortunes the story records. arrived IN MICA
ragua at the time of Walkers first expedition. when
he conquered the country and set UP the liberal
government which the other Central American
States afterward combined to overthrow They
were captured by conservative irregulars and were
abou; to be murdered for their baggage when
Walker rescued them and. for their own safety they
were compelled to join his forces until after his
capture of Granada. They found time TO hunt
flowers and learn something of the old Indian
civilization of the Isthmus.
The same subject IS treated in different way
by Herbert Hayens IN Under the Lone Star Ct.
otnr ~,Ot~r to nttvv
Englishman. who. having been with Walker in
California goes with him TO Central America SER
Ing in his army during his conquest OF the country
and remaining with him until the change in his
fortunes compelled the United States officers to in
terfere and bring the Americans home. The cam
paign is vvid.y described. and Walker is pictured
as man devoted TO his adopted country and
the victim of the prejudices Of the surrounding
nations who stood IN the way of his lettering the
country which had made him its President
The hero of Edward S Elis's Jack WILDWOOD
(The Merriam Company is one of those young
men who can do anything He is telegraph
operator who can sing with exceeding sweetness,
use a pistol as well as a professional marksman,
follow clew better than most detectives. run a
locomotive as well the best engineer and reform
train robbers by being kind 10 them He is sent for
a few days to lonely station. A former convict
comes stealthily there TO send message. The
operator does not like his actions and makes him
stand up as a target While he touches his ears
with pistol bullets Then he discovers a train-rob-
bng conspiracy, kills Of the desperadoes, helps
capture others. and takes pity on one young man
IN the gang who IS graduate o. Yale (there are
two Yale men in the gang, by the way. conceals
him in his room. reforms him. and when he
becomes superintendent of the railroad. makes the
former train robber chief OF the telegraph service
When the president of the road In after years,
learns of this he weeps and tells Jack that he has
cast his bread upon the waters. All OF which
alac icrn, f6ry caiC al cd n
boys the uselessness OF hunting Indians when they
can win fame by carrying pistols and hunting train
robbers within the limits OF civilization.
II anybody thinks the supernatural for young
people is be confined 10 fairy tales. he is much
mistaken. 1t is just easy to have visions in a
modern story of adventure TO have hypnotism
in a novel; and a monk who lived thousand years
ago Is a useful parsonage 10 have about when one
IS cOOped up in a cave staring death in the race
This monk helped two Irish fisher boys who were
blown to sea. and landed by storm in this cave
in the cliffs from which there was no escape The
ghost of the monk showed them where to dig for
water where to find his magic books. and where
hidden his treasure OF god rings with which
they made chain and let themselves down the
cliffs. Altogether it wonderful miracle ana
IL did not happen time wnen 1t was easy
for strange things to occur. but in the year 1879,
and IT is all veraciousy set down by Standish
OGrady in The Chain Of Gold" (Dodd, Mead &
Coz. which is a Wild tale OF Wild boys wild ad-
ventures on the Wild west coast OF AreldHu.
NJ. Carrie Hyde's Yam and Noche, OF Tappan
Sea- Qoberts Brothers.. is pretty little story
about two little Dutch children Of the Revolution.
OF the boys capture during Tory raid and his
stay on a pr.son-ship in New-York Harbor. and
Of his freeing with Noch.e's help himself and her
father from captivity. The good st. Nicholas also
plays a prominent part in the story. and but for
the chNdren's devotion to the iron figure OF Their
patron they Nigh, not have come out of their
troubles at all
Everett r. Toml.nson. the author OF "The Boy
Officers OF 1872 dee & Shepard, introduces his
readers 10 the campaigns about Lake Ontario and
Lake Erie during the middle OF the second war
with England The Sackett's HarbOr boys who.
as related in q former volume OF the series, took
part in the early struggles about Detroit. are en-
Gagged both IN scouting expeditions and in battles,
acquitting themselves well. Tho story gives mar
NJ he ned Toronto. &