El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-12-02
CHUGKLES FOR
YOUNG READERS
Heroes of Humor" is Sub
ject Of List of Library
Books Printed Today.

Heroes Of Humor" is the title Of
the list Of books published today for
the edification OF the Juvenile readers
Of FL Paso. In her compile ton of
lists of safe and sane" books for the
boys and girls of the city, Mrs Edith
Graham COyne, librarian, has selected
a list for today that will make the
young folk laugh and chuckle- Sub
hitting the list. she said:
Life is full Of fhumdrum views. jog
trot sequences, little carking cares
dwelling worries and apprehensiOnsy
firing rules and infinitesimal points Of
honor and it is laughter quite as often
as love that relieves the strain
The list follows
Drummond. Henry, "The Monkey
that would not Kill" a very amusing
story of a monkey on ship board by
Henry Drummond, author OF The Ideal
Life This story has kept its popu-
Harris. J. c. Nights with Uncle
Remus." Adventures OF Rrer Rabbit
and sly Brer Fox just as Uncle Remus
told 20 the little boy on the old
Georgia plantation
Johnson r. "PhaetOn Rogers" The
amusing story Of an inventive boy who
caused a. church to fly like q kite, who
planned to extinguish fires by means
Of a wet tent fastened to n balloon,
and who had other ingenious ideas
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Mason, G. s. "Licky and his Gang
Since AIdrich's "Bad Boy" there have
been Few stories OF the happy adven-
lures of boyhoOd so likely TO have
wide appeal TO young ana OLD as tnis-
The engaging youth known to his
friends as "LicOrice Legs" is 1t
companion for little Tom Bailey. Tao
book is a delight to readers OF al
otis. James toby Tyler: or ten
Circus Toby Tyler fen
years old, runs away with circus.
The difference between the glitter and
romance OF the circus as il appears to
an outsider and the reality as seen
from the inside IS shown in a very
graphic way While the story is most
interesting and pleasantly exciting TO
young readers, It is genuinely whole
some.
otis. James. 'AIr. Stubb's Brother"
The further adventures OF Toby Tyler
are here set forth. and second mem
Der Of the family is introduced Mr.
Stubs was prominent in the circus
and his brother is eGllIly interesting
Stockton. F. r., a Jolly Fello ~
adventure not only with a peculiar
simplicity. seriousness. and verisimili-
tude. which endears him TO all young
readers. but with a vein Of humor All
his own. which no boy can fan 10 ap-
preciate.
Twain. Mark. Adventures Of HucSle-
berry Finn" The story is told BY
Huck himself He is a poor white
bow who escapes from his Well-mean-
ing friends, and in company with a
runaway negro, Jim, floats down the
Mississippi on a raft The two meeI
with all manner Of adventures, nnsl
Of them hilariously funny. and they
all throw light on phase OF LIE tlaI
has completely vanished
Twain. Mark. The Innocents Abroad"
This is a book Of pleasant adventure.
being an account of the excursion
steamer aOuaker city" TO Europe and
the Holy Land. 1t was an actual early
day Mediterranean trip, but the incl
dents aboard ship and in the various
countries are frOlicsome and eXtraVa-
Twain. Mark. THE Prince and the
Pauper." Through an accident the
boy Edward. afterward Edward VI %
England. changes clpthing and place
with little Tom Carty, the beggar lad
who is his double in appearance Ihey
both meet with many strange adVen-
lures in their assumed characters be-
fore the mistake is righted- Edmund
c. Stedwan classed II among -FOUR raw
Twain. Mark. The Adventures OF
Tom SAWYER There is the celebrated
painting-t he-fence episode and many
others equally we'll known Brander
Matthews said about Tom Sawyer IN
no book in our language, to my mind
has the boy. simply as boy, been
better realized than In this book
Twain. Mark. Connecticut Yankee IS
in King Arthur's Court" The story is
told in the first person and purports
to be the singular adventures OF
man born in Hartford as set down IN
his own manuscript 1t has been called
by Howells lone OF the greatest rO-
mances ever imagined