The San Francisco call., 1904-12-11

Egerton r. Young is a name we'll
known to all boy readers. This prolific
writer of books of adventure in the
north lands and among the Indians of
the Canadian Northwest, who draws all
his material from the fund of expe-
rience furnished by long duty as mis-
sionary to the tribes, has now added to
the already long list of his juveniles
with a book which can be read by the
elders with no little profit. Algonquin
Indian Tales" This book Incorporates
a complete cycle of legends gathered
from the various branches of the AL
gonuuin tribe most of which center
about the NEUROLOGICAL hero, Nanah-
boozhoo, a mighty man and very Pro-
metheus for all the Indians of the
north. In reproducing these folk tales
of the savages the author has kept ad-
mirably we'll the original spirit of
poetry resident in them; throughout
the entire length of the book ths spirit
Of the woods and the solitudes is made
to breathe its presence through the in
tcrpretations of the tales. For these le-
gends. as those of every primitive peo-
Die, are In large part but the interpre-
tation Of natures forces according to
the understanding of the rude wilder
ness dwellers.
(F.aton & Mains, New York; illus
trated; price 81 25)
strenuous Animals" being vera
cious tales of our furred and feathered
friends by Edward j. Webster, is Ern-
est Thompson Seton set to the measure
of roaring farce. While one is inclined
to wax exceeding tired with Mr.. Sc
toms constant procession of straight
laced animals appealing to his lachry-
NAL ducts, 1 doubt if any person that
reads this book of uproarious mirth
will gainsay the authors writing an
other like 1t, even though he may
switch his middle and last name in the
interim. The trained ferret that could
lev telephone cables without tearing up
the city streets. the balloonist dog that
had the record for sprinting, the cleo
tric-motor frog-these weird creatures
of Mr.. Websters creation have Thomp-
SON Seton backed right off the map"
TO adopt the superlative of Uncle Billy.
Amusing Illustrations by Kemble and
Bob Adams re-enforce the risible at
Frederick A. Stokes Company, New
York; price SD
Among recent stories of adventure
Edward Stratemeyer's book, Under
the Mikado's Flag" claims precedence.
II relates the adventures OF two young
Americans in Korea and Manchuria
during the outbreak of the great war
between Russia and Japan, the leading
character being Gilbert Pennington.
the hero of ION to Pekin," and the
other. Ben Russell. who. with his
brothers, Larry and Walter, is so well
known to the thousands Of readers of
the famous ''Old Glory Series" 1t
closes with the great battle of Lao
wang. and is as valuable for the in
formation conveyed as it is interesting
as a story The boys of the whole
country have been expecting Mr..
stratemeyer to give them book on
the Japanese war, and he has respond
ed by one of his very best.
hee e. Shepard, Boston; illustrated; !;
price 81 25.)
James Otis, the popular writer of
boys' juveniles, has produced a book
with a girl as the central figure. The
first Fourth OF July celebration, when
washington assembled his troops to
listen to the reading of the Declaration
of Independence. is the time OF this
exciting story for children. Dorothy