Evening star., 1907-11-02

Dudley. author of Following the
Ball" etc. Phillips Exeter series.
Illustrations by Charles Copeland.
Boston: Lothrop. Lee & Shepard
Company. Washington: Ba1lantyne's.
At Seaton Academy. which is. of course,
Exeter, three fine, manly comrades. re-
spectively captains OF the foot ball. base
ball and track and field athletic teams.
make a compact to support each other in
carrying through the really great re-
spons. bilties that devolve upon each. The
purpose is that for the honor of their
school they may achieve a great year
of triple victory over their traditional
rival "Hilibury' How they develop
their material rise superior to discour
agement, and fairly attain their ambition.
together with many jolly incidents of real
school life, the mo It absorbing that a man
ever knows, forms the story.
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS IN THE LIT
TIE BROWN HOUSE. By Margaret
Sidney, author of The Pepper
Books" etc. Illustrated by Hermann
Heyer. Boston: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Company.
1t Is curious enough that the two stories
Of the do ngs of the Pepper children which
were the beginning of the famous Pep
per Books have not be IN included In
any of the ten volumes previously pub
iished. They were Polly Peppers
Chicken Pie'' and "Phronsie Peppers New
Shoes" and were so Immediately popular
that they compelled the writing of the
Pepper Books" which have endeared
the family in the Little Brown House
in Badgertown to hundreds of thou
sands. Many have been the inquiries as
to what became of these two well-remem-
bered and much loved stories, which ap-
peared in the WidA Awake Magazine.
but they have nevtr been given to the
children of the present time. Now, how
ever. they are in the very front of well
come new book, Five Little Peppers in
the Little Brown House.. which is en-
TREY with the exception of the in
corporation of these lost favorites, and
is in many ways the most lively and
entertaining of the whole remarkably
succes ssful seriss. By the art Of the
author. Margaret Sidney, In private life
Mrs. Daniel Lothrop, who lives in Con-
cord. Mass. in The Wayside, made IA
nous as the residence of Nathaniel
Hawthorne. the irrepressible Pepper chill
dren with their many human and lovable
qualities become familiar acquaintances.
KITTY-CAT TALES. By Alice Van
Leer Carrick. Illustrated by Homer
Eaton Keyes and Bertha G. David
son. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shep
This might have been called Kit
tens Arabian Nights" for the author
most ingeniously makes use of pet
black kitten in the telling of the finest
group of standard cat legends from
various nations that have ever been
grouped together. They occupy nine
nights, one for each Of the tabled lives
of the cat. Some familiar. such as
The White Cat" THE Cat Who Mar
ried Mouse" Mother Michel and Her
Cat" Dick Wilmington" and the i'm
mortal 'Puss in Boots" but these the
author has so transformed by the charm
of her style and the way of presenting
them that they read new. One from
the japanese has never been in English
before. and some of the others are the
authors own translations.
THE KENTON PINES, or Raymond
Benson In College. BY c. B. Bur
leigh. author of Raymond Benson
Series" illustrated by L. ]. Bridg
man. Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shep
ard Company.
''Kenton College Is Bowdoln College
beautiful in It's location and famous in
it's history. where its author was grad
uated in 1887. Raymond Bensons ath-
letic abilities insure him immediate and
enduring prominence as a student. and
the accounts of athletic contests will stir
the blood of any boy. But the book is
far more than tale of these things; 1t
is a picture of life at smaller college.
with all it's fine. hard work. "grinds.' and
tliumphs The multitude o. boys who are
looking forward to college can find here
a faithful description of much that they
will encounter while story 1t Is well
worth any ones time to read.
l.u,vU UN rD N,r su,NroD D. .,,
M. Douglas. author of the Helen
Grant Books etc. Illustrated by
Amy Brooks. Boston: Lothrop Lee
Shepard Company.
In Helen Grant" Miss Douglas has
created a type Of American g.rlhood.
strong, energetic intelligent and win
some. Her progress under difficulties
and her unusual power to win and keep
friends. as shown in previous books. have
delighted a steadily increasing circle Of
readers and last years book Helen
Grant in College, was remarkably popu-
lar, even for a Douglas book Her junior
and senior years bring her out in the full
promise of earlier youth, and leave her.
as Helen Grant. Senior able to look
back upon an enviable course Incl
deptally the picture of college life Is
bright and true to lie.
DOROTHY DAINTY AT HOME. By
Amy Brooks author of The Randy
Books" etc. Illustrated by the au-
thor Boston: Lothrop Lee & Shep-
ard Company.
Dorothy at her beautiful country home,
unspoiled by fortune is a charming, sun
ny child. while in Nancy Ferris she has a
most faithful friend, capable of great
bravery in time of need. The nice COM
panions of other books are met again
and droll new character introduced. De-
lightful times are enjoyed, and the whole
atmosphere of gentle manners and good
taste that ha; so endeared these books
to mothers as we'll as children Is contin-
ued in the authors graceful way
THE WONDERFUL ADVENTURES OF
NILS. From the Swedish Of Selma
Lagerlof. Translated by Velma
Swanston Howard. Decorations by
Harold Heartt. New York: Double
day Page & Co. Washington:
Woodward & Lothrop.
Telling the story of the battle Of the
black rats with the gray rats, the talk
ing COW. the fox who wouldn't be good
and countless other animals which she
knows with keen intuition, Mrs. Lager
)of has CREATED an original fairy story