New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-17
For Boys and Girls
Books of All Kinds for Readers
of All Ages

! Juvenilia abounds. Likewise it is
glorifed. Not in many year have
books for the young been so abundant,
so varied in type and so generally ex-
cellent in character. During the last
few weeks we have noticed many vol
umes, yet again our shelves are over
laden with new output There are
books of history, of biography. of ad-
venture, Of athletics, of science, of
humor, of ethics, of sentiment, of sheer
entertainment, and of everything else
that should be of interest to boys and
girls; and great many of them are
scarcely less interesting to adults.
Appletons send us several-"The
Waring Girls" by Ellen Douglas De-
land, a charming romance Of ado
lescence, with a touch of the war. for
girls" but enjoyable by girls parents;
"Chokecherry Island" by Louise 5.
Hasbrouck, of which the foregoing may
also be said. with outing adventures
substituted for war; and "The County
Pennant," by William Heyliger, cap
ital baseball story.
From the Century Company comes
a big budget. Mary R. Parkman's "He-
roes of To-day" and "Heroines of Ser
vice" give fine biographies, the former
of Rupert Brooke, Jacob A. Riis. G. W.
Goethals and others living and dead,
and the latter of Julia Ward Howe,
Clara Barton. Nine. Curie and their
noble compeers. "The Girl Next
Door" by Augusta Huiell Seaman, is
fascinating mystery story; Camp
jolly" by Frances Little, is a tale OF
camp life in Colodrado canyon; The
Lost Little Lady," by (. B. and A. A.;
knipe, is the romance of little girl
who was rescued from war-mob and
whose identity was lost. to be sought
for in later years amid much mystery;
"Under Boy Scout Colors," by Joseph
B. Ames, is timely tale of boylsh
honor and heroism; "Piang, the Moro
Jungle Boy" by Florence Particle
Stuart. is a narrative of Philippine
adventures, drawn from the life; "The
Golden Eagle" by Allen French, is q
spirited story of boys adventures on
the New England coast; Wilderness
Honey" by Frank Lille Pollock, is
literally q romantic tale of Bookkeeping
in the Canadian wilderness; while
"The Story Book Of Science" by Jean
Henri Fabre, translated by Florence
/ Constable Bcknell, needs no descrip-
| ton beyond the name OF its author TO
denote its classic worth.
Denison g. Co. publish Lets Pre-
tend" book of children's plays, by
Lindsey Barbee.
Dodd. Mead g. Co. contribute Mabel
Nelson Thurston's Sarah Ann" a
~ II Il ~ Of
the slums, aged ten.
Duffield's Gardening for Little
Girls" by Olive Hyde Foster, is a
practical treatise that would be Of
value to almost any gardener.
buttons "The Getting Well Of
Dorothy" by Mr. ". K. Clifford, is an
exquisite tale of = little girl who was
taken from England to Switzerland for
her health.
Harpers publish David Cory's "Ad-
ventures of Puss in Boots, Jr.," and
Further Adventures of Puss in Boots.
Jr.," amusing tales, with poems and
illustrations. "The Treasure of the
Land" by Garrard Harris. is an in
spring story of girl who Ibid her
bit" for her country.
The Houghton MiAlin Company sends
US Frank Lille ,Pollock's Northern
Diamonds" story Of Canadian boys
In quest Of treasure in the Northern
forests; "The Red Indian Fairy Book"
by Frances Jenkins Olcott, a sumptu-
Gus volume, and "Cloud Boat Stories"
by Olive Roberts Barton, tales of voy-
lges with the Sand Man.
Little, Brown & Co. print Katharine
b. Judson's "0ld Crow Stories" about
animals; Mabel +. Blodgett's "The
Magic Slippers" a genuine old-fash-
! toned fairy story; Thornton w. Bur.
gess's Mother West Wind When
Stories" animal fairy tales, and Roy j.
SMELLS IAN Eskimo Robinson Crusoe,"
Arctic adventure.
The Page Company sends volume Of
verse, "The Sand Man, His Songs and
Rhymes" by Jenny Wallis, and THE
House on tho Hill 81 iuvpnile romance