The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-10-03
STORIES FOR BOYS,
BOOKS ON MORE
SERIOUS THEMES
Tales of Schools, Real Adven-
lures and Thrills-IIistOry
and Fiction Blended.
.TTCAS'S ANNUAL
rLAGG'S "WELL-KN0WNS"

ANa.f5 in Europe seem to have had
f.. .'''e effect on tie publication Of
books for young people as they have
had ON the output Of fiction this fall.
The well known providers Of this form
VI literature, the sue tssors of Jacob Alb
not and oliver optic and Mayne Reid.
Keep bus.ly at work for their young ad-
m.rers The first instalment of this
SEASONS books for boys supplies the
wants chiefly OF the Older youngsters
who are getting ready to leave school.
To begin with the tales of schools. in
which unfortunately the American imi-
tatlons Of British institutions prtd omi-
rate, with their forms" and projects"
and the rest OF the English nomenclature.
he hero of Latta Grlswolds previous
books returns to his old school as a
teacher in The Winds OF Deal" (Mac-
millans) and is busted with watching
the development of character in his
charges. The two youths under obser-
walton are interesting. though old fash
toned readers may be surprised at their
mature views of life and faillngs. The
author judciously uses "A pseudonym for
his own alma mater. but uses the real
names in casting aspersions on her
rivals in athletic sports. The licking
into shape Of an impulslve rich boy and
the success OF his quleter exemplary
schoolmate are described by Arthur
Stanwood Pier in "Grannis of the Fifth"
CHough;on Mifilin Company, an excel
lent school story 1t includes games Of
lawn tennis, football, baseball and ath-
le,lc sports. with some allusion to
studies. Some sound views on the value
OF education are expressed by Everett r
Tomlinson in carl Hall OF TAFT" (The
Griffith and Rowland Press, Philadel-
phia) In which rather too much prom
!nence Is given to rivalry among boys
and TO mean actions. In the boy am
bilious 10 be Daniel Webster the au-
thor aSsai,s an American tradition thai
has probably done more good than
harm. The fourth volume in the well
worth Coil &c" series by Leslie W.
Qu!rk, The Third Strike" OLittie.
Brown and Company. treats, as the
lite suggests. almost exclusively Of
baseball though football is used to I'LL
In the of season.
Dealing with real adventures we have
Sonsl. the account of the doings Of
tire" pioneers on the plains in the DAYS
whom the big herds of buffalo sti,l
rolmod. written down by Robert NJ.
Peck. one OF them, and edited and ar
ranged by George Bird Grinncll. All
that calls for explanation is explained.
hut the editor has been careful to pre-
serve the personal character OF the
Ss.F,,
the Warpath" (Houghton Minln Com
panvl continues to spread correct in
formation about the American Indian.
i Is helped out with an exciting and
interesting story The incidents IN tn"
voyage of yacht presented To Or.
Grerfc,l, az II made It's way from New
York To Newfoundland and the Labrad r
coast, have been put in the form OF a
story by Paul G. Tomlinson in ITO the
Land Of the Caribou" Charles Serb
ner's sons. II will he enjoyed 10y all
boys who love the water. With these
should be Joined the handsome holiday
EDITION Of the late Noah Brooks's THE
BOY Em!grants" Charles Scribner's
sons. with It's ten fine colored pictures
H story holding closely to real facts and
an excellent example OF the literature
the bows of forty years ago enjoyed.
lr Mark Tidd in the Backwoods"
(farpers) Clarence r. Kellard relates
further amusing adventures OF his
shrewd fat boy. II is in substance a de.
tective story combined with an exciting
chase on a river. w O. Stoddard IN
Captain Of the Catspaw" (Harpers)
tells how the enterprlsing young skipper
OF a motor boat on the Great South Bay
got the better of capita.istlc opposition
in an appendix the author describes the
casolene engine, Taking up his hero
for the tenth time I'm "Dave P,.rter In
the Gold Fields" OLothrop, Lee anc
Shepard Company, Boston, Edward
Sratemeyer puts him through variou.
thrilling experiences such as we're founC
in the old dime novels.
time honored blend Of history ant
fiction Is offered by Everett T Tomln.
son in The Young Sharp,hooter at An.
ue'am' HIughton Mifnin Company
with the modern Improvements of ac,
'uracy in the facts aid due regard t.
ne sensitiveness OF both sides now tina
all animosty over the civil war Is ex
tnot. More modern and far less desir
au'" is Donai H. Haines's The Last In
Nas'on' tHarpers), in which his younl
heroes employ modern or future engines
= war In defending their country.
y is much smaller boys that Henriett,
Marie Delamarc addresses in "Th'
Reformation Of Jimmy" Hothrop, Le,
ana Shepard Company. Jimmy IS
'"'ok!ugly naughty boy, but his parent
tIe nearly as bad as he is To Their
'o'nos an efficient maiden aunt, deeply
Interested in all the protection to anirna