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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 The Books Boys Like Best 
 
 Give me a highwayman, and I was full to 
 the brim ; a Jacobite would do, but the high- 
 wayman was my favorite dish. I can still 
 hear that merry clatter of hoofs along the 
 moonlit lane; night and the coming of day 
 are still related in my mind with the doings 
 of John Rann or Jerry Abershaw; and the, 
 words ‘ postchaise / the ‘ great North Road,’ 
 ' ostler' and ‘nag’ still sound in my ears like 
 poetry. One and all, at least, and each with 
 his particular fancy, we read story books in 
 childhood, not for eloquence or character or 
 {thought, but for some quality of the brute in- 
 cident . — Robert Louis Stevenson. 
 
 The boys in question are* those from ten to 
 jsixteen. Within this period there falls from 
 two to four years, often called “the reading 
 age.” At this time the average boy will read 
 anywhere from one to three or four books a 
 week, if he has opportunity. I received re- 
 cently a letter from the Efficiency Teacher in 
 the Public School System of a large suburban 
 city. A list of ninety-eight books was en- 
 closed, representing the reading of a boy dur- 
 ing his summer’s vacation. 
 
 One of the managers of the Circulation 
 Department of the Curtis publications was 
 sked what premiums in their “Book of 
 ? rizes” were most popular with the tens of 
 thousands of boys who sell their publications. 
 With more than five hundred articles listed, 
 all chosen especially to delight the boy-heart, 
 the boys, he said, asked for books oftener than 
 for any other one thing. In a recent survey 
 made in Rochester, N. Y., when the question 
 was asked of the school children as to what 
 they did between Friday afternoon and the 
 following Monday, it was discovered that they 
 spent the largest percentage of their time 
 reading. A study was also made of the “hob- 
 bies” of 923 boys, and again it was found that 
 boys spend more time reading than in any 
 other recreation. 
 
 This recreational reading holds for boys 
 ^hree big reading interests. First and fore- 
 most the boy is passionately fond of stories of 
 adventure; and (2) almost of like concern to 
 him are the “What and How to Do” books; 
 and (3) the books of information appeal al- 
 most equally strongly, for the average boy is 
 keen to know something about everything and 
 everything about something. 
 
 We know so well, are reminded so often of 
 the power and influence of the good book and 
 great, and of the one book even that has so 
 often determined life issues in the lives of our 
 noble great, that we have failed for the most 
 part to observe the influence for good of the 
 boys’ recreational reading books. Personally, 
 I believe such books influence him for good 
 or ill as profoundly as his play activities, of 
 
 Macmillan & Co. 
 
 which after all they are a vital part. As with 
 his play, the needful thing is that there should 
 be understanding and direction of his read- 
 ing interests. 
 
 Our time is rapidly learning the educational 
 worth of the play instinct; its value in devel- 
 oping children both mentally and morally. 
 Playgrounds and gymnasiums are fast be- 
 coming schools for exercising morals as well 
 as muscles. And this is accomplished, not so 
 much by introducing novel games or new 
 forms of play activity, but by giving intelli- 
 gent direction to the play instinct as it ex- 
 presses itself through the games and play ac- 
 tivities generations old. 
 
 So it should be with the boy and his books. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 Let his taste and interest be the criterion of 
 judgment, then direct and guide him in the 
 choice of books. Find the stories in which 
 the heroes have the characteristics the boy so 
 much admires — men of unquenchable courage, 
 immense resourcefulness, absolute fidelity, 
 conspicuous greatness. Of course, he is al- 
 ways growing out of such books as he is 
 growing out of his clothes. But while the 
 growing process is going on we should be as 
 mindful to gratify his taste for particular 
 books as for particular clothes — short pants, 
 for instance; and, if carefully led, will he not 
 in time take as naturally to the really great 
 literature as he at last naturally turns to long 
 trousers? 
 
 Ours is the privilege of exercising all our 
 skill and cunning to introduce the boy to 
 those great books which become life long 
 friends. Is it not probable that the boy will 
 be more interested in our noblest books if we 
 are concerned about the books he likes best? 
 If we will meet him, work with him on his 
 own level of reading interests, I fancy it will 
 be much easier to guide the boy to our own 
 mountain top levels of literature. And such 
 fellowship, will, I believe, disclose the fact 
 that the best of the books that the boy likes 
 so well are also of a sort that leave “a fine 
 and wholesome feeling in the mind," that for 
 him they are just the kind to provide “whole- 
 some exercise for the emotional muscles of 
 the spirit, opening up new windows to the 
 imagination, adding some line or color to the 
 ideal of life.” 
 
 In the studies that immediately follow, I 
 have endeavored to show the possibility of 
 character culture by means of books boys like 
 best. In the early teens the boy is a hero 
 worshipper. I have made use of this boy- 
 hood passion in arranging the boy’s story 
 books according to his heroes. Then, in each 
 instance, studying the group of books so 
 listed, I have endeavored to answer the ques- 
 tion — whatr is the character culture value of 
 such books. Following the hero lists will be 
 found the “What and How to Do Books” and 
 the “Books of Information/’ In each instance, 
 briefly, I have offered suggestions as to the [ 
 possible influence of these books in the boy’s I 
 moral awakening and mental development. 
 
 Obviously, even though the books mentioned 
 are those boys like best, the lists are not for 
 the use of boys but their leaders and mentors. 
 Boys are not interested in recreational read- 
 ing because of its moral benefits. Like 
 Stevenson, they read story books “not for the 
 eloquence or character or thought, but for 
 some quality of the brute incident.” And the 
 “quality of the brute incident” which most i 
 appeals is action — there must be “something > 
 doing” all the time. It was an Irish lady who ; 
 said: “I like the tears and the laughter laidj 
 
 on with a trowel, and plenty of lords andf 
 ladies and I am not ashamed to say so; I! 
 get enough of rele life in the wurk.” “Not* 
 the tears but the laughter and plenty of action 
 laid on with a trowel” is the way the red- 
 blooded boy would put it, and neither would 
 he be ashamed to tell you his opinion. 
 
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BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
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 from “the boy emigrants,” by noah brooks. Charles Scribner’s Sons 
 
 Heroes of Adventure 
 
 - " When 
 
 We gloriously forget ourselves, and plunge, 
 
 Soul-forward, headlong, into a book’s profound ” 
 
 Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 
 
 That kind of a book for a boy is the story 
 [ adventure. Examine any list prepared by 
 Orarians of the books boys like best and 
 du will find that more than half of them 
 *e tales of pure adventure. Why this abid- 
 jg passion among boys in their teens for 
 ich books? 
 
 It is not enough to say — because boys love 
 :tion, for that is only stating the problem in 
 lother way. Why this love of action? Be- 
 luse the boy himself is growing, expanding, 
 iveloping; now "stirs the blood — to bubble 
 the veins.” Nature is creating individuality 
 the boy. From this time forward she in- 
 nds that he shall count for one, and by 
 any means is pulling, pushing, almost hurl- 
 g him forward toward the goal. 
 
 In this development, this change from 
 Duth into potential manhood, imagination 
 ays a most important part. And in quick- 
 ling and conserving imagination, nothing is 
 ore helpful than these tales of adventure 
 lat “bid the boy to hope, to fill his heart with 
 sions fair.” Imagination quickened by the 
 Iventure story, tells him he, too, is num- 
 ;red among those — 
 
 “Inheritors of mighty things, who own a 
 lineage high.” 
 
 Imagination’s contribution to the boy’s 
 oral development is not less marked. The 
 •eatest possible service education can render 
 to train the boy to grasp and master new 
 tuations as they constantly present them- 
 lves to him; and what helps more to make 
 
 such adjustment than a lively imagination; 
 and what are the best stories of adventure but 
 the records of resourcefulness in the face of 
 what seems to be insuperable difficulty? It is 
 this element in “Robinson Crusoe,” “Swiss 
 Family Robinson,” “Masterman Ready,” and 
 similar tales, that make them fresh reading 
 for every generation. 
 
 “Fresh reading for every generation,” for 
 there is a time, the period of the early teens, 
 that nature has set for the development of 
 personal initiative and self-reliance. Here- 
 tofore, the child has been largely influenced 
 by what the educator calls “the race mind.” 
 But now the break comes, it is nature’s pur- 
 pose to make something new, something bet- 
 ter. Says Professor Edward St. John in his 
 “Stories and Story Telling” : “It is now that 
 he needs the exceptional and the sensational 
 to spur him on to do the deeds that have never 
 yet been done. Nature now seeks to stir in 
 every one the impulse to rise above the com- 
 mon level and do surpassing things. Hence 
 the impossible hero does not repel and may 
 have a real pedagogical value.” 
 
 Is it too much to conclude, then, that when 
 boys read stories of adventure, if they only 
 be the right sort, that these books will stimu- 
 late such initiative, awaken such resourceful- 
 ness as will aid the boy to change capacity 
 into capability and so vocationally help him 
 to find himself. Not that the tale of adven- 
 ture alone will do this, but rightly, purpose- 
 fully used, it is sure to do its share. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 Little Men. By Alcott, Louise M. 376 pp. 
 Illus. Little. $1.35. 
 
 The author’* most popular book for boys. 
 
 The Cruise of the “Ghost.” By Alden, W. 
 L. 210 pp. 14 Illus. Harper. 60c. 
 
 A sequel to “The Moral Pirates.” The boys, with 
 a young naval cadet, cruise in a twenty-foot catboat 
 through the bays along the south shore of Long 
 Island. 
 
 The Last of the Chiefs. By Altsheler, Jo- 
 seph A. Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 The story of two boys who join a caravan, cross- 
 ing the Western plains under the guide of an Indian 
 — the last of the chiefs. Here they are captured by 
 the Indians, and their experiences and adventures 
 are thrilling. Later they return to the East to dis- 
 pose of their pelts. 
 
 Cruise of the “Cachalot.” By Bullen, F. T. 
 Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 I've never read anything that equals it in its deep- 
 sea wonder and mystery. — Rudyard Kipling. 
 
 The Boy Emigrants. By Brooks, Noah. Illus. 
 in color. Scribners. $2.oon. 
 
 Out on the Western plains, when a certain family 
 became so large that the pie wouldn’t go round, two 
 of the boys decided to strike out for themselves. 
 The story of their adventures is told in “The Boy 
 Emigrants.” 
 
 Track’s End. By Carruth, H. Illus. Har- 
 per. $i.oon. 
 
 The story of loyalty to duty in the face of what 
 seemed insuperable difficulties. 
 
 Two Years Before the Mast. By Dana, R. 
 H. Illus. by E. Boyd Smith. Houghton. 
 $1.50. Everyman's Lib. Ed. Cloth, 40c.; 
 Leather, 80c. 
 
 A voyage around the Horn and to California, 
 about seventy-five years ago. Leads all others as the 
 book best descriptive of the life of the American 
 sailor. — E. S. Brooks. 
 
 Hans Brinicer. By Dodge, M. M. Scrib- 
 ner, $2.oon. Illus. in color by George 
 
 Wharton Edwards. Grosset. 60 c. n. ; Every- 
 man’s Lib. Cloth, 40c. ; Leather, 80c. 
 
 The story of a Holland boy. He and his companions 
 make a trip on skates from the Hague to Amsterdam. 
 It is a book that will both interest and profit. 
 
 Cattle Ranch to College. By Doubleday, 
 Russell. 347 pp. 33 Illus. Everyboy's 
 Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 A true story of the life of a boy in the Far West: 
 fighting Indians, hunting, mining, “broncho-busting,” 
 and cattle-ranching. 
 
 Robinson Crusoe. By DeFoe, D. Illus. in 
 color. Jacobs. $i.oon. illustrated by the 
 Brothers Rhead. 363 pp. Harper. $1.50. 
 
 Founded on the actual experience of Alexander 
 Selkirk, cast away on an uninhabited island. By per- 
 sistent industry he builds himself a comfortable home. 
 His difficulties are prodigious, but by perseverance he 
 overcomes them all. 
 
 Adventures of Billy Topsail. By Duncan, 
 N. Revell. $1.2511. 
 
 A story relating to experiences of the life of the 
 fisher lads of Labrador. Clean, wholesome and stimu- 
 lating. 
 
 Ross Grant, Tenderfoot. By Garland, J. 
 384 pp. 9 Illus. Penn. $1.2511. 
 
 The struggle for a Wyoming mining claim and the 
 part a boy played in it. 
 
 Jack, The Young Ranchman. By Grinnell, 
 G. B. Illus. Stokes. $1.10. 
 
 The story of a New York boy, who, on account of 
 his health, at the age of fourteen, goes West and 
 lives on his uncle’s ranch six months. It recounts his 
 experiences, tells how he learns to ride and shoot, 
 and of his interest in the Indians and the collection 
 of Indian relics, and of several exciting hunts for big 
 game. — Kern. 
 
 *A new edition of DeFoe’s masterpiece, with over 
 100 pen-and-ink drawings, head and tail pieces, bor- 
 ders, and decorations done in old wood-cut style. The 
 illustrations were made the object of a special trip 
 to the island of Tobago, where DeFoe placed his great 
 character, and all the illustrative material is direct 
 from sketches from life made on the island. 
 
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 FROM “APAUK, CALLER OF BUFFALO,” BY J. W. SCHULTZ 
 
 Houghton Mifflin Co. 
 
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BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
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 The Lost Prince. By Burnett, F. Hodgson. 
 500 pp. 16 Illus. Century. $i-35n. 
 
 The boy hero is a prince who does not know he 
 is one, though he has always the noble image of a 
 prince before him. After many unusual experiences, 
 he comes into his own and nobly serves his beloved 
 Samavia. 
 
 The Young Alaskans. By Hough, Emerson. 
 292 pp. 5 Illus. Harper. $1.25. 
 
 Three boys are cast away in a dory in a wild 
 Alaskan bay. Here, in spite of danger and hard- 
 ship, they have the time of their lives. 
 
 The Ranch on the Oxhide. By Inman, 
 Henry. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 60c. 
 
 “Buffalo Bill” and Custer are characters in this 
 story of frontier life in Kansas, when wolves, pan- 
 thers, buffaloes and Indians were familiar sights to 
 the ranchman. — Pittsburgh. 
 
 Aztec Treasure-House. By Janvier, Thomas 
 A. Illus. Harper. $1.50. 
 
 “The plot of this story of adventure is wild enough 
 to satisfy the most dime-novel-loving boy.” — Caro- 
 line M. ’Hewins. 
 
 Redney McGaw. By McFarlane, Arthur E. 
 Illus. Everyboy’s Librarv. 6oc.n. 
 
 “Since the days when James Otis’ ‘Toby Tyler’ 
 was so enthusiastically received by juvenile readers, 
 there has been no more refreshing circus story than 
 ‘Redney McGaw.’ ” — Lit. Digest. 
 
 Jim Davis. By Masefield, John. Illus. Every- 
 boy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 “An excellent story it undoubtedly is, full of wild 
 adventures, pursuits by land and battles by sea, and 
 it is told with rare simplicity.” — B. Rev. Dig. 
 
 Martin Hyde. By Masefield, John. 303 pp. 
 Illus. Little. $i.3on. 
 
 Story of a Duke’s messenger at the time of the 
 Monmouth Rebellion in England. Boys proclaim it 
 a “great book.” 
 
 Dorymates. By Monroe, Kirk. 357 pp. 16 
 Illus. Harper. $1.25. 
 
 A tale of the fishing-banks off Newfoundland, full 
 of lively adventure. The story gives a graphic de- 
 scription of the varied dangers and hardships of the 
 deep-sea fishermen. 
 
 Wrecking Master. By Paine, R. D. 8 Illus. 
 Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 A story of the Florida reefs, where the business of 
 saving wrecked ships is one calling for skill, daring 
 and courage of a high order. 
 
 The Voyage of the “Hoppergrass.” By Pear- 
 son, Edmund Lester. 348 pp. 38 Illus. 
 Macmillan. $1.35. 
 
 A number of boys with a delightful old sea captain 
 go for a cruise on a catboat. The adventures which 
 they have, ranging from the exciting through the 
 amusing to the ridiculous, as they explore the rivers, 
 the bays, the ocean and the small towns of the New 
 England coast, make up the story. 
 
 Stolen Treasure. By Pyle, Howard. 8 Illus. 
 Harper. $1.25. 
 
 Stories of buccaneers and pirates and of brave, 
 law-abiding men who match them in deeds of daring. 
 The stories hold spellbound readers, young and old. 
 
 The Gold Seekers of ’49. By Sabin, Edwin 
 L. 336 pp. 5 Illus. Lippincott. $i.25n. 
 
 What it meant for men to make their way across 
 the plains, bound for the the Land of Gold, and what 
 happened when they reached there, though told in 
 fascinating story form is all set down with due re- 
 gard to accuracy. 
 
 Kidnapped. By Stevenson, R. L. $1.50. Illus. 
 by N. E. Wyeth. Scribner. $2.25. Every- 
 man’s Lib. Ed. Cloth. 40c. ; Leather, 80c. 
 Memoirs of the adventures of David Balfour in 
 the years 1751*. How he was kidnapped and cast 
 away; his sufferings on a desert isle; his journey in 
 the wild Highlands; his acquaintance with Alan 
 
 Breck Stewart and other notorious Highland Jaco- 
 bites, with all that he suffered at the hands of his 
 uncle, Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws, falsely so called. 
 — One of the best books of its kind ever written. 
 
 Treasure Island. By Stevenson R. L. Illus. 
 Everyboy’s Library. 60c. n. Illus. by Wal- 
 ter Paget. Scribner. $ 1.25m 
 
 A tale of pirates and treasure-trove. A boy’s book, 
 full of adventure, and also abounding in beautiful 
 descriptions in the unique style of the author. 
 
 Buccaneers and Pirates of Our Coast. By 
 Stockton, F. R. Illus. Everyboy’s Lib. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 A story of the origin of the Buccaneers and the 
 order of Piracy, giving a brief history of about all 
 the noted pirates from the time of Columbus to their 
 extinction, Captain Kidd, being the last and one of 
 the most notorious. 
 
 Gold Seeking on the Dalton Trail. By 
 Thompson, A. R. 352 pp. n Illus. Little. 
 $i.3on. 
 
 The stirring adventures of two New England boys, 
 who went gold-seeking in Alaska and the far North- 
 west. 
 
 To the Land of the Caribou. By Tomlin- 
 son, Paul G. Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 A yawl had been purchased by a group of Prince- 
 ton men for presentation to Dr. Grenfell, and four 
 undergraduates, with a Newfoundland skipper, made 
 up the crew that sailed from New York to Labrador. 
 The story tells all about their trip. 
 
 The Cruise of the “Cormorant.” By Verrill, 
 A. H. 332 PP- 34 Ulus. Holt.% i- 35 n. 
 
 Tells how two American boys with their uncle s 
 help, delivered his yacht from New York to its new 
 owner in Barbodos. “In Morgan’s Wake is a sequei, 
 and equally interesting and even more iniorming. 
 
 An American Crusoe. By Verrill, A H. 251 
 pp. Illus. Dodd. $i.25n. . 
 
 Provided only with the clothes he wore ana a jack- 
 knife, a castaway on a West Indian islet, not only 
 keeps himself alive for two years but furnishes him- 
 self with many of the comforts of life and, of course, 
 find 9 a buried treasure. 
 
 Fur Trail Adventurers. By Wallace, Dilion. 
 320 pp. Illus. McClurg. $1.2511. 
 
 Phil, disgraced at college, is sent to the Thunder 
 Bay District there to learn of Ezra Dodd i a “ -°* d 
 woodsman, some of the essential things. Trapping, 
 big game hunting, snowshoeing, camping, and adven- 
 tures with the Indians aid in developing Phil and 
 offer for boys interesting reading. 
 
 Ungava Bob. By Wallace, Dillon. Illus. 
 
 Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 A thrilling story that will interest every reader 
 though written for boys. Mr. Wallace P l ^ urc * f w .^ 
 wonderful vividness the fearful cold, isolation of the 
 people who venture into the wild for fur animals, the 
 strange superstitions of Indians and Eskimos, a 
 yet the touch of nature that makes the far-away 
 people akin to all the rest of the world. 
 
 The Gaunt Grey Wolf. By Wallace, Dillon. 
 Illus. Revell. $1.25. „ A „ 
 
 “Ungava Bob” reappears in “The Gaunt Grey 
 Wolf,” “Shad” Trowbridge is the boy who has the 
 time of his life” with “Bob” in the wilds 0 ^ f » r *»W 
 Labrador. As trappers together, they have .those 
 unusual adventures that thrill the heart and atathe 
 blood of boys as they are told about in books written 
 by such rattling good story-tellers as Dillon Wallace. 
 
 Swiss Family Robinson. By Wyss, J. D. Il- 
 lus. in color. Jacobs. $in. Introduction 
 by William Dean Howells. Illustrations 
 from sketches made in the tropics by 
 Louis Rhead. Harper, $1.50; Everyman’s 
 Lib. Ed., Cloth, 40c.; Leather, 80c. 
 
 The story of a family of castaways; a modern Robin- 
 son Crusoe, with an entire family instead of a single 
 • idividual. Has all the power of the companion vol- 
 
 ...U.'n.ti'nn narnifanc, anrt nrrsfv^ranc*. 
 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
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 ‘ivanhoe” by sir Walter scott. The Macmillan Co. 
 
 Heroes of Chivalry 
 
 The most favorable period f r the presen- 
 tation of the story or life of service is in the 
 middle teens. Says Professor St. John: 
 “After the seventeenth or eighteenth year so 
 strong is the instinctive tendency toward al- 
 truism that often self-sacrifice becomes a 
 pleasure, and is sought almost as an end in 
 itself.” The cause for such susceptibility is 
 found in the fact that it is now that tender 
 sentiment stirs the moral nature to its very 
 depths. This is the time when young men and 
 maidens dream dreams and see visions ; 
 dreams of high service, visions of self- 
 sacrifice for others. 
 
 But it is not so with the younger boy. He 
 has ideals, but they are personal, how he may 
 improve, do something for himself ; he has 
 passionate yearnings, thoughts profound and 
 deep, but mostly of self. “Mostly of self,'* 
 because he is growing so rapidly physically 
 and mentally and emotionally. It is this rapid 
 growth, though, generating tremendous en- 
 ergy. which offers us our point of contact for 
 awakening within him ideals of service. His 
 energy needs direction, means must be pro- 
 vided for the boy to do something. Not often 
 do you find boys eagerly responsive to the 
 call to be good; but to do good, that is dif- 
 ferent. Here there is room for action and 
 
 that appeals. Impressive proof of this is 
 found in the willing way in which Boy Scouts 
 “Do a Good Turn Daily.” 
 
 Just at this period, too, the boy is most 
 strongly influenced by the hero who does 
 things, especially the man of physical prow- 
 ess. This is why the athlete sc completely 
 captivates him. Within himself stirs increas- 
 ing strength and the hero of his dreams is a 
 man strong and agile and skillful in physical 
 competitions. 
 
 But other heroes attract and for the same 
 reason. What he admires in all his heroes 
 is the wonderful, the startling, the sensational 
 and, given any man who does things, unusual 
 things that appeal to the boy as spectacular, 
 and he is quick to respond with an interest 
 that is keen and attentive. 
 
 This is our hope in presenting the heroes 
 of service. For the moment, the boy will not 
 be so much interested in the hero because of 
 his unselfish service or splendid self-sacrifice, 
 for it is not the quality of the act that inter- \ 
 ests him so much as the quantity. When in 
 heroic service men do things, big things, big 
 and courageous and wonderful, such glorious 
 deeds are bound to win the boy’s approval 
 and applause. It is so as regards bold knights 
 who in the olden time rode forth redressing 
 
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BOOKS BOVS LIKE BEST 
 
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 human wrong; and it may be so as regards 
 our modern knights of service if only they be 
 presented in the same picturesque and win- 
 some way. 
 
 Story of Roland. By Baldwin, J. 415 pp. 16 
 Illus. Scribner. $i-35n. 
 
 The legends of Charlemagne become under Mr. 
 Baldwin’s magic touch a stirring tale of romance and 
 chivalry. Describing daring feats and great exploits 
 of Roland, worthiest of the barons of France, and of 
 Oliver and Reinold and Ogier the Dane, heroes who 
 were his companions in arms. — Pittsburgh. 
 
 John Halifax, Gentleman. By Craik, D. M. 
 Illus. Crowell. $1.50. 
 
 A famous story of English domestic life. John Hali- 
 fax is a poor lad, who wins success and the right 
 to bear “without abuse the grand old name of Gen- 
 tleman.” — Pittsburgh. 
 
 Sir Marrok. By French, Allen. 281 pp. 
 Century. $1.00. 
 
 The adventures of Sir Marrok, youngest of the 
 knights of Uther Pendragon, who was chosen to 
 “cleanse the land of Bedegraine.” 
 
 The Court of King Arthur. By Frost, W. H. 
 Four Illus in full Color. Scribner. 60c. 
 
 He has succeeded admirably in his attempt to make 
 the doughty knights and fair ladies of old seem dis- 
 tinct and interesting to boys and girls of our time. — 
 Literary Digest. 
 
 A Knight of the White Cross. By Henty, 
 G. A. 400 pp. 12 Illus. Scribner. $i.35n. 
 
 “Boys like stirring adventures, and Mr. Henty is 
 a master of this method of composition.” — N. Y. 
 
 Times. 
 
 Heroic Legends. By Herbertson, A. G. Cald- 
 well. $i.5on. 
 
 Stories of St. George and the dragon, Robin Hood, 
 Richard and Blondel, and other legends. 
 
 Knights of the Golden Spur. By Holland, 
 Rupert Sargent. 313 pp. 13 Illus. Cen- 
 tury. $i.25n. 
 
 A fascinating story of historic adventure. 
 
 Historic Heroes of Chivalry. By Holland, 
 Rupert S. 304 pp. Illus. Jacobs. $1.50. 
 
 Stories of the chivalrous heroes of history, such as 
 Roland and Oliver; the Cid; St. Louis of France; 
 William Tell; Bertrand de Guesclin; Giovanni dei 
 Medici; Gustavus Vasa; Sir Francis Drake; Louis 
 Grandpre, etc. 
 
 The Boy's King Arthur. Edited by Lanier, 
 Sidney. 403 pp. 12 Illus. Scribner. $i.8on. 
 
 Amid all the strange and fanciful scenery of these 
 stories character and ideals of character remain at the 
 simplest and purest. 
 
 Stories from the Faerie Queene. By Mac- 
 Leod, M. 395 pp. 88 Illus. Stokes. Cloth, 
 $i.5on. 
 
 Adventures of the Red Cross knight, the perilous 
 voyages of Sir Guyon in search of the Bower of 
 Bliss, the quest of Britomart, the warrior princess, 
 and other tales of brave knights and fair ladies. 
 
 Dick in the Desert. By Otis, J. Illus. 
 Crowell. 35c. 
 
 How a young boy crossed alone the Smoke Creek 
 desert in Nevada to procure aid for his wounded 
 father. — Pittsburgh. 
 
 Men of Iron. By Pyle, Howard. 328 pp. 15 
 Illus. Harper. $2.00. 
 
 The story is a romance of the times of chivalry, 
 the scene being laid in the England of King Henry 
 IV. 
 
 Otto of the Silver Hand. By Pyle, Howard. 
 Scribner. $2.00. 
 
 Boy’s life in the days of robber barons in Ger- 
 many. The hero it the ton of a lord who has been 
 
 unjustly disgraced for high treason. Entering the 
 service of a powerful noble as a page, the lad re- 
 ceives military training and quickly rises to be a 
 knight. 
 
 The Story of King Arthur and His 
 Knights. By Pyle, Howard. 312 pp. 48 
 Illus. Scribner. $2.oon. 
 
 In the story of King Arthur, Howard Pyle gives 
 to the old legend an entirely fresh charm. 
 
 The Story of Sir Lancelot. By Pyle, How- 
 ard. 332 pp. 47 Illus. Scribner. $2.oon. 
 
 The vigor and beauty of the drawings and the high 
 and inspiring quality of the text bring these immor- 
 tal stories more clearly and satisfactorily before us 
 than ever before. 
 
 The Story of the Champions of the Round 
 Table. By Pyle, Howard. 328 pp. 50 
 Illus. Scribner. $2.oon. 
 
 This book is similar in scope, style, and scheme 
 of illustrations to his “Story of King Arthur and 
 His Knights.” It tells the story of the Champions 
 of the Round Table in text and drawings in the most 
 poetic and spirited way. 
 
 The Story of the Grail and the Passing 
 of Arthur. By Pyle, Howard. 258 pp. 
 39 Illus. Scribner. $2.oon. 
 
 Dealing with the most famous of the Arthurian 
 legends in a poetical and dramatic way, this volume, 
 both by pictures and text, will prove most popular. 
 
 The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. By 
 Pyle, Howard. 296 pp. 49 Illus. Scrib- 
 ner. $2.7511. 
 
 There is nobody quite like Howard Pyle, after all, 
 when it comes to stories for children, nobody with his 
 peculiar freshness and enthusiasm, and his power of 
 choosing quaint and lovely settings for the sometimes 
 quiet, sometimes stirring tales. 
 
 Ivanhoe. By Scott, Sir Walter. Illus. Mac- 
 millan. $1.25. Everyman's Lib. Ed. Cloth, 
 40c. ; Leather, 80c. 
 
 Romance of the twelfth century. Introduces Rich- 
 ard Coeur-de-Lion and the Templars. Is of histori- 
 cal value for its graphic pictures of the Saxons and 
 Normans in England after the Norman occupation of 
 the land, and its side references to the crusades. 
 
 Stories from Old French Romance. By 
 Wilmot-Buxton, E.,M. 119 pp. Stokes. 
 
 75 c.n. 
 
 These versions of the French epics retell the fasci- 
 nating romances of Aucassin and Nicolette, Constans 
 the Emperor, Roland and Oliver, the Death of Roland, 
 William and the Werewolf Ogier the Dane, and the 
 Castle of Montauban, with the vigor an charm of the 
 original stories, for children of from eight to sixteen. 
 
 Stories of Persian Heroes. By Wilmot- 
 Buxton, E. M. Crowell. $1.50. 
 
 Legends of the ancient Kings of Persia, their 
 battles, their victories, and their wonderful escapes 
 from perils of every kind. 
 
 A Book of Golden Deeds. By Yonge, Char- 
 lotte M. 454 pp. Macmillan, soc.n. 
 
 A collection of stories of soul stirring deeds that 
 give life and glory to history. 
 
 Boy's Ride. By Zollinger, Gulielma. Mc- 
 Clurg. $i.25n. 
 
 The scene is laid in England about 1209. The story 
 tells how Hugo Aungerville saves the young Jos- 
 celine de Aldithely from the hands of the men of 
 King John. 
 
 Rout of the Foreigner. By Zollinger, Guliel- 
 ma. McClurg. $i.25n. 
 
 Attractive story of the thirteenth century in Eng- 
 land concerning the struggles of two Bedfordshire 
 lads to hold their father’s and uncle’s lands during 
 his absence. Very little actual history of the times 
 is introduced but there is an excellent and cqh- 
 sistent historical atmosphere. 
 
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 00KS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 Heroes of Daring 
 
 FROM “CAREERS OF DANGER AND DARING,’ 
 CLEVELAND MOFFETT 
 
 The Century Co. 
 
 The Story of Siegfried. By 
 Baldwin, James. 3°° PP- ® 
 Ulus. Scribner. $i-35 n - 
 
 It has our most hearty approval and 
 recommendation in every way, not only 
 for beauty of illusration, which is of 
 the highest order, but for the fas 
 cinating manner in which the old 
 Norse legend is told. — The Church 
 man. 
 
 A Story of the Golden Age. By 
 Baldwin, James. 277 PP- 12 
 Illus. Scribner. $i-35n. 
 
 Professor Baldwin has woven into an 
 entertaining narrative the ancient 
 Greek myths and legends, the heroes 
 and heroines of which appeal with 
 irresistible force to the youthful im- 
 agination 
 
 The Modern Vikings. By Boy- 
 esen, Hjalmar H. 274 PP- 
 10 Illus. Scribner. $i.25n. 
 “fha-minaly told stories of boy-life 
 in The Land of the Midnight Sun. 
 The tales have a delight all their own. 
 
 A Boy of the First Empire. By 
 Brooks, Elbridge S. 3 20 PP- 
 Century. $i-50- 
 
 Virtually a popular life of Napoleon 
 for y»««g folks. 
 
 Somebody has said: “It is the first step that costs; but 
 it is the last step that counts.” Ambition inspires to take 
 the first step and perseverance heartens to make the last. 
 Perseverance— the patient, persistent, indefatigable, deter- 
 mined pursuit of a plan to the very uttermost— this is an 
 indispensable virtue for a boy to possess if ever he is 
 going to amount to much in the world where high honor 
 and large place are granted only to those who °ven»«ne. 
 
 Fortunately for the boy, nature, as always, is fitting on 
 his side Within himself is triumph and defeat. W'thin 
 himself are mighty resources-energy of body, strength o 
 wifi power of imagination, depth of feeling vividn^s of 
 thought. These are the capital with which nature has 
 endowed the boy to engage in the serious business of . 
 His future turns on the disposition he makes of these 
 resources, whether he wastes or spends them tohisown 
 hurt or help Here we must assist him. It should be our 
 
 business to so inspire him that the doing ^ToaST" 
 brine's delight rather than the cowardice of despair. 
 
 In this undertaking books help mightily, for the htro 
 of daring have all the characteristics the boy so much 
 
 admires-unquenchable courage, immense 
 
 absolute fidelity, conspicuous greatness. At the g 
 • early Adolescence, people-people of masterful personality 
 -interest and influence the boy tremendously. And the 
 most masterful personality of all is the man who does 
 V things big things, wonderful things; the man who con- 
 quers and overcLes in the face of the heaviest odds, the 
 
 Td^orT.” Tor ^boy,"^ fathe stuff of 
 
 Us ass ari.12 rs 
 
 swms £ .. * 
 
 most unattainable undertakings achieved. 
 
 The Story of Marco Polo. By Brooks, Noah. 250 pp. 
 Illus bv Drake. Century. ?i-SO. . . 
 
 Retold in an interesting way Wilde $I.2^n. 
 
 Lance of Kanana. By French, H. W. 172 PP- 6 Ulus. 
 
 && the daunts "^for 
 
 and fortitude' in’the ^ ~ 
 
 partfcukrly 1 worthy'" particular!? well done.”-*. Y. Even, no 
 
 Adrift on an Ice-Pan. By Grenfell, W. T. Illus. 
 
 ... - ON AN 
 
 Houghton. 75 c - . . . e ; ce drifting out to Bet, 
 
 and a d brave rescue 8 by ^ ^^Hmodon^thlt 8 S^impt^and^l- 
 “dy ".'id ffSTSM volume. An absorbing, graphic name 
 tive* that will interest readers of all ages. 
 
 By Pike and Dyke. By Henty, G. A. 401 PP- 10 IIU ' 5 
 
 ot .ha'. « “‘j 
 
 lasting.” — St. James Gasette. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE 
 
 ii 
 
 For the Temple. By Henty, G. A. Illus. 
 Scribner. $1.5011. 
 
 “Wherever English is spoken one imagines that Mr. 
 Henty’s name is known. Mr. Henty is no doubt 
 the most successful writer for boys .” — Review of 
 Reviews. 
 
 Fighting a Fire. By Hill, Charles T. 250 
 pp. 30 Illus. Century. $1.50. 
 
 Describing the perils, hardships, and almost daily 
 heroism of a fireman’s life. 
 
 Wulnoth the Wanderer. By Inman, H. E. 
 McClurg. $1.50. 
 
 Of the born thrall, the nameless and landless man 
 who aided two kings to gain kingdoms; of his wan- 
 derings to find his friends, the prince; of his perils, 
 and warrings; his friendship with Alfred, now known 
 as the Great, and his love for Edgiva, the Beautiful. 
 
 Adrift in the Arctic Ice-Pack. By Kane, 
 Dr. Elisha Kent. 402 pp. Outing. $1.00. 
 
 Dr. Kane’s narrative gives the most vivid and ac- 
 curate account that has ever appeared of ship life 
 during an Arctic winter. 
 
 Olaf The Glorious. By Leighton, Robert. 
 350 pp. 7 Illus. Scribner. $1.3511. 
 
 This story of Olaf, King of Norway, opens with 
 his being found living as a bond-slave in Esthonia, 
 and follows him through his romantic youth in Rus- 
 sia. Then comes his adventure as a Viking, his raids 
 upon the coasts of Scotland and England, and his 
 conversion to Christianity. He returns to Norway 
 as King and converts his people to the Christian 
 faith. 
 
 Careers of Danger and Daring. By Moffett, 
 Cleveland. 420 pp. Illus. by Jay Ham- 
 bidge and George Varian. Century. $1.50. 
 
 Real incidents in the lives of steeple-climbers, 
 bridge-builders, deep-sea divers, pilots, firemen, etc. 
 
 Life Savers. By Otis, James. Illus. Dut- 
 ton. $1.50. 
 
 Story of the United States life-saving service, tell- 
 ing how a little boy and his dog were saved from a 
 wreck on the New Hampshire coast and adopted by 
 the crew of the station. 
 
 The Lighthouse Keepers. By Otis, James. 
 Dutton. $1.50. 
 
 The story of the United States lighthouse service. 
 
 Stories from the Chronicles of the Cid. 
 By Plummer, Mary W. Illus. Holt, 
 goc.n. 
 
 Presents for young folks a connected narrative of 
 strong personal interest, and pictures the hero as 
 most Spanish children probably know him. Well 
 chosen quotations from Lockhart and effective pictures 
 are included. 
 
 Scottish Chiefs. By Porter, Jane. Illus. 
 Crowell. $1.50. 
 
 Romantic tale of which Wallace, the highly ideal- 
 ized champion of Bruce’s fortunes, is hero; I3th-i4th 
 centuries. Luxembourg ed. 
 
 Otto of the Silver Hand. By Pyle, Howard. 
 170 pp. 24 Illus. Scribner. $i.8on. 
 
 The story is well and strongly written, and the 
 interest is maintained from beginning to end. 
 
 Jack Ballister's Fortunes. By Pyle, How- 
 ard. 420 pp. 15 Illus. Century. $2.00. 
 
 A romance dealing with the pirates that, infested 
 the Atlantic coast in the early part of the eighteenth 
 century. 
 
 The Spartan. By Snedeker, C. D. O. Double- 
 day. $1.20. 
 
 Sets forth with vivid interest the story of Aristo- 
 demos, who alone of the Three Hundred came back 
 from Thermopylae and was taunted with being the 
 “Coward of' Thermopylae.” 
 
 In the Days of Alfred the Grea~. By Tap- 
 pan, E. M. 296 no. 8 Illus. Lothrop. $1.00. 
 
 With historical accuracy and brilliancy of style, 
 this tells of one of the world’s greatest and most 
 
 useful 1 ler 
 
 with very much new material, translated from” orig- 
 inal sources by the author. 
 
 In the Days of William the Conqueror. 
 By Tappan, E. M. 298 pp. 8 Illus. Loth- 
 rop. $1.00. 
 
 Like the author’s first book, “In the Days of Al- 
 fred the Great,” this was widely reviewed without a 
 single derogatory word, and pronounced ona of the 
 few books for the young that have a right to be con- 
 sidered literature. 
 
 Gold Seeking on the Dalton Trail. By 
 Thompson, A. R. 352 pp. 11 Illus. Little. 
 $i-3on. 
 
 The stirring adventures of two New England boys 
 who went gold seeking in Alaska and the far North- 
 west. 
 
 The Voyages of Captain Scott. Retold by 
 Turley, Charles. 440 pp. Dodd. $2.oon. 
 
 This book, written at the instance of Lady Scott, 
 is in effect a biography, and very largely an auto- 
 biography of Captain Scott. As far as possible, the 
 author has told the story of his life, and in particu- 
 lar of his two famous expeditions to the Antarctic, 
 in Captain Scott’s own words. 
 
 FROM “FIGHTING A FIRE,” BY CHARLES T. HILL 
 
 Century Co. 
 
 The Lure of the Labrador Wild. By Wal- 
 lace, D. Revell. $1.5011. 
 
 One of the most graphic and moving stories of 
 adventure we have ever read; as dramatic and devout 
 as it is pathetic. Here is a record that holds one, 
 as fiction never would, of suffering faced and hero- 
 ism shown, for an ideal that failed, by men who did 
 not fail each other. — N. Y. Evening Sun. 
 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ. 552 pp. 
 By Wallace, Lew. Harper. $1.50. Gr os- 
 set. Pop. Ed. 50cm. 
 
 The story of the young Jew, falsely accused by 
 the Roman rulers of Jerusalem, of his banishment to 
 the living death of the galleys, of his adoption by a 
 noble Roman, his subsequent life in Antioch, his 
 winning of the great chariot race for the Shiek, his 
 search for his mother and sister, the mysterious stir 
 in the Roman world at the coming of the Saviour, 
 and Ben-Hur’s great mission, together with the three 
 Wise Men and all the feeling of the East in these 
 rich pages, have made this book probably the most 
 widely read story written in English in this half- 
 century. 
 
 Boys' Napoleon. By Wheeler, H. F. B. 309 
 pp. 16 Illus. Crowell. $1.5011. 
 
 A graphic narrative of the leading events in Napo- 
 leon’s career. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 Heroes of Humor 
 
 Life is full of “humdrum views, jot-trot 
 sequences, little carking cares, drivelling wor- 
 ries and apprehensions, tiring rules and in- 
 finitesimal points of honor,” and it is laughter 
 quite as often as love that relieves the strain 
 Because in the Bible there is no humor, or at 
 the most, very little, many people find it diffi- 
 cult to believe that it has a serious place in 
 our lives. Quite the contrary is true and our 
 time, learning the educational worth of the 
 play spirit is also beginning to appreciate that 
 two indispensable qualities for wholesome liv- 
 ing are a lively imagination and a keen sense 
 of humor. 
 
 Small children find nourishment for these 
 two qualities in fairy tales and nonsense 
 rhymes and stories. Such interest is the in- 
 stinct of play and the sense of humor making 
 their contribution toward the development of 
 cheerfulness in the child. The happy disposi- 
 tion provides the best soil for the cultivation 
 of virtue; good humor ought to lead to good 
 character. Lincoln’s kindness was proverbial, 
 but not more so than his genial good nature, 
 and the white flower of kindness was doubt- 
 less nurtured in the rough soil of humor. 
 
 What is true for younger children as re- 
 gards nonsense jingles is true also respecting 
 older children and the funny 
 story. In intelligently sat- 
 isfying this reading inter- 
 est of the boy, parents are 
 providing a foundation for 
 a “good disposition,” and 
 some of the basic elements 
 of character. Not only may 
 we “laugh and grow fat,” 
 it is possible also for us 
 to laugh and grow good. 
 
 Sidney Smith, “the witty 
 divine and divine wit,” one 
 day told a lady visitor that 
 he found the weather so 
 hot that he was actually 
 obliged to take off his flesh 
 and sit in his bones. “Oh, 
 Mr. Smith,” answered the 
 lady in consternation, “how 
 .could you do that?” In 
 his essay on “Intellectual 
 Playfulness,” William 
 Matthews, in commenting 
 upon such people, remarks : 
 “Natures like these, that 
 seem so poor and thin have 
 often juice enough latent 
 within them ; but, as some- 
 one has said, it is at the 
 bottom and undissolved. It 
 needs shaking up, in order 
 to impart richness and 
 flavor to their whole being, 
 and save them from big- 
 otry and meanness ; and if 
 you once get a flood of 
 humor fairly to sweep 
 through them, the end 
 may probably be gained.” 
 
 “does a boy get a chance to whitewash a fence every day?” 
 
 FROM “the ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER” BY MARK TWAIN 
 
 Harper & Brothers 
 
 Story of a Bad Boy. By 
 Aldrich, Thomas B. 
 
 261 p. 19 Illus. Hough- 
 ton. $1.00. 
 
 Tom Bailey and his chums 
 play pranks and have all sorts 
 of mischievous adventures in 
 old Portsmouth. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
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 FROM “SMITTY HENDERSON GETS REVENGE,” BY W. M. 
 
 rouse in Boy’s Life, the boy scouts' magazine 
 
 The Monkey That Would Not Kill. By 
 Drummond, Henry. 115 pp. 15 Ulus. 
 Dodd. $1.00. 
 
 A very amusing story of a monkey on ship board 
 by Henry Drummond, author of “The Ideal Life.” 
 This story has kept its popularity for yeara. 
 
 T. Haviland Hicks, Freshman. By Elder- 
 dice, J. R. 305 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.25n. 
 
 About the freshest freshman that ever entered col- 
 lege. His genial, good nature wins him hosts of 
 friends, and his pranks and escapades, never vicious, 
 add joy and mirth to the daily grind of college life. 
 
 At Good Old Siwash. By Fitch, George. 334 
 pp. 19 Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 A kind of burlesque on college life that older boys 
 will enjoy immensely. 
 
 Nights With Uncle Remus. By Harris, Joel ^ 
 C. 404 pp. 21 Illus. Houghton. $i.4on. 
 
 Adventures of Brer Rabbit and sly Brer Fox, just 
 as Uncle Remus told to “the little boy” on the old 
 Georgia plantation. 
 
 Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Savings. 
 
 By Harris, Joel C. Illus. Appleton. 
 
 $2.oon. 
 
 The old tales of the plantation have never been 
 told as Mr. Harris has told them. The very voice 
 of the lovable old darky himself steals across the 
 senses, bringing with it mirth inextinguishable, and 
 the quaint and spirited sketches by Frost interpret 
 perfectly the delicious humor of the stories. 
 
 Phaeton Rogers. By Johnson, R. Scribners. 
 $L35n. . . , 
 
 The amusing story of an inventive boy who caused 
 a church to fly like a kite, who planned to extinguish 
 fires by means of a wet tent fastened to a balloon, 
 and who had other ingenious ideas which generally 
 got him into trouble. 
 
 The Varmint. By Johnson, Owen. 396 pp. 6 
 Illus. Little. $1.35. 
 
 Boarding-school stories that are full of action, fun 
 and good humor. , 
 
 Licky and His Gang. By Mason, Grace S. 
 261 pp. 4 Illus. Houghton. $1.0011. 
 
 Since Aldrich’s “Bad Boy,” there have been few 
 stories of the happy adventures of boyhood so likely 
 to have a wide appeal to young and old as this. The 
 engaging youth known to his friends as “Licorice 
 Legs” is a fit companion for little Tom Bailey. The 
 book is a delight to readers of all ages. 
 
 Toby Tyler; or Ten Weeks With a Circus. 
 By Otis, James. 266 pp. 21 Illus. Har- 
 per. 60c. 
 
 Toby Tyler, ten years old, runs with a circus. 
 The difference between the glitter and romance of the 
 circus as it appears to an outsider and the reality as 
 seen from the inside is shown in a very graphic way. 
 While the story is most interesting and pleasantly 
 exciting to young readers, it is genuinely wholesome. 
 
 Mr. Stubbs's Brother. By Otis, James, 283 
 pp. 21 Illus. Harper. 60c. 
 
 The further adventures of Toby Tyler are here set 
 forth, and a second member of the family is intro- 
 duced. Mr. Stubbs was prominent in the circus, and 
 his brother is equally interesting. 
 
 A Jolly Fellowship. By Stockton, I^rank R. 
 298 pp. 20 Illus. Scribners. $i.35n. 
 
 “Mr. Stockton tells a story of adventure not only 
 with a peculiar simplicity, seriousness, and verismili- 
 tudp, which endears him to all young readers, but 
 with a vein of humor all his own, which no boy can 
 fail to apreciate.” — N. Y. Tribune. 
 
 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. By 
 Twain, Mark. 388 pp. 24 Illus. Harper. 
 $175. 
 
 The story is told by Huck himself. He is a poor 
 white boy who escapes from his well-meaning friends, 
 and in company with a runaway negro, Jim, floats 
 down the Mississippi on a raft. The two meet with 
 all manner of adventures, most of them hilariously 
 funny, and they all throw light upon a phase of life 
 that has completely vanished. 
 
 The Innocents Abroad. By Twain, Mark. 
 823 pp. 4 Illus. Harper. $2.00. 
 
 This is a book of pleasant adventure, being an ac- 
 count of the excursion of the steamer ‘‘Quaker City” 
 to Europe and the Holy Land. It was an actual early- 
 day Mediterranean trip, but the incidents aboard ship 
 and in the various countries are frolicsome and ex- 
 travagant. 
 
 The Prince and the Pauper. By Twain, 
 
 -Mark. 310 pp. 25 Illus. Harper. $1.75. 
 
 Through an accident, the boy Edward, afterward 
 Edward VI. of England, changes clothing and place 
 with little Tom Canty, the beggar-lad who is his 
 double in appearance. They both meet with many 
 strange adventures, in their assumed characters be- 
 fore the mistake is righted. Edmund C. S-tedman 
 classed it among four favorite juveniles. 
 
 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. By Twain, 
 Mark. 328 pp. 3 Illus. Harper. $175- 
 
 Here is the celebrated painting-the-fence episode 
 and many others equally well known. Brander Mat- 
 thews said about Tom Sawyer: “In po book in our 
 language, to my mind, has the boy, simply as a boy, 
 been better realized than in this book.” 
 
 A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's 
 Court. By Twain, Mark. 433 pp. 24 
 Illus. Harper. $1.75. 
 
 The story is told in the first person and purports 
 to be the singular adventures of a man born in Hart- 
 ford as set down in his own manuscript. It has been 
 called by Howells “one of the greatest romances ever 
 imagined.” 
 
 Being a Boy. By Warner, Charles D. 244 
 pp. 40 Illus. Houghton. $i.2on. 
 
 Boy-life in New England. As the author says, 
 “One of the best things in the world to be is a boy.” 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 FROM “THE WEST POINT SERIES,” BY CAPTAIN PAUL B. MALONE, U. S. A. 
 
 Penn Pub. Company 
 
 Heroes of the Nation 
 
 Next to the “Wild West” type of adventure 
 tale, the one that appeals to most boys is the 
 historical story; and this is not so much be- 
 cause of his interest in biography or history, 
 but because such stories are so largely a 
 record of war. 
 
 This reading interest of the boy is easily 
 misunderstood. Like Stevenson, he reads such 
 stories for “some quality of the brute inci- 
 dent” but the quality of the “brute incident” 
 that appeals to the red-blooded boy is action. 
 He likes the stories of war because in them 
 there is “something doing all the time.” Of 
 the horrors of war, its blood shed, of that 
 the boy really feels but little, and is not any 
 more likely influenced permanently by it than 
 he was when as a child he heard over and 
 over again the story of “Jack, the Giant 
 Killer” or how David slew Goliath. 
 
 With both the child and the boy, what 
 moves most profoundly is the action of the 
 story in which men of daring do wonderful 
 things. So long as there are encounters and 
 combats and hair-breadth escapes ; heroic res- 
 cues, astonishing accomplishments and amaz- 
 ing difficulties overcome, the boy is captivated 
 and enthralled. 
 
 But as someone has said, “Cultivating a 
 taste is often cloying an appetite.” There are 
 some authors of so-called historical stories 
 who in their effort to satisfy the taste of the 
 boy barbarian magnify the glory of war, pay- 
 ing little or no attention to the facts of his- 
 tory. Those are the best historical stories 
 which are set in verified facts and in which 
 bold, adventurous actions are so portrayed as 
 to make evident and vital to the boy the les- 
 sons taught both by victory and defeat, and 
 how the liberties and privileges of the pres- 
 ent were purchased with a great price by our 
 country’s noble great, some of whom fought 
 
 and gave much while others fought and gave 
 all. 
 
 In fine, to quote one of our country’s lead- 
 ing authors of boys’ books : “The historical 
 
 story should be the connecting, though fre- 
 quently missing link between the boy and 
 the history of his own land. It may not de- 
 velop a genius, but it may do better still, it 
 may arouse admiration for a true man. It 
 
 may not, indeed ought not to, glorify the 
 
 battlefield ; but it may assist in cultivating 
 courage, devotion to ideals, and, above all, a 
 true estimate and proper valuation of what 
 his heritage as an American is.” 
 
 I. Biography and History 
 
 The Story of Our Navy for Young Ameri- 
 cans. By Abbot, Willis J. 521 pp. 50 
 
 Illus. Dodd. $2.oon. 
 
 From Paul Jo n s down to Sampson and Schley, 
 from the famous old wooden-walled frigates down to 
 the latest and most powerful drea'dnaughts, here's a 
 story of the American Navy which cannot fail to in- 
 struct and delight American boys. 
 
 The Hero of Erie (Commodore Perry). By 
 Barnes, James. 167 pp. Illus. Appleton. 
 $i.oon. 
 
 A well-told life of Commodore Perry, relating his 
 adventures as a boy on the frigate General Greene, 
 as a commander, in the battle of Lake Erie, etc. 
 
 Midshipman Farragut. By Barnes, James. 
 151 pp. Illus. Appleton, $i.oon. 
 
 In this story the author gives an interesting record 
 of two years of Admiral Farragut’s boy life on Com- 
 modore^Porter’s ship during the war of 1812. 
 
 Yankee Ships and Yankee Sailors. By 
 Barnes, James. Illus. Everyboy’ s Lib. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 “Stirring narratives of valiant deeds. The incidents 
 are drawn from history and tradition and many of 
 them are of the kind which the new navy and the 
 new system of warfare have now made impossible.” — 
 Pittsburgh. 
 
 Boots and Saddles. By Custer, Elizabeth B. 
 312 pp. Illus. Harper. $1.50. 
 
 The author describes life in the Dakotas with the 
 great general and scout, her husband, a Dakota bliz- 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
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 zard, camping among the Sioux, in the march with 
 the cavalry, getting the mail, the Black Hills ex- 
 pedition, and the Indian depredations. 
 
 The Boy General. By Custer, Elizabeth B. 
 Scribner. 50c. 
 
 The story of General Custer’s life as an Indian 
 fighter in the West, compiled from Mrs. Custer’s en- 
 tertaining narratives, and adapted for young children. 
 
 The True Story of Benjamin Franklin. 
 By Brooks, Elbridge S. 250 pp. 79 Illus. 
 Lothrop. $1.50. 
 
 A popular life of the great Franklin written from 
 a human standpoint for boys and girls. 
 
 The True Story of George Washington. By 
 Brooks, Elbridge S. 204 pp. 10 Illus. 
 Lothrop. $1.50. 
 
 This popular volume in direct, simple, practical, 
 patriotic, and truthful style, tells the story of the 
 noblest and purest of Americans. 
 
 Brave Deeds of Revolutionary Soldiers. By 
 Duncan, R. B. 31 1 pp. 8 Illus. Jacobs. 
 $i.5on. 
 
 Relates stories of bravery at Lexington, at Bunker 
 Hill, of Montgomery at Quebec, of Jaser at Fort 
 Sullivan, of Nathan Hale, of Hertkimer at Oriskanny, 
 of Arnold at Saratoga, of Martin at Valley Forge, 
 of Wayne at Stony Point, of John Champe, of Clarke 
 at Kaskaskia and Vincennes, and of Marion in South 
 Carolina. 
 
 American Leaders and Heroes. By Gordy, 
 Wilbur F. 329 pp. 107 Illus. Scribner. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 This little volume will furnish the young mind 
 some conception of what our history is, and at the 
 same time stimulate an abiding interest in historical 
 and biographical reading. 
 
 Life of Grant for Boys and Girls. By Goss, 
 Warren Lee. 335 pp. 16 Illus. Crowell. 
 $1.50. 
 
 A complete, adequate biography of the great general 
 and president, written by one who knew Grant per- 
 sonally and served in his army. 
 
 On the Trail of Grant and Lee. By Hill, 
 F. T. Appleton. $i.5on. 
 
 An honest account of these two great leaders, told 
 very graphically and quite without local prejudice. 
 
 On the Trail of Washington. By Hill, F. 
 T. Illus. Appleton. $i.5on. 
 
 The story of George Washington, not as a digni- 
 fied President of the United States, but first as a 
 child, then as a boy in his adventurous surveying 
 expeditions, and as a young man fighting with and 
 later commanding troops in the American Revolutions. 
 
 Abraham Lincoln: The Boy and the Man. 
 
 By Morgan, James. 435 pp. 23 Illus. 
 
 Macmillan. $1.5011. 
 
 “A splendid biography of Lincoln, full of anecdotes, 
 dramatic in method, vivacious in style, inspiring in 
 spirit .” — The Chicago Record Herald. 
 
 The Boys' Life of Ulysses S. Grant. By 
 Nicolay, Helen. 378 pp. 16 Illus. Cen- 
 tury. $1.50. 
 
 A narrative whose spirit and action will hold both 
 boys and girls closely. 
 
 The Boys' Life of Lincoln. By Nicolay, 
 Helen. 317 pp. Illus. Century. $1.50. 
 
 A vivid and inspiring narrative based upon the 
 standard life of Lincoln, written by Lincoln's secre- 
 taries, John G. Nicolay and John Hay. 
 
 Young Heroes of the American Navy. By 
 Parker. Thomas A. 320 pp. 5 Illus. 
 Wilde. $i.oon. 
 
 Commander Parker, U. S. N., here tells of some of 
 our great soldiers of the sea who as boys in the Navy 
 had such startling experiences, and who won so often 
 against terrible odds. 
 
 Hero Tat.es from American History. By 
 
 Roosevelt, Theodore, and Lodge, Henry 
 Cabot. 325 pp. Illus. Century. $1.50. 
 
 Twenty-six stories of brave men and of thrilling 
 adventure. 
 
 Paul Jones By Seawell, Molly Elliot 166 
 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.oon. 
 
 The story of the interesting life of the famous 
 American Captain written especially for young people. 
 Benjamin Franklin, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette 
 appear in the narrative. 
 
 The Story of Our Navy. By Stevens, Will- 
 iam d. 316 pp. Illus. Harper. $1.50. 
 
 The author is professor of history, United States 
 Naval Academy, Annapolis. He relates the inspiring 
 story and in addition the stirring tales of individual 
 heroism. 
 
 Story of Young George Washington. By 
 Whipple, Wayne. 203 pp. Illus. Altemus. 
 75 c.n. 
 
 In the same series: ‘‘Story of Young Abraham 
 Lincoln,” and the ‘‘Story of Young Benjamin Frank- 
 lin.” Younger boys will greatly enjoy reading these 
 simple account of our country’s greatest heroes. 
 
 II. Historical Stories 
 
 The Guns of Bull Run. By Altsheler, 
 Joseph, A. Illus. Appleton. $i.3on. 
 
 An exciting story of the Civil War’s eve. It por- 
 trays first the tense days that preceded the firing on 
 Fort Sumter. The action opens in Kentucky which 
 was divided in its affections between the North and 
 the South. Harry Kenton, the hero, follows the lead 
 of his father, a West Point officer, and is warmly 
 for the South. Harry is sent on a journey to Char- 
 leston, and later sees many of the most stirring scenes 
 of the early days of conflict, ending with the great 
 battle of Bull Run. The historical details have been 
 carefully studied and the book contains striking facts 
 new to fiction. 
 
 The Rock of Chickamauga. By Altsheler, J. 
 A. 328 pp. Illus. Appleton. $13011. 
 
 The sixth of the Civil War series. Dick Mason, 
 the northern hero, figures prominently in the siege of 
 
 BY EVERETT T. TOMLINSON. 
 
 Houghton Mifiin Co. 
 
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 Vicksburg and also in various dangerous and im- 
 portant missions. 
 
 Shades of the Wilderness. By Altsheler, J. 
 
 A. 31 1 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.30n. 
 
 The seventh of the above series. This time Harry 
 Kenton is an aide to Robert E. Lee, which gives 
 plenty of opportunity for a romantic picture of the 
 great southern leader. 
 
 Roger Paulding, Apprentice Seaman. By 
 Beach, Captain Edward L., U. S. N. 355 
 pp. 7 Illus. Penn. $i.25n. 
 
 The life of a fun-loving but manly boy in the Navy, 
 which he enters at the lowest rank, in the hope of a 
 commission. By an officer in active service. 
 
 A Son of the Revolution. By Brooks, E. T. 
 301 pp. 6 Illus. Wilde, soc.n. 
 
 Being the story of young Tom Edwards, adven- 
 turer, and how he labored for liberty and fought it 
 out with his conscience. 
 
 A Midshipman in the Pacific. By Brady, 
 C. T. Illus. Everyboy's Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 Here is a boy that is a boy, even when he is the 
 hero of a stirring story of adventure. Mr. Brady has 
 surpassed himself in writing this story of Midship- 
 man Martin Fuller, U. S. N. 
 
 The Pilot. By Cooper, James Fenimore. 444 
 pp. Illus. Houghton. $i.oon. 
 
 This romance, in the Leatherstocking Series, is one 
 of the best sea tales ever written. 
 
 The Spy. By Cooper, James Fenimore. 413 
 pp. 9 Illus. Houghton. $i.oon. 
 
 The Spy, on publication, approached a success till 
 then unapproached in America. It was translated into 
 all of the principal European languages very soon 
 after its appearance here. 
 
 Man Without a Country. By Hale, E. E. 
 Illus. Little. $1.25. 
 
 Story of a man who wished he might never again 
 hear the name of the United States and how his 
 wish was granted. 
 
 Cadet Days. By King, Gen. Charles. Illus. 
 Harper. $1.25. .. , . 
 
 Describes West Point customs and ideals in a 
 spirited story for boys. 
 
 A West Point Lieutenant. By Malone, Capt. 
 Paul B., U. S. Army. 378 pp. 7 IHus. 
 Penn. $i.oon. 
 
 How a young “Battalion Quartermaster” discovers 
 fraud in the purchasing of supplies, and solves the 
 problem. A story of real army life, by a Captain. 
 
 Tom Strong, Washington's Scout. By Ma- 
 son, A. B. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 60c. 
 
 The principal characters, a boy and a trapper, are 
 in the Revolutionary army and from the defeat at 
 Brooklyn to the victory at Yorkstown, Washington, 
 Nathan Hale, Hamilton, Franklin, Arnold, Andre. 
 Lord Howe, General Howe, Lord Cornwallis and 
 other historic characters appear. The story is his- 
 torically correct. 
 
 With Perry on Lake Erie. By Otis, James. 
 307 pp. 5 Illus. Wilde, soc.n. 
 
 A tale of 1812 boys of 1912 and all the years fol- 
 lowing, are bound to like. 
 
 Great Locomotive Chase. By Pitteriger, Will- 
 iam. Illus. Penn. $1.25. 
 
 A thrilling account of the attempt to capture a 
 Georgia railroad during the Civil war. Gives also the 
 prison experiences of the author. 
 
 On the Plains With Custer. By Sabin Ed- 
 win L. 309 pp. 5 Ulus. Lippincott. 
 $1.2511. 
 
 The Western life and deeds of the Chief with the 
 Yellow Hair, under whom served boy bugler Ned 
 
 Brewster, when in the troublous years 1866-1876 the 
 Fighting Seventh Cavalry helped to win pioneer 
 Kansas, Nebraska and Dakota for white civilization. 
 
 Brave Deeds of Union Soldiers. By Scoville, 
 
 S. 397 pp. Illus. Jacobs. $i.5on. 
 
 Except for a few incidents such as Sheridan's ride 
 and the escape from Libby prison, the boon recounts 
 in popular style the deeds of forgotten or little known 
 heroes in the Civil War. 
 
 Little Jarvis. By Seawell, Molly Elliot. 
 Illus. Appleton. $i.oon. 
 
 Jarvis was midshipman on board the frigate Con- 
 stellation, when she fought the “Vengeance” during 
 naval trouble with France at the end of the eigh- 
 teenth century. Touching little tale of a boy’s he- 
 roic devotion to duty. 
 
 The Boy Captive of Old Deerfield. By 
 Smith, M. P. W. Illus. Little. $1.2011. 
 First of the Old Deerfield Series. Deals accurate- 
 ly with Colonial days in Massachusetts, but is filled 
 with stirring action and vigorous incidents. 
 
 Three Years Behind the Guns. By Tisdale, 
 L. G. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 The true chronicles of a “diddy-box” set down by 
 a boy who ran away to sea. A record at first hand 
 of life on a modern American man-of-war. 
 
 Prisoners of War. By Tomlinson, E. T. 336 
 pp. Illus. Houghton. $i.35n. 
 
 Frank and Noel and Jolly Dennis O’Hard, charac- 
 ters in previous books of Civil War stories, are among 
 a band of twenty soldiers who are sent within the 
 enemies’ lines on a secret mission. Their thrilling 
 adventures between the lines and later in a Southern 
 prison are vividly told. 
 
 Tecumseh's Young Braves. By Tomlinson, 
 E. T. Illus. Everyboy’s Library, soc.n. 
 
 Deals mainly with the adventures — and there are 
 • many — of three young Indians, “Tecumseh’s Young 
 Braves,” and those of Tom and Jerry Curry, twin 
 brothers, whose home was on the banks of the Ala- 
 bama River, right in the midst of the hostile scenes. 
 In the book Mr. Tomlinson brings his readers into 
 a closer knowledge of General Andrew Jackson and 
 other brave, historical characters. 
 
 The Boy Sailors of 1812. By Tomlinson, 
 E. T. 369 pp. 6 Illus. Lothrop. $1.25. 
 
 A story based upon the historical knowledge of an 
 expert, and showing the price paid for our liberties. 
 It does not glorify war, but shows that the qualities 
 displayed by Commodore Perry in time of war are 
 just as much needed to-day in problems of a different 
 nature, but equally threatening. 
 
 The Young Sharpshooter. By Tomlinson, 
 E. T. 390 pp. 4 Illus. Houghton. $i.35u. 
 
 This books treats of the Civil War in an interest- 
 ing and stimulating way. It tells the experiences of 
 a New York bo*y who is enrolled as a sharpshooter 
 in the Peninsula Campaign of 1862 under McClellan. 
 
 Marching Against the Iroquois. By Tom- 
 linson, E T. 388 pp. 4 Illus. Houghton. 
 $i-35n. 
 
 General Sullivan’s Expedition into the country of 
 the Iroquois, 1 779. 
 
 With Flintlock and Fife. By Tomlinson, 
 E. T. Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 A story of the French and Indian Wars, and among 
 the best and most interesting of the author’s many 
 historical stories. 
 
 Three Colonial Boys. By Tomlinson, E. T. 
 Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 Tells in a most entertaining and informing way 
 of the stirring times of ’76. 
 
 Scouting for Washington. By True, J. P. 
 31 1 pp. 6 Illus. Little. $i.3on. 
 
 A story of the days of Sumter and Tarleton. 
 
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 FROM “DON STRONG OF THE WOLF PATROL,” BY WILLIAM HEYLIGER 
 
 D. Appleton & Co. 
 
 Heroes of the Out of Doors 
 
 A boy recently wrote me : “The books I 
 
 like are mostly adventurous. They certainly 
 do make your blood tingle.” Another boy 
 told of a “beautiful book.” I asked what in- 
 terested him so much. He replied: “There 
 
 was an old trapper and an Indian, and the old 
 trapper killed the Indian. And there was an 
 old bear and an old buffalo and they fought 
 and fought until they killed each other.” But 
 it was a “beautiful book.” 
 
 Such is the heart of the boy, loving a fight 
 or the story of it, feeding on excitement, pas- 
 sionately fond of any scene or situation that 
 will make “your blood tingle.” 
 
 What is needed is not that the boy’s taste 
 should be thwarted but trained. He must 
 be given his “Wild West story,” but of the 
 better sort. In his teens, while the boy is 
 growing so rapidly in brain and body, he can 
 have no better teacher than some mighty 
 woodsman. Scouts and trappers and pioneers 
 should be presented to him in realistic bio- 
 graphy and stirring story. The adventurous 
 lives of these men, so full of daring action 
 and generous, noble deeds, is a thrilling chal- 
 lenge to every red-blooded boy. Says Pro- 
 fessor George Walter Fiske: “Let him emu- 
 late savage woodcraft, the woodman’s keen, 
 practiced vision, his steadiness of nerve, his 
 contempt for pain, hardship and the weather i 
 
 his power of endurance, his observation and 
 heightened senses; his delight in out of door 
 sports and joys and unfettered happiness 
 with untroubled sleep under the stars ; his 
 calmness, self-control, emotional steadiness ; 
 his utter faithfulness in friendships; his 
 honesty, his personal bravery.” 
 
 The books selected have been chosen to 
 meet just such needs. There are picturesque 
 biographies of pioneer manhood, stories 
 “wholesomely perilous,” and animal stories, 
 all of which patiently and persistently used 
 will render splendid service in making “a 
 whole boy, the full-orbed boy, inured to hard- 
 ship and the doing of the - difficult.” 
 
 I. Biography— Scouts and Pioneers 
 
 Kit Carson. By Abbott, J. S. C. 348 pp. 
 Dodd. $1.25. 
 
 Daniel Boone. By Abbott, J. S. C. 331 pp. 
 Dodd. $1.25. 
 
 David Crockett. By Abbott, J. S. C. 350 pp. 
 Dodd. $1.25. 
 
 The interesting biographies of J. S. C. Abbott were 
 well known to a former generation and have still 
 retained their popularity. 
 
 David Crockett, Scout. By Allen, Charles 
 Fletcher. 309 pp. 5 Illus. Lippincott. 
 $i.25n. 
 
 A fascinating story of life among the pioneers and 
 Indians of *be frontier, telling of the fighting that 
 inally cam* ae end w«th the fall of the Alamo. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 Adventures of Buffalo Bill. By Cody, Col. 
 W. F. 156 pp. Illus. Harper. 60c. 
 
 Buffalo Bill, for years one of the boys’ best-loved 
 heroes, has written down some of his own actual 
 adventures — how he crossed the plains as a scout; 
 how he rounded up Indians, and made thrilling ex- 
 peditions after Sioux out West; how he had his 
 famous duel with Yellow Hand, the Cheyenne chief. 
 
 Daniel Boone, Backwoodsman. By Forbes- 
 Lindsay, C. H. 320 pp. 4 Illus. Lippin- 
 rott. $1.2511. 
 
 The settlement of Kentucky, threatened and re- 
 tarded again and again by the attacks and massacres 
 of the Indians is traced, step by step with the life 
 and fortunes of its romantic founder, Daniel Boone. 
 
 Famous Indian Chiefs I Have Known. By 
 Howard, Major-General O. O., U. S. A. 
 364 pp. Illus. by Varian and from photo- 
 graphs. Century. $1.50. 
 
 It is a book of Indian adventure for boys of all ages. 
 
 The Last of the Plainsmen. By Grey, Zane. 
 Illus. Everybov’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 The life story of one of the last of the famous 
 plainsmen (Buffalo Jones) is told in this volume by 
 a noted writer whose books on Western life are very 
 widely read. It was his privilege to accompany the 
 old frontiersman on a hunting trip and the story is 
 related much the same as it came from the lips of 
 the man himself, over the camp fire at night, far 
 from civilization in one of America’s great waste 
 places. 
 
 Captain John Smith. By Jenks, Tudor. 259 
 pp. Illus. Century. $i.20n. 
 
 An account clear and plain in its language, but 
 accurate in its facts. 
 
 Buffalo Bill and the Overland Trail. By 
 Sabin, Edwin L. Illus. Lippincott. $i.25n. 
 
 An inspiring, wonderful story of the adventures 
 of a boy during those perilous and exciting times 
 when Buffalo Bill began the adventurous career that 
 has indissolubly linked his picturesque figure with 
 the opening of the West to civilization. They were 
 the romantic days of the Overland Trail, the Pony 
 Express, and the Deadwood Coach. 
 
 With Carson and Fremont. By Sabin, Ed- 
 win L. 302 pp. 6 Illus. Lippincott. $i.25n. 
 
 Kit Carson, a trapper, guide and Indian fighter, and 
 General Fremont, leader of three great expeditions, 
 are American characters whose life history needs no 
 coloring to add the touch of romance. Their daily 
 life was one of adventure and danger. 
 
 Life of David Crockett. By Sprague, W. C. 
 189 pp. 6 Illus. Macmillan. 5oc.n. 
 
 Boys delight to read of men who like to “go 
 ahead.” They will enjoy to the full this story of 
 Crockett’s adventureful life which found its tragic 
 though glorious end in defending the Alamo. 
 
 With Fremont the Pathfinder. Whitson, 
 J. H. 320 pp. 5 Illus. Wilde, soc.n. 
 
 In the story of the winning of the Empire of Gold, 
 young readers will learn important facts regarding 
 one of our country’s notable men. 
 
 II. Stories of Out of Door Life 
 
 The Horsemen of the Plains. By Altsheler, 
 Joseph A. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 “Stirring tale of boy’s adventures with fur hunters 
 in the Rockies in the late 6o’s.” — A. L. A. 
 
 The Young Trailers. By Altsheler, Joseph 
 A. 331 PP- Illus. Appleton. $i- 35 n. 
 
 A story of the early settlement of Kentucky. Henry 
 Ware, a young boy is captured by the Indians and 
 adopted into their tribe. Hearing that an attack on 
 the whites is planned, he escapes and carries warning 
 to the settlement. 
 
 The Boy Scouts of Woodcraft Camp. By 
 Burgess, Thornton W. 345 pp. 7 Illus. 
 Penn. $i.oon. 
 
 An outdoor story by a well-known author, with a 
 great deal of woodcraft, camping, canoeing, hunting, 
 and other exciting adventures. 
 
 The Boy Scouts of Bob's Hill. By Burton, 
 Chas. Pierce. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 The record of many unusual experiences portrayed 
 with photographic accuracy. Swift moving incidents 
 follow one upon another. Boyish fun and frolic 
 abound in almost every chapter. 
 
 Camp Bob's Hill. By Burton, C. P. 313 pp. 
 
 5 Illus. Holt. $i.25n. 
 
 Another wholesome story about Mr. Burton’s 
 favorite boys. Very few writers have caught the 
 spirit of a “gang” of country-town boys as well as 
 Mr. Burton. The boy scout appeal is stronger in this 
 story than in any of his earlier books. 
 
 Leatherstocking Tales. By Cooper, James 
 Fenimore. Illus. Putnam. $i.25ea. 
 
 FIVE TITLES IN SERIES: The Deerslayer; The 
 Last of the Mohicans; The Pathfinder; The Pioneers; 
 The Prairie. 
 
 Be Prepared. By Dimock, A. W. Illus. Every- 
 boy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 Two Boy Scouts, camping in Florida, lose their 
 supplies. But they were “prepared” and made their 
 way across the Florida Everglades to safety. The 
 whole story makes a vivid and extraordinarily in- 
 teresting narrative. 
 
 The Boy Scouts of Berkshire. By Eaton, 
 Walter P. 313 pp. Illus. Wilde. $i.oon. 
 
 A story which will delight all boys. As the Scout 
 movement stands for the development of character 
 so the author, a Scoutmaster, develops his characters 
 in the knowledge of Scouting, and all that handy 
 information which every good woodsman is acquainted 
 with. 
 
 Along the Mohawk Trail. By Fitzhugh, 
 Percy K. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 This story recounts the adventures of Boy Scout 
 patrols around Lake Champlain. 
 
 Red Arrow. By Gregor, Elmer E. 238 pp. 
 4 Illus. Harper. $i.oon. 
 
 Two Indian lads go on a quest for the Red Arrow, 
 a famous medicine trophy which had been stolen 
 from the Sioux. After many hardships and dangers, 
 they finally return in triumph, restoring the Red 
 Arrow. 
 
 Camping in the Winter Woods. By Gregor, 
 Elmer E. 380 pp. 12 Illus. Harper. $1.50. 
 
 Story of two boys who spend a summer in the 
 Rocky Mountains with a guide. They shoot mountain- 
 lions and wolves, secure photographs of mountain- 
 sheep and bears, pan gold in canon streams, and are 
 nearly suffoceted in a forest fire. 
 
 The Wolf Hunters. By Grinnell, George 
 Bird. Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 The true story of a hunting expedition into the 
 country beyond the Missouri River, taken from 
 the manuscript record of a veteran plainsman. The 
 three men who made up this expedition knew the 
 perils of wolf hunting, and after their winter of ad- 
 venture, all reenlisted in the United States army. 
 
 The Boys of Crawford's Basin. By Hamp, 
 S. F. 334 pp. 5 Illus. Wilde, soc.n. 
 
 A story of Colorado ranch life in the early seven- 
 ties. 
 
 Shaggycoat. By Hawkes, C. 273 pp. 5 Illus. 
 Jacobs. $1.2511. 
 
 Few stories of animals are written as sympathetically 
 as is this story of Shaggycoat. And all the while, 
 under the guise of the entertaining story, we are 
 learning all the essential facts of a beaver’s life and 
 habits. 
 
 Boy Life on the Prairie. By Garland, Ham- 
 lin. Illus. Harper. $i.25n. 
 
 Life on the unbroken prairie lands of Northern 
 Iowa. Contains graphic descriptions of ploughing and 
 sowing, herding cattle, spearing fish, hunting prairie 
 cbickena, killing rattlesnakes end hunting wolves 
 
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 The Boy Scouts of Birch-Bark Island. By 
 Holland, Rupert S. 292 pp. 7 Illus. Lip - 
 pincott. $i.25n. 
 
 Tells of the adventures of a troop of twenty-five 
 boy scouts who leave New York about the middle 
 of June and camp on an island in the Connecticut 
 River. 
 
 A Scout of Today. By Hornibrook, Isabel. 
 290 pp. 5 Illus. Houghton. $i.oon. 
 
 Tells how a group of boys join a Boy Scout organi- 
 zation and have interesting and exciting experiences 
 in the woods and along the shores of New England. 
 
 In the Great Wild North. By Lange, D. 
 278 pp. Illus. Lothrop. $i.oon. 
 
 Recites thrilling adventures of a pioneer boy who 
 with his father and a faithful Indian guide, made 
 a 500 mile canoe trip from a Hudson Bay trading 
 post to Red River. 
 
 The Call of the Wild. By London, Jack. 
 Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 “Story of wild life in the Klondike. The hero, a 
 magnificent dog, finally obeys the ‘call of the wild’ 
 and relapses into savagery because his last and best 
 friend was killed by the Indians.” — Pub. Weekly. 
 
 The Boy Scout's Year Book. By McGuire, 
 W. P., and Mathiews, F. K. 243 pp. 
 Profusely Illus. Appleton. $i.5on. 
 
 Was there ever such a wealth of good things for 
 boys between the covers of our book? Contains a 
 dozen corking stories by prominent writers of boys’ 
 books; a great number of special articles by some 
 of the most famous men of America; material on 
 woodcraft; scoutcraft, camping, etc. 
 
 Canoemates. By Munroe, Kirk. 324 pp. 16 
 Illus. Harper. $1.25. 
 
 A narrative of the travels of two boys from Key 
 West, along the reefs to the mainland, and through 
 the Everglades. 
 
 Campmates. By Monroe, Kirk. 333 pp. 15 
 Illus. Harper. $1.25. 
 
 The story of a boy’s adventure with an engineering 
 party across the continent. Gives an excellent picture 
 of the West and Southwest in the early days. 
 
 Boy Scouts of the Black Eagle Patrol. 
 By Quirk, L. W. 308 pp. Illus. Little. 
 $i.oon. 
 
 Interesting story of the adventures of the members 
 of the Black Eagle Patrol, including incidents of 
 home, school and camp life that show the ideals and 
 fun of scouts and tenderfeet. 
 
 Pluck on the Long Trail; or Boy Scouts in 
 the Rockies. By Sabin, Edwin 1 L. 321 
 pp. 4 Illus. Crowell. Soc.n. 
 
 A stirring narrative of packing, trailing, and camp- 
 ing in the West. 
 
 Trapper Jim. By Sandys, Edwyn. 44 pp. 
 
 6 Illus. 82 line cuts in text. Macmillan. 
 $1.50; Cheaper Ed. soc.n. 
 
 A lively, cheerful amusing story about boys with 
 instruction in such subjects as trapping, fishing, shoot- 
 ing, taxidermy and kindred matters. 
 
 With the Indians in the Rockies. By 
 Schultz, James W. 228 pp. 6 Illus. Hough- 
 ton. $1.25. 
 
 A white boy and an Indian boy are lost in the 
 winter time on the Rocky Mountains. They are cap- 
 tured by hostile Indians, have all sorts of adventures 
 and endure many hardships. But by their craft and 
 skill they save themselves. 
 
 The Biography of a Grizzly. By Seton, 
 Ernest Thompson. 167 pp. Illus. Cen- 
 tury. $1.50. 
 
 A story which displays such intimate knowledge of 
 animals that it seems almost as though another grizzly 
 had written it. 
 
 The Trail of the Sandhill Stag. By Seton, 
 Ernest Thompson. 93 pp. 8 Illus. Scrib- 
 ner. $i.oon. Cheaper Ed. 6oc.n. 
 
 “Bliss Carman, speaking of ‘The Trail of the Sand- 
 hill Stag,’ says: ‘I had fancied that no one could 
 touch “The Jungle Book” for a generation at least, 
 but Mr. Seton has done it. We must give him place 
 among the young masters at once ’ And we agree 
 with Mr. Carman.” — The Bookman. 
 
 Wild Animals I Have Known. By Seton, 
 Ernest Thompson. 358 pp. 30 Plus. Scrib- 
 ner. $i.75n. 
 
 ‘It should be put with Kipling and Hans Christian 
 Andersen as a classic.” — Althenaeum. 
 
 Wild' Animals at Home. By Seton, Ernest 
 Thompson. 226 pp. 48 Illus. Grosset. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 Stories of the author’s life with his intimate friends 
 in Yellowstone Park; with over 100 sketches by the 
 author. 
 
 FROM “on THE PLAINS WITH CUSTER,” BY EDWIN L. SABIN 
 
 J. B. Lippincott Co. 
 
 Rolf in the Woods. By Seton, Ernest 
 Thompson. 437 pp. 12 Illus. Grosset. 60 c. 
 
 A wholesome story of the thrilling forest life of 
 three brave comrades, with hundreds of marginal 
 sketches. 
 
 Animal Heroes. By Seton, Ernest Thomp- 
 son. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 Fascinating stories of wild and domestic animals. 
 Over two hundred drawings make more thrilling 
 stories of already brimming full of interest to all 
 boy lovers of the out-of-doors. 
 
 The Scout Master of Troop 5. Thurston, 
 Ida T. Revell. $i.oon. 
 
 A record of accomplishments any altogether live 
 troop might perform, but told in such a winning way 
 that v/hen once the boy begins to read, he will be 
 reluctant to put it down. 
 
 Scouting With Daniel Boone. By Tomlin- 
 son, E. T. Illus. Doubleday. $i.2on. 
 
 The story of the adventures of two boys, James 
 Boone, the Scout’s eldest son, and Peleg Barnes, on 
 the journey from North Carolina to Kentucky in a 
 company led by Daniel Boone whom the author 
 presents as one of our country's greatest Scouts and 
 noblest pioneers. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 FROM ‘‘BOB HUNT AT PONTIAC CAMP,” BY GEO. W. ORTON 
 
 George W. Jacobs & Co. 
 
 Heroes of Sports 
 
 “The play’s the thing, 
 
 Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king.” 
 
 — Hamlet. 
 
 I venture a bold paraphrase : 
 
 “Play’s the thing, 
 
 Wherein to catch the conscience of the. boy.” 
 
 Our time is rapidly learning the educational 
 worth of the play instinct; its value in de- 
 veloping children both mentally and morally. 
 Playgrounds and gymnasiums are fast be- 
 coming schools for exercising morals as 
 well as muscles. “For exercising morals,” I 
 say. We do not always distinguish between 
 moral instruction and moral training. The 
 first deals with theory, the second with prac- 
 tice. The church and the public school may 
 instruct children in religion and ethics but 
 it is in their play activities that they are 
 trained in self-mastery through exercise. The 
 rules of the game become a kind of Sinai 
 before which the child bows in willing obedi- 
 ence. 
 
 In this character development, books may 
 be made to play no small part. It is notorious 
 that a very little “preaching” and “moraliz- 
 ing” go a long way with the average boy. 
 Formal instruction in morals is a thing he 
 usually tries to avoid. Nor are we any more 
 
 successful when we “tag a tale with a moral.” 
 What is needed is that morality be emotion- 
 alized, made thrillingly attractive; the idea, 
 what i§ thought, must become the ideal, what 
 is felt. 
 
 It is the story that offers such opportunity, 
 and particularly stories of sports. Boys at 
 play may be presented in such telling fashion 
 that the playground becomes a stage teaching 
 the youthful mind morality with all the vivid 
 force and alluring charm of the drama. Self- 
 sacrifice becomes glorious, selfishness a thing 
 to be despised; truthfulness and honesty com- 
 mendable, cheating and lying mean and con- 
 temptible; fairness always honorable and the 
 lack of it despicable. 
 
 More and more we must demand of writers 
 of school stories and stories of sports that 
 they realize this opportunity. It is not enough 
 that the story portray accurately the game or 
 picture realistically the life of the school. 
 The record of these things must be the warp 
 and woof upon which the author weaves with 
 cunning art “to catch the conscience of the 
 boy.” 
 
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 The Half-Back. By Barbour, Ralph Henry. 
 Illus. Appleton. 5oc.n. 
 
 Tale of a preparatory school and of the freshman 
 year a't Harvard. Full of football and golf, closing 
 with an account of a Yale-Harvard football game. — 
 Pittsburgh. 
 
 Change Signals ! By Barbour, Ralph Henry. 
 Illus. Appleton. $i.35n. 
 
 Kendall Bertis is a raw country youth when he 
 comes to Yardley. He fails to make the football team 
 but is not discouraged by the failure. The story tells 
 what patience and perseverance accomplished for him 
 and how he came to the rescue of Yardley in a crisis. 
 
 For the Honor of the School. Barbour, 
 Ralph Henry. 253 pp. Illus. Everyboy’s 
 Library. 60c. n. 
 
 The excitement of a cross country run, training for 
 track athletics, with a glimpse of football are all to be 
 found in this splendid school story. The hero is both 
 an athlete and a scholar. 
 
 The Brother of a Hero. Barbour, Ralph 
 Henry. Illus. Appleton. $1.3511. 
 
 Tells how Rodney Merrill at Maple Hill Academy 
 came to be as big a hero as his brother “Ginger” 
 who years before had won great victories on the 
 gridiron. A rattling good story of football and the 
 many trials and pleasures of preparatory school life. 
 
 Danforth Plays the Game. By Barbour, 
 R. H. 333 pp. Illus. Appleton. $1.2511. 
 
 Baseball and football and interesting happenings in 
 a boy’s life at “Prep” school made this book one of 
 the best from this much loved author’s pen. 
 
 Left Tackle Thayer. By Barbour, R. H. 
 338 pp. Illus. Dodd. $1.25. 
 
 Guaranteed to appeal to any boy whoever caught 
 a punt or made a tackle. Next to seeing a game of 
 football is reading a book like this. 
 
 Danny Fists. By Camp, Walter. 286 pp. 
 Illus. Grosset. 6oc.n. 
 
 Danny is a lovable, hot-tempered “prep school” lad 
 who hopes some day to go to Yale, but who just now 
 is actively engaged in winning football games for 
 Manor Hall. 
 
 Danny, The Freshman. By Camp, Walter. 
 Illus. Appleton. $1.2511. 
 
 Story of the same obstreperous Danny who figured 
 in “Danny Fists” and “Captain Danny,” only this 
 time, he enters his first year at Yale, where, learning 
 the value of self-control is fraught with difficulties, 
 but when his team is triumphant his reward is com- 
 plete. 
 
 Following the Ball. By Dudley, A. T. 316 
 pp. 4 Illus. Lothrop. $1.25. 
 
 A football story, lively and interesting and based on 
 fact, bringing out the various forces of a school boy’s 
 career that make for the development of character. 
 
 At the Home Plate. By Dudley, A. T. 316 
 pp. 6 Illus. Lothrop. $1.25. 
 
 There is good baseball in this book, as its title 
 indicates, but it is hardly more prominent than foot- 
 ball and hockey, which in turn are simply features 
 in a fine story of school life. 
 
 The School Team on the Diamond. By Earl, 
 John Prescott. 339 pp. 7 Illus. Penn. 
 $i.oon. 
 
 A stirring baseball story, and how one boy sticks 
 at practice till he takes his part in winning the 
 great game of the year. 
 
 Making the Freshman Team. By Hare, T. 
 Truxton. 333 pp. 8 Illus. Penn. $i.oon. 
 
 College life is the theme of this book, with its track 
 meets, dormitory life, baseball matches, fraternity 
 rivalries, and the “midnight oil.” 
 
 Bartley, Freshman Pitcher. By Heyliger, 
 William. 23^ pp. Illus. Everyboy’s Lib. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 A story to be recommended to boys both for its 
 good baseball and for the high standard of morality 
 which it upholds. 
 
 Against Odds. By Heyliger, W. 309 pp. 
 Illus. Appleton. $i.25n. 
 
 How a young fellow, whose physical appearance was 
 his greatest handicap, won out against great odds. 
 
 Tom Brown's School Days. By Hughes, T. 
 Illus. by Rhead, Louis. 34 Illus. Harper. 
 $1.50. Everyman's Lib. Ed. Cloth, 40c. 
 leather, 80c. 
 
 “It has been my interesting experience,” says 
 Howells in his Introduction, “to find the story of 
 ‘Tom Brown’s School Days’ even better than I once 
 thought it, say, fifty years ago.” Louis Rhead lived 
 at the school when making the pictures. 
 
 Pitching in a Pinch. By Mathewson, 
 Chirsty. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 60c. n. 
 
 A series of gripping stories of the Big Leaguers, 
 told by “Matty,” once the star pitcher of the New 
 York Giants. 
 
 The School Days of Elliott Gray, Jr. By 
 Maynard, Colton. Illus. Everyboy’s Lib. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 An American school story that makes me confident 
 of the citizens of tomorrow. The workmanship is 
 masterly and it presents ideals in a way that must 
 fascinate boys. — Dean Wilbur, George Washington 
 University. 
 
 College Years. By Paine, Ralph D. Illus. 
 Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 “A fine, clean note of fair play pervades these 
 eleven stories from college activities drawn from 
 happenings on the Yale campus. They teach the 
 spirit of sportsmanship that all good citizens find a 
 necessary part of life’s equipment.” — Bk. Rev. Dig. 
 
 Harding of St. Timothy. By Pier, A. S. 
 Illus. Houghton. $i.25n. 
 
 The hero, Harry Harding, shows how fair play 
 counts for more in life than anything else. — Kern. 
 
 The Jester of St. Timothy's. By Pier, 
 A. S. Illus. Everyboy’s Lib. 6oc.n. 
 
 “A well-written story with a good school atmos- 
 phere and an agreeable absence of slang.” — A. L. A. 
 
 Batter-Up. By Williams, Hawley. 303 pp. 
 Illus. Appleton. $i.25n. 
 
 Lansing Academy, a preparatory school, in the scene 
 of this story. Chester Hall loses his place on the 
 nine and is branded a coward because he appears to 
 be afraid of a rival pitcher. The story tells of his 
 fight to regain his lost place and the respect of his 
 fellows. 
 
 Freshman Dorn, Pitcher. By Quirk, Leslie 
 W. 300 pp. 10 Illus. Century. $1.50. 
 
 A story of baseball. 
 
 Baby Elton, Quarterback. By Quirk, Leslie 
 W. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 “Baby Elton’s freshman year at college. How 
 he played football and baseball and becomes the cap- 
 tain of the track team.” — Pittsburgh. 
 
 The Fourth Down. By Quirk, Leslie W. 
 320 pp. 4 Illus. Little. $i.20n. 
 
 A book on college sports, dealing with the uphill 
 climb of a manly young freshman. 
 
 The Pennant. By Tomlinson, E. T. 319 
 pp. 4 illus. Barse & Hopkins. 50cm. 
 
 In the same series: “Captain Dan Richards” and 
 “Karl Hall of Tait.” 
 
 This book inspired ‘‘Billy” Bookworm to say: “I’m 
 going to be like Dan Richards, a good ball player, 
 but always on the square and level.” 
 
 Fair Play. By Williams, H. 286 pp. Illus. 
 Appleton. $i.25n. 
 
 A boy who has extraordinary athletic gifts and has 
 been thoroughly spoiled at the wrong kind of boarding 
 school, comes to Lansing. Here the manly spirit of 
 the boys, their loyalty to their coach and their forget- 
 fulness of self in team work, at first astonish and 
 then subdue hia overweening conceit. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 Heroes of Success 
 
 " The hottest place in the seething caldron is the point of 
 greatest efficiency at the moment. Boys who do just what 
 their teachers desire, rarely seethe; they only sizzle.” 
 
 —Prof. Edgar James Swift. 
 
 The period of the early teens marks the 
 rapid growth of the consciousness of self in 
 the expanding personality. The boy becomes 
 an egoist, which is the scientist’s soft im- 
 peachment of his provoking egotism. Later, 
 many forces without and within co-operate to 
 socialize him, when his thought of others will 
 loom as large as his thought of self. Mean- 
 while, we must deal with him as he is, under- 
 
 standing that the “hottest place in the seeth- 
 ing caldron” — this exaggerated ego in the 
 boy — “is the point of greatest efficiency at the 
 moment.” 
 
 The feeling of self-sufficiency usually as- 
 serts itself in the desire to leave school and 
 go to work. The real reason why ninety per 
 cent, of our boys never enter high school 
 is found neither in economic pressure or 
 faulty curriculum. It strikes 
 deeper than that — the cause 
 is in the boy himself. As 
 selfhood develops, the ac- 
 quisitive, productive and 
 commercial instincts strong- 
 ly assert themselves. The 
 boy longs to possess, pro- 
 duce, achieve something for 
 himself. 
 
 This is an opportune 
 moment for parent and 
 educator. Now life issues 
 are determined. Left to 
 himself, the boy in a 
 little while may find him- 
 self among the millions who 
 possess only a “job,” or 
 worse still, awakens to find 
 himself lost, almost irre- 
 trievably, in some “blind 
 alley” of trade. But, if 
 someone is competent to in- 
 terpret him, what he is, 
 what he may become be- 
 cause of his disposition, na- 
 tive ability and opportunity, 
 then life for him is sure to 
 be worth while whatever his 
 share in the doing of the 
 world’s work. 
 
 At this period a boy’s 
 reading becomes immensely 
 valuable, for it is a note- 
 worthy fact that many great 
 men have been more pro- 
 foundly influenced by books, 
 what they read, than by 
 schools, where they study. 
 A boy needs now such books 
 of biography, such stories 
 of achievement as are rich 
 in broad,' human experience 
 and the vigorous action. of 
 men as it finds expression 
 in the stress and strain of 
 “making good” in business. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
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 I. Biography 
 
 The Boyhood of Lincoln. By Butterworth, 
 Hezekiah. 266 pp. Ulus. Appleton. 
 $i- 35 n. 
 
 A story that gives a ftihful picture of pioneer life 
 in the time of Lincoln’s boyhood and of the hardships 
 and privations he had to face. 
 
 Autobiography. Franklin, Benjamin. 253 pp. 
 Houghton. 75c. 
 
 A great man tells simply and easily the story of 
 his own life. 
 
 Through College on Nothing a Year. By 
 Gauss, Christian. 174 pp. Scribner. 
 $i.oon. 
 
 Tells of a poor boy’s successful fight for an educa- 
 tion. Such a tale of courageous perseverance has 
 not been written in many a day. Founded on fact, 
 the story has all the fascination of fiction. 
 
 Pushing to the Front. By Marden, O. S. 
 Crowell. $i.oon. 
 
 This volume tells the romance of achievement, and 
 by anecdotes and concrete examples shows how suc- 
 cessful men and women of all times and countries 
 have, in the face of formidable obstacles, struggled 
 and won out. 
 
 Boy's Life of Edison. By Meadowcroft, Wm. 
 H. 8 Illus. Harper. $1.25. 
 
 The author has been for years in daily association 
 with Edison, working with him in his laboratory at 
 Orange. We see Edison develop automatic, duplex, 
 and quadruplex telegraphy, find the key to the tele- 
 phone, invent the phonograph, discover the secrets of 
 the incandescent lamp and a complete lighting system, 
 and succeed among the first in designing an electric 
 railway. 
 
 Life of Abraham Lincoln. By Moores, 
 Chas. W. 132 pp. # 6 Illus. Houghton. 60c. 
 
 Lays emphasis on the boyhood and youth of Lin- 
 coln, his heroic struggle for an education and a place 
 in the world, and the chief events of his public life. 
 
 Captains of Industry. By Parton, James. 
 Vol. I. 399 pp. 8 Illus. Houghton. $1.25. 
 Vol. II. 393 pp. 8 Illus. Houghton. $1.25. 
 
 Short sketches for young Americans of busy men; 
 merchants, inventors, manufacturers, teachers, far- 
 mers, reformers, etc. 
 
 Life of Edison. By Rolt- Wheeler, F. 201 pp 
 6 Illus. Macmillan. 50c.11. 
 
 An account, which reflects the vigor and energy 
 of the great inventor and pictures him as the typi- 
 cal American, giving due prominence to his early 
 experiences as “candybutcher.” 
 
 Up from Slavery. By Washington, B. T. 
 Burt. 50 c. 
 
 Boyhood days of Booker T. Washington, his 
 struggles for an education and his life work in con- 
 nection with the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial 
 Institute. Good to read aloud. — Pittsburgh. 
 
 II. Stories 
 
 The Fast Mail. By Drysdale, William. 328 
 pp. 6 Illus. Wilde. $i.25n. 
 
 The story of a train boy. This is a true story of 
 the adventures of a boy who fought his way to suc- 
 cess with clean grit and good 6ense accomplishing 
 what is within the power of every American boy, if 
 he sets himself to do it. 
 
 The Young Supercargo. By Drysdale, Will- 
 iam. 352 pp. 6 Illus. Wilde. $i.25n. 
 
 It contains all the interest of Oliver Optic’s books 
 with none of their improbabilities. It portrays the 
 hardships as well as the adventures of those who 
 enter the marine service. 
 
 The Hoosier School Boy. By Eggleston, Ed- 
 ward. 181 pp. 5 Illus. Scribner. $i.oon. 
 
 “It is a wholesome book for boys. The boy who 
 begins it will not lay it down before he has read every 
 word .” — The Advance. 
 
 Pickett’s Gap. By Greene, H. 208 p. Illus. 
 Macmillan, soc.n. 
 
 The underlying purpose of this story is to depict 
 the final triumph of conscience over personal fear, 
 and of paternal affection over the power of selfish 
 pride. 
 
 Off Side. By Heyliger, Wfn. Appleton. 
 $i.25n. 
 
 The story of a boy who “found himself.” A splen- 
 did book to wake a boy up, and perhaps lead him to 
 make choice of a vocation. 
 
 Sands y’s Pal. By Hunting, Gardner. 346 pp. 
 Illus. Harper. $i.25n. 
 
 Better than the average boys’ story today, and 
 different. Larry, a young ragamuffin, won his way 
 into Sandsy’s friendship through saving his dog. How 
 Sandsy tried to express his gratitude, makes an in- 
 teresting, fine-spirited tale, staged largely in an ad- 
 vertising office where both boys unexpectedly find 
 themselves employed, with the dog and “Mrs. Nora” 
 the cook taking active, though minor parts. 
 
 Captains Courageous. By Kipling, R. Illus. 
 Century. $1.50. 
 
 A story of the fishing banks. Harvey Cheyne, 
 young and rich, spoiled by indulgence, while en route 
 for Europe on an Atlantic steamer, falls overboard. 
 He is picked up by a fishing smack bound for a 
 season’s fishing off the banks of Newfoundland and 
 is put to work to earn his living. 
 
 The Young Homesteaders. By Lincoln, J. 
 W. 409 pp. Illus. Wilde, soc.n. 
 
 A story of how two boys made a home in the 
 west for their mother. 
 
 Cadet of the Black Star Line. By Paine, 
 Ralph, D. Illus. Scribner. $1.25 
 
 A boy who learns the principles of steamanship in 
 a great Atlantic steamer. 
 
 Tommy Remington’s Battle. By Stevenson, 
 Burton E. Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 “Story of a West Virginia coal mine. It tells of 
 a miner’s boy with a thirst for knowledge, who, has 
 a struggle to decide between supporting his parents 
 and taking advantge of a great opportunity for edu- 
 cation. ” — Pittsburgh. 
 
 Crowded Out O’ Crofield. By Stoddard, W. 
 O. 261 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.35n. 
 
 The story of an energetic American boy who is 
 crowded out of his native village into a successful 
 business career. A book that is said to be based upon 
 the early life of Grover Cleveland as told by him to 
 the author. 
 
 Uncle Abner’s Legacy. By Verrill, A. H. 
 243 pp. 24 Illus. Holt. $i.25n. 
 
 Considerable information on modern devices and 
 scientific methods for farming are presented in the 
 form of a very slight story. Tom and Kitty, on 
 being left a farm by their uncle, leave their posi- 
 tions in the city to run it; supported principally by 
 the advice of a cousin, They achieve results be- 
 yond their wildest dreams. 
 
 The Widow O’Callaghan’s Boys. By Zoll- 
 inger, G. 297 pp. 20 Illus. McClurg. 
 $1.00. 
 
 “It is a story of sturdy, level headed effort to meet 
 the world on its rather severe terms, and to win from 
 it success and progress. No strokes of miraculous 
 good luck befall these young heroes of peace; but 
 they deserve what they gain, and the story is told 
 so simply, and yet with so much originality, that it 
 is quite as interesting reading as are the tales where 
 success is won by more sensational inspirations to 
 many mothers apparently more fortunately situated. 
 It is a book to be heartily commended." — Christian 
 Register. 
 
A STEAMSHIP PASSING THE CUCAKACHA SLIDE, PANAMA CANAL 
 
 From “ The Boy Scout’s Year Book.” 
 
 D. Appleton & Co. 
 
 The boy wants to know. Just when, with 
 insatiable appetite he’s demanding a story, 
 there is developing in the boy a hunger for 
 facts, a thirst for knowledge. Says Pro- 
 fessor Klapper: “The imagination which edu- 
 cation must develop is the more mature im- 
 agination, which creates the possible. This 
 is the imagination which brings forth new 
 inventions, practical reforms, and visions of 
 improved social living.” 
 
 In guiding the boy’s reading we must, there- 
 fore, keep constantly before us this two-fold 
 need of the boy’s developing mind — that it 
 needs just as much fact as fiction; and 
 further, that in his fiction, in his adventure 
 tales, we should give him only such as repre- 
 sent facts in the form of fiction, not those that 
 represent fiction as fact. 
 
 The boy of to-day is being deluged with a 
 flood of cheap, story books that are as de- 
 structive of things precious as a Johnstown 
 Flood, the menacing element of all these 
 stories being their gross exaggeration. That 
 is the best story for boys which in every sense 
 is most true to life and human nature. But 
 in almost all of this “mile-a-minute fiction” 
 some inflammable tale of improbable adventure 
 is told. Boys ride in aeroplanes as easily as 
 though on bicycles; criminals are captured 
 by them with a facility that matches the abil- 
 ity of Sherlock Holmes; and when it comes 
 to getting on in the world, the cleverness of 
 these hustling boys is comparable only to those 
 captains of industry and Napoleans of finance 
 
 who have made millions in a minute. Insuper- 
 able difficulties and crushing circumstances 
 are as easily overcome and conquered as in 
 fairy tales. Indeed, no popular character of 
 history or legend or mythological story was 
 ever more wise, more brave, more resourceful, 
 than some of these up-to-the-minute boy 
 heroes are made to appear in the Sunday sup- 
 plement juvenile stories. 
 
 To negative the influence of any or all such 
 modern thrillers boys may read, and to help 
 conserve the good results of the story books 
 that develop in the boy the creative imagina- 
 tion, we should constantly arrest his atten- 
 tion with those books of information that will 
 familiarize him with things as they actually 
 are. 
 
 Such books to delight the boy must be 
 more than a wooden digest of facts. He will 
 read even that occasionally, but what moves 
 him mightily, captures his mind completely is 
 narrative or description in which facts are as 
 much alive as his red-blooded heroes. Here 
 is a fine field for the most gifted writers — the 
 prospect of making facts appear to the boy 
 as fascinating as fiction; the possibility of 
 fitting fact and fancy so well together that 
 the fact, heightened and colored is made for 
 the boy mind tasteful, appetizing as a good 
 meal, and as satisfying to his hunger for 
 knowledge. 
 
 Moreover, it is important that we also note 
 the fact that through reading these books 
 some hoys will receive vocational guidance. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 *5 
 
 From all over the country come reports that 
 as a result of boys reading books of informa- 
 tion on the several Boy Scout merit badges, 
 such reading determined for them the choice 
 of a business career. 
 
 Even though the influence may not be as 
 practically helpful as that upon the many, 
 more than likely it is the reading of these 
 books of information that will determine for 
 not a few boys the things he will be most in- 
 terested in as a man during his hours of re- 
 creation. And for all, no doubt, many of 
 these books will serve as a happy introduction 
 to God’s out-of-doors, making it more pos- 
 sible for boys to find “sermons in stones, 
 tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, 
 and good in everything.” 
 
 I. Fiction 
 
 Pick, Shovel and Pluck. By Bond, A. R. 
 255 pp. no Illus. Mann. $i.5on. 
 
 A companion volume to “With the Men Who Do 
 Things," taking the same two boys through a new 
 series of engineering experiences. A fascinating and 
 instructive book for boys, relating how many big 
 things in engineering have been accomplished. 
 
 With the Men Who Do Things. By Bond, 
 A. R. 275 pp. in Illus. Mann. $i.5on. 
 
 Recounting the adventures of two young lads who 
 spend a summer vacation seeing the engineering 
 wonders of New York. We find them with the iron- 
 worker far above the city, with foundation builder 
 deep under ground, with the “sand hog," driving 
 tunnels under water through quicksand, and in a score 
 of other novel situations. 
 
 Jack Straw, Lighthouse Builder. By 
 Crump, L. W. 242 pp. 4 Illus. McBride. 
 $i.oon. 
 
 In fiction form, tells how Cobia Reef Beacon was 
 built, and the part “Jack Straw" had in building it. 
 Great obstacles were faced, but “Jack" proved him- 
 self a man with the others in overcoming them all. 
 
 Indian Why Stories. By Lindermann, F. D. 
 236 pp. 8 Illus. Scribner. $2.oon. 
 
 Here are a bunch of stories War Eagle told across 
 his lodge — five long centuries ago. The book is il- 
 lustrated by the cowboy artist Charles M. Russell. 
 
 The Boy with the U. S. Survey. By Rolt- 
 Wheeler, Francis. 381 pp. 37 Illus. Loth- 
 rop. $1.50. 
 
 This story describes the thrilling adventures of 
 members of the U< S. Geological Survey, not in the 
 brief form of statistical reports and bluebooks, but 
 graphically woven into a string narrative that both 
 pleases and instructs. Every volume of the “U. S. 
 Service Series” has the censorship and approval of 
 officials of the U. S. Government. 
 
 The Boy with the U. S. Census. By Rolt- 
 Wheeler, Francis. 354 pp. 38 Illus. Loth- 
 rop. $1.50. 
 
 Through the experiences of a typical bright Ameri- 
 can boy, the author shows the growth and resources 
 of our vast country, and how the necessary informa- 
 tion is gathered, the securing of which frequently 
 involved hardship and peril. % 
 
 The Boy with the U. S. Indians. By Rolt- 
 Wheeler, Francis. 410 pp. 36 Illus. Loth- 
 rop. $1.50. 
 
 With a typical bright American youth as a central 
 figure, this tells a great deal about Indians, and 
 gives a good idea of a great field of national activity, 
 made thrilling on its human side by the heroism de- 
 manded in the little-known adventures of those who 
 do the work of “Uncle Sam." 
 
 The Boy with the U. S. Foresters. By 
 Rolt-Wheeler, Francis. 317 pp. 38 Illus. 
 Lothrop. $1.50. 
 
 The life of a useful forester is followed in ad- 
 venturous detail — the mighty representative of our 
 country’s government though young in years — a youth- 
 ful monarch in a vast domain of forest. 
 
 Boy with U. S. Life-Savers. By Rolt' 
 Wheeler, Francis. 346 pp. Illus. Lothrop. 
 $i- 5 °n. 
 
 An enthusiastic account of the work of the U. S. 
 Coast, Guard, revealed in many stqries of rescue 
 and hardship, some told to Eric, a young man train- 
 ing for the work, others, experiences in which he 
 participated. 
 
 Our Own Land' Series. Five Vols. By Tom- 
 linson, E. T. Illus. Gr osset. 6oc.n.ea. 
 
 Titles as follows: Four boys in the Yellowstone; 
 
 Four boys in the land of cotton; Four boys on the 
 Mississippi; Four boys and a fortune, why they went 
 to England, and what they found; Four boys in the 
 Yosemite. 
 
 In these stories Dr. Tomlinson tells of the ex- 
 periences of four boys who spend their summer vaca- 
 tions traveling. The stories are full of adventures, 
 mountain climbing, explorations, and many exciting 
 experiences of a very varied sort. The historical ele- 
 ment is not lacking, and there is a great amount of 
 personally gained information. Besides, there is the 
 continual fun, and the lessons the boys learn from 
 their mistakes and personal experiences. 
 
 Letters From Brother Bill. By Towers, W. 
 K. 141 pp. Illus. Crowell. 5oc.n. 
 
 A correspondence course in football offered by a 
 ‘‘varsity sub to his young brother Tad, captain of 
 the Beechville High School.. The advice is supple- 
 mented by diagrams and eight illustrations. 
 
 II. Fact 
 
 The Boy’s Motley. By Banks, H. W. 277 
 pp. 12 Illus. Stokes. $2.oon. 
 
 Motley’s Rise of the Dutch republic, rewritten for 
 young people, with frequent quotations from the 
 original, but much abbreviated. 
 
 Training of Wild Animals. By Bostock, 
 Frank Charles. Illus. Century. $i.oon. 
 
 The author is one of the greatest of wild animal 
 trainers. He tells how lions, tigers and other wild 
 beasts are taught to do tricks, about their traits in 
 captivity and about the hazardous lives of their 
 trainers. 
 
 Wonderland of Stamps. By Burroughs, W. 
 D. Many Illus. Stokes. $1.50. 
 
 A book that will delight every youthful stamp 
 collector. Contains two hundred figures on twenty-five 
 plates. The historical significance of the most im- 
 portant stamps of the world, makes the book a thesau- 
 rus of valuable information for the school boy. 
 
 The Battle of Baseball. By Claudy, C. H. 
 377 pp. Many Illus. Century. $i.5on. 
 
 A baseball book for “fans" of every age. 
 
 The Book of Stars. By Collins, A. F. 230 
 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.oon. 
 
 Written to ‘conform to the tests of the Boy Scouts 
 and gives clear explanation of the principal constel- 
 lations, and the wonders of the planets, sun, and 
 moon, and their uses to boy life. Many helpful dia- 
 grams and illustrations. 
 
 The Wireless Man. By Collins, Francis 
 Arnold. Many Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 Contains a host of true stories of wireless ad- 
 venture on land and sea, far stranger and more fasci- 
 nating than fiction. You are introduced to many a 
 delightful character new to romance, the wireless 
 doctor, soldier, sailor, and carried rapidly through 
 their adventures. There is a technical chapter which 
 the amateur wireless operator will find invaluable. 
 Just the book for boys and the book to make one a 
 boy again. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 At Home in the Water. By Corsan, Geo. 
 H. 191 pp. 128 Illus. Association Press. 
 Cloth, $1.00; Linen, 25c. 
 
 Swimming is one of the sports all boys pretty 
 much delight in and this book will be welcomed -by 
 them because by means of scores of illustrations it 
 demonstrates how to become an expert swimmer. 
 
 Boy's Book of Airships. By Delacombe, H. 
 244 pp. 93 Illus. Stokes. $i- 75 n - 
 
 Tells of all varieties of airships with many illus- 
 trations. 
 
 Uncle Sam’s Modern Miracles. By DuPuy, 
 W. A. 268 pp. 15 Illus. Stokes. $i.25n. 
 
 The big jobs of the Federal Government told of 
 in picturesque language, such as “Revealing the 
 Weather,” “Transforming Deserts,” “Shackling the 
 Mississippi,” “Taking the Census,” etc. Illustrated 
 with photographs. 
 
 Indian Boyhood. By Eastman, Charles A. 
 289 pp. 4 Illus. Doubleday. $1.7511. 
 Everyboy’s Lib. 6oc.n. 
 
 In this volume the author, a full-blooded Sioux, tells 
 of his own bringing up on the Western plains before 
 the advent of the white man. He describes the 
 nomadic life of the tribe, its customs and rites. 
 
 Indian Scout Talks. By Eastman, C. A. 
 190 pp. Illus. Little. 8oc.n. 
 
 From this book one may learn how to make 
 friends with wild animals; how to build Indian 
 canoes; how to make and to follow a blazed trail; 
 how to start a fire without matches and cook without 
 pots. There is good advice about fishing and trap- 
 ping, the camp-site and portage, and the language 
 of footprints, and other phases of Indian wood- 
 craft. 
 
 Stories of Useful Inventions. By Forman, 
 S. E. 220 pp. Many Illus. Century. 
 
 $i.oon. 
 
 This book tells simply and entertainingly of the 
 beginnings of familiar, every day things — the match, 
 the stove, etc. — making the most of all the history 
 and humanity wrapped up in these inventions. 
 
 Our Country's Flag. By Holden, Edward 
 S. 165 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.oon. 
 
 This book gives the history of the American flag, 
 its origin and its development in to what is now to 
 every true American, the noblest, most beautiful 
 emblem afloat. There is also considerable information 
 given concerning the flags and shields of other 
 nations. 
 
 Historic Inventions. By Holland, R. S. 295 
 pp. 16 Illus. Jacobs. $i.5on. 
 
 It covers an attractive field, that of the inventions 
 that have figured so largely in the life of the modern 
 world. It is biographical and descriptive, including 
 narratives of the lives of the great inventors and in- 
 formation regarding their characteristic science. 
 
 Boy’s Book of Steamships. By Houden, J. 
 R. 296 pp. 81 Illus. Stokes. $i.75n. 
 
 In same series; books on “Railways,” ‘‘Warships,” 
 and “Locomotives,” all of them packed full of infor- 
 
 mation regarding the things that appeal so much to 
 boys and very popular with those privileged to read 
 them. 
 
 The Story of the Cowboy. By Hough, Em- 
 erson. 34.9 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.35n. 
 
 With the passing of the great open ranges of the 
 West passed one of the most picturesque figures of 
 our history — the cowboy. Mr. Hough who knew 
 intimately the stirring days of a short generation ago, 
 tells the true story of this phase of our civilization, 
 and gives a graphic picture of the cowboy, who, even 
 when shorn of the glamor of fiction, remains a most 
 interesting and romantic figure. 
 
 Boy’s Book of New Inventions. By Maule, 
 Harry E. 399 pp. 104 Illus. Everyboy’s 
 Library. 6oc.n. 
 
 Practically every great invention of the last decade 
 is included. 
 
 When I Was a Boy in Russia. By Mok- 
 rievitch, V. 173 pp. Illus. Lothrop. 
 75 c.n. 
 
 An ineresting, condensed account, which pictures 
 the author’s life when a boy on a nobleman’s estate 
 sixty years ago, the winter and summer sports, 
 the religious ceremonies, and student life. For the 
 older boys and girls, and even adults. 
 
 Keeping in Condition. By Moore, H. H. 137 
 pp. 8 Illus. Macmillan. 75c.11. 
 
 For the older boys, a handbook which will inspire 
 an ideal for a vigorous manhood. Gives sound and 
 practical advice on how to keep fit physically, mentally, 
 and morality; deals straight-forwardly and normally 
 with sex matters. 
 
 Life of R. L. Stevenson. By Overton, J. M. 
 180 pp. 13 Illus. Scribner. $i.oon. 
 
 A book for the older boys and girls and interest- 
 ing to adults. The story is partly told by many and 
 well choosen paragraphs from Stevenson’s books and 
 the letters of his friends, and is well illustrated. 
 
 The Oregon Trail. By Parkman, F. 381 pp. 
 Illus. Little. 90c.n. 
 
 This ever popular book tells of a journey to the 
 west taken by the historian and a friend when young 
 men. The Remington pictures are an invitation for 
 boys to start at once a hike over “the Oregon 
 Trail.” 
 
 Places Young Americans Want to Know. 
 Tomlinson, E. T. 281 pp. Illus. Appleton. 
 $i.5on. 
 
 Places of historic- and geographic interest, and of 
 great scenic beauty. Bound to help all boys who 
 read it to be greater lovers of our own land and 
 country. 
 
 The Lightbringers. By Wade, M. H. 242 
 pp. Illus. Little. $i.oon. 
 
 The lives of Robert Peary, Clara Barton, the 
 Wright Brothers, Julia Ward Howe, Guglielmo Mar- 
 coni, and Roald Amundsen, simply fold for boys and 
 girls. 
 
 The Book of Athletics. By Withington, 
 Paul. Lothrop. $i.5on. 
 
 Covers the whole round of sports, and from it boys 
 may learn, if they will give good attention, just how 
 best to play their favorite games. 
 
 III. For the Young Naturalist 
 
 American Boy's Book of Bugs, Butterflies 
 and Beetles. By Beard, Dan C. 309 PP- 
 280 Illus. Lippincott. $2.oon. 
 
 This book, boys, was written, not to take the place 
 of any other book in the field, but to stimulate your 
 interest and encourage you to read other books which 
 take up the subject in a more technical manner — but 
 beyond all this and above all this is the hope that 
 this book will encourage you . — Dan Beard. 
 
 Bird Neighbors. By Blanchan, I eltje. 234 
 pp. 66 Illus. Doubleday. $2.5on. 
 
 An introduction to 150 birds commonly to be met 
 with. Includes 48 color plates. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 
 Squirrels and Other Fur-Bearers. By Bur- 
 roughs, John. 144 pp. 16 Illus. Hough- 
 ton. $i.oon. 
 
 Partial Contents: Squirrels, The Chipmunk, The 
 
 Woodchuck, The Rabbit and the Hare, The Muskrat, 
 The Skunk, The Fox. 
 
 Bird-Life. By Chapman, Frank M. 195 pp. 
 Illus. Appleton. $2.oon. 
 
 A guide to the study of our common birds. With 
 75 full-page colored plates and numerous text draw- 
 ings by Ernest Thompson Seton. 
 
 Our Insect Friends and Foes : How to Col- 
 lect, Preserve and Study Them. By 
 Cragin, Belle S. Putnam. $1.75. 
 
 Describes for young people, the common insects 
 found in the country east of the Rocky Mountains 
 and north of the Gulf states. Scientific names are 
 given of such insects as are illustrated and there is 
 a list of popular names and their scientific equivalents. 
 
 The Butterfly Book. By Holland, Dr. W. J. 
 382 pp. 48 Illus! Doubleday. $4.oon. 
 
 The book on Butterflies by Dr. W. J. Holland has 
 introduced thousands of readers to the delightful study 
 of butterflies and caterpillars. Its 48 color plates are 
 the best that have been produced by the three-color 
 process. In these and the text cuts are shown fully 
 a thousand different species of butterflies. Dr. Hol- 
 land’s unquestionable position as the authority on 
 butterflies and his ability to write in a popular way 
 make this volume the most complete on the subject 
 that has ever been prepared. Chapters on the capture 
 and preservation of butterflies add much to the prac- 
 tical value of the book. 
 
 The Boy Mineral Collectors. By Kelley, 
 J. G. Lippincott. $1.3511. 
 
 A story not only interesting in itself, but very valu- 
 able for any boy interested in the study of mineralogy 
 or the collecting of minerals. It also contains a great 
 deal of valuable information concerning the historic 
 and noted jewels, crowns, etc. — Kern. 
 
 Land Birds. By Reed, Chester A. 230 pp. 
 
 191 Color Plates. Doubleday. $i.oon. 
 
 An illustrated, pocket text book that enables any 
 one to quickly identify any song or insectivorous bird 
 found east of the Rocky Mountains. It describes their 
 habits and peculiarities; tells you where to look for 
 them and describes their nests, eggs and songs. Every 
 bird is shown in color, including the females and 
 young where the plumage differs, from water color 
 drawings by the four-color process. The illustrations 
 are the best, the most accurate, and the most valuable 
 ever printed in a bird book. 
 
 Water Birds. By Reed, Chester A. 250 pp. 
 230 Color Illus. Doubleday. Cloth, 
 $i.oon. ; Leather, $i.25n. 
 
 Includes all of the Water Birds, Game Birds, and 
 Birds of Prey east of the Rockies. Each species illus- 
 trated in colors, 330 in number. Habits and nesting 
 habits are described. 
 
 Flower Guide. By Reed, Chester A. 233 pp. 
 
 192 Colored Illus. Doubleday. Cloth, 
 $i.oon. ; Leather, $1.2511. 
 
 A guide to the common wild flowers found in the 
 Eastern and Middle States. 
 
 The colored illustrations, 19a in number, are beau- 
 tiful, artistic, and accurate reproductions from oil 
 paintings. The text tells where each is found, when 
 it blooms, whether in woods, fields, swamps, etc., the 
 height that the plant attains, whether it is self-fertilized 
 or cross fertilized by insects and how; in fact it gives 
 a great deal more information than one would think 
 possible in a book to fit comfortably in the pocket. 
 
 The Tree Guide. By Rogers, Julia Ellen. 265 
 pp. 243 Illus. Doubleday. Goth, $i.oon. ; 
 leather, $i.25n. 
 
 The Tree Guide is uniform in style and size with 
 the well known pocket Bird Guides which have become 
 
 so universally popular. It contains 243 illustrations 
 (3a of them colored and many in black and white) 
 and descriptions of every tree east of the Rocky 
 Mountains. The descriptions include the range, the 
 classification, the distinctive features such as flowers, 
 leaves, fruit, etc., and all other marks that lead to 
 an easy identification of the tree. 
 
 Astronomy With the Naked Eye. By Ser- 
 viss, Garrett P. 247 pp. Illus. Harper. 
 $i.4on. 
 
 The plan of this book is to enable the casual ob- 
 server of the night skies to appreciate the scheme 
 of the constellations. Every principle has been made 
 conerete and specific, so that the lay reader might not 
 be complicated by excessive material. The book begins 
 with the discussion of two constellations visible in the 
 meridian in January, and after this comes a similar 
 treatment of these constellations brightest stars. There 
 is also a list, for the convenience of those who wish 
 to use the telescope, of telescopic bodies, giving their 
 relative positions. At the end is a group of charts 
 showing stars visible to the naked eye and the out- 
 lines of the constellation figures. 
 
 The Boy Collector's Handbook. By Ver- 
 rill, A. H. 290 pp. 138 Illus. McBride. 
 $i.5on. 
 
 Tells how to collect rocks and minerals, fossils, 
 plants and vegetables, insects, Indian relics, fresh and 
 salt water animals and man-made objects, war and 
 historical relics, stamps, coins, postcards. 
 
 FROM “THI boy's BOOK OF FIREMEN,” BY IRVING CRUMP 
 
 Dodd, Mead & Co. 
 
2 « 
 
 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 The What and How To Do Books 
 
 Not long since I made surveys of different 
 cities endeavoring to discover the influences 
 operating to lead boys away from the nickel 
 novel. The Public Schools and Libraries are 
 both rendering splendid service in this regard, 
 and the “movies,” for good or evil, are tak- 
 ing literally millions of nickels that for- 
 merly went to buy the modern thriller; but 
 not the least among all these influences is 
 the magazine of the Popular Mechanics type. 
 
 I hi.ve it upon very good authority that 
 the publishers of the nickel novels count such 
 magazines their biggest competitors. In one 
 of the Southern cities, where recently I made 
 a survey, I had access to the books of the 
 News Company that distributed all the maga- 
 zines for that territory. The report for that 
 week showed that while there had been dis- 
 tributed less than 4000 nickel novels, more 
 than 5000 copies alone of Popular Mechanics 
 
 had been disposed of, and magazines of a 
 similar sort, though not so popular, had also 
 been distributed in very considerable numbers. 
 
 These figures led me to ask newsdealers and 
 booksellers if they had observed any relation 
 between these two kinds of popular publica- 
 tions, and I discovered that when boys start 
 to read the popular magazines on mechanics 
 and electricity, they usually leave off reading 
 the nickel novel. One bookseller always had 
 the nickel novel and Popular Mechanics dis- 
 played together in order that he might influ- 
 ence boys to read something better. 
 
 These facts are cited in order that I might 
 
 emphasize the value of the boy’s interest in 
 the “what and how to do books” — the books 
 on mechanics, electricity, machinery, various 
 handicrafts, etc. Just at the time when the 
 instinct for construction or destruction is 
 strongest, it is a matter of supreme import- 
 ance that ample means be supplied the boy to 
 assist him in the proper expression of him- 
 self. Not that he ever will become a me- 
 chanic, but in this period of mental and phy- 
 sical readjustment, he should develop skill 
 in the mastery of his fingers and through ex- 
 ercise build up a system of well co-ordinated 
 muscles. 
 
 Moreover, the moral value is equally great. 
 Only recently we have learned how to mend 
 morals by making muscles. In reform schools, 
 manual training is working many miracles in 
 the transformation of boys’ characters. And 
 we are latterly learning that what has such 
 merit for the bad boy is of 
 equal worth for the good one. 
 He, too, may be as profoundly 
 influenced through the work 
 of his hands ; he, too, may 
 learn through his “hobbies” the 
 power of application, neatness, 
 initiative, resourcefulness, 
 carefulness, honesty and many 
 more of the elemental moral 
 qualities. 
 
 Harper’s Indoor Book for 
 Boys. By Adams, J. H. 
 122 Illus. Harper. $i.5on. 
 
 Here is shown the use of carpen- 
 ters’ tools and instructions in mak- 
 ing picture frames and ornamented 
 wood carving, lamps, sconces, 
 hinges, and other metal objects. 
 Then the boy can readily take up 
 more advanced work, such as model- 
 ing in clay and plaster casting, 
 bookbinding and the kindred craft 
 of extra illustration; pyrography, or 
 decorative work in burnt wood; 
 printing, stamping, and embossing; 
 and the construction and use of the 
 stereopticon. 
 
 Harper’s Outdoor Book for 
 Boys. By Adams, J. H. 
 no Illus. Harper. $i.5on. 
 
 The aquarium, pet shelters, windmills, and many 
 other contrivances and other interesting matters near 
 home are first described. Going farther afield, we 
 learn the making of coasters and skees, ice boats and 
 snow cannon, and all that enter into winter sports, 
 as well as the many things which have to do with the 
 varied interests of summer. There is the air, also, 
 with its invitation to kites and aeroplanes. 
 
 Harper’s Machinery Book for Boys. By 
 Adams, J. H. 98 Illus. Harper. $1.5011. 
 
 The author explains in the simplest and most prac- 
 tical way the tools and general outfit which are neces- 
 sary, and 1 the elementary principles, and then shows 
 what the boy can do himself readily and inexpensively. 
 Then there is the planning of simple machinery for 
 working with wood, stone, or concrete, the fitting of 
 machinery for automobiles and motor boats, metal 
 casting, forging, and other fields which reveal avail- 
 able but often unsuspected opportunities. 
 
 FROM “the boy’s BOOK OF MECHANICAL MODELS, BY WILLIAM B. STOUT 
 
 Little, Brown & Co. 
 
BOOKS BOYS 
 
 Jack of All Trades. By Beard, Dan C. 
 Many Illus. Scribner. $i.50n. 
 
 Mr. Beard’s books are all “How to” in the strictest 
 sense, but this one is more varied than any of them. 
 By the simple suggestions offered here any boy can 
 become literally a “Jack of all trades and do any 
 thing almost he cares to do for his own amusement. 
 
 Handicraft for Outdoor Boys. By Beard, 
 Dan C. Illus. Everyboy’s Library . 6oc.n. 
 
 Just about everything a boy wants to make is sug- 
 gested. 'Designs by the author with simple directions. 
 
 Outdoor Handy Book. By Beard, Dan C. 
 Many Illus. Scribner. $i.5on. 
 
 Among other things tells how to make an umbrella 
 canoe and all kinds of kites and stilts, how to build 
 the “get-there” sled and double runners, how to play 
 tipcat, mumbly peg, hockey, Indian games and all 
 kinds of ball games, marbles, etc.— Pittsburgh. 
 
 The American Boys' Handy Book. By 
 Beard, Dan C. Many Illus. Scribner. 
 $1.5011. , .. . 
 
 Tells how to make and do all sorts of things; make 
 kites, boats, fishing tackle, blow-guns, puppets for 
 puppet shows, magic lanterns, masquerade and theatri- 
 cal costumes, paper fireworks, etc. — Pittsburgh. 
 
 Field and Forest Handy Book. By Beard, 
 Dan C. Many Illus. Scribner. $i.5on. 
 
 A book for the benefit of all who are living close 
 to nature in field or forest; a book for men as well 
 as boys. Material arranged according to seasons and 
 illustrated. — Kern. 
 
 Boat-Building and Boating. By Beard, Dan 
 C. Many Illus. Everyboy’s Library. 6oc.n. 
 A book for boys who would like to know how to 
 build craft in which they might navigate the ponds, 
 lakes and streams near their home. What he suggests 
 about boat-building is written in a sound and graphic 
 manner. — B. R. D. 
 
 Shelters, Shacks and Shanties. By Beard, 
 Dan C. 300 Illus. Scribner. $i.25n. 
 
 For more than a generation now, Dan Beard’s books 
 have been both pioneers and unfailing guides. His 
 “Shelters, Shacks and Shanties” with its easily work- 
 able directions, fills a long felt want, and when boys 
 see those more than 300 illustrations by the author, 
 they will hike for the “tall timber” at once to build 
 
 FROM “SHELTERS, SHACKS AND SHANTIES,” 
 BEARD 
 
 The Charles Scribner’s Sons 
 
 by dan c. 
 
 FROM “HARPER'S INDOOR BOOK FOR BOYS, BY J. 
 ADAMS 
 
 Harper & Brothers 
 
 a shanty or a shack, or will build one right in their 
 back yard. 
 
 The Boy Pioneers. By Beard, Dan C. 329 
 pp. Many Illus. Scribner. $i.5pn. 
 
 The best of all the Beard books, telling of innumer- 
 able things for b 9 ys to do and make, and also how to 
 become a Boy Pioneer. 
 
 The Scientific American Boy. By Bond, 
 A. Russell. 338 PP. 3H Ulus. Munn. 
 $2.oon. 
 
 This is a story of outdoor boy life, suggesting 
 a large number of diversions, which, aside from 
 affording entertainment, will stimulate in boys the 
 creative spirit. In each instance complete practical 
 instructions are given for building the various articles. 
 
 The Scientific American. Boy at School. By 
 Bond, A. Russell. 3 *7 PP- 320 Illus. Munn. 
 $2.oon. . _ „ 
 
 Sequel to “The Scientific American Boy. 
 
 Handbook for Boys. Boy Scouts of Amer- 
 ica. 432 pp. Profusely Illustrated. Pa- 
 per, 35c.n. ; Cloth, 6oc.n. 
 
 Official handbook, Boy Scouts of America. Treats 
 of Scoutcraft, woodcraft, campcraft, health, and en- 
 durance, chivalry, patriotism, and good citizenship. 
 Fine reading for any boy, even if he is not a scout 
 member. 
 
 Box Furniture, Etc. By Brigham, L. Many 
 Illus. Century. $i.6on. 
 
 Describes and gives instruction for the making of 
 one hundred useful articles in the home. All these 
 are made out of boxes of one sort or another. the 
 author shows how with simple tools one may fashion 
 music racks, desks, flower stands, footstools, wash 
 stands, etc. 
 
 The Boy Scout's Camp Book. By Cave, Ed- 
 ward. Illus.' from photos. Doubleday. 
 6oc.n. 
 
 .There is no side of the Boy Scout movement which 
 arouses such enthusiasm as camping, and Mr. Cave 
 has told all the interesting things in a way to make 
 one long to test his advice. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 ARCTURUS 
 
 FROM “THE BOOK OF STARS,” »Y A. F. COLLINS 
 
 D. Appleton & Co. 
 
 The Book of Wireless. By Collins, A. F. 
 222 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.oon. 
 
 Very specific, clear directions are given for mak- 
 ing a small wireless outfit, and a long-distance one, 
 with estimated cost of materials, and many helpful 
 diagrams. 
 
 Boys' Book of Model Aeroplanes. By Col- 
 lins, F. A. Many Illus. Century. $i.2on. 
 
 Written for the rapidly increasing army of Amer- 
 ican boys who are not only interested in air ships 
 and aeronautics, but are helping to develop the 
 sport. Numerous photographs and diagrams make 
 clear the author’s complete directions for the build- 
 ing and flying of aeroplane models. There is also 
 the story of the evolution of the flying machine. — 
 B . R. D. 
 
 The Second Boys' Book of Model Aero- 
 planes. By Collins, Francis A. 350 pp. 
 100 Illus. Century. $i.2on. 
 
 A simple, readable, up-to-date account of the lat- 
 est development of aeronautics. 
 
 Harper's Camping and Scouting. By Grin- 
 nell & Swan. 78 Illus. Harper. $i.5on. 
 How to do things oneself is the keynote of this 
 comprehensive book, which shows American boys how 
 to prepare for camping, what they ahould wear and 
 eat and select as outfit, how to choose a camp site, 
 and how to make and put up tents and other shel- 
 ters, how to live in camp and take care of camp, 
 how to cook, fish, handle a canoe, and how to deal 
 with accidents and illness. 
 
 The Boy Craftsman. By Hall, A. N. Many 
 Illus. Lothrop. $i.6on. 
 
 Handicraft for Handy Boys. By Hall, A. N. 
 Many Illus. Lothrop. $2.oon. 
 
 Two admirable books, the second continuing and 
 supplementing the first. Instruction is given as to 
 how to handle tools, equipment of workshop, and how 
 to make things for indoor and outdoor pastimes — 
 anything from cork toys to log cabins. Many sug- 
 gestions as to how to earn money by means of 
 handicraft. 
 
 American Boys' Work Shop. By Kelland, 
 C. B. Editor. Illus. McKay. $i5on. # 
 
 With scores of diagrams, boys will find in this 
 book the many things they care to make at the dif- 
 ferent seasons of the year. 
 
 Harper's Beginning Electricity. By Shafer, 
 D. C. 96 Illus. Harper. $i.oon. 
 
 It is an introduction to electricity, written simply 
 to show boys how the wonderful force may be looked 
 upon as a friend, and even a playmate. It has been 
 carefully planned to avoid the difficulties so often 
 met with in scientific books for young readers, and 
 is direct and convenient in its application. Obvi- 
 ously the best way to learn about electricity is to 
 do something with it in addition to reading about 
 it. Therefore, the doing has been emphasized, and 
 simple explanations are given for experiments and 
 devices which every boy will love to make. 
 
 Harper's Wireless Book. By Verrill, A. H. 
 61 Illus. Harper. $i.oon. 
 
 In this book for younger readers are explained the 
 principles, operation, and construction of wireless 
 transmission in the simplest and clearest way. Mys- 
 terious as wireless may seem, yet in reality it is a 
 very simple matter, easy of explanation, and so 
 readily understood that boys can build, and have 
 built and equipped, serviceable wireless stations. 
 The author’s object is to show boys what to do and 
 how to do it in the lines of wireless telegraphy, 
 telephony, and power transmission. Part I, deals 
 with Principles and Mechanism of Wireless; Part II, 
 Operation and Use of Wireless; Part III, Wireless 
 Telephony; Part IV, Wireless Power Transmission. 
 
 The Gasoline Engine Book. By Verrill, 
 
 A. H. 220 Illus. Harper. $i.oon. 
 
 This book tells you how the engine is made, how 
 to use it at home, in boats, autos and motorcycles; 
 and how to keep it in order. 
 
 Harper's Aircraft Book. By Verrill, A. H. 
 Many Illus. Harper. $i.oon. 
 
 “Why the Aeroplane Flies,” “Model Aeroplanes,” 
 “Gliders or Non-propelled Aeroplanes,” “Various 
 Types of Aeroplanes,” “Hydroaeroplanes and Flying 
 Boats” and “The Uses of the Aeroplanes” are the 
 several subj’ect divisions of this volume. For the 
 boys who want to know all about such things, 
 simply and accurately told, here’s a store-house 
 of information. 
 
 The Book of the Motor Boat. By Verrill, 
 A. H. 200 pp. Illus. Appleton. $i.oon. 
 
 Describes clearly for the amateur or older boy the 
 development of the motor boat, the hull, accesories 
 and fittings, heart of the boat, motor accessories, 
 selecting and installing the motor, running and 
 caring for the boat; gives don’ts for the user; and 
 tabulates motor troubles and their remedies. 
 
 The Amateur Carpenter. By Verrill, A. H. 
 254 PP- Illus. Dodd. $1.2511. 
 
 For the amateur, especially the boy, gives in- 
 structions on tools ana their care, and then fur- 
 nishes directions, supplemented with illustrations, 
 on how to build many things from the work bench 
 and the fittings for the workshop to small buildings. 
 
 The Boys' Outdoor Vacation Book. By 
 Verrill, A. H. 321 pp. Illus. Dodd. 
 $1.2511. 
 
 Intended to show boys how to enjoy their vaca- 
 tions, both summer and winter. Gives most attention 
 to camping and campmaking, but includes informa- 
 tion on woodcraft, on meeting emergencies, savage 
 weapons and how to make them, trapping, tanning 
 hides, swimming, sailing on land and water, and 
 making various playthings for the winter sports. 
 
 How To Make Baskets. By White, Mary. 
 194 pp. 67 Illus. Doubleday. $1.10. 
 
 A practical handbook of materials, implements, pat- 
 terns and weaving. 
 
 The Boy Mechanic. Vol. 1. 480 pp. 800 
 
 Illus. Pub. by the Popular Mechanics Co. 
 $1.50 ea. 
 
 Contains 700 things for boys to do. All the 
 things described have actually been built or experi- 
 mented with by boys. 
 
 Vol. II. 480 pp. 995 Illus. 
 
 Like the companion volume (though none of the 
 same things are given). Devices for winter sports, 
 motion picture camera, indoor games, reed furniture, 
 electrical novelties, boats, fishing rods, camps and 
 camp appliances, kites and gliders, pushmobiles, 
 roller coaster, etc. 
 
BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 3i 
 
 Some Books for Boys Published in 1916 
 
 The books listed in the previous pages were approved because they have been proved, 
 the selections being based upon reports received from scores of libraries and leading book- 
 stores, representing every part of the country. Until books published in 1916 have been 
 approved the same way, they will not be incorporated in the list, BOOKS BOYS LIKE 
 BEST. The boys’ books of the present year vary in quality not a little but all those listed 
 here possess sufficient merit to warrant both announcement of publication and considera- 
 tion as possible additions when the list, BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST, is next revised. 
 
 ADVENTURE STORIES 
 
 Left Guard Gilbert, By Barbour, R. H. Dodd, 
 Mead Sr Co. $1.2511. 
 
 Quest of the Golden Valley. By Browne, Bel- 
 more. G. P. Putnam’s Sons. $i.25n. 
 Struggling Upward. By Dowling, Sherwood. D. 
 Appleton Sr Co. $i.oon. 
 
 Billy Topsail, M.D. By Duncan, Norman. F. H. 
 Revell Co. $i.25n. 
 
 T. Haviland Hicks, Senior. By Elderdice, J. R. 
 
 D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.25n. 
 
 Warpath and Hunting Trail. By Gregor, Elmer. 
 Harper Sr Bros. 6oc.n. 
 
 Phillip Kent of the Lower School. By Hare, 
 Truxton. Penn Publishing Co. $ 1.25m 
 Captain Fair and Square. By Heyliger, W. D. 
 Appleton Sr Co. $i.25n. 
 
 The Lure of the Black Hills. By Lange, D. 
 
 Lothrop, Lee Sr Shepard Co. $i.oon. 
 
 Safety First Club. By Nichols, W. T. Penn Pub- 
 lishing Co. $i.oon. 
 
 The Fullback. By Perry, Lawrence. Illus. Chas. 
 Scribner’s Sons. $ 1.25m 
 
 The Human Boy and the War. By Philpotts, 
 Eden. The Macmillan Co. $i.25n. 
 
 Iceboat Number One. By Quirk, Leslie W. Little, 
 Brown Sr Co. $i.25n. 
 
 The Boy Settler. By Si-abin, E. L. T. Y. Crowell 
 Co. $i.oon. 
 
 Apauk, Caller of Buffalo. By Schultz, J. W. 
 
 Houghton Mifflin Co. $i.25n. 
 
 Making Good in the Village. By Stoddard, W. O. 
 
 Jr. D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.35n. 
 
 The Strange Gray Canoe. By Tomlinson, Paul G. 
 
 Charles Scribner’s Sons. $ 1.25m 
 
 Gibby of Clamshell Alley. By Van Dresser, J. S. 
 
 Dodd, Mead Sr Co. $i.35n. 
 
 Marooned in the Forest. By Verrill, A. H. Har- 
 per Sr Bros. $ 1.25m 
 
 Bobby of the Labrador. By Wallace, Dillon. A. C. 
 McClurg Sr Co. $i.25n. 
 
 HISTORICAL FICTION 
 
 The Tree of Appomattox. By Altsheler, Joseph A. 
 
 D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.3on. 
 
 Keepers of the Trail. By Altsheler, Joseph A. 
 
 D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.35n. 
 
 Hunters of the Hills. By Altsheler, Joseph A. 
 
 D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.35n. 
 
 Banner of the White Horse. By Case, C. M. 
 
 Charles Scribner’s Sons. $i.oon. 
 
 Camp Fire and Trail. By Ford, R. Clyde. Rand, 
 McNally Sr Co. $i.oon. 
 
 Tom Strong, Third. By Mason, A. B. Henry Holt 
 Sr Co. $1,300. 
 
 With Sam Houston in Texas. By Sabin, E. L. 
 
 J. B. Lippincott Co. $i.25n. 
 
 Black Arrow. By Stevenson, R. L. Charles Scrib- 
 ner’s Sons. $2. 25m 
 
 Trail of the Mohawk Chief. By Tomlinson, E. T. 
 
 D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.3on. 
 
 Scouting With Kit Carson. By Tomlinson, E. T. 
 Doubleday, Page Sr Co. $ 1.25m 
 
 Blackbeard’s Island. By Holland, Rupert S. J. B. 
 
 Lippincott Sr Co. $ 1.25m 
 Drake of Troop One. By Hornabrook, Isabelle. 
 
 Little, Brown Sr Co. $i.25n. > 
 
 Norfolk Boy Scouts. By Jenkins, Marshall. D. 
 
 Appleton Sr Co. $i.35n. 
 
 Boy Scout's Year Book. By McGuire, W. P. & 
 Mathiews, F. K. D. Appleton & Co. $i.son. 
 Billy Burns of Troop 5- By Thurston, Ida T. 
 F. H. Revell Co. $i.oon. 
 
 BOOKS OF INFORMATION 
 Fiction Stories 
 
 On the Battle Front of Engineering. By Bond, 
 A. R. Century Co. $i.3on. 
 
 Book of Pirates. By Gilbert, Henry. T. Y. Crowell 
 Co. $i.5on. 
 
 The Boy With the U. S. Mail. By Rolt-Wheeler, 
 F. Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. $1,500. 
 
 The Monster Hunters. By Rolt-Wheeler, F. 
 
 Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. $i.son. 
 
 Wild Animal Ways. By Seton, E. T. Doubleday, 
 Page Sr Co. $i.5on. 
 
 Jungle Chums. By Verrill, A. H. Henry Holt Sr 
 Co. $i.3Sn. 
 
 BOOKS OF INFORMATION 
 
 Fact Stories 
 
 Story of Our Navy for Young Americans. By 
 Abbott, Willis J. Dodd, Mead & Co. $2. 00m 
 The Boys' Prescott. By Banks, H. W. F . A. 
 Stokes Co. $2.oon. 
 
 Boyhood Stories of Famous Men. By Cather, 
 Katherine D. Century Co. $i.25n. . 
 
 The Travels of Birds. By Chapman, Frank M. 
 
 Illus. D. Appleton & Co. 40c. n. 
 
 The Camera Man. By Collins, F. A. Century Co. 
 $i.3on. 
 
 Boy's Book of Firemen. By Crump, Irving. Dodd, 
 Mead Sr Co. $i.2sn. 
 
 Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Henry 
 Holt Co. $2.oon. 
 
 Israel Putnam. By Hasbrouck, Louise S. D. Ap 
 pleton Sr Co. $i.35n. . 
 
 Historic Events of Colonial Times. By Hollan 
 Rupert S. Jacobs Sr Co. $1.50. 
 
 Deeds of Doing and Daring. By Johnston, W. A, 
 W. A. Wilde Co. $ 1.25m 
 Heroes of the Great War. By Leask, G. A. T.Y. 
 
 Crowell Co. $i.5on. 
 
 The Boys' Book of Hunting and Fishing. By 
 Miller, Warren Hastings. George Doran Co. 
 $i.25n. 
 
 Book of Forestry. By Moon, Prof. Franklin. D. 
 Appleton & Co. $i.75n- 
 
 Boy's Life of Mark Twain. By Paine, Albert B. 
 Harper Sr Bros. $i.25n. 
 
 The Boy's Book of Famous Warships. By Stevens, 
 Wm. O. R. M. McBride & Co. $i.6on. 
 
 Bird Friends. By Trafton, Gilbert H. Houghton 
 Mifflin Co. $2.oon. 
 
 Youno People’s Story of Massachusetts. By 
 Williams, Herschel. Dodd, Mead & Co. $i.25n. 
 
 ry 
 
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 STORIES OF BOY SCOUTS 
 
 The Boy Scout Crusoes. By Burrett, Edwin C. 
 
 F. H. Revell Co. $i.25n. 
 
 Peanut-Cub Reporter. By Eaton, W. P. W. A. 
 Wilde Co. $i.oon. 
 
 Don Strong of the Wolf Patrol. By Heyliger, W. 
 D. Appleton Sr Co. $i.ssn. 
 
 WHAT AND HOW TO DO BOOKS 
 
 Book of Electricity. By Collins, A. F. D. Apple- 
 ton Sr Co. $i.oojm 
 
 Carpentry and Woodwork. By Foster, Prof. Edwin 
 W. Doubleday, Page & Co. $i.oon. 
 
 Boy's Book of Mechanical Models. By Stout, Wm. 
 B. Little, Brown Sr Co. $1.50*. 
 
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 BOOKS BOYS LIKE BEST 
 
 A BOY SHOULD READ THIS 
 MAGAZINE— AND HE WILL 
 
 T HE men of the Boy Scout 
 Movement who have demon- 
 strated that it is possible to 
 enlist the whole-hearted interest 
 and enthusiasm of boys in activi- 
 ties that are constructive, early 
 recognized the fact that READING 
 is one of the most powerful influ- 
 ences in boy life. From the begin- 
 ning, therefore, the Movement has 
 made an effort to provide scouts, 
 and all boys, with the right kind of 
 reading. 
 
 One of the most important steps 
 in the development of this reading 
 program was the establishment of 
 a magazine for the boys — BOYS’ 
 LIFE, THE BOY SCOUTS’ 
 MAGAZINE. This monthly has 
 been developed on the same prin- 
 ciple that has made the Boy Scout 
 Movement such a big success. 
 BOYS’ LIFE is the property of the Boy Scout Movement and it is pub- 
 lished under the direction of the Editorial Board of the National Council. 
 Everything in it is strictly censored. This censorship eliminates only the 
 harmful material ; all of the excitement that boy readers demand is retained, 
 and the full power of thrilling fiction is turned to good account. 
 
 BOYS’ LIFE has the advantage of the good will of the Boy Scout 
 Movement itself, and scores of prominent and influential men contribute 
 ' articles and stories because of their interests in the welfare of the boys of the 
 i country. This good will has enabled the Boy Scout Movement to develop a 
 magazine which is unique. 
 
 BOYS’ LIFE is as different from any other magazine as the Boy Scout 
 Movement is different from any other organization for boys. 
 
 BOYS’ LIFE has met a real need in the magazine field and that is the 
 reason its circulation has trebled during the past year. Like the Boy Scout 
 Movement itself BOYS’ LIFE does the boy an infinite amount of good and 
 makes him supremely happy while the good is being done. 
 
 A sample copy and any other information desired Will be sent without cost, upon application to : 
 
 THE BOY SCOOTS* MAGAZ INE 
 
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 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, 200 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK CITY