Los Angeles herald., 1909-09-26
New Books for
Our Readers
BY FLORENCE BosARD LAWRENCE

BY FLORENCE BosARD LAWRENCE
IN HE high spirits and barbarities Of
old Greece and Rome formed
II frequent contrasting pictures of
such striking light and shade that the
stories of that time still live and have
an interest which is denied tales of
many far more recent events.
Boys of the heroic age played,
studied and lived in their homes of
that time, very much as boys of our
earlier lives will be eagerly read by
the boys of our matter-of-fact age.
Modern youth, however, may learn of
love, courage and endurance from
these stories of 1.-The Boys of Galatia,"
and may help to give to our own
schools and homes what the authors
quote in the five words, THAT glory
that was Greece, and the grandeur
that was Rome"
The stories are by we'll known writ
ers for the young and the list of con-
tents includes these names: Samuel
ScoVille, jr.; Eleanor Lewis, G. T. Fer
ris, Arlo Bates, NJ. d. Ruff, E. H.
House, Bertha E. Bush, j. o. David
son and Alfred Church. The tales are
reprinted from st. Nicholas magazine,
and include many of the delightful
illustrations which livened the maga-
zine pages.
Stories of Greece and Rome. New
York: The Century company.
The record of little Marjorie Flem-
ing's few years on earth has been put
into book form once more, this time
by Kate Wiley. Various earlier publi-
cations have been utilized in compiling
the little book, and the whole of the
first journal which this marvellous
child wrote is included in the work.
There are also pictures of the child
from a pencil sketch made by Miss
lisa. Kieth and a photograph of Pet
Marjory and Sir Walter Scott.
The record of this child, whose un-
usual intellectually won notice and
friendship from mature men and
women, is always interesting, and each
new work throws light from a fresh
viewpoint upon her peculiar person.
ality.
The little Scotch 1assie and the
friendship which Sir Walter Scott felt
for her are shown in lovable and at
tractive colors, and writer's will en-
Joy reading of the manner in which
this sunny hearted child made that
great novelist almost as little child
himself.
Pet Marjory and Sir Walter Scott,
Kate Wiley. New York: Cochrane
Publishing company.
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The athletic series from the Harper
& Brothers press has been a favorite
edition with young readers, especially
those who are followers of football,
baseball and other field sports. On
Track and Diamond contains stories of
many school and college events, with
illustrations of decided value. The
opening story, "How Science Won the
Came" by George Harvey, tells of a
pitcher who made good, and the sue
ceeding stories depict the struggles and
victories of the cinder path, the tennis
court and the river.
The stories embody also many les
sons in fair play and cultivation Of
the sense of honor which cannot fail
to be of value to the lad whose school
career is beginning.
The writer's whose stories are used
are men who know the real thing in
such sport, and usually have taken
some part in the identical event which
they describe. Among the names ia
miliar to boy readers are =. Conover,
James Mott HallowelI, S. ScovilIe, jr.;
Van Tassell Sutphen and w. ]. Hen
derson.
Stories of Track and Diamond. New
York: Harper &c Brothers.
About the end of the seventeenth
century America ceased to be an un-
known land, infested with savages and
wild beasts, becoming, instead, a vast
continent with fairly defined outlines,
climates and zones, whose virgin ter
ritory was considered by the nations of
the old World as well worth the win
ming. Along the eastern edge of this
continent were already established