New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-11-22


story is very well told, with no more anachro-
nisnls than are necessary to please the modern
young reader THE Cruise of the Dazzler' is
the stirring recital by Jack London of a run
away boys adventures a vessel sailed by
criminals along the California coast The
youth abandons study for the enchantment Of
free life-and bitter is the slavery into which
he falls and sore are the trials he undergoes
before they end in a tableau- If joyous home
coming THE Last Cruise of the Electra" (The
Saalfield Publishing Company by c. P. Chip
man. is an impossible story of mysterious
submarine boat run by pirates. The two boys
of the book go through adventures of terrific
danger, but all ends happily. 1t is all as false
to life boys book can well be.
Emmy Lou Her Book and Heart" CMcClure.
Phillips & Coz, by George Madden Martin is
perhaps addressed more directly to grownups
than to children Of any age. The child's heart
the author assuredly knows and interprets to
with surprising subtlety, and the book
otherwise the educational system under which
little Emmy Lou sometimes groans. is shown
forth with humor and wisdom. There is many
neat moral for teachers, parents and guardians
in these lovable stories. Mr.. c. L. Hinton's illus
trations, dantily expressive of child charac-
ter, deserve high praise. A sprghtly story is
Mrs. Myra s Hamlin's "Catharine's Proxy
dulged. fun loving, needless American girl who
hates to be bound by the limitations of school
life; her 'proxy''-who takes with joy the edu-
cation Catharne refuses-is a beautiful Great
ure. whose foreign training makes her the an
tithesis of her friend. Each is agreeable fig
ure in her way, and their story is animated
one-and not without useful suggestion. Miss
Nora Archibald Smiths book Three Little
Marys' (Houghton, Miff1in Coz, deals with
trio of good children, Scotch. English and Irish.
These are simple little stories but nice. refined
and graceful.
Mrs. Margaret F.. Sangster tells in Janet
Ward" (Flemng H. Reven Company the story
of minister's daughter who spends her girl
hood between the conflicting claims Of home.
college and a career among the worlds work
ers. The book is interesting and full of woman
Iy good sense and is wisest in its inculcation of
the old fashioned doctrine that home furnishes
an admirable field for woman's noblest quail
tiles and aptitudes. 1t is doctrine which too
many American girls with ambitious yearnings
seem to forget Miss Helen L. Reed, who is a
graduate of the woman's annex Of Harvard. has
described in "Brendas Cousin at Radcliffe"
(Little. Brown Coz the ordinary course OF
life in that college. 1t will no doubt interest
girls who anticipating undergraduate ex-
perences of their own-looked at from that
point of view may give the story word Of
praise. AS literary performance 1t is common
place We may note that the author insists
upon the triumphant retention by college girls
of all their charmingly feminine qualities and
ways; and also points out that the studies which
fail TO make them masculine are exactly the
same as those pursued by their brothers OF
Harvard.
A pleasant story OF oldtime w-England-
the time when little girls wore pantalets and
pigtails-ts Harriet A Nash's ''Polly's Secret
(Little. Brown & Coz. The little maid who kept
her word through much tribulation TO dying
stranger is an attractive character so deity
presented that she really lives for us There is
much humor in the lightly touched in sketches
of the village people who surround her. An
other pretty New England story is Mary
Catherine Lees Lois Mallet's Dangerous GIFT
Houghton. Miffiin Coz. That gift. OF course,
is a beauty of which the sweet Cape Cod Qua
keress is quite unconscious until a visit TO New
Bedford revealed it TO her. Some of the dan
gers which lie in that knowledge the gentle
girl experiences. and the punishment for her
little vanities is certainly unduly severe. The
book fas a delicate charm. Little Miss Sun
shine" q. F. Taylor & Coz, by Gabrielle E.
Jackson. Is a pretty and obvious story. The
heroine is winsome girl. who sheds love, kind
ness and Joy all about her path and the story
turns upon the fashion in which all this sweet
ness is received by those about her. The chief
contrast is provided by penurious old country
man. who resists her charm until he saves her
life. In "Nathalies Chum" little, Brown &
Coz Anna Chaplin Ray introduces anew some
Of the people met in her Teddy" books. Again
we meet mpusive Theodore and her musical
husband. and other good company they bring
with them. The comradeship between Nathalie
and her big brother it is pleasant to read Of and
equally winning is the love with which they
cherish the little brother naughty "Fizzums"