New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-03
CHILDREN'S BOOKS
Adventure and History Mostly
for BOYS.

Again the aeroplane. Two more boys
books on the subject are added TO the
season output. Jack Collerton's En-
gine'' little, Brown & Coz is tale of
the European experiences of an Ameri-
can boy, who enters his fathers airship
engine in an international race. Those
experienced in the devices of boys books
will understand at once that the inven-
ton Will be stolen, that the boy will
prove a prodigy of valor and ingenuity,
and that he will come out triumphant in
the end in the protection of his father s
property. Thus it happens here, and the
author. Mr.. Hollis Godfrey. sees to it
that it happens in a legitimately ad-
venturous way. The second book is of
English origin, and in it Mr.. Herbert
Strang eclipses Mr.. Phineas Foggs rec
ord by taking US - Round the World in
Seven Days Che George II. Doran Com
rany). This tale is cleverly planned. It
involves the shipwreck of the crew OF a
British naval vessel on one of the Sol
ONION Islands, among cannibaIs, and the
departure Of a British navy officer from
The route lies southeastward via Con-
stantinopie, the Persian Gulf India, the
Straits Settlements and Borneo and
thence home via Samoa, the Sandwich
Islands, San Francisco and the Ameri-
can continent. Adventures arc many
OF course, the flying machine playing an
important part in the defeat of dusky
NV
hearts. A good story. The glories Of
the automobile may be somewhat
dimmed by the possibilities of the aero
plane; it none the less continues TO do
good service in fiction for the young.
Mr.. James A. Braden adds a new vol
ume to his series of tales on the subject
in 1.-THE Auto Boys Quest tthe SaalfieId
Publishing Company, the object of the
quest being a secret which three other
boys seek TO learn. And so a second
automobile party starts off in hot pur-
suit of the first one. \ battle Of wits is
on, of hiding Of clews on the one side. of
their discovery on the other.
a lovable chap is THE Little Wizard
of White Cloud Hill Uongmans. Green
& Coz. Here is a simple story on an
old topic, the reconciliation OF estrange,
relatives by the trusting heart of
child, but its author, Mr.. F. e Crich-
ton, makes it new once more because
he treats 1t in q, wholesome spirit His
sentiment is not sentimentality, his little
hero is natural in action, childish rea-
soning and speech. The kind of book
that elders can read to children with
appreciation on their own part. For far
older boys is an exceptionally clear and
informing story Of "West Point, It's
Glamour and It's Grind" rThe Cupples &
Leon Company, by Captain Harold
Hammond, L. S. A. The boy aspiring
to an army career will enter the Acad-
envy we'll prepared as to its discipline
and ways after reading this book.
Mr. Richmond Pearson Hobson. of
Merrimac fame. some time ago told the
story of Buck Jones at Annapolis" He
now furnishes a sequel TO It, In Line OF
Duty appleton & Coz. In its first
chapter Buck Jones is ordered TO re-
port for duty on board the Oregon at
the Bremerton Navy Yard on Puget
Sound during the eXpectant days just
before the outbreak of the Spanish war.
Buck makes an excellent impression on
Captain Clark, but the executive officer
takes a dislike TO him on account OF an
Intrusive minor breach of discipline. SO
Buck has to win his way, which he
succeeds in doing by his ability and his
exploits OF danger and daring in the Row
historic run of the battleship around
Cane Horn to the West Indies.