The sun., 1918-12-01

Garland. They are bounding pictures of
mining life in Wyoming and the trials and
joys which are part OF it, disputed boun-
diaries, averted disasters, the lure of the
open and what not. If You have read any
of Harold BindlOsss books for men YOU
will know what we mean when We say
that John Garland writes the same kind,
only for boys, which ought to insure them
popularity.
TIE Loyalty Of Elizabeth BeSS is COM
panion volume of Elisabeth Bess by f. {.
Scott Its chief charm is that it is about
little girl of the early sixties, those
days of strangely fascinating memory. She
is bit of a novelty in this generation and
acts very much as we like 10 think little
girls did at that time. Alice Beard has
given the book jacket calculated to win
us before it is begun.
Truxton Hare in Philip Kent IN the
Upper School has told another of his ath
letic stories for boys. Mr.. Hare is ad-
mirably fitted to write of athletics, hav-
ing spent FIVE years at st. Marks School
and four at the University Of Pennsyl-
vania, during which time he took an active
part in all forms OF sport. There is a
brief sketch of his life at the close of his
book which will confirm the decision of
his readers that he knows whereof he
speaks. A clean, live story of life in q
boys school where the game is played
up TO the hilt" is always welcome, and that
these books of Mr. Harc's are IN the habit
of succeeding is shown by the fact that
Philip Kent Of MatrerH has gone to press
simultaneously with the publication of the
present volume.
In the romantic line, though still racy
and hair raising enough to satisfy the very
young, is Firecrdcker Jane, by Alice Cal
houn Haines, the story of Jane Dudley,
daughter of an American Colonel and pal
of IS. o. s." one of the younger officers
She elopes with a Mexican cousin in time
TO become entangled in the trouble be-
tween Mexico and the United States, and
broken in heart and health, returns from
the tragic events of that crisis TO her old
lONt -. W tD.' HON
turn is in keeping with the authors gen
cral method of procedure. Fresh from
the clutches of the Lion of the North,
Valdes, the brutal revolutionary leader.
distinguished as boy, with lips blackened
from thirst, she signals passing airship
which is manned by none other than
S. .. 5. himself. TO say that there is not
a dull moment in this book is putting it
mildly. 1t is positively electrical in calibre.
Mary p Wells Smith likes TO write about
Young people and she aceomplisheS it
tluently. Fire 10 Ford pictures one sum
mer spent by the Knight family in re-
IOlcIng over their first automobile. The
facts are not true TO life as We have
known it, one particularly unpleasant
memory remaining over years Of long
drive in which unfortunate guests were
forced 10 sit on cushionlesS seats of Il good
though less recent model than the Young
son Of the family fancied in order that it
might assume the approved battleship
lines. The scorn OF modern boys or girls
for anything that falls short of their idea
of what ear should be- is a terrible thing.
The little Knights were delightfully."- rare
in this regard. To them the Ford was all
sulliricnt and The summer which ii en-
livened a series Of enchanted surprises.
ROSS GRANT IN MINER S CAMP. By
JoHN GARLAND. Penn Publishing Com
pany. $I.3j.
THE LOYALTY or ELIZABETH BESS
BY f.. c. SCorr. The Macmillan Com
pany. $l.35.
PHILIP KENT IN THE UPPER SCHOOL
BY TRI-XToS HAZE. Penn Publishing
Company. $l.Gj.
FIRECRACKER JANE. By ALICE CA
HorN HAINES. Henry Holt & Co. $50
FIVE IN \ FORD. By M,gY p. WELLS
SMITH. Little, Brown Co. $l.?-.