New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-06-03
JUVENILES
Summer Reading for Boys and
Girls.

The writer's of books for the young
and their publishers have once more
Gone their share OF making the long
vacation of our boys and girls as pleas
ant and interesting as possible. Here IS
a long shelf full Of books, entertaining
and instructive. and often exclude
enough to lure from more active pur-
suits on sunshiny days. as well as 10
make profitable lost" ones Of drizzle
and rain History adventure and sport
camping and athletics, all contribute
toward the entertainment, and all the
seasons are represented. 1t Is some
times not unwelcomc to read or sno"
and frost and skating and hunting in
mld-July Decidedly Of the long sum-
mer is Zane Grey's "The Young Pitcher
(Harper), which opens so brightly that
even grown-ups will recall for moment
their vanished college days. Its nero
Ken Ward, is an old acquaintance or our
bovs In the present story he begins as
freshman slowly learns to know the
strange rules laid down for "freshies
by their elders. leads rushes, and at
tracts the attention of the basepali
coach by putting 10 flight mob OF
"sophs" with a basketful of admirably
pitched potatoes. 50 on the team he goes
\ wholesome story for high animal spir-
its. Football is the sport to which "Cllfr
Stirling" philadelphia: David MackaV
is devoted. This is a tale of school, not
college. life. The hero shares the hon.
ors not so much of the game as of de-
veloping manly traits. with another boy
who has to prove his prowess and merit
step by step in the Gkeptical republic OF
boyhood.
The hard road of a Texan in New
England school is the subject of Morgan
Scotts Boys of Oakdale Academy
Hurst e. Coz. East is East and West is
West through many pages of this story,
but in the end all is well. a readable
tale, even though the New Englanders
occasionally descend to atrocious puns.
Ben Stone at Oakdale.' by the same
author and with the same imprint, is
sort of American ugly duckling story,
the OStrdClZcO, nullllHdttu Doy WHILE
the respect of his enemies in the end.
Football plays a part in this story. The
| boyhood of Dave Porter has already
furnished material for ten stories to his
bographer, Mr.. Edward Stratemeyer,
thanks in part to the boys natural de-
sire to find his father, in search of whom
he visited the South Seas and Norway,
his persistence being properly rewarded.
In the intervals Of his search he attended
school. In the eleventh volume of the
series, Dave Porter and His Rivals
| Boston: Lothrop, Lee & Shepard), he
is back there, and discovers that the
establishment is dominated by a new
| and far from desirable set Of boys.
Here's the plot which is diversified with
automobiiing. INCORPORATING, football.
hockey, skating and other sports. While
link in a series that is apparently to be
continued, the story is complete in itself.
Mrs. Eta Anthony Bakers THE Cap
tain of the S. /. G.'s"-the Staten Island
| Giants-Hitte-B Brown IS, Of course,
| baseball story, but the members Of the
club have other diversions and games.
The local color Of the book is not strong
enough to prevent ii from being read and
understood anywhere but in the Borough
of Richmond.