New-York tribune., 1901-12-07


q living for himself. He has few dollars, WIN
which he buys bit of cheap land. and he De-
gins to grow cotton. Thrifty to the last degree.
he makes the best Of every halting advantage
and small accumulation: and his earnesthess'
his honesty and his cheerful labor win hllii
friends and help. There is a good deal or the
fairy tale about the way in which Things con-
tinually turn up trumps" for young Huntiey'
but the story withal fairly sparEdes with excel
lent morals for boys willing to work ana IL Is
entertaining from cover to cover
A book which will take rank with the late
Charles Dudley Warmers Being a Boy as
graphic picture of American boyhood In the
second quarter of the nineteenth century Is MI.
Noah Rrooks's Lem w-England Village
Bow (Charles Scribner's sons. 1t has 10 90
with life in Maine in the thirties and fortles' IN
the period when the finder box was sui often
used when cook stoves had only just come into
fashion, when stage coaches were lhe cilieA
means of travel when the gospel of total alb
stirence had lust come to the fore. and we'll to
do families banished to the locked cupboard
the decanters of rum, brandy and wine that
custom had kept in sight on the sldepoard Tor
many long years. While little Lem Parker was
rejecting on this change and its consequences
he made things interesting for his family, as a
small boy often does:
The village parson used to call on every
family the PARISH as often dS poSSlDle, io
matter what the family might be doing; and one
day when the Parker family were deep in the
Mondays washing, Parson Mason was descried
coming up the Common, to make MS
usual call. Mrs. Parkers custom in cold
weather was give her servants a mug of flip
and 4 plate of doughauts for a luncheon in the
middle of the forenoon of a washing day, ana
she preparing this when the parson move IN
sight. Flip made by stirring In pitcher
a mixture of cider, rum, eggs. sugar and spices
The stirring was done with very heaVy IRON
poker called a loggerhead. heated to red-and-
whiteness- The logserhead was snatched from
the fire, and, with the big earthen pltcher
hustled into the brick oven. when the parson s
knock heard the front door. Parson
Mason, although he had not signed the pledge
nor preached en- the subject of the new re-
form, was suspected of being in favor of some
sort of total abstinence.
Nevertheless, when he had eXhorted the maids
at the Washtubs and the matron Of the house
declining invitation to sit in the foreroom
and have some refreshmenD, he drank his glass
of Malaga wine and ate his slice of fruit cake
with relish. When he rose to go, at last, Mrs
Parker Hospitality entreated him to stay little
longer Lem eagerly Joined in with, Don't go,
Parson Mason, were going to have some nip
in minute; the loggerhead's in the oven-' NO
chroncler of the time has set down what were
the feelings Of the rest of the family; but it is
certain that Lem did not hear the last or his
bad break until after he was a grown-up man.
Mr. Brooks's book. in all respects delightful
one, bears the unmistakable marks OF personal
experience. An actual boyhood is described
Also no doubt, in Mr.. John Habberton's Some
was Far Western boyhood. lived in town set
in the prairies. in a region where runaway
slaves were often met in the woods by wander
ing juveniles. There was railroad within
hundred miles, and one little Prairieton boy
when visit to more favored district was
stricken with fear and awe at sight Of train
emerging from the mouth of a tunnel-he
thought it was the dragon of much cherished
story book!
Mr. John Preston True's book, 'Morgan's Men,
little, Brown & Co }, is one of the most effec
tive of the seasons Juveniles 1t deals with the
military services in the South of Stuart
Schuyler the young Continental whom have
met before while he Scouting with Wash
ington" 1t IS spirited story; it's military hap
penings are exceedingly well DONE especially the
description of the battle of Cowpens and the
rescue of wounded private by the young cap
tain. We commend the volume to healthy
minded young Americans. Another Revolu-
tionary story is Amos Dunkel Oarsman'' CA L.
Burt, by James Otis. 1t is a clever tale of
group of patriotic Long Islanders who In many
ingenious ways harass the Tories members
of the "Whaleboat Navy" and rescue divers
prisoners from that den of misery, the prison
ship Jersey. The same publisher brings out
another story by Mr.. Otis-tWith the Regu-
lators" The scene is set in North Carolina
eight years before the 'embatted farmers"
stood at Lexington. The oppressive courts the
burdensome taxes and Governor Tryons exac-
tions had resulted in more or less organized re-
bellion. The two young heroes of the tale have
many adventures eminently worth describing.
Dr. Gordon Stabless Rob Roy MacGregor'
(E. P. Dutton & Coz bristles with historical
incident OF the most rousinR sort. The famous