Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-03-20
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS.


Wildman. Illustrated. Boston, Mass.
The Page Co., So Beacon street. Price,
81, net.
This book, by setting forth the leading
Incidents in the lives of our men great in
industry, men who achieved results show
ing their ambitions, their hard work, their
discouragements and failures, and their
ultimate triumph through energy and per-
sistent labor, is a valuable contribution to
literature fitted to the needs and inspira-
tions of growing youth. Every boy, and
especially every intelligent and ambitious
boy, will receive real benefit from reading
this book The leaders whose careers II
portrays are:
Philip Danforth Armour, Packing King.
Phineas +. Barnum, Worlds Great
Snowman.
Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of
the Telephone.
William Andrews Clark, Copper King
and United States Senator.
James Buchanan Duke, American To-
bacco King.
George Eastman, the Kodak Man.
Thomas Alva Edison, Electrical Wizard
and Worlds Greatest Inventor.
Henry Ford, Automobile Aladdin.
Charles Goodyear, Inventor of Vul-
canized Rubber.
Henry John Heinz, Pittsburg Pickle
King.
CYRUS Hall Mccormick, Inventor of
Reaping Machine.
Hudson Maxim, Wizard of High E.x-
plosives.
John III. Patterson, Industrial Genius.
John Dawson Rockefeller, Oil King.
Charles Nj: Schwab, Steel King.
John Wanamakery Department Store
Originator.
George Westinghouse, Inventor of the
Air Brake.
John North Wilys, Wizard of Autos
and Airplanes.
Frank W Woolworth, Magician of s.
and 10-Cent Stores.
Orville and Wilbur Wright, Airship In
ventors.-
Linus Yale and Henry r. Towne, who
revolutionized Lock Making
Adolph Zuker, Moving Picture Mag
nate.
Received Of the publishers
sThe Boy Scouts of the Wolf Patrol" BY
Brewer Corcoran Illustrated by John
Goss. Boston, Mass: The Page Co, 53
Beacon street Price, 81 .65, net.
''The Bov Scouts Of the Wolf Patrol IL
published with the approval Of The Boy
Scouts of America, because, in the story
it tells it reveals the main objects and
purposes Of the great Boy Scout move
mcnt in this country, which has done 50
much to direct the minds and guide the
footsteps and daily lives of our boys IN
the pathways that lead Inevitably To the
making of manly men. IL is fine story,
told in an attractive manner, and Is good
reading, interesting reading, inspiring
reading not only for all Boy Scouts, but
for all kinds Of boys.
The story details the experiences OF
patrol Of a Boy Scout Troop-a patrol
consists OF nine members in little New
York town during the most exciting days
of the wai These boy Scouts could not
fight. but they could help then country s
cause And they did so, very practically /
and materially Trey entered into the
third Liberty Loan camDaign with the /
utmost energy and helpcd to make It I
great success in then community, More |
than that, they took important hand IN /
unealtnmg a desperate German scheme /
70 haraSs the operations ni munltion /
plant in their town, the success Of which t
would have been disastrous rs a hirdrance
to the vigorous prosecutor Of the war.
They trailcd the consuiralois, folled Il cir +
efforts to get away with their stolen /
secrets. and defeated them completely IN
the end
The story is really thrilling in its de-
tails. as these young lads had some ex-
periences that would have alarmed Older
heads and sto, ter bodies Buc they were
brave. cora age,n ; and alert Al al times,
and so they succeeded.
Received of the publishers.
Songs and Sonnets." BY Aida Cham
bers. A book OF poems. Boston Mass:
The Cornhill Co, 2a Park street. Price,
Sl,25, net.
"Ahno." Poems of Nature BY Charles
Philip Krauth Price, 81 .25, net.
Jean Rivard." BY Joseph Edward
Lanouette A poetic epic Of the Great
War. Price, 81 p. net
Wind and Blue Water" BY laura
Armistead Carter Poems of the war
and of life and love, Price Sl.25, net.
These books exquisite in sentiment and
expression and most inspiring, have just
been issued They will apps al to all lovers
of poetry Also. they are most pleasing
specimens of the artistic Typography of
the Cornhil press and therefore, both as
to contents and appearance, most appro-
pirate as birthday and other remem-
brances.
paoo;.,oJ of Tho publishers