Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-10-25
1FYC7YON FOR BOYS AND GROWN-UPS
NEW STORIES FOR BOYS
ABOUT WAR AND SCOUTING
Written by Those Popular Authors, Ed,cin L. Sabn, Ralph
Henry Barbour, E. Rolf Wheeler, E. L. Britton
Martin and Others

J War fiction for boys continues t.
dominate the field of this branch ot
| literature. Several of those issued this
fall have novel angles of approach. and
all of them are none the less wholesome
because of their being full of the excit
ing adventures which thrill the youth
full pulses.
"The Wonders of War in the Holy
Land is the latest "Rolt Wheeler.
The author has already told in easily
assmiatcd fictional form the marvcls
| of warfare at sea. in the air. etc. This
book is the only one we have yet seen
that furnishes for the Juvenile reader Il
narrative of the little written about
rescue of the Holy Land from the dom
nation of the sultan. Doctor Wheeler
has his usual bright hero. and around
the lads adventures manages to mass q
vast deal of authentic information about
the Mesopotamian, Egyptian and Pales
tinian campaigns.
How the Allies won the last
Crusade is the big subject which Doc
tor Wheeler has treated in big and
Illuminating way, with no paucity OF
thrill either.
THE Young Russian Corporal tells
the genuine story vouchcd for by the
author. Paul 1ogolcvitch, who, as lad
of twelve. managed to initiate himself
into the Russian army. 1t will be re
mcmbercd that the so called eastern
front was the scene of some of the most
dramatic strategy and campaigning OF
the first couple of years of the great
war, and the young corporal was in
much of the hard fighting. He also had
cXpcricnce as n courier and spy. His
story reads simply and is interesting.
1t is told in autobiographiral form. Al
though not fiction book, it is one OF
those books which are more exciting
than invented stories
Lost with Lieutenant Pike" hap
pens to be n boys story, though it does
not deal with the recent war. 1t is the
newest volume of 1.-The Train Blazers
Series" by Edwin l.. Sabin. who has
the faculty of writing just what boys
want After Pike, one of the pioneers
who helped in winning of the Far West,
Pixies Peak is named The hero of Mr..
Sabin's book goes with PIKE on his great
exploring trip. and shares in the ad-
ventures and dangers. Boys up to six
teen, at least, will want to read about
these dangers and adventures. The
author has also put in some interesting
historical information.
Ralph Henry Barbour and II. p.
Holt. authors of Lost Island" which
was published last year, have written
together n new book, Fortunes of
War" a story of the sea. 1t deals with
the adventures of an cnterprising boy of
the Maine coast, who. with an older
pal" is enabled to purchase a
schooner, hire crew. and undertake to
make the voyage to France. with cargo
of valuable lumber, through the dangers
of the submarine zone Fights on and
for the vessel, and its final fate. are
described thrillingly. The adventures
of the pals are many and wild, but
told with an air of realism which makes
the book, breathless as it is, ring true.
Boy Scouts are singularlT fortunate
this season in the variety and quality
of books that have been written for
their delectation and edifcation. We
have already printed reviews of num-