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| Co. Los Angeles: G. G. Parker.
The Rival Campers are already en-
shrned I'm most boys hearts, 10 two
volumes of their adventures have al
I ready been offered. The coming of an
other, THE Rival Campers Afoat,"
| from the pen of Ruel Perley Smith,
should then send a thrill of Joy to every
boy reader. It carries one from their
original history into their adventures
| down the river, amid storm and into
| fiual calm.
The Rival Campers Anoat BY Ruel
| Perley Smith. Boston: l.. G. Page &
Co. Los Angeles: G. G. Parker.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Tour
aine." by Francis Miltoun and Blanche
McManus, is not the result of ordinary
conventional rambes of hy-by-night
sort but is rather an account of leis-
urely wanderings along the Loire and
through the countryside, dotted with
these monuments of the Renaissance.
Several tours through this region were
made by both writer and artist and this
book Is the result of copious notes and
many sketches. 1t Is a work Of art ana
should appeal strongly both to those
who have been over the ground and
those who hope to go.
Castles and Chateaux of Old Tour
aine, by Francis Miltoun and Blanche
Los Angeles, G. G. Parker.
1t Is a wonder no one ever thought
before to reduce the Greek myths and
legends to simple stories for children.
The wealth of material is so great that
built on the idea, and certainly the
subjects offer possibilities far beyond
the usual namby-pamby stuff dealt out
to Juveniles. Prof. A. j. Church is
rather a pioneer in this. His THE
odyssey for Boys and Girls" takes Ho-
mer's immortal song and forms it into
simple prose, and every child who reads
it will thank him for the task. The
book is a treasure of literature, in large
print and easy language.
The odyssey for Boys and Girls, by
A. j. Church. New York: The Mac
milan company; Los Angeles, c. c.
Parker. s1.5O.
Under the title "Mildred's Inherit
lance" three of Annie Fellows john
stons stories for girls are collected.
The others are Just Her Way" and
AIMS Own Way" All three of the
stories are interesting and bear the
stamp of approval of the Presbyterian
board of publication and Sabbath
school work
Mildred's Inheritance. BY Annie Fell
lows Johnston. Boston: L. C. Page &
Co. Los Angeles: C. c. Parker.
The purpose of THE Washington
Word List" by Louise Beecher Chan
cellor, is to present the main words of
full elementary school course. Since
at 10 years of age the study of spelling
is usually discontinued, many words
have been included in the list because
they will probably be useful later.
Proper names have always been neg
lected heretofore in our spelling courses
"a mistake that has been rectified in
this book
The Washington Word List, by LOU
Use Beecher Chancellor. New York:
The Macmillan company.
No one interprets Tennessee life bet
ter than does Charles Egbert Craddock,
who is to the manor born, and writes of
land she knows and loves. Hence
new book with that locale from her
pen ought to be very welcome. THE
Amulet" should therefore find a host
of friends awaiting it. The scene of
the story is laid in stockade back in
1853, where little band of English SOL
diers maintains the outpost against the
Cherokees and helps carry the cause of
civilization into the transmountain
country. 1t is a stirring story of bor-
der life and Indian warfare, with a
good love interest.
The Amulet. by Charles Egbert Grad
dock. New York: The Macmillan COM
pany; Los Angeles, c. c. Parker. $3.50.
Books of travel we'll written, graphi-
cally told and handsomely Illustrated,
make excellent gifts. Next to seeing
foreign lands through ones own eyes
is to behold them with the keen and
well trained optics of thorough trav-
eler. "Rambles on the Riviera by
Francis MiltOun and Rla0phe Mo-
Manus is such book as may be heart
lily recommended to one who longs for
a tour of the Southern California of
Europe, but has neither the means nor
the time to make the journey The
book is beautifully got up and con-
tains upward of fifty illustrations. It's
clever telling takes it quite out of the
guide bookclass.
Rambles on the Riviera, by Francis
Miltoun and Blanche McManus. Bos-
ton: l.. G. Page & Co., $3.50; Los Ange-
les, C. c. Parker.
Captain Jack Lorimer," by VIM
Standish, is a clever series of boys
stories of the young athletes in a high
school. The character of Captain Jack
first appeared in a Boston newspaper
and was very popular. Boys will be
well entertained in clean, decent
manner by following his adventures as
herein depicted.
Captain Jack Lorimer, by Winn STAN
dish. Boston: L. c. Page e. Co. Los
Angeles: c. C. Parker.
In "a Woman Alone in the Heart of
Japan" Gertrude Adams Fisher has
given us an admirably intimate insight
into the real life of the people whose
bellicose talk over a San Francisco in
cident makes them again loom large in
the public eve. Japan, in it's real as
poets, especially in the interior, is yet
a terra incognita to most white people;
this book will vastly help them in
grasping the home life of this wonder
full race and its actual surroundings.
The illustrations deserve especial men
ton.
A woman Alone in the Heart of
Japan, by Gertrude Adams Fisher.
Boston: L. c. Page &, Co. Los Angeles:
C. c. Parker.
A tiny. but beautiful little book to
send a friend for Christmas is Annie
Fellows Johnstones dainty Arthuriar
story, keeping Tryst." 1t makes up
in interest and worth any lack of size
and in makeup and dress it is admir-