The San Francisco call., 1910-10-30

JUVENILES FOR THE WEEK

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The cold, bracing air of the north
land. that tonic which enters into the
very life blood and enthuses to deeds
of daring and bravery. surges through
our own more sluggish systems as we
read Hero Tales of the Far North"
We admire. we love, we reverence these
men whom Jacob Riis has so graphically
portrayed in his latest volume and who.
as heroes belong not to any one locality,
not to any one nation, but to the world.
Their stories the author has told in an
inspiring fashion. They are not his
fanciful creations but are actual incl
dents taken from the lives of brave and
chivalrous men whose names are writ
ten indelibly on the pages of Den
marks history. Hans Egede, the
apostle of Greenland, Gustav Vasa,
Sweden's father, King Waldemar, the
first Danish lawgiver, and King Chris
tian, to whose memory the people still
cling with more than filial affection
these were men. men well suited to be
the heroes of all ages and all nations.
yet till now little more than names, for
their deeds have never before been told
in English. Macmillan, New York;
s1.35)
PdImer COX. Ine bTOWnlS man, HdS
given the children seven Brownie
books. but that did not satisfy them,
SO the eighth is now offered. In this
latest book of Brownie adventure there
are all the old favoriteS and some new
friends, and they help hospital and
harvest ice and sow seeds in most
novel fashion and play many other
Brownie pranks.
Palmer Cox's Brownie books are
h fh-A nl fal aS
boy hood by his Scotch Canadian neigh
bors. According to legend the Brownies
are small male spirits similar to fair
les. They differ from the old English
gnomes in that they are kind and
happy little folk and delight in small
ible they are supposed to be tanned
brown by the sun and to have brown
hair, hence the name. In the first book
they were all alike and went in bands.
but later, one by one, Cox introduced
the dude, the policeman, the soldier
and all the other different Brownie
characters. (The Century company,
New York; s1:5OD
The October number of The Red
wood, the paper published by the stu
dents of Santa Clara college, deserves
special mention for the excellence of
it's articles. There are number of
good poems by Rodney A. Yoel, NJ. L.
Dooling Jr., Roberto Flood. c. A. Dig
nan and Frank d. Warren. The best
contribution is a long article. The
Life and Writings of Henry Harland,
by G. Glastonbury, which does not
show a sign OF the amateur. The
magazine is well printed and bound
(The Redwood. Santa Clara college,
CAL; 10 cents. $3.50 per year)
"The Boys Book of Model Aero
planes is the title of book by Fran
els Arnold Collins, in which thousands
of boys in this country and abroad VIII
be keenly interested. 1t has been writ
ten for the rapidly increasing army or
bright American lads who are not only
interested in airships and aeronautics
but are really doing their share in the
development of the sport. 1t tells all
about how to maka aeroplane models
and how to fly them. very simply and
helpfully with plenty of pictures to
Illuminate the text. (The Century COM
pany. New York; s1-20O
"The New Boy at Hill Top" is the
title of Ralph Henry Barbour's latest
story for boys. 1t tells of a boys eXpe-
riences at d boarding school. The nrst
chapter describes his arrival and re-
ception by the others. The remain
ing chapters tell of his life on the foot
q.
scraps and fights, school customs and
school entertainments. His experiences
are varied and cover nearly all the incl
dents of boarding school life. The book
contains four Illustrations in colors and
is we'll printed and bound. Cd. Apple
ton & Co.. New York: sI50l.
Gilbert Patten, who wrote the Rock
spur'' series of schoolboy athletic ste-
ries. has started another series These
have to- do with the school career or
elf stirling and the subtitle of the
first one is Captain of the Nine" The
author must be baseball enthusiast. or
he could never write of the excitement
of the games in the sympathetic fashion
he does The book is entertaining and
the boys will look forward to its sue
cessor David Mckay. Philadelphia;
$1.25).
The second book of speaking and
Writing" is published. 1t is written
by the same author, William H. Max
well. Emma l.. Johnston and Mada1ene
ID. Barnum. This is for use In the
fourth year. Particular attention is
given to correct pronunciation and
enunciatioh. as we'll as TO spelling apd
punctuation. The first part of the book
consists of oral exercises to teach the
art of story telling The other three
chief aim being to give the pupil pro-
gressive training in letter writing.
(American book company New York; %
centsl.
The Impressions Calendar for 1911 is
the finest one for the price which has
been seen. A weekly calendar COM