New-York tribune., 1910-11-05
LITERARY NEWS
oniinurd from eighth page.

which not only tells its readers
something about forestry and the i'm
,,ortance Of preservation. but also gives
them a glimpse of the methods Of reck-
less lumbermen by means of simple
hut effective twist IL the plot. Forest
vangers are not welcome in the neigh
horhood Of the sawmiu IN Arizona,
wherefore the young hcro's life Is filled
with adventures and danger. A clever
treatment Of timely topic. Lieutenant
Hugh s. Johnson. L. $. A, continues IN
Williams on Service tn. Appleton *
COZ the story Of Bob Williams begun
IN Williams at West Point Bob has
been ordered TO the Philippines. where
l1e sees much active service in suppress
ing local uprisings. The plot revolves
around the disappearance OF the jewels
IL the crown Of the statue Of the Ma
donna Of Bontog worth money enough
10 buy many uuick-ffring guns and much
ammunition for the insuTectionIsts
There is a white villain TO match the
native one. The story has been cleverly
planned TO show many sides Of army
life and Of the doings of our soldiers in
The islands.
Back 10 an older day goes Mr. Edwin
l. Sabin. in "Range and Trail. or the
Great Drive" IT. Y Crowell & Coz.
whose title amply describes its subject
IL is z story Of cowboy life and the old
cattle trail. Of outlaws and Indians and
.aheri4f's posses. its novelty being a vivid
a.scription Of the hardships and COM
arts OF the range in winter. Then fol-
bows the long drive Of fresh cattle from
gew Mexico 10 the mesas Of the Col
orado. with stampedes and all the other
romantic Incidents Of the life The ro-
nance Of this vanished phase Of the de-
velopment Of the West loses nothing in
the authors hands. The Young Rail
readers (The Century Company OF Mr.
T Lowell Coombs is a collection Of con-
nected short stories, whose point is the
ingenuity Of the young heroes in finding
ways and means OF frustrating plots o.
train wreckers, averting accidents and
he like The boys are particularly
clever in emergencies where the roads
telegraph system has broken down, for
they are both operators, and always they
are as manly. courageous and self-reli-
ant as they are rescurcefuL
The number OF aviation stories for the
young 10 hand at the moment OF writing
amounts to only two. but that must be
merely beginning. No doubt many
more win be forthcoming as the holi-
DAYS approach nearer. Timeliness of
scene as well as OF subject distinguishes
Chem both, for Captain Wilbur Lawton
tells OF The Boy Aviators in Mica
ragua" Hurst & Coz in the quite recent
days OF Zelaya. and Nj II. L. Tayler,
Fghile not explicitly saying so, leads US
10 believe that The Airship Bows Due
North" (Reilly & Britton) really reached
the Pole The Central Americans are as
villanoUs a crew as ever PLAYED their
parts in fiction. while the Arctic bows
are as ingenious as boys always are-in
books and out of them. Their airshfU
can be converted at a moments notice
into a sledge, or an ice yacht or g boat.
And in both cases d treasure is involved
III the adventure.
Football Of the old. strenuous variety
continues TO hold its own. Here IS a
quartet OF stories whose CHIEF topic if
furnishes. Mr.. Ralph Henry Barbour.
who makes a specially OF American
school life, and does it successfully. fills
. good story with the sport in Kings
ford. Quarter CThe Century ComDany)
lie Is one Of those authors who can be
relied upon To lead his young readers in
the right direction. toward sound ideas
oi manllness. There are. OF course. some
undesirables. hut they arc made to point
sound moral In The Head Coach"
Charles Scribner's Sons. Mr.. Ralph D.