The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-11-29

THE Signal Boys of '75." by James Otis.
a tale OF Boston during the siege Of that
city by the British. full of stirring adven-
ture and patriotic sentiment based on his
torical facts. Under the Cuban Flag, or
the Cacique's Treasure" by Fred A. Ober,
q thrilling story of adventures with the
Cuban insurgents, admirably told. The
City of Stories, a coliSotion of delightful
stories by Frank NJ. Bicknell. well known
to the readers of St. Nicholas and Harper's
Young People as the author of many clever
fairy tales. "Chatterbox for 1897" issued
In the usual style of this popular annual.
full of bright reading and pictures for lit
Tie folks. All of these books are illustrated,
handsomely bound and would make pretty
gift books MeSsrs. Roberts Brothers, Bos-
ton, publish THE Resoiute Mr. Pansy." by
the yetei an story writer, John Trowbridge.
1t relates the experience of a young school,
master with an unruly class or boys Mt q
village school. He finally conquers by In
teresting them and teaching them some
thing about electricity and showing them
how TO construct a dynamo in an old neg
lected forge, by whose aid the village
streets are lighted. The X rays have their
part, and q burglary is detected and a wife
IS won by scientific means. 'Torpeanuts,'
(Roberts Brothers), by Lily F. Wesselhoeft,
is a story of a little girl who got The odd
nickname of 'Torpeanuts' by applying it
to torpedo with which some boys tried
to frighten her. Another little girl figures
IN the story along with some pet animals
a pleasing story for children. Rich
Enough" (Roberts Brothers), by Leigh
Webster. author of Another Girls Exper-
ience." is a story of a Boston family who
were kept In hot water by their extraya-
gance Finally one of the daughters hits
upon sensible plan to reform matters by
moving to the country. The account of the
way IN which this was brought about and
the results make an interesting story for
young people. THE Secret of the Black
Butte tRoberts Brothers), by William
Shattuck, is a story of the discovery. by q
mysterious process. of long-sought and
very valuable mine in the Big Horn. Some
young people figure in the story and the
descriptions of wild life in the far West
supply an interesting feature of the story,
In Indian Tents" CRoberts Brothers), is
the appropriate title of a volume of stories
purporting to have been told by Peno0scot,
Passamaquady and Micmoc Indians to
ABBY l.. Alger. They are stories of Indian
traditions, folklore. witchcraft etc. and are
, much out of the ordinary that older
eaders as we'll as young ones may find
Them interesting
The Penn Publishing COMPANY PhiladeI-
phia, publish the four books following viz.
Miss Wildfire,'' a book for girls by Julie
M: Lippman, in which the heroine gets intoy
all sorts of troubles through her own fault,
but finally comes out all right. THE Girl
RancherS, by Mrs. Carrie L. Marshall
showing how some girls succeeded in the
management of a sheep ranch in the far
West True to His Trust" by Edward S.
Ellis, story for boys. in which the hero
brave and honest lad, makes friends and
wins success by being answering in the
cischarge of duty, AT the. Siege Of
of camp life and military adventure, writ
ten specially for boys
From Lee & Shepard the Journal has
received Queer Janet" by Grace lie
Baron, author of Little Miss Faith and
other stories popular with children Queer
Janet is story which can be read by
boys as well as girls with equal pleasure,
and Older readers too can derive an enjoy
ment from it not always found in juvenile
stories.