The Washington herald., 1915-12-11

4 ENot pc least OF tne plea1ant trOuOieS
that Christmas brings In the task Of
finding the right kind OF books to give
the young people. Books that arouse the
adventurous spirit Of youth and yet are
not calculated to iinpart a thirst Tor pro-
| miscuous lawbreaking. books that q
young girl can enjoy. books that the
little children-and these are the most
exacting of all-can spell over and pass
i on into the wonderlands OF fancy that
are the children's heritage-an these are
sought for eagerly when December comes
around. and too often sought for in
vain. =
Most beneicent of all publishers in this
| respect. Messrs. Harper & Bros have q
delightful and varied offering Of Christ
mas books for the young people. Tfsir
late publications include:
HoUGH. EMERSON.
The Young Alaskan. illustrated. An
exciting story of adventure In a novel
setting. Three Alaskan boys go to Ka-
diak Island on a hunting and fishing trip
and are cast away in a dory at kaludisk
Bay, one of the widest spots in Alaska
Here. in spite Of danger and hardship.
| they have the time OF their lives. They
capture an Aleutian thief. and help him
| escape the vengeance Of his tribe. Al
| last. after an exciting search, their
| friends find them. safe and quite able
| to shift for themselves.
KING. Gen. CHARLES.
Cadet Days, . story Of West Pesnt.
| Illustrated oy r. +. Zogbaum 2s3 pages.
| Follows the career of a Western boy at
West Point. describing customs and
ideals at the military school-the drills.
the studies and the jolly days OF the
| boys-in a most interesting manner. The
hero is a hard-workins. healthy sAmeri-
e. nk,ofo orln In
| manly way.
OTIS, JAMES.
Toby Tyler; or. Ten Weeks with .
Circus. Illustrated. :26 pages. Toby
| Tyler, 10 years old. runs away with q
circus The difference between the glitter
and romance OF the circus as 1t appears
| 10 an outsider and the reality as seen
from the inside is shown In very
graphic way. While the story Is most
interesting and pleasantly exciting tol
young readers. 1t Is genuinely whole
some.
PYLE. HOWARD.
Men OF Iron. illustrated. 32s pages.
The story Is a romance OF the times OF
chivaIry. the scene being laid in the
England of King Henry ". The hero
is the son OF a lord who has been un-
justly disgraced for high-treason. En-
tering the service OF a powerful noble
as a page, the lad receives military train
ing and quickly rises to be a knight. He
defeats in q stirring combat his fathers
old enemy. and wins the friendship OF
the king for both himself and his father. !,
The life of the times OF the fourteenth
century is brought vividly before the !
reader.
Twilight Land. Illustrated. +3s pages.
Mr.. Pyle came to the Inn of the Sign
of Mother Goose" He entered. and in
these tales tells US the stories he heard !
from the Soodly company assembled
there.
The Wonder Clock. Illustrated by the |
author. 80 pages. When Howard Pyle
puts on his dream-cap,' and steps in
to Wonderland then indeed one may !
look for things to happen. but even for /
him they never happened faster and bet
ter than in the "four-and-twenty marvel
lous tales. one for each hour of the 7
day" -.
TWAIN. MARK.
trated. 80 pages. Through an accident
the boy Edward, afterwards Edward the
Sixth Of England. changes clothing and
place with little Tom Canty. the beggar-
lad who is his double in appearance. They
both meet with many strange adventures
in their assumed characters before the
mistake is righted. Edmund c. Sted-
man classes it among his four favorite
juveniles
The Adventures OF HuckIeberry Finn.
illustrated IS pages. BY many this
story is considered the humorist's best
work. Huckleberry Finn is poor
white boy who escapes from his we'll
meaning friends. and in company with
runaway negro, Jim. floats down tho
Mississippi on a raft The two meet
with all manner of adventures They en-
counter two unique scoundrels, the self
styled King and Duke: and the play
acting of the King first as a missionary
and later as the Ions-lost brother of a
rich man recently deceased. affords the
richest kind OF humor.
COFFIN. CHARLES CARLETON.
Old Times In the Colonies. Illus |;
trated. i60 pages. Sketches of life in
the colonies from the discovery and
settlement of America to the events
just preceding the Revolution. A
graphic description of the transplant
ing of liberty to a continent where
everything was new. 1t portrays the
and adventures OF the early II
settlers.
The Boys Of 20, . History Of the .
Battles Of the ReSolstIon. Illustrated.
1913 pages. The story OF the hardships,
heroism. and sclf-denial of our fore
fathers in the American Revolution
will have an interest and charm so
long as the desire for freedom exists
in the hearts OF men. Mr.. Coffin is an
story-tellcr for old and
young, and in this volume gives a
plain. concise, and authentic narrative IL
of the principal battles of the Revolu- 70
tfon as witnessed by those who took Ir
part In them. He draws lively pic S
tpres OF famous scenes in the hard I
fought struggle. II
DELAND. ELLEN DOUGLAS. |,
OakleiEh. illustrated. 234 pages 4,
This story follows the lives of fam T
lily of girls and boys in their country :,
home on the Charles River. Massa-
chusetts. until most of them have :.
grown up and some are married. Al 4,
delightful portrayal of pleasant :,
home life.
Alan Ransford. illustrated. PSI
pages. The hero is a wide-awake and
manly young fellow living in a suburb
,f Philadelphia. The incidents include !.
1 false alarm of fire. a football match :,
between Harvard and PennsyIya mia, "a,
and class-day exercises at Harvard.
Some of the characters in "oakleigh~
-eappear. +
In the Old Herrick House, and Other
stories. Illustrated. 2s2 pages. Three