Its standards
are good and its tone healthy and sound. There are descriptions of a
cross-country race, a foot-ball game, a base-ball match, and
interscholastic track athletics. Lads, however, enjoy the writings of
this author to such an extent that many, doubtless, read them to (p. 190)
the exclusion of more worthy books.
BARBOUR, R.H.
Four in Camp.
Appleton. 1.50
The compiler of this List believes that young people as well as old
occasionally wish for light literature. This story of vacation days
spent in a summer camp for boys in the New Hampshire woods is
pleasantly diverting. Its standards make for self-control, courage,
honesty, and good-fellowship.
CHURCH, A.J.
A Young Macedonian in the Army of Alexander the Great.
Putnam. 1.25
Young folks of today will like to read of the lad who took part in the
great struggle between Macedonia and Persia. Alexander's visit to
Jerusalem, recorded by Josephus, is related, and mention is made of
Demosthenes and Diogenes.
COOPER, J.F.
The Pilot.
Houghton. 1.00
From the boy's point of view, any legitimate need for concealment
gives an added charm to a narrative, and this account of the secret
expedition of John Paul Jones to the English coast is no exception.
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