New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-19

..r, , vya,,.'' o. p Putnam's Sors) relates
the adventures of some American boys digging for
treasures and unearthng temples In Greece The
book contains much besides hunting for old statues.
however for the boys have exciting times In doing
,h.,r y,ork and overcome obstacles enough to give
La., interest 10 their experiences. George Foster
por,es furnishes several illustrations. drawn after
pbotoeraphs Of Greek scenes. Mr. BROOKS also
,,o a pleasant but rather coorless story enti-
tIed .I-nder the Tamaracks' CThe Penn Publishing
Company) II describes summer spent by some
vourp peope in the Thousand Islands shortly after
,ho civil War and Introduces General Grant az
,,s,,or n the island and companion Of the young
neonle whose society he preferred to that OF their
more sophisticated elders. One OF the most exct-
inc occupations OF the Rebellion was running the
blockade of the Southern ports. j. Macdonald
OxIev IN Battling the Blockade" ct. Nelson &
Sons), tells a stirring stor! vi inc a''e"P' !" i"'
vessel into Charleston.
rb. ,ast work OF the late Thomas ". Knox was
the preparation OF a sequel to I'm Wild Africa.
.The Land OF the Kangaroo" CIV. A. Wide * CO..
takes I'D the travels OF the Whitney boys at the
mouth Of the Niger, after their visit to Timbuctoo
and Lake chad. and carries them through AUS
tralia Colonel Knox had the faculty OF impart-
ING much information TO his young readers and
his latest effort on their behalf Is not different
from others. Charles Erskine was common
sailor in the United States Navy, ana was one OF
the crew in the squadron OF Admiral Charies
in 1885 TO 1872 or that and many other voyages
he tells in "Twenty Years Before the Mast
George w Jacobs & Coz. He makes no pretence
to literary graces much learning nut ne mas
set down a record of sea life from the torecas'e
point of view which is highly interesting. swept
Out to Sea" q. b. Lippincott Company Is an en-
tertainng story by David Ker of the experiences
of some Englishmen who make an Involuntary
trim 10 the West Indies There is little 10 differen-
tiate this book from hundred others or It's class.
one o. the firmly rooted beliefs or the worid Is
that all the Dutch down to the very infant III
arms are as phegmatic as-Dutchmen But wheh
Mrs Mary Mapcs Dodge wrote Hans Brinker;
or The Silver Skates which has just been re-
printed by the Scribners in holiday edition. she
proved that Dutch and girls could be as lively,
as merry as quick wited and as IoVape AS 'he
gayest children of the gayest nations IL Is "a
model little book. Of the first and best Things
in Juvenile literature and its merits are confirmed
by the freshness II possesses In this artistic New
Amsterdam Edition." published full twenty-one
years after the first one. For It's coming or age
the publishers have provided the best or paper ana
presswork and they have had Mr.. Allen H. Dog
cett prepare a quantity OF pictures done on the
spot' They have the true flavor Of Holland in
tbem-,hc Holland of bikes and bitches and canals
frozen into perfect skating highways In the winter;
the Holland OF Gathering sabots and round-cheeked
Youngsters. and huge. tapping windmills always
anpeari behind the landscape and the people The
Young readers who find this book IN tfeir STOCK
ings Christmas morning will he in luck
The instructive purpose in the seasons Juveniles
Is perhaps as little disguised anywhere in Mr..
Garrett Newkirk's Rhymes Of the States (The
Century Company. an ingenious collection Of pic-
ures and verses descriptive NJ the geographical
and other characteristics of each OF the States In
the Union There are two pages devoted to each
State: one filled with lustrat ton and verse pictur-
esouely combined Facing It IL moro prosac
o,ipr and n
facts added to which there is a sketch of some
more or less fantastic object to suggest the outline
OF the map. The nook is cleverly designed to catch
the little ones fancy. THE Century Book OF Fa-
nous Americans" ny ElbridCe s. Brooks (The
Century Company. d~-crbes the adventures
Of party Of young folk on a trip to
some Of the places connected with the lives
Of great Americans. They are accompanied
nv an uncle whose store OF Information about these
men and places seems simply inexhaustible. as Is
his willingness to impart 1t. He does II IN an m
tercstnc chatty way. with pleasan: vein OF
anccdote and humor: and hs remarks are orna-
mented by a profusion of excellent illustrations 1t
is not possible to make lifcse a group Of boys
and girls so abnormaly hungering for information
as these but they have served their purpose IN
giving n vivacious form TO matter that would
otherwise appeal less directly to the interest OF
Young readers The book is published under the
auspices of the National Society of the Daughters
NJ the Revolution and has an Introduction by
Mrs Adai f. Stevenson. president-general OF the
society.
"Tecumseh's Young Braves GIee shepard) Is
one of the WAR of 1912 series. and ~ occupied
more particularly with the Creek war. Ih's chap-
ter in American history. the author THINKS mas
heen strangely neglected by historians and story
writer's alike although 1t Is full OF examples o.
personal courage and daring The present stor"
deals with the visit OF Tecumseh and his band from
the Northwest to the Creeks IN the South and the
resulting dangers and trials 1t brought to white
settlers in that region. THE Little Girl OF Ions
AGO described by Eliza Orne White tHoughtoh.
Miflin e. co., was Marietta Hamilton. whose per-
ents brought her the ship Topaz with her
brothers and sisters from her nome In ecotiahd' 10
live in Beacon-st.. Boston. That was sevent"
wears ago when many things were different from
what they are now. and Marietta's experiences on
tho uay and in her new Boston home, sand In the
country when the summer time came were most
AS Marietta was quaint
little girl herself and her story is quantity and
sympatheticaly told. It makes DAINTY niue boo"
that will doubtless afford much entertainment to
little girls of this later generation. Edith Robin
son has told in "A Little Loyal Maid Tosepf
Knight Company the romance of Betsey Schuy-
Ier's meeting with Alexander Hamilton her SUBJ
seouent marriage to him. and her part In saving
General Washington's life ut Yonkers. II Is
pretty romance though Miss Robinson has no.
made the most of II In her narrative. For one
thing she has used stiltsd style. apparently
thinking thereby to catch and reproduce the state
" diction of the last century: but she has only at
tanned a rather absurd carcature OF present day
usage.
lack Reneon was a "hrst-class boy. In the tech
nical naval sense the United States steam
frrate Minnesota in the Civil War. His adventures
in cruising among the blockade runners are ceverly
related by Charles Ledyard Norton In "A Medal Of
Honor Man" CIV. A. Wilde Coz. AS behooves the
Youthful hero of a story. Jack Benson is quite
a prodigy OF va or. judgment and nautical ability
Such things as taking command OF a boat exped-
ton that had met disaster after the officer in