New-York tribune., 1905-12-20
illustrated Books of Adventure
Sport and Home Hfe.

..sors In North America IJitJiey broNn q COB
:. careful an6 readable presentation of the
S4o-v Of early French explorations on this con-
ss-e-t The opening chapters on Indian life and
..-stoms are particularly interesting. Then
-.ss from this firm also a version of the Saga
= .1surnt NAL" cleverly adapted by Allen
S--o,eh. from Sir George Dasents translation
- hook which; is properly called Heroes OF
...iend has brief but sufficient historical and
so.,r,pttve introduction. note on the pronun-
ss..;on OF names, a table Of dates and good
.n Another interesting volume under this
s-,1-sut is Men Of Old Greece by Jennie Hail.
rae story Of Leonidas is related therein ana
Re story Of the marvellous fight at Marathon
- tba+ other as marvellous at Salamis-these
80 ars told. with the story of the building OF
e. Parthenon, Phidias being in his habit as he
.,-,.5 Here. too, we find the fine story OF the
a. end death Of Socrates. The book is well
.ar.ulated to evoke in young minds a keen in
.-sst "a the great men and the tragic incidents
= creek history. In '@The Crown of Pine
(r7,.ries scrfbner's Sons) Professor a. j. Church
ss,ls g picturesque story of CoTinth and the
-.tbn7ian games. Its hero. a young athlete' q
k.eoandsrt of Achilles and kinsman or Alex
snser. passes through experiences selecteo 70
-, forth the life and customs of Rome and
rorinth In the time OF Neros predecessor. 81.
<,snI appears thus in of the closing chapters
-. vr.s no sort of distinction about his gen
-5i snpearance, which was indeed lnslshlLlcaLh!t ~!
fs was short OF stature and stoopeo l bne +bnf is
Laos,nrensnce was of aspect SO remarkable @ tnaI
- 80 vVho saw # could ever forget me eyes,
tsousa tsousaheIf9is 9 were singuIarly brilliant and pene.
rating and the whole expression Was i"1 %
energy.
Another volume of Famous Battles OF the
,-,-steentn Century "a Vessels Company
.n,.,,6es that series of vigorous narratives. The
s5itor Charles Welsh, has drawn from the best
,,,susble sources some OF the most dramatic
..,ounts Of the enga gements Of the last thirty
-,ssrs They begin with the terrible Indian VIC
,orv Of the Little Big Horn and end with the
,.nture OF Cronje. Rorke's Drift, san JUAN
+Ebar1otI1n Tel-el-Kebir and many other hghIS
s-a described Tt is q record of high courage pre-
eanted by skiIfuI observers story OF DATES ,
and Of oriental bravery is Willis Boyd Alien
sThe North PACIFIC CE P Dutton & CoQ. It
ass1s with the Russo-Japanese war in a spirit
s1sndlz 30 the Nikados people and it has many
svc;tine passages. 1.-THE Queens Page CLne
Robbs-Merriu Company, by Corneha bake[' -
curious combination of medieval and mooern
Ife and language. The little hero, who Is one
- nair Of twins horn in Navarro. becomes a
rage at the Court of Francis and behaves very
we'll and rornantcally in that capacity
= vas an excellent idea TO gather from former
,-,.. oe ct Nicholas" stories which natu-
-.uv belonged together, and TO reprint them IN
,,,.g4ne shane. each series under its appropri-
-. gsneraI title Thus there is a volume OF
sq5ss, s+ories.r one Of Colonial Stories, one
- Revolutionary Stories and one OF CIVIL
gar stories"-and ali Of them, whether in prose
nr verse are illustrative in the most interesting
fashion OF important phases Of our national MS
to-v An additional volume is devoted TO our
4yol5davs: Their Meaning and Spirit Ihese
ebsnters begin with "St- Saturday" and end with
the Fourth of July. All these books of st
Nicholas stories are. Of course. puoisheo Oy lne
cs-t,,rv Company The same house produces
.-.,-,ab1a niece of historical biography in Tudor
4.rLz.s aCaptain Myles Standish''-one which
s,,d interest oldsters and youngsters alike
t-,.-Ican history in a later period is the basis
- Nv Everett T. Tonlinson's new story Ihe
PAD cher (tIoushton, Niff1in COD. The Reo
chief IS Joseph Brant and the tale turns upon
.hs dangers which surrounded the pioneer SET
,is,s m the New-York frontiers in 177S, ana II
ends with the cruel massacre at Cherry Valey'
: american history also gets a show In the usuai
new "T7lzie' book by Martha Finley. A ne" ll'ie
IS found for this-'Elsie and Her NamesakeS.
CDodd, Mead & Coz. The lnauS'IS u l--i2
sntbor IS q marvel. We are inclined to think
+b.4 when that New-zeaIander perches on the
ruined brooklyn Bridge the presses somewhere
.s1 he turning out new "T1lsie'' books.
Sp'rlr,, Perkins: Just Boy CThe Century
ro,nnarv-l ia an uncommonly amusing book py
can+ain Harold Hammond. U. s. A Plnky Is
q good. average American village boy' ms
ebievoug. often ridiculous but manly ana klho
st heart. It is a boys book well worth reaolhs.
Much in the same vein Of youthful experience
is Edwin l. Sabin's when You Were BOY
CTbe Baker & Taylor Company. The run ana
ta voss of school life the delights Of the circus,
en5 os ..sain, hshir' and "goin' swimmin', "
things that happened when you ran away ana
yFan zo11 went to the Sunday school picnic
all these and more are recalled with a zest that
no reader can resist- The chapter In Society
makes a beguiIing appeal to ones sense Oh
hunaor A charming little French story OF cnlld
rnountebarlls has been translated by j. ID o1Iey
and urbIished by T. Y. Crowel & co. under the
title OF 'sThe Family on Wheels kind ele-
phant Is an important and devoted member or
the little family and undergoes Win ms IuiliS-'
friends much unmerited suffering But since
all turns out wei, no little heart need be unduiy
Erenched.
The ban5soroe new edition in eight volumes OF
Louisa N. Alcott's stories. published by Little
Brown &, Co, is completed this year in the
issue Of Under the Lilacs" and "Jack and
jill" The two books, like all their predecessors
are the better for being somewhat old fasnlonea'
since that old fashion means fun and kindness,
truth and unseIfshness, brains and character
10 girl or boy could ever be the worse Tor these
wholesome, homely tales, which are quite as
amusing as they are inspiring. The edition is
admirably Illustrated. There is much agreeable
hunor in A. c. Plynpton's story. THE School
house In the Woods" Gittle Brown & Coz, par
ticalarly in the description Of the conscientious
methods Of bringing UP tho young heroine de-
fised by her two old bachelor guardians Cousin
Aionzo and Cousin Lorenzo Some OF those
methods are quaint enough. but they work well
sRd RosalIe is a little parsonage Of most
sngaging type.