The sun., 1916-10-21
NEW BOOKS OF
ALL KINDS FOR
YOUNG READERS
Many Illustrated Books Splendid Enough to Appeal
to Mature Artistic Judgment.
Liberal Provision for Both Boys and Cirls-Tsles in
Which Anim,ls Talk-Juvenile Drama.

the French n Indian war into which
ne plunges his boy heroes in Thc
hunters Of the Hiiis tAppleton). first
Of a new series which his young ad-
mirers will read eagerly.
All the %hardships of the Labrador
coast n Of the fishermen's lives are
exploited by Norman Duncan in Baiy
TopdH. W. ID. tFleming II. Revell Com
pany). II will I've hard not 10 believe
that the doctor, whom the young hero
adnires so greatly and so Justly is DR..
Grenfell: the two undergo countless
perils. while the boy makes up his
mine to become a doctor too. IL is a
book that older readers will appreciate
as nue. as h younger ones.
The genial n laughter producing
undergraduate that ]. Raymond Elder
dice has created ends his college career
in T. Hdpildnd Hicks. Senior ,Apple-
tons). He is as shrewd and as funny
AS ever. SO that readers will regret his
departure as much as he objects to
leaving college. 1t is to be hoped that
the author will contrive to Keep him
alive after he has graduated.
Another amiable youth. whom Young
readers have been glad to know, out
grows the preparatory school in Edna
A.. Browns Archie aud the "Prophct"
tLothrop. Lee and Shepard Company.
He and his comrades continue to bc
amusing through the trials of school
life. while the moral lessons are in
culcated without preaching.
The combination OF Ralph Henry
Barbour and college football in Rirdis
for the Team tAppletons) makes fur
Their comment unnecessary. Youth
knows h Ii wants and knows HI
II will find II in this tale.
For those whose ambitions are not
directed TO sports or to school life
Sherwood Bowling continues to dem
cheney in business matters in Harm
Dale. city Salesman (Appletons). His
wideawake youns hero keeps on start
ling his community with his improve
ments on old methods.
The struggle for the independence
Of Texas IL combined with the adj
ventures Of boy heroes in Edwin l.
abin's With Sam Houston in Tcrus
81. Il. Lippincott Company. but the
historical part naturally predominates.
Santa Anna makes "A properly despi-
cable villain and Houston a first class
hero.
The boys who appeared in a former
book play their part in BiLy Burns Of
Troop 5 by |. T. Thurston CFleming II.
Revell Company. They are enthu-
siastic boy scouts and visit Gettysburg
on the occasion Of the celebration. The
illustrations are photographs.
The modern Indian tale seeks 10
combine historical accuracy with tho
adventures. II is the story Of Joseph
Brant and the Indians in New York
that Everett T. Tomlinson utillzes in
The Trail Of the MOhduk Chicf cap !
pIctons), a story that every New York
boy at least should know.
The life OF boys in the new type Of
American boarding schools. fashioned
after British models. is described 10y
A T. Dudley In The Unofficial Protect
,l.othrop. Lee and Shepard Company. !
The actors in Escott Lynn's In
Khaki for the King ,E.. +. Dutton &
Coz are young men and the war al
are therefore much the same
as in other war fiction. They COM
VI iFt ~ NitNtSsl'u vi uiIToW tStt peg .
and much obloquy is >hrown on the
Germans, for the book IL a British
product.
The principals In Sfubbs and 7 by
Frank Fortune wv. and Il. Chambers.
i. Il. Lippincott Company. also a
war tale, are boy scouts Their
adventures. therefore. will seem rather
extraordinary as they manage to make
their way into Germany.
Gtrls' Books.
Mingled with the account of a
and gentle girls struggle Ia
help others and h solution Of some
what melodramatic family troubles
there is in Nina Rhoades's The Indc-