The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-15
"The Noank's Log"

THE NoankS Log" q priYateer of, the
revolution, by William Q. Stoddard.
ford. Lothrop Publishing company,
Boston.
Guert Ten Eyck, a New York boy, the
friend Of Nathan Hale, and the hero Of
one of Mr.. Stoddards previous RevoIu-
tlonary stories, reappears as the hero of
based upon the privateering trip of the
former whaler Noank of New London In
American. Spanish and English waters.
The Noank is frequently in action, OBJ
ta1ns many prizes, runs the gauntlet of
the british fleets, and even carries the
flag into British ports, and in all these
dashes and encounters Guert and his
negro and Indian comrades of the earlier
book have part. The story is thrilling as
we'll as absorbing, and the facts upon
which 1t Is based are somewhat new to
history Mr.. Stoddard has used them to
excellent advantage. The character Of
Luke Watts, the spy sea captain, is a
strong and novel one, while good Capt.
Avery, of the Noank, is the bluff,
straightforward. reliable and patriotic
Yankee privateer of those days that
tried mems souls.
CrawfCrd's fine illustrations for the
book are realistic and dramatic in COM
position and surprisingly accurate in de-
tail, and the story is one that will ap-
peal wonderfully to all boys, as we'll as
to their elders, who relish a strong and
attractive tale OF the sea-
'"With LawtOn and Roberts"
''with Lawton and Roberts,, a boys adj
ventures in the Philippines and the
Transvaal, by Elbridge s. Brooks.
For those who think that picturesque
ness sand dramatic effect are to be be
found only in a story of the past, this
CaOoi- hi StOriCal Of the will
have a novel interest; and those boys
and girls who revel in tales Of action
and the achievements of heroes will fol-
low with absorbed interest Mr. Brooks
new story of adventure and battle based
upon the most stirring incidents in the
latest campaign of the two great cap
tains of Anglo-Saxon blood-Lawton, the
American and Roberts, the Englishman.
But these dashing and brilliant leaders
of men are not the main characters in
the story, though they furnish the back
ground against which the. tale is told.
The fortunes of Ned Pevear the Ameri
can schoolboy, and of Private Maskin,
his English friend, will interest all young
readers, for they were part of that dash
and daring that marked Lawton's sue
cessfuI campaign in Luzon as he swept
all before him and that made so notable
the unslackening advance Of Lord Rob
erts ION to Pretoria"
This story of war in two lands and I'M
der three flags is as historically accurate
as are all of Mr.. Brooks stories, while
the glimpses it gives of Lawton, the
American; Roberts, the Englishman;
Kruger, the Boer, and. Aguinaldo, the
Filipino. as well as Of others who have
achieved eminence in this closing year of
the nineteenth century, add interest and
realism to the story. Brave and brilliant
deeds, heroism, pluck, persistency and
courage are the characteristics that APP
peal to all young readers; these are all
present in this story Of rapid action and
dramatic incident, while the kinship of
American and Briton that is uniting the
Anglo-Sa world may be read between
tbe lines and be seen in the delightful
comradeship of the wideawake Ned and
his puzzling but faithful friend-Maskin
the free lance. 'I.awton and Roberts
is announced as the first volume of
new series by Mr.. Brooks-the Young De-
fender Series The Illustrations by {.
Chase Emerson are strong and graphic.