New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1912-11-09
JUVENILIA
Christmas Books, Chiefly Tor
Boys.
HISTORICAL TALES.

Charles 3. WOODS story Oh Iuo wa
of 1912, Don't Give Up the snip
(Macmillan), is as good as Its title
The author dots his Ts" and crosses
his IT'S" in the matter Of the outrases
committed by British naval of1cers on
our coast, our ships and our Sailors
but, as he points out, all this was long
ago. As for his story, 1t moves swiftly
and It reaches from the Atlantic 10
Lake Erie-"The White Seneca
was a meritorious story Of Indian lie
and Indian ways It's author, William
W. Garfield, has written worthy
sequel to Il in AT Seneca Castle
(Dutton), in which the White Seneca
tells of his services as scout to WASH
tngton and as a soldier In Sullivan's
campaign against the Iroquois In 100.
Mr.. Garfield has a happy knack OF
making his young hero's acquired Ind
ian lore Of the hunting trail and tho
warpath Of vital value in the develop
ment Of his tale.
Joseph A. Altsheler long ago forsook
American historical fiction for grown
ups for the entertainment and incl
dental instruction Of their juniors. In
THE Border Watch" (Appleton) he
concludes series OF stories Of the
early history Of his native state, Ken
lucky. The young friends of Henry
Do rntfar nd fhair fhrAA
associates Will welcome this closing
episode, packed with adventure and
patriotic service against the English In
Revolutionary days. Mr.. Altsheler
does not gloss over the Indians cruelty
and treachery, but honors them as the
logged fighting men they we're
Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton figure
In the pages Of Harrison Adams's
Pioneer Boys OF the Ohio (PagO.
This is decidedly what the youngsters
describe as bully stun" full Of ad-
venture IN the wilderness, Of the dan
gers and daring and hardships OF the
pioneers. OF hunting and Indians.
Robert B. Duncan's Brave Deeds of
American Sailors" (Jacobs) deserves
welcome from every true American
boy. IL Is a glorious record OF patri-
otism we have here, from jeremiah
o'Brien Of Machias. TO Dewey at Ma
Mia and Hobson and the Merrimac in
the channel Of Santiago Bay. There
are John Paul Jones and the capture OF
the Scraps, Decatur and the Barbary
Corsairs, Lawrence and the Chesa-
peake, David Porter and the Essex,
Farragut in Mobile Bay, Gushing and
the Albemarle, the Monitor and the
Merrimac. The battle OF Santiago Is
not included. but in Its stead there is
that forgotten episode in the history OF
tho American navy, the shipwreck OF
the Saginaw on ocean Island. The
author has handled his splendid ma
terlal we'll
A meritorious undertaking, the adap-
tation Of Hakluyt's Voyages" TO the
requirements of young readers. is be-
gun by Albert VI. Hyamson, f. r.
Hist. s.. In "Elizabethan Adventures
Upon the Spanish Main" Dutton).
This Is the first volume Of series 10
be issued under the generic title OF
British Voyagers." and deals, OF
course, with Hawkins, Drake, Oxen
ham, the Great Armada. Grenville.
Raleighs discovery OF Guiana, with
desperate sea fights and rich prizes.
The spelling of the original text has
been moderniZed, but the tang Of the
old narratives is retained.-In Sir
Walter Raleigh" (HolD John Buchan
has told the story Of that great ad-
venturer IN a series Of eleven tales
dealing with the chief events Of HIS
career, including his Imprisonment and
execution. Each tale is laid by the
author on the lips Of some fictitious