Evening star., 1925-12-13

NcTISS SpI eau OUT " pC tlotllAdS Oh SAitS q
at all. Under his guidance a boy
learns many a handy lesson--how to
set up camp. how to equip 1t with a
portable radio. and telephone and
light How to fashion fishing tackle
uad boats. d diving tower. q water
chute and no end OF things, besides
that living outside Of houses. right in
the woods, maybe, requires. One of
the best OF books for those busiest
of all creation. the boy. .
5Tr1F. JUNGLE MAN AND HIS ANf-
MAILS. Stories by Carveth Wells.
Pictures by Tony Sarg. New York:
Duff1eld & Co.
ST WONDER If an Elephant Can
Think" So these stories set
out. The answer" to this particular
question lies in the adventures. set
down here, Of GAIA and kranlat, Twin
children of Il mother elephant. Like
all twins, they were able to stir up
twice as much trouble as a single
child can invent. And by the time
the business has gone only d little
way there is a completely unanimous
agreement that elephants most GER
tf.inly can think. These are true
Gto cries of many animalS--fying foxes
and !emurs and flying squirrels,
snakes Of the anaconda. boa constric-
tor. python type. Big snakes and big
stories. 4 delightful tale about two
bears-that most philosophic and
humorous and lovable creature. Ad
ventures with crocodiles and apes are
here. together with a few fish facts :"
You know what Tony Sars can do in
the way of pictures. He has done 1t
ell In this case, to the wonderful
illumination OF all these animals of
the jungle in their quite human ways
OF behavior. y very understanding
and tender little introduction is given
by DR.. r. A. Lucas. director emeritus
of the American Museum of Natural
History.
Y IRAIRIE ROSE. By Bertha T..
Push. illustrations by Henry c.
Pitz. Boston: Little, Brown & Co.
THIS is a story of the West when,
going from Wisconsin TO Iowa, the
family must trail the distance in a
prairie schooner. This particular time
the adventure has 10 do with a boy
and girl who were Of the company Of
travellers. II is with the girl herself
the Prairie Rose''-that one finds the
chief charm of the romance. 1t is
clear that one does not have TO cross
the world TO find adventure. For this
Rose Of the prairie met many things
to try out her courage and pluck
three day blizzard, a prairie fire that
most amazing and terrifying specta-
clel. an encounter with a rattlesnake-
to say nothing of the prime business
OF trying her hand at housekeeping
when fires would not kindle and water
Woulu not boil. when an evil genius
seemed TO stand by to plague and
frustrate. 4 nice. wholesome girl
that you will be glad to know.
DE MARILLAC. By Thomas A.
IL. Mawhinney. Illustrated by
Manning de Y. Lee. Philadelphia
The Penn Publishing Company.
4 ROMANCE of France in the sew.
teenth century. Its hero is d
boy who. as faithful follower of the
last of the house of Marillac. leads a
life adventure by land and sea. This
Is q lost cause 10 which he has sworn
such fealty. This only stresses the
hazards and intensifies the ardors OF
his devotion. Here are battles in the
Mediterranean, here are desperate
encounters, here are slave galieys and
ships of the line. The whole is a
highly colored and fascinating ro.
raaEce Of the days when real deserv-
ing always won. or is said SO to have
won. A well sustained romance that
Is pitched to the highest key. Boys
will eat it up.
:: = !; *
BILL THE MINDER. Written ant
illustrated by W. Heath Robinson
New York: George II. Doran Com
pany.
lust good fun from start to finish is
- Bill the Winder" Bill, you see
vas one Of the 10 children of the ole
mushroom gatherer and his wife. The
story goes that here We're nine bad
tempered boys and one good-tempereG
girl. Being bad, so many of them
they had to be minded. And Bill was
the minder. And mining must have
been one of Bill's names, for, by his
ingenious methods and his unfailine
success, he won the grand prize ir
the great minding tournament. Ir
fact, he became the official nlinder OF
the country around. But you will
have to read it, for YOU would never
In the world believe any ones accoun,
OF even half the things that Bill the
Minder succeeded In doing to brins
things out just exactly all right. The
pictures here will help much in con
Vincing you through your own ewes
of the ways of Bill in the pursuit O,
the business OF minding. A delicious
bit OF foolery, with no end of sense
back of the nonsense.
SUNKEN GOLD. BY Andre Sarig
non. Translated from the French
by Edgar Jepson. New York: d
Appleton & Co.
A TREASURE nunt, here. in 4
stretch of seacoast; a bit new
in fiction for such business. Some
where along the bays and coves and
cliffs of the English Channel the hui
OF an old treasure ship lies buried
deep. The stories about it have be
come legend. Nevertheless, they have
enough of life about them to stir ad
venture in the hearts Of a group OF
Channel folks. descendants Of tho
smugglers that used to ply sn,ar,
business In this region. The stor,
moves fast-driven by treachery tha,
Is met with many q turn of gallantr,
and courage. The subject sets thu
first lure here. And the adventure
throughout sustains itself in ar
, atmosphere Of daring event and tau,
suspense.
| CONNIE MORGAN WITH THE FOR
EST RANGERS. By James B
HendryX. Illustrated New York
G. p. Putnam's Sons.
THE most of you already know Con
ME Morgan, for you've been Will
him in Alaska and other far.awa,
! places. That's the reason you will
want to go along with him this tim
under the leadership of the for"s
rangers. Of in little town amont
| the pine barrens that looks not bi
like a place where things can happel
the great adventure begins all Of .
| sudden. and after that there is n,
time for anything else except to ten,
| to the stirring things that hannen.