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Union, was wounded and went back to
Hungary to spend his last years. He
could never find the point of satiation
among the small boys of his native land
for tales of the great American President.
81 was soundly whipped for saving that
Abraham Lincoln was a greater man than
Stephen the First, King of the Hunear-
ians.' Mr.. Steiner makes US both more
proud than ever-if that is pOssible-of
being Americans, and more aware than
ever, If that were necessary, of the re-
sponsIbifities Of American citizenship.
Many teachers fail with their classes
because they do not enter their Subject"
properly. BOYS and girls never get any,
thing Out Of = subject IN school unless they
know pretty vel why they ever were led
INTO it. In The Boys Boob Of Chemistry
Mr. Clarke avoids this initial and ruinous
error. He tells the boys not only what
chemistry Is, but what it does and why it
n worth studying. The hook IS thoroughly
praetical and does not make the mistake
of trying TO lead the Youngsters into the
wonderland of srienee by an easy way. IL
will be entertaining only to those who 90
to 1t with serious purpose to learn-aud
them it will not disappoint
On the very day of this writing the
writer of it has seen two boys of the ages
of II and IL l;,y down a football to spend
eight or ten minutes watching two nut
matches, a siowny woodpecker and a brown
ereeper in the bushes beside the field where
the boys had been practising for the
varsity eleven OF 1926. The writer does
not name the birds himself. for he is not
up 10 it. The identification was made
by the Youngsters and the reviewer does
not feel III the least inclined to doubt its
correctness; when small boys pretend to
such knowledge y,L may be pretty sure
that, wherever they may have picked it
Hp, they have got it right. The incident goes
TO show that Dr. Rolt-Wheeier has made
no mistake in writing The Boy With TIE
T.. s. Natwalists, in which he builds .
whole story about the adventures of boy
who met many birds and learned a lot Of
mighty Interesting things about them. IL
it IS legitimate, as it seems to be univer-
sally considered, TO fool a boy into knowi-
edge, and even wisdom, with a story
disguise for the facts he is expected to
absorb, this author is a 1nasrer of that
special art.
Last the best of all the game-an Indian
story. In Mr.. GregOr's Running For the
To- L.. LII pI,oI-
Panther, chief of the Delawares The
perfect review of this book is easy to
write. You say: Here are some of the
chapter titles-"A Lonely Vigil" I'm the
Grip of the Rapids "a Prowler in the
Dark" "Spotted Deer Disappears "a
Battle With the Chippewas," San Attack
on the Delaware Camp" Victory And
then you say. the promises made in these
titles are fulfilled. 1t is the truth. And
there You are,
THE BOY SCOUTS YEAR BOOK Edited
by FRANKLIN MATTHEW'S. Published for
the Boy Scouts of America by ID. Apple
ton & Co. 81.
ALICE'S ADVENTC RES IN WONDER
LAND. American Book Company.
UNCLE REMCS RETURNS. By JOEL
CHANDLER HARRIS. Houghtou Miffin COM
pany. $1.3J.
KNOWING INSECTS THROUGH
STORIES. BY FLOYD BRALLIAR. Funk &
WAGNALI.S. al 90.
THE STORY OF THE PILGRIMS FOR
CHILDREN. By ROLAND G. USHER The
Maclnillap Company. 1925.
UNCLE JOE = LINCOLN. By EDWARD A.
STEINER. Fleming II. Revell Company.
Al.
THE BOYS BOOK OF CHEMISTRY. By
CHARLES RAMSAY CLARKE. f. =. Duttou
& Co. s..
THE BOY WITH THE Z. s. NATURAL
ISIS. By francis WHEELER. To-
throp. Lee & Shepard Company. sl-3j.
RUNNING FOX. By ELMER RUSSELL
GKEGoE. d. Appleton Co. s1.3J.