The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1896-11-18
BOOKS FOR YOUNG FOLK.
NV Fiction For M m and Wom,n In Their
Teens

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prime story Of the Revolution, writ
ten for poys, Instructive, though without
letting the youthful reader resliza 1t
! sufficiently TO mar tho pleasure he counts
on from the reading, il "The Green
Mountain Boys" by Eliza f.. Polard
Published by Dodd, Mead and Company.
Price Sl.25). The book take5 the reader
right into the atmosphere of the early
revolutionary days commanding for him
a survey OF the movement for freedom
from the point OF view OF the gallant
Nermonters whose capture Of Iicon-
deroga close upon the battles of Lexing-
| ton and Concord awakened the govern
ment OF King George TO the desperate dan
ger that threatened its control OF the
American colonies. The Green Mountain
boys were in every way as notable fell
lows as the minute men of Massac usetts
and quite as reckl less of the consequences
OF precipltating war when once they be
came stirred up &c the defence of their
rights and lioerties. The hero OF Miss
Poiiard's stirring story participates in
the events that have made the names OF
Ethan Allen and John Stark famous,
mas many stirring adventure on bis
own account ana his rough career is IL
lumined by bit ofa love story,-for in
those days life went along much the same
az IL always has and AS IL does today IN
the matter OF lights and shadows for all
tue pesllous times. The book Is numer-
ously illustrated
Tne piling of the book shelves with |
books Tor young people is n harb1nger OF |
christmas, and already in the book stores |
the D. u. Llppincott Company of Phils- |
delphla have taken room for sizabls |
catalogue of good stories for young men |
auu women in their teens. Conspicuous |
among the books for boys is rattling |
gooc story by George Msnville Fem, who |
has delighted thousands of youngsters
who are now getting to De old BOYS and |
DO III SAID, they pick up anything nc
writes with rare avidity today. "The
Black Tor" by Fem tells of the adventures
OF couple OF young fellows who lived
In the time OF James !, whose respective
houses were at swords points, but who
for their part postponed their family
differences Indefinitely to fight a COM
mon war with tneir bloodless tlades. Tho
book is handsomely illustrated and bound
in cover OF design calculated to COM
mana the interest Of any boy fortunate
enough to find this among his Christ
mas goods. The price is II. so.
A scowling pirate man co3tumed in
black an1 goid looks from the rlch blue
background OF a book called the ''Oracle
or Baal," lPirce sl.50). skull and cross
boned alag stares from the back of the
oooh hs lt sIHnus on the hOOkshelT. |
within, pictures of deligh htful terribleness
hx the gaze among the four hundred
pages-an illustration of the always
thrilling act known as
walking the plank" being comparatively
>f a mild and soothing influence upon
he prospective reader OF what proves TO
30 yarn as wonderful and stirring as
hese superficial signs would suggest. IL
appears that one Professor Carmichael
makes an expedition to country that
entirely unknown TO geographers and
ie vouches for sll the strange things
hat he sees and for all the strange ad-
entures that he Is rut through. The
tery is n terror and thus cannot but ill {
he average boy with reioicings.
MIR. Frank r. Stockton, one of the
ieverest OF story iellers. a number of
esrs ago wrote story for boys called
captain Chap, or the Rolling Stones" q
was an eatin' good story" anu It's re- J
ublication from tue periodical iu which :
appeared. will surely command an army ,
new readers. its cover design gives IL ,
most acceptable Christmas look. and .
lr. Charles H. Stevens has furth her illum-
lated IL with capital full page pictures,
ith clever bit st the head of each
napier. The price is Sl.51.