The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-10
BOOKS
EIGHT GOOD sToRIss.
lothrop' Lee & Shepard Co.'s Books
Make a Strong Appeal 10 Girls
And Bows


Boston publi5hCrs. l,OthrOp/ Lee A.
Shepard company Conspicuous in the
list OF proved stury.dulights gathered
between the margins by this widely
known firm are eight peculiarly good
tales, which have been put to the test
and not found wanting ma the kind oil
interest that inCitcs readers TO rec
ommcnd them. These eight stories are
from the pens OF authors who nave
Won recognition Which of these best
new books for boys aud girls should
score highest will have to be decided
by the young readers themselves. In
the list are. Dave Porter and HW
Classmates by Edward Stratcmeyer'
The Boy With the t. $. survey by
Francis Rolf Wheeler. Winning Ills
Shoulder straps" 10y Norman Brain
pTd f.ook6Ht= tsfsrttrt=t=+ att s.AiAr
by Warren l.. Eldred Nina Rhoades
Dorothy Brown Adele l.. Thomp-
sons American Patty; "Prue Mt
school. by Amy Brooks and "Mothc.
fuckers Seven, by Angelina w.
Wray
tMacauley's aud Sheehans, De-
troit)
Down Spider Web Lane" sun
shine and Fresh Air are the
two dainty fairies in Down Spider
web Lane" They are first seen on
their way TO give health and strength
10 A little boy who has east his lot
with the bug people, ana Is given a
nook I'm the home OF q venerable
grandfather spider. II is IN enchant-
ing story by Mary Dickcrsou Don
ahov. tale that viii take young
readers right into the breezy delights
of imagination-land.
(Edw. stern & Co. Philadelphia;
Macauleys and Shechan's, Detroit)
"The Men who Found America
Instructive rs we'll AZ entertaining
is the now book for children prepared
by Frederick Richard Hutchinson ana
titled. The Men Who Found Amer
lea" It's contents direct attention 20
II thrilling stories of daring. fearless
adventurers who sailed the seas ana
explored the wilds i'm quest OF fame
and fortune. new lands and hidden
treasure. Among them are Balboa,
who discovered tho Pacific. Pizarro,
the conqucror OF Peru and DE Naca,
who was second in command OF the
Panfiola dc Narvaez expedition 10
Florida. $50 years ago. ms Is
book that children will have To guard
lest their elders steal it from them.
0cdw. stern & CO. Philadelphia;
Macauley's and Sheehan $, Detroit)
"Why the Chimes Rang This lit
tla story 10y Raymond Macdonald Al
den NAV Justly hc called child elias
sic II tells. with great charm Of sim
pliCity and feeling, OF the Christ-likc
sacrifice of poor hoy who gives mp
the great wish of his heart that he
may save the life OF a woman freezing
10 death BY the wayside. In exquisite
prose Mr.. Alden has embodied the
spirit of Longfcllow's poem, The
Legend beautiful. and. like the monk
WHO left the angelic vision TO feed the
poor folk Crowdng at the gates or
the monastery, and returning TO his
cell finds the vision still awaiting him,
Pedro after all has his wish, and the
wonderful chimes, which else had been
silent. ring because of his gift OF
loving heart What Longfelow has
told in poetry. Nh Alden has told in
story. in language that any child may
read and that al children should read.
Bobhs-Mcrrill Co. Indianapolis,
Sheehans and Macauley's, Detroit
Humphrey Bold, by Herbert
Stranc. should make its mark among
books written especially for boys II
has not only young hero for the boy
reader to chm with but q grOwn-un
one in ADMIRAL HenbOw, for him 10
adore Enough of BeubOw s life Is told
to make him living character TO
American boys. while the kidnapping of
Humphrey. mis- enforced service on a
privatccr his various battles with the
"Frcnch,rs his capture aud confne-
mcnt i'm q dungeon, his adventures IN
picturesque Jamaica, win us tangled
forests It's immense sugar plantations
aud eupCrstitiDus negroes, the chase
bv boodhuunds. are surely all things
that bows like % read about. With all
it's arriue quality the plot escapes
tho charge Of brutality. wmic The style
reioiccs those who believe that the boy
reader should have the best models.
lBobbs-Alcrrill Co. Indianapolis;
Shcehau's and Macauloy's Is. Detroit
The Gold Hunters. by James
Oliver CurWuOd once more Air
Cnrwood takes his hoy readers into IT,
solitude Of inc Canadian forests. Char.
actors made familiar IN the preceding
story. The WOLF hunters, immcdiatelN
rooppear Roderick, the white boy
W ibl IDDu. the nall-luuldn WHO ShdIPu
herO's bunurs with him, and Mukoki.
The Old indian pathfinder, and friend
uf thc two BOYS. The atmosphere OF
thD N0+r1T. or rs tTUTtTrT-- rTTUTtfrTTTy, RI
romance its dangers its woodcralt.
arc all viVdll described. The reader
is there ON tie ground ia this Cana
dian solitude, IN th" ,hraclng air with
iUa balsUn-Sccutcd forests and with
'hcsc Thoroughly alive and ikable
boys lh the narrow escape OF both
~ them from drowning in the frozen
lake. I'm the shooting ct big came. the
vcaryBe puyttges The glowing nightly
campGrC, The successive finding ot
thC strange gold bullets. there is plen-
tiful provision for the excitement that
ruys love
tBobLa-Alcrriil Co. indianapolis,
Shcchans and Macauleys. Detroit
What Does Christmas Really
1frarr II his - question Hat
John r. NcCutchcun seeks 20
answer. and then turns over to Jenkins
lloyd Jones The first named writ
crs share of The book ends with his
pictur" OF a winsomc young mother.
taken as The type OF THE New Wo-
III o. hose asfls If Inc ,rrtYJ