New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-11-04
BOOKS FOR BOYS
A First Batch of Holiday Publ
cations.
TALES OF ADVENTURE.

frapplnES the spirit OF uuEcnluiS ~
mains unchanged. Crusoe may be ship
wrecked in an aeroplane on the desert
island. he may construct for himself an
electric battery instead of dipping tallow
candles, but his significance remains the
same. The horse galoping with heaV-
ing hanks'-no mean performance-may
be replaced by the motor car, but the
zest of pursuit and escape, or OF capture,
is lust as vivid as of yore for younger
generation Boyhood takes its delights
impartially in the past, the present and
the future Of the wonderland of CHARGE
and mischance. struggle and attainment
daring and endurance. And the lessons
it receives while being entertained are
nearly always sound.
Now, The Adventures of Bobby Orde'
Doubleday. Page & Coz are the ad-
ventures of a very little boy in very
large and tremendously interesting
world. In fact, he is only a KID
wherefore this book is for children rather
than for boys. To make up for TINS
however. II is also book I'm which
grown-ups will take delight, the little
chap is so likable and genuine and
natural This is Mr.. Stewart Edward
Whites first venture into children's lit
erature II is markedly successful
The hero of Hayden Carruth's Tracks
End" Harper & Bros.) is eighteen, but
he performs the feats of giant ten
I. az In
do for boys in boys books. Judson
Pitcher spends a winter all alone in the
little Dakota settlement which is the end
of the railroad. faithful to his trust to
his employers. There are Billiards and
buffalo lunt--it all happened I'm the
1ST0's 49, and marauding Indians and
a band of outlaws intent on robbing the
bank. A resourceful and courageous boy
is Judson i'm most romantic circum-
stances.-The name of James Otis is
long established and always reliable
trademark I'm the literary world of our
boys. He has earned his reputation.
Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods" ct. Y.
Crowel e. Coz is a title that explains
guarantee of the contents.
And here is another reliable friend,
philosopher and guide of American boy
no d. Everett T. TomlinsOn. In -Four
Bows of the Yosemite" Boston: Lothrop,
Shepard & Coz he tells a story Of adj
venture mountain climbing, coaching
and other delights, contributes TO the
"see America first" movement, and i'm
parts some historical information con-
corning one of the natural wonders of
the world its discovery. and the coming
of the gold seekers in lS49.--Robert Nj.
Macdonalds Gold Seekers" Boston:
II. VI. Caldwell & Coz are English boys
and the gold they go far to seek Is to be
separated by an invention of their own
from the sands of certain stretches of
the Sahara. II sounds like wildcat pro-
noting, but there is something in ii. On
their way 70 Marseiles the boys become
aware that crafty schemers are trying
t. steal their machinery, but all OBJ
stacles are overcome, not forgetting the
dangers of the desert and the ferocious
tribes that roam i'm it.-Another Eng
lish author, ii. de We're Stacpool, tells in
1T e Cruise of the Kingfsher' Dufiield
& Coz of the laying and repairing of
ocean cables and Of The villains aboard
the ship who caused so much trouble.
1t is bad thing to have foreigners in
the crew of an English boat. This is
light and amusing entertainment.
The gyroscope Is wonderful thing
when applied 10 an automobile
Equipped with OF : two wheels, placed
tandem. it will cross a precipice on
slack rope, travel fully as well and as
fast on skis over snow aud altogether
outrun and outlast the ordinary motor
car. In Two Boys i'm Gyrocar" Ken
neth Kenneth Brown (The Houghton
Mihlin Company tells wonderful yet
far from improbable tale Of race from
New York to Paris. and of the incidental
rescue of Il political exile from Siberia.
4 book boys will surely like.-Besdes
his Boy Scouts in the Maine Woods,
mentioned above, James Otis publishes
this year THE Aeroplane at silver Fox
Farm" IT. Y. Crowell & Coz, which is
sequel to his Wireless Station" "a the
same place, with, OF course, the same
youthful heroes and the same villain,
whom the Governor has pardoned for
the express purpose. it would seem, of
INDUCING anew his love Of deviltry. True
enough he has the hardihood TO return
to the island where the experiments i'm
aeroplane building are being carried on.
Something happens on every page
The sheepman as the hero of a Western
story is somewhat of an innovation.
Hitherto the cowboy has ruled the range
and been quite explicit in the expression
of his opinion of sheep and herders both.
The young heroes of Edwin l.. Sabins
"Circle X" (Thomas Y. Crowell & Coz
have, however, good reasons for chang
!. from cattle to sheep, and find the lie
not bit less adventurous.
HISTORIC FACT AND FICTION.
During the early years OF the Civil
War an English sympathizer with the
South tauntingly asked Mr.. Charles
Francis Adams, United States Minister
10 England, what he thought Of the bril-
liant victories which the Confederate
armies were then gaining. II think they
have been won by my countrymen," was
the quiet answer. Mr.. Frederick Trevor
Hn tells the anecdote in his introduc-
ton to ION the Trail of Grant and Lee"
ID. Appleton 4 Coz, which deserves the
attention of the seniors of the young
sters for whom IT is written. The book