The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-10-16
BOOKS FOR YOUNG FOLK.
Offerings OF the New S:ason In Fic ion,
Science and His Ofy.

The Century Book Of the American Revo.
luton" is likely TO stand for good many
years, IL not for all time, a work, 20 use
ne wspaper phrase, that covers the field" for
juvenile. readers Of revolutionary history. 10
Is slSittish 10 proclaim that there is nothing so
good that It's better Is not 20 be, but il would
DE difficult to guess at how this book can ever
be improved, either as 10 method, readable
ness or illustrations.
The plan OF tho author, Mr.. Elbridre S.
Brooks, whom young folks know well, is to
take a party Of boys and girls ON personally
conducted tour of tho revolutionary battle
fields from Lexington TO Yorktown chron-
oloeically, the geography OF the war; however,
carrying his party and his readers as far
south as Savannah.
Readers familiar with the authors style
need no assurance that the book Is written in
a highly entertaining fashion. Indeed, il is
delightful reading. As history it will APP
peal 20 old as well as young, since IL reviews
the great struggle in a way 10 give one
most comprehensive grasp of its essentials,
and conveying panorama like view of the
war clearly defined as 10 its main features,
and harmoniously brought together as a
whole.
The pictures arc notable. Actual scenes by
photograph. as they are today, are reproduced
numerously, i'm themselves a guide 10 the
battlefiolds for a present day tour Monu.
ments and historic residences and landmarks
are shown There are manyoportraits of the
famous nen and women Of the period and
copies OF old prints and paintings OF an illus
trative kind. In picturing the battles and
bits of the war, we note the selection Of ar
lists according TO their talents for special
lines-for instance, Birch, who created for
Us Lord Fauntleroy, draws the pictures
wherein children figure in this Century
Book; Kemble deals with the negro subjects;
George Wharton Edwards with the pictures
that show old time costumes And the Book
Is fairly crammed with pictures i'm great
variety OF style, rttractiveness and point
There are more than zoo of them.
OF General Greene OF Rhode Island, the
Book says wide Uncle Tom" Dunlap, who
has charge of the revolutionary tour) "Un
questionably he was the second soldier of the
Revolution. Nathaniel Greene was great
man. Self.taught and self educated this
Quaker boy, this biacksmiths apprentice at
fourteen taught himself geometry, and before
ne was of age had become careful student
of military affairs From Bunker Hill TO
Yorktown he was i'm the thick of the fight.
Washington admired and trusted him. no
rose TO high command in the patriot army,
and IL was his head and hand that saved the
South after the signal failure of the bomb sric
Gates. By his good work Mt Guilford Court
House and Eutaw Springs he rendered York
town possible and made American independ-
ence fact"
We don't know where Rhode Island boys
can get better idea of Greene than is
afforded By these incisive words. And they
are sample OF the excellent style of tic
whole Book
The Book is handsomely bound, printed in
large type and sells for sl.5) Its publication
by the Century Company was under the aus
pices of the Enpire state Society Of the Sons
OF the American Revolution.