The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02

president Jefferson Du'
rolf In the woods
By Ernest Thompson Seton. Dou-
bleday. Page & Company. of New
\ York. S1.50.
y This book relates the adventures OF
boy scout with Indian ouonah and
- little dog Shookum Its text is Illus
8trated with 200 drawings by Ernest
Thompson Seton. government natural
list OF Manitoba and chief of the Boy
Scout movement in America
Rolf, the boy scout, who is the hero
OF the present volume. was a Connec
ucut born boy, adopted by Michael
ktttering when he was left an orphan.
\ Michael had farm near the little
Aport town OF Myanos, and Rolf was
Ia valuable helper on his farm. but
Michael was cruel and overbearinE by
disposition. and Rolf soon found that
he could not stay in his uncles house.
So he took refuge with friendly
Indian, Quonah. who lived in the
woods not far from Michael Kite
rings farm. The boy got employ
= nent enough to pay for his board.
~ and soon he and Cuonah became de-
voted allies and friends.
Disturbed by the animosity of the
little Connecticut community. however,
the boy and the Indian concluded to
4 go to the woods north of Lake George.
near the Canadian line. and trap furs,
Tor which there was a steady and in
screasing demand. So the two. tho
boy and the Indian, shouldered their
few possessions, and, accompanied by
their little dog Shookum, babe adieu
Ito Connecticut, and sunrise rock, where
Quonah took his drum and went TO
sing his sunrise hymn OF worship IN
{$e morning.
Farther and farther 'thfough the
5ka$ rest went the two whom the ad-
hrse circumstances of life had brought
- 'gether as comrades. From the In
an, gentle. patient and skilful. the
& by learned how to camp in the will
erness and how to hunt game for
bod. how to prepare and cook 1t. He
Earned also much of the ways of the
prest folk and the laws which govern
eh heir intercourse. And the boy for
A8ot his old life and the sting of its
itterness. and grew strong and happy
7}S arching beside Quonah, or sleeping
Stn couch of balsam boughs at night
Il When they reached Lake George
n they made the acquaintance of
&3Dutch farmers family. the Van
ckumps &Quonah and Rolf helped
= ~ $50, Z dmp through his harv-
and made some money to buy
kinter supplies.
g gotten these In hand the
<5f 4fH Indian and the dog went faI
Rf2 S d built a substantial log ca bin
8 93 AXE where game was abun-
fur-bearing animals promised
- ITO trappers. Then began
4. lcation in pioneer and scout
"iife. 99nah SgGct the best and the
most tifeless of teachers, apd the ad-
ventures and dangers in which he and
= Rolf shareu were just the things that
the boy needed to make him brave
manly and self-controlled; 10 endow
him with keen, swift vision. enddr-
ance and the habit of living simply
and hardly according TO upright and
fearless standards
The winter proved success in the
matter of Rolls training and in the
matter Of trapping. The furs. sold at
first to store trader. afterward
brought better prices in Albany. Then
later came the War of 1872. and Rolf
and Quonah DID trusted and honora BILE
scout service IN the American Army,
and helped to render McDonough's
! victory at lake Erie perfect triumph.
Rolf came OUT of the war with the
marks Of honorable conflict his
body, and with a new tie. gratitude for
the saving of his life. forged between
him and Quonah. He went on TO the
fulhlment of his life's promise and
Ma ppiness, and set q splendid example
for all the Boy Scouts OF America to
follow.
In short. Mr.. Thompson Seton has
written a great book, pne which every
American boy ought II get FOR Keeps
as hfS.Tery. own.
t%"The Lnme EngIishman.n
BY Warwick Deeping. with a from
tispiece By A. c. Michael. Cassel &
Company, OF New York and London.
Z s1.20 net.
A book in which regenerated Ro-
man state seems on the point OF crum-
bling because of resurrection OF the
old things against the new; rising
or the clever, cultured but brutal past
n against the nobler. simpler present"
~ The period in Rome is that Of the
~ mid -nineteenth century GaTibaldean
- movement and the return to Rome OF
- A1&n exile. a period when Rome
: - I3tk.5 y ito mect suffering with
h Il dare martyrdorn for the
= g. 5 = - .e emotion TO break
- e. ~ = - - ,ialism, the author
- ~ q his character