Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-01
Nen Books for
Our Readers
BY FLORENCE BosARD LAWRENCE

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Not every American boy and girl can
learn the past and present of "our old
home" in England in so delightful a
way as do this brother and sister, oJhn
and Betty, who are sent to England
to be shown the leading places of his
toric interest in company with an Eng
lish brother and sister of their own
ages, and under the wise and sensible
directin of the mother of the latter
But everyone can enjoy reading of the
jolly trips taken by the four children
and Mrs. Pitt, the mother of English
Philip and Barbara, who proves to be
the best of entertainers and travelling
companions and the whole happy idea
of the history visit" is so we'll worked
out that it is almost like travelling ones
self; and a great deal of useful knoWl-
edge is gained in so pleasant a way
that no one thinks he has been doing
more than getting acquainted with
some very nice young friends. The
Photographic illustrations are well
chosen and excellent.
John and Betty's History Visit. By
Margaret Williamson. Boston: Lo-
throp, Lee & Shepard Co.
One of the well-known -Four Boys"
has received word of his inheritance
of a part of a coal mine in England.
His three friends accompany him on
his voyage to the land that ever will
be of interest to the people of the
United States.
There is an abundance of action, ad-
venture and interest in the story. 1t is
not a book of travels, although infor-
nation, as well as some descriptions of
Well-known places, naturally enter in
to the tale. The search for missing
fortune is a motive that ever has its
own special appeal to young readers.
In spite of (perhaps because of the
plights, mishaps and numerous adven-
lures of the Four Boys they had a
good time, which every reader of the
story of their experiences will share.
-Four Boys and Fortune" why
they went to England and what they
found; by Everett I. Tomlinson, Bos-
ton: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard company.
Few men enjoy the devoted friend
ship of so many boys as Warren L.
Eldred has won to him in his writing
for them and about them. Still fewer
can tell a live and profitable story for
boys, with it's good sense frightened
by a constant play of wit that never
stoops to vulgarity His latest story
about the boys of Brookfield academy
is distinctly worth While. 1t tells of a
boys school. with a glorious past, but
an uncertain future, largely due to
vital problem in hundreds of schools
today.
The boys, after testing his patience in
every way that youthful ingenuity can
suggest, come to rally about an ath-
letic and brainy young graduate in the
splendid transformation of the So
ciety and soon of the entire academy,
in one of the best school and athletic
stories yet written.
"The Boys of Brookfeld Academy"
by Warren L. Eldred. Boston: 10th
rop, Lee &. Shepard company
Mary K. Maule has written a new
book which tells the story of life on a
Wyoming ranch called the X Bar B,
from its cattle brand. The Little
Knight is a boy of mysterious ante
cedents, filled with the traditions of
chivalry, which he brings to bear upon
the rough but noble-hearted cowboys
who pet him, and with interesting re-
suits. 1t is only at the close of the
book, when the hero now a we'll
grown lad. has been through all the
phases of the picturesque life, that the
mystery is cleared up.
The story is one of plots and adj
venture with a humor and pathos we'll
worthy of Bret Harte. The author has
for years lived and Travelled in the