Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-29
FOR YOUNG READERS

"Boyhood Days on the Farm" which will
be welcomed at once by all the great
number of country born dwellers in the
city, and will win It's way among those
to whom life described in its pages is a
novelty. In Orlo Upton Mr.. Mum
shows typical New England boy of a
generation or so ago, and tells us his
routine of work. varied with the joys Of
recreations and adventures, all with re-
markable understanding Of boys heart.
Boyhood Days on the Farm. By Charles
Clark Mum. Boston: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard company.
The usual clamor for a new Dorothy"
book months In advance of its publication
has been even greater than ever, and the
many who expect so much will not be dis
appointed. Dorothy at her beautiful
country home, unspoiled by fortune, is
charming sunny child, while in Nancy
Ferris she has a most faithful friend,
capable Of great brr-very In time OF need.
The nice companions of other books are
met again and droll new character in
troduced. Delightful times are enjoyed
and the whole atmosphere of gentle man
ners and good taste that has so endeared
these books to mothers as we'll as chill
dron is continued In the authors graceful
way.
Dorothy Dainty at Home. BY Amy
Brooks. Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
company.
"Kenton College" is Bowdoin college.
beautiful In its location and famous In It's
history, where it's author was graduated
in 1887. RAYMOND Benson's athletic abili-
ties insure him immediate and enduring
prominence as a student, and the ac-
counts of athletic contests will stir the
blood Of any one. But the book is far
more than a tale of these things; 1t is a
wonderful picture OF life at a smaller col
lege with all its fine, hard work, "grinds'
and triumphs. In its pages the former
college man may live over again his
fraternity life, social occasions and asso-
Citations, all parts of a life that is as fixed
in it's ways as human nature ITSELF and Is
constantly being repeated as each un-
sophisticated freshman class moves on
through the succeeding years. The multi
tude of boys who are looking forward to
college can find here faithful description
o. much that they will encounter, while
as a story 1t is well worth any ones
item to read. 1t Is, moreover book that
rings true on every manly question.
The Kenton Pines BY Clarence B. Bur-
leigh Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard
company.
In "Helen Grant Miss Douglas
created a splendid type of American
girlhood, strong, energetic, intelligent
and winsome. Her progress under dit-
ficulties, and her unusual power to win
and keep friends, as shown in previous
books have delighted steadily In
creasing circle of readers, and last
years book, Helen Grant in College,
was remarkably popular, even for
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
baak upon an enviable course Incl
dehtally the picture of college life Is
the brightest and truest to life of any
of the many attempts at depicting this
golden age of young womanhood
Helen Grant, Senior. BY Amanda
M. Douglas Boston: Lothrop, Lee &
Shepard Co.
In "Treasure Seekers of the Andes
five young travellers, with their tutor
travel UP the Maranon river to the head
of navigation, and then make their way
to the seacoast. visiting Trvxillo, Lima
and numerous other points of interest,
and learning much of the various In
dustries of the country and also some
thing of it's remarkable political his
tory. From the coast the party travel
again into the interior, and have sew
eral adventures while in quest of game.
One of the boys obtains possession of
secret. regarding an ancient Spanish
treasure said to be located In the heart
of the Andes mountains, and, with a
companion, goes In quest of the same
and both get lost. The others, grow
ing anxious, organize a searching
party; and all fall in with a series of
happenings which make the volume
more than ordinarily interesting.
Treasure Seekers of the Andes.
BY Edward Stratemeyer. Boston: Lo-
throp. Lee G. Shepard Co.
The story of the adventures of Little
Boy Pip" is a fascinating tale for chill :
dren of all ages by Philip W. Francis
relating the hazardous journey of little
lad over the meadow to the Place Where
the Sky Comes Down and of his subse-
quent amazing adventures in the En-
cnanted Swamp upon an excursion per-
sonally conducted by our mutual friend
the Welsh Rabbit; a tale full of delicious
thrills to make children squirm with de-
light, and which will furnish almost as
much amusement to grownups, full of a
flavor that is most original. Many quaint
characters are introduced. The Welsh
Rabbit Is one of the most captivating
creations to be met with in juvenile fic-
tlon-or in any other place--warranted
not to make one dream O. nights or suffer
anything worse than hearty laugh
The animated Oomlout, The Haphazards
Chat may occur anywhere) and the Thing
That Hides Behind the Door are fully as
unique.
Little Boy Pip. BY Philip w. Francis
San Francisco: Paul Elder & Co.
In keeping account of the Billy Whis-
kers Family for the benefit of wide
growing circle OF little tots, Frances Tre-
go Montgomery has necessarily been coz
secutive lest there should be an omission
that would serve as shock and dis
appointment to her clientele. Last year
it was "Billy Whiskers' Friends" in
which Billy junior received a visit from
his father, who went all the way from
Boston to Missouri accompanied by Billy
IRIS mother. This story brought the
younger Billy Whiskers so much into the
limelight that in this years book the
author has used him as the central fig
ure. The Billy-goat chooses his chums
with about as much rhyme or reason as
do some people. so 1t Is not surprising
that black cat, called Button on ac-
count of his very bright eyes, and a yell
low dog, named Stubby, with muchly
abbreviated tail, should fall into the full
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