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A.Eyatt YerrllL.?his Javenlle story has to d.o witb three youngsters in YenerueLa,
Fretl, Rob an& Ion, Irlsh, Amerlcaa ar(t $coteh. Ihey are prtmed fm atlven-
ture, antl in the eountry ssath sf Caracas discover & group sf Eed a,nit Sete
aatl others taLklng of sbootiug up tho Pal-ace where the ?residlelrt l-lyes.lhe boys pLan to outwlt the band.its, eril ia the en([ are ou.twittedt. tbemsolvos
aad. thrown into prisor. trbom here they are Iod. bl-1nfl-fo1d.edtr. ts safety by aa
oltl semant $am, &at[ chauffeur.
?hey eall. ea the Sresld.ent, anel are lnvited. to his banquet. ?he out*eotso of the whol,e story ls tbat tbey baye buttefl iato a eiaematograpb cou-
psny taklag piettrres of the Palaee for use ia a story. She boys g€t iate tbepigtaro. ?b3 Laugh by thet fathers is, hmever, rrIIoB them. ?hey have baeawatchec[.
I casnot believs moflera boys piLl be thrillefl by this taue affalr. ftis aLI taLh, oe aetLsn. The $&n€ ol-d trieks usedl. ln othor tal-es are empS.oyeel
here. Thsre is ao taet, ao virlllty, no rtlgnity to ths boys. AlL ls exposl-tioa, exposttory eowersatioa anrit eteseriptioa to a fanlt. ?be reactiag Ifsead. paiafuS-. $onethiag effeninata, something flabby flenatureil tbe whsle
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If I woro a boy la rqy carLy 'toouel I ghoakl. ecrtetuly eoaecal thls story ntthtn
tbc pagee of ry gcography lu ordcr to wastc ao ttao ia fintahtug tt. !'or tlut pattor;
tt has a eertatn gnouut of, gcographleal, c{aeattoasl.val.ua aa rclL aa btl.tug an crelt*
tng ad.veaturc talcr for lt takca plaec tu Yenezaela aad tnelud.ce a. rcry good pteturc
of the laud aud i.tfc of that eouatry.
*l uto* opcus su boardl a Uultatt Statcs dcetroycr shteh ts naking for ths ooast
of Youcsuala. Au .Lmarteau boyr 3fed. Eil,aoa, a $eeteh ladr Eob &e Cregorl Mr. Wtlsoa,
thc fatlrer of osc and 6ue.rdtaa, of tn$tfrar r o BGiontlgt frlcad. aad OSEara, aa lrlah-I
YencsualaEl duc to tho eagaotty afdtboulage of thc boys havc becu rcseacit aftcr t}rrlll-1ug advcaturot from au lelaadl tnh^abltcd t5r oauatbaltette In0taas, and aro.on thcir
ray to nakc goodl tho boy'a clatn to a ptac acar Panaoa. 0n, rcaehlag tbe laad, thcy go
by trata ovar thc muntataE to thc etsr of Cerr&eag. EhcrG, thtla thc aon of tbc party
ero looklag tato buatncse mettora, thc boye 60 eut ouc dark adgbt 1n geareh of adven-
turc wlth au Engltah boy, }on Eaucrsft Gose fat'har ts trylng ts gpt a eoaeGsstoa for
a mlac tn Srel&pa. In a cou.ntr5r tuul thcy ovarhsar a eorfl.vorsattoa bofirocu tro mea
whteh Bcems to lndteatc tbat a plot tc on foot agatast the Frcsldcut of thc Republle.
Frsn t ho taakccpcr thcg ftad. out tha p1aee in rlhleh the plotters 1ive. Ehcn fol1or
rll.d. nlgbta rhou the boye pcreb ou e 1or ltpb of e Eleago trca otrtetda a ltghta0 rtn-
do$ of the plottor's nhaetcud.air aod bcar firther detalls sf thc schmc. EhG plottcrs
&16 a strango colleottou of apparcnt dsrc dcvtls whose ryotcrtoaa romar.lrs alont bor
cvorythtag iE to bc Ln readtnear tVrtlc ZOthr ptout hov at seeb a momeut thcy. arc toT
ehoot thc $rcatd.cut r about eopytng-cractly thc uslformg of !&c guardg cte. atrtkc
rpprcheasloa tuto thc haarts sf the threc pLucgr boya ln tho trea. Ehcy tnl1 tbc rov-
olatloatgts about the etty W day' taklag anaSrahots of then and Lleteulag to lcraBr
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of thcrr convcrsatron. Frnald';3""htfuHflH:*'*l9t?r?vc ovcracarll that tl.e rc6t of
thc plottera a.no to be thcrcr whtlc tbc boya arc ratehlag fron thctr eaugo trccr
hoplng to gathcr ftnal cvtdcuoc to taks to thc Pre aidcutr the br&uob brcakst Aey
sragh to thc grouud.' arc dlacovclgdr bouud and tuprisogcd ln a rintlorlcs3 room.
lfter futllc cffortg to eeeapc, thc toyr ar$qystertoualy rcscuad lu thc dcad ofI
ntght by onc of tJrc fiollco consptratora ad. ruabcG back to tbc e tty lu a notor. fhc
nort day t-hcy go to thc Iraeldcat's Pelaoc and. rern hta of ble clanger. Et! luvltca
thca to dtac rlth hln thc fo11or1u6 eveatug.Iu thc rcantirrc tJre boyo go to ao crott-
1ag buII ftght wherc to thclr erurtrrrtac thoy scc tto of the plottcra wlrom thcy arppos-
cd had. loug elnoc takcn fLlght. lbo ucrt cvcolag thc boya are whtrled aray to thc
Prcgld.cut's Palacc r to thoir aetontgbncut not thc one lu the clty but an eract rep-
l1sa of tt tn thc osuutrtrro fhcy arc ooagilctcly dumfouailcd shsn on eatcrtng thc baa-
qact haIl th6y s.a thc gang of plotterg gtttlag at tablc rl tb thc Presldaat, EhcE
al.L te ifueiaptca.Thcrc ra,B no d.ccp-dyeil plot agetugt the govcrEmsnt. tthc mcn auppoa-
ca B{tAc boye to }c plottcre rcrc only ocrbcrg of a novlug ptcturc eoqpany tho tcrc
pLaautng a b16 ftln of a nakc-bcll.cvc rcvolutlon rlth thc oouecat aud, a10 of tJrc
Prceidcnt. llbe lattcr rerard.r thc boya rith tJre ncdal of Soltyar for thalr bravc
aptrlt tn hta bchat.fl the oonocastou te gtvcn to Doueldta fethcr| aad aftcr tcklug
prart lu tha aotual Eovtc - ea onltghtcntug and. amu.alag c4rarlcooc - the boya eud tbc
rcct of thc party lcavc il th Dou to tuvcgtlgBtd hto fathcr's nlac la Outara.
?btc le au catcrtatntng aud gooct atory. ?hc avcutr rceouatcd as leadlag qp to
tt couoal uc1l.-elgh lrtrroratblcr btrt hcrc thc author doca not overstcp the bouud.e of
rhat mtght havc happcacd., crecpt tu a al.tght cxe.ggcretlon of, tbc aoblllty thc boye
Bssumc tn the egcs of tirc Preetd,cut. Fortunately the boya arc uotrc ef thcn "IlttlcRotlosn of srrycrhumau atrcngtih aud rtadon, but uetulal ' Jo11y 3oy Soouta. {hclr
eouvcraatlon 1a tlrc oolloguiallsms of thctr rcrpcottvc natlve lauda la amustugrae tc
aLso that of 0lgare vho turug outr by thc sayr to bc tu on the Jokc rtrlch the novtug
pleture plotters playcdl ou thc boya. llrc att{c of the story te atrp}c,aad at f trstgccncd that of an a}mst tmneture peroourbut tt trprovor a.E tbe ctory pcr onr and
the desorlpttoas of the trtp ovcr tlre mouataiur, of the Yenazuolau couutryr pcoplo
ad otty arc ro11 doac and eolorfhlr ftc story has the d,csortpttvc advaatagca of
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Thts otory , a eequol to "llhe Eratl of the ltblte InalauBrhotres snlftly froone lnprsbabllc eplsod.e to another .llhe aetlon scours 1n Teaccu.ela antl
the tlaserlptlons of the coaet ancl the mouutaln elty whera the seenec
a,re Lattl. are thc best part of tho book. fhe boy heroes, Eng]lsh, Seotch
ancl Araerlean , overvrort a few ehareeteristle pb:rases of eaeh nattonalltyts At$ttagur.sh tholr blrthrights whloh Ls very tlrcsolne to tbe rcadcrafter the flrst few Bagas. they baw freedom fom parentaL interfereneeanil msnoy to aquan0er to an extent that le sb.oeklng even to aa Anerieaa
rca(lcl and thcLr aflventureg are absolutaly beyoa6. tbe poeslbtS.tty efTOBSOB '
Ihcrc ere many boye, however, who woultl be thrtlled by the storybut !.t vergcs too el,oee1y f,e the typc of obccp fletlos for young pople ,
to be roeom'lendcil for the f,tsntty of the'&rtton imprlnt.Ehls report le aot baseil. uBon a therongh rcedlng but npon a
hcetle aaareb for somethlng tlat would. Ltft the story to the level, oflta predleecssorl whlch lt cloes not roaebr
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January 10, 1920.
on $OBfIffiI{ A1$ EAStffi.N StrrE *JffiICd,
By 3. Satt YerriLl
?art I.Slorthern and. Eastera Scmth Arnerica
fhis bookr. Sart I, contains 443 pages, besides 6 pages of fable of Coatents.
0f tirc 444 pages, 5 are ddvotod to Intrroduetionn 10 to e g'eflera1 history'ofEou.th Arnevls*" 0f the renaiaing 427 pages, 2i* are devoted. to the book prop€raad. 205 t0 what ls termed aa appen&ix.
0f the 324 pages d.ivided. iato 8 chapters, each concerniag a singLe corr:rtry,?anam (Cirap. IIi has 4E pages, CoLeubia (rrr1 J.z pages, yeaesuei.a tly) 55, BritiehSriara (y) ZS p&gBsr &rteh &riaaa (vI) 7, Freach frrisna (TII) ?, 3razi1 (V:ffl 45,
Ehe appe::dlx of 203 pagps fol1ows, situilarly in chapters but in differeatorder.
Chapter IX BraziL l? pages; X Col.opebia E;. XI Srttieh Gu.iara 9; XII Dutch&riaaa 4 pages; XIII Ereach &riana 2; SIT Panana L55 pages; XY YeaefircIa 8.
tir'*s of ths 4*? pagos on the various cou:rtries Panqme hae nearly hslf, --L9?, British &rlana 84, BrazLl 60, Yeneruela 43., eolonibie 25.
The d.iscrepancy i:r tlre amou:rt of space givea to ti:e various countries, notaocord.iag tb tAeir slze or irportaaco, is obvioirsly d.qe to the fact (gI.eaned. fromr?hots fllo?) tAat i;he author has speat mrch tire in Penann aad British $ulana and. veryLit'dle in tho ot@r conntrles , probabLy a hasty visit to the eoastal sections. Inote also that some of the paper is statioaery head.od. ttEhe Teragu.as S5nrd.icate Lini.ted.'r,A. qyatt YerrilL a }i:ector, whioh per&a6rs hes influenced the arsuat of spaee givento ?anam.
\ tlre sorlc contains many exbravagent stater?ontsr soae abeolutely false. The sathorhbs. 6ood d.escriptivo ability and. a 1arge eoireaad. of adjectives, but earrie it to aaextrEne. &i^rty deseriptions are interestiag bat oftea too d.etailed. beeoldng tiresome.Himilar sc€rres in d.ifferent plaees are deecribed. vith simllar phraseolosy arr.d tipreare alsg many repetitione of precise statereats.
Ignoranee of An'eylsans suitably aotiead. but enlarged. upon i;o oxeess. PagB 1.Few realize -- Sti1l less do we realize -- Sow rnany realir,e -* siniS.ari.y elsewhere.
Says tt$'iagara is a ni11-d.am &esid.e fg,raad FalLs.n tr}en I saw Ig. it had. aothalf ae mch seter as Siagara, a tstrffaLo man said. aot one thid. fguass{ varj.esgreatly havirg pore than Siagara at tlmes. nBrazil 1argest :rrbber producing lad iau:eiverselH aot Jtrst now. Bio d.e Janeirs ttthe frpest city in the world?n
Jt-For style read. page 3.6.
El:ere ie mlch in'ueresting inforration alout ?eaam etrtsid.e the Canal Zorre, pages16-5?, es to eountry, people, fauaa, and. fIora.
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$eEcriptlon of d.iversifled. CoLonbia soanty, confined. to Bogotd, Santa Tf,arta,Barang*l11a, Sed.ellln, and Cauga vaL1ey. pp. 5B-?4. Description of Sogrta mrchmore gl.owing than is usually given by travelors.
pp. ?5-10? d.oserlbe Caraeaso tho ports of Yeaezuela, inoLud"iu.g P. 3oJ.ivar,arrl tire Crinoco eoultry, aleo the asphaLt Iake, Bermrd.ez, Ecenely aad people. 'fheLatter ere said. ts be trlarger, stroager, braver, m.ore intelligeat thaa roaay ofthoir aeighbors.'f &hy be eo. i{ever heard. it before. fhe mountaiu or Andean etatesruhere this migirt be expected. are ignored.*
pp. 108-182. Strch iaterestlng informatioa aboui Brii;ish r,iriana as to towrxs,prople, a:ed. back eormtry d.eser.iption of ind"ustries, of far::ea and. fLora, travel oarivers, 'bhrouglr forestsn Izrdian life and circtoms as tel1 as tirat in tenv:rs. llivid.d.escriptioa givan of ttKautuerk Falls* whieh o:l page t he declares is rtthe world'sgreatest cataraettf 'kirich five l{iageras, one above the other, woald. i:arely'equa1 iaheight;tr awe-inspiring, subllirc, overrrhelm:ing, terrifyiag, stu$,eadous, titanlc,nrarvelLous, re,gnificent, etc. ete, are scins of the ad.jectives used, but ao.fislrres'aot dven a g:usss as to ti:e wid.th, heigfrt, or volume of water 6aYe once i'a thotrsaadfeet below.m I should. not feel inclined. to tdce his worcl for it. 3&rchabout forest,agriculture, ard miulng, labor, c1l,mato, mixed. popul.atioar etc.
185-L89, Iutch Guiaaa, d.escrlption, shiefly of Para:narlbo and the nixed. ?op.
L90-1"96, Frensh Suiana, ciriefly i:.istorical and" as ponal coloay', t'ind.elibleblot on eoatii,:reat.n
19?-459, SraziL rt0olossue of zhe Southtr -- Para, elaborate &oscription ofru.bber industry. Fernamlnroo and 3ahla, exteitd.ed descriptioa of &io tie ianelro,Eooci, three pages on d.iaraond. trining, Santss ar:d u. 3au1o, &. Grande d.o SuL aaf,Sorto l{egra, Loag account of preparatioa of 5rerba raete ard its use, method.s oftravel, scosric'attractioas, igtrassu Fall-s wiLiclr he generally speIls iguaai, the Ar-geatiae spe3.1ing. Bhis l:e eoafases with tlre Sete Queclas wirich he says, page 250, ttare
Irirero Argentiaa, ParaguaJn alri Erazil join ana i;he lguasstr acLd.s its volurne to tjreParand." page 23L -- Parand and iguass{ mixed.. Probably hfu-uever was there.
ApStend.ix pp. 340-442.
Braz,lL iz40-256. Area, frryslcaf Characteristics, 11 1laes, CLimate, HistozSr,Sovercment, A:my and. llavyn Sost 0ffieEs, F.ailwafsl sto. SducatLon, F"esources and.trad.ustries, inclrrd.iag four page list of raiaerals and preeions stoiles and wherefourd.. List of cities aad. towns. Iescription repeated- of Eio and. other cltiesltransportation, ianguage, aad. Curreney.
CsLombia 257 -264.,?uii;e s imilar" Syracuse UniversitY LibrarY
Sritish Guiara, 265-279. Dutch 6. 2'{4-2T7. trreaeh 278-9. lfore cr lessimilar. Elaborate list of flora and farua of Sritish G. 268-9.
t,Fanama, 2gA-434. Area, cl.lrafe, history, proviaces aad. cities, ed.ucation,
oofiuBrce, eastorns, carrleacy, rnantzfactr:res in brief.
S,eeources -- IIineral -- Discussion, iristorical, €Bologieal characteristice,attitude of gov't, f.ist of minerals ancl prnecious stoaes, it4 pagpgr forest
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resourees vrith list of trees and produets, with posaibillties, 1? pagpe, agriculhlrqlprodgcts and possibilltiee 40 pagpe, cattle raising and. other aaimals 58 pagEs.Iryrortant faetors ia d.evelopn'snt 85 pages, elia:ate, J.abor, health; etc. Yery good'
for one d.isposed. to ongage in business ar:d. iavest eapital.
Venezrrela, B p€les, similar to Colonbia.
. As to the work as a whole, some of lt is selL written bat :naay seotloas containrrume'rou$ and. astouishiag eryors, gramraaticaL and. rhetorieal, very remaricable for a
roan iriro has writtea so nany book as well as fo:'periodieaS.s. &iistakes i::ore frrg-gueat tlian in ord.iuary artiales in I[. Y. Tiaee. there ie oftea a coaglomeratioa inJ single eeaterco of Lhusos and. phrases with.poor grarmratical constrrrctlan and withno conaection in thought. Relative pronouuls { [whis;''n ] are continuatly preceded byrrad.,ri and. sometimes whon immetLiately fo3.3.owiag tlre antecedeat' a coluHDn error iattlese days, but aever before seen in such profirsion'
the spelLiiLg is oftea wrong, rnany ttrrpographical errors, oftea eeveral on apag€r but -ehe sani roistake is so-often-repeated as to shovr bad. spelling in rcany c&s€g.
Ehe pnnc'tuatioa is atroeioir.s. Apparently he has an idea that 't4adn should ueYer
be preceded. by cgwra or senieolOa, siailarly the cOnfunctiga *f6r.n
very many slrould. be, as Sosot{ :guassr(,€g fauLo must be so Rrittea.
Colembia is spe11ed. wrong aLl'throlrehs Cslr:nbie'
p. 6. Ehe ?e$lviaa pes.ple vrere not Incas bUt of varlous triles. Solom-ola has
tribes speaki::g 1O0 riiffeffinggsg€Sr t'ArucuaniatlsE is pretty tad..
p. g. foo E'g1eh ered.it givea Sofivar which shouLd. have aeeent, San Martinigrrored..
p. 15. Argeatfu:a declared. ind.epend.ence ia 1"8L6 aot L910. San trfartin not inBuenos Airos ia i8L0 arrived from Erurgpe ia L8L2. fuanish authority la €hile notovertlro$n ln L810 but in 1817-18*
/p. 14. Bolivar was first Presid.ent of Bolivia ic L825, *acre L825'.
p. 19. Cristobal spellecl" Shris and oftea p. 20 azfr. 22. An:ra shouLtl be Ana.
6(p. ZZ. "qreor craft hoLLowed. from J.ogn and" hrovar as bor:gos and" vrhich
"or.gr*i*te'r-- a style of constraction used a hanrired' tinres.
p. 27, nli; is a mountaiaous lslanc sparseS"y wood-ecl
vi11a€B and about 1ts only ind.ustry is pineapple raisirrg.'rtims hitched. oa by ttazxltt which "*T be separaie.
Practieall4 no aeEeats are used- andCardpaao, &3ed.eL1l'n, and. @zry, tnany more.
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and. with a 't-irty nativeInuumerable cla'trseg
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p. 5?.' r$caree rod indietinguishableil searce for scarcely'many tlmes.
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By A. Hyatt VerrllL. l4{fiI read portions of this book slth a greet deal of interest -p*rt of my inlerest being due to the faet that Iihave rather
recentJ.y visited many o f the lslands deecribed by the author,and part tc the occa.sional rneally excetlent descriptions andhistorical feste lsrilich go to malre up the volr&re.
fhe author teIls that his purpose in writing this book isto destro;r erroneo i:,e ldeas of the West lndies and to pOintout lheir attr*ctj.ons. Ehere ie no doubt that this book hasrnany good points. 1t i s firl I of iuagination, picture sew, thooccasionally flowery, descripti ons, interesting facte, bothhistorical and relatlng to the comnrercial or industrlalactivities of the natiyes. Among the best i may mentlonthe acco i.arts o1' Sant,a, QrJZ, lfevi s, Saba, $ontEerrat, $omenic*.,Barbados and San Ihmingo and Ha.iti. Han]. of the ot,hers, hcwerrer,lack graphic, indldual det&.i.le. The autlior &.oses;tatei-effgcts byfreguent repetltioB,eyen uslng whoLe phrases whlch are allkein deccribiag tho dlfferent islands. Thus also, he losee thefu11va1 tp of his details by putting in too many, as well asby maJring them eff usive and ratkrer pretentiotrs at ttmes.0f course it 1e inevitable that in a series of essays somewill be better than others, "bul ifi seeme to me that several oftlrese articles stand o ut very prominently from araong a goodHany tather sitxilar s,nd mgraphlc sketchee. For exa,mple,Barbados, theughtperha,ps a trj.fle 1ong, hag interesting livgnativee, bits of inforr:ation about the various polnts of tn-tereet being given in a, hr"morous vein. It seems to me wr-fortunate that the author did not ad.opt this policy through-out tne book, instead of only in sBotg. th.e travelg Trouldmake far better read.ing and imprees themselves rvith morevlvidness upon the le*der if the author told about the ielandsmore casually, more personally,"givtnbgi more interesting ln-cidents cf travel;and Lese description. As the arthor him-.' self eays, no one carr sonvey an ad.equa*-e lmpresslon cf thesewonderf ul islands by attemptlng to describe thern, and if ,instead of pi ling aaSecti vi rf*on ad jecti ve , sixsi ie upon slmileoften excellent in th.emselves, b,rt lostng porrer and becomingtedious from tl$*r- s{i;erlative repetitions - if more $ere1ef t raneaid and wordslof *hprhi.ghest degree of, pralse usedless 1anishly, it aeems t,o se that rhe tBlinde woirld becomeat once $ore real and more picti:reeq,Je to the reader ipho hasnever Eeen thern. Syracuse Universiry i-ibrrarl
rn reading the varlous sketchas r was Etruck with a dif-ference not only in degree of interest, but in tire impressionwhich r got from the best ones that th; euthor had actuall;,rbeen the:'e, end from the others that ha had read ebout theplaces. thi s does not &ean, of cq urse, thet it i s not en-!1"-u-rv proable that the xuthor has'visiied, them a1l. Thediffe'rneee lt makes to tl" read.ertwrreiu"" hc has or nct islegrible''- but the autho! eho',:1d. na.ke his plaees and hiE netiveslive for the read.er, whether he has actually coae in cantactwith thera or not - otherlilsc the reader miglit juet-as rel1reed Saedekere of r. folder gotten out by on-e of {trL-5.$]-dompaniee.
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At the back of the book is a ful1 glossary, containinginformatlon rriih regard to +.he general, characterjs',,ice ofthe verious islande, their products, hotels and other fastsof inte rest to the traveller, togeth.er wi th a}l..eoi'ts: of ..;.mlscellaneous aatter, varylng frrom sne.kes to beggers. Asthere is rro book on the S'est Indies by Saedeker, end asrnany people a"re nosl vieiting the Antilles who riener did bef@re,there ie much which would be of value in thie book, were tt ueedior a handbook, and ae for the reader who loves books of travel ,there ls also mueh to interrest him. The who].e trouble witirthe book, it see&s ta &€, is thet i+. i"s too long, too effwj.vein placee , and that there is too much sameneee throu$outand too much description. The title ls not good, and lt..lseeme to rne that the rather {anrbling preface and prologrrccould be alrcrtened,, ano evelfl^eor tnei i ut sut alto-gether.rf i&e author could be persu6.ded to aIlow some cuttlng down,or if he muld. consent 1o re-write some parts in the Er*" yeinin which lre wrcte the be et of his accouotg,- 1. €., putting inpez'eonal eontact with and more apecific d6t"rrs abjui thenativee.nnd-p1eces, r worild advlse the publication of thiebook. ft Eeerns to rne tinely, and if you &re wllling topublish another book of traveL at, this tlme it ought to bea good selling book, boih on aecoimt of ite seasonebLe eub-ject and 1te really excellent points ln the best of theeketchee , as wetl ae the ueeful inforznati on ryhich it containg.
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3y A. P,yatt Yerrill,jhs'#!!'
A good old-fashtoned pirate story' for:.nd hid<l-en away on one ofthe islancls in the Cariltrean Sea. the accorrnt of the pirate "Red.Leg"'s life is tol-d autoliographically. It is ful1 of thrilltngincidents f:'om the time ulren Geoffrey 0reaves escepes frOm sl.averyin the Barbados by boeirding a plrate Ship where he swears to hecome
a pirate anfi his na:ne is changed to Eed. Legs, to his peaceful endsurrounded by his best friend aricl his chtld a"nong private citizens o
sesura in.his pardon by the Eing.
if boys eti11 like sush a Sirate story, I think this 1s a good-
ne - it ie exciting anrl tloody; ihere is'tlioodi' blood, brrckets ofblood", f ights, prisons, earthquakes and alrmst everythiag onecouid. reasonably expeet. *f course if boys' stories of adventureare ai present confined to anecd-otes about the war, this hoOk isa trifJ.e out of t1ate - refreshiagly so, in fact' - it tffirg res-pleadent with the gtrarnour and romance of the d"ays when ptrate shipacruised the $panish }iain and were the terror of the high sea.s.
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Lost goi* mlne* sl':d tirc si':*Cowir:g. +f tl:e frlr!]l b;l a itr:lf;breedz/ 51ovcniiouf4 r:hi,:lr c;i'nsrls ri:*ii f*ar s::8 dietrese to tixe s{,ershers.
The eii:rr:nt'ulree of -:,:eree cr;nejdereii. 1rt ti:ul cul.d 3-ight of, re.*e:ne:",* *uffj.eieiltly I:r*Fc6t*Bro:e" but the;; are x'eiL iaido airii ttx; hoy Ftsderstcri".i,1 har,liJi eg#ape ;:*liuiri::g: a gr"ia,l ,3o*1 cf infc:'mati{}:} fi}jclit la*aeas:rl Ccut:i F"ice i.n titg {:oljras rrf the h*ok,
: th:"nk tire baoi< is rveli wo:'th ttik:.nfl, a::d. 1t in s*rtain3; * ver;'pl**sarit co*trast to ffr. Biel{eilrs effort, *i-t::.ough *overlrrg il'n:}ch the a;irse
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By A. flyatt Yerraill.
Ehis ls a boyte atory whieh is lairi in ?auanrae and leter in Costa Rica.
Rob Mac0regor; ou hid fathert 6 goiug to war, is tekeu from
the Unlted $tates bg his fatherts ehum, Wilsonraud his sou Fred.
to stay ,.qith them in Pauarna. glhe boye orgaritze the }oy Scouts
of Panama aud have a great cteaL of fun explortug the couatrlr.
Ebey have as a chaperoue an oLd eea captaiu Jactr<r who ls the
reluctant possessor of a w6oriea legraad he euters lnto the fun
?lth i:ts charges. [tre boys discover an o1d swrord.rs,hich ls found.
to heve part of a mep in the hllt and which flres them wlth desire
to ftnd the mtne rneuttoued. therelu. Early iu the "iory they eome
upoa the etrauge hoof marks of a raan, and wheu they go to Coata Rlca
.wlth a ecteutlstrElr. Graysou, they eoutiuue to see them uuttl the
raysterlous ereature who has nade them shoots ovor the rapid.s aud.
is ktll,ed.. BeCdre he d.lee he givee them the other haLf of the $ap,
and they subsequently d.tscover tt from the deecrlptiou. . It ie a real
gold,,mlueraad the boye, who have been throusl ntary hair-r.alslag
adveatureg aud narrow escap€*i',a.le not sorry to get back home e'tth
the reasonable t ope tlt theg nrlI1 some day be nillloneires as the
resuJt of thelr expCdltion.
I }lkad. a gootl tleal of *]re ]ook. The begluutngl seerned to me
decid.edtry.thb wbarrest part. 3.?re sto'ry takes ltg ttne to start,
but after lt d.oes get started, tt is fu1L'of thrllls. ,t
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The autkor_who, nnd.er the pseudon;rn ef Redaey Tha,yae ka.s recentl"y gtv:eE u.1s bg:r,readere tke "blood and tkrsad.ern tele ef EEbISGS, fns ffnAhnlHes_serYed_i{$ apetker Cj.sh ef iaterestiag aaC faseinating horr@rB--teo u.e-5ible, in faet, re &re thaakfx.l te 6&Xr to have quite the ria6 of trut6.,:3ut thea we nnat nsCerstaaC beferekasd that Mr. Yerriil 1e not mri.tlag truth.i*t fictiott; aad theugh the old adage deelares that rtrnth ls stranger th.aefictionn @Be samnot Lut feel elateC ea eLosing the d.aring autkorta boek wn?,he &as]r, th.at ia thls partieula.r lnsta,ne e, the story ie aot trrea1l3r tru,ett.
Mr. Yerrill ia his yeuth pust irave inCulgeC in the lrlrid litera.terewhiek' baye usually read behiad, paraital baeks, slippiag the rrpeany dreadfulsbetween thei.r nattreesesand eaving carrdle stiaips thLt taey n:.gat iead. in!"d loag sfter hornsehold nTaps't had eeund.eC.. Ad-d.ed te thi; neladranatle tea -deaey, @ur atrther is evideatly a prefeuxad etudeat of eatom.elesy and aroke-e&ogy and has strraag his very ieprobable otery u.Ir@H th.ese p*r6iy eeientif-ie llnes ix the unexplored e@raere of Central-aah Seuth ,O,xbrina-**d.-the-Vfert /:
1'trndl"r; TRarr, oF,TlrE wHrr, TNDTAN is a sequer to a former book "-rr"r r; {TEAII 0F TIILI CLOVffiN f00T, but iuffieJ.ently-Cistlnctive to allew th;-;;&;; It_o pi:k up the leoce eadg ef the tale as he E@es aleng. tr'red Vitsan **a n"t Itr{eoregar rvhe have had iaaumerable hairbreadth a*uea*eres apd^ eacaper i* er; - |
f]g$s_flges renixrd @Ee teo foreibly, Eerbape ef ltu-ext& 3OY TBAITST,EBS IN 'Fffi IIEIgry LANDS, bu.t in order te hide tx.i Lxtremely iaetru.rtire side of the nar- l,ratj.ne, th.e a"rltkor has enbellialaed his trr*ly ixcellem.t resaarch work witu- ithe ke,ir-raisixg episodes wkieh go te aake up tke stery part. A vivid i*"e- |
isatiee and. aa aceurate knewledge ef faets atqd cend.itiens ha.ne dolqe fj.netea.* work and ie spite ef a" saspleien ef ped.antry and. a tliiek ol*y- egit efadventerous w&r-paiat, the iceek has a holting qulrrty wkrleh eannoi fail teattraet tke boy read.ei.
To bring tke- etery u* te-date,, a, nilun base', iB feu.rad j.a tke vieinityef @'*I boysr exploratioras artd a U-laoat lntent @E tis deadly workr-i.s d-i;-esvered' just ia tine by erir herees whe d"o wonderful, un=heard-ef iaings andsaYe thg d.ay generally. T6 guite fellow Mr. Verrillis glgantir iaagiaatien,93:"::: g,L"f.:g:ei3I_I?3d, firet:rlrE rRArr oF rlrE crol/EN ro0r, neit: ?rffl'i'EAiL oF TIIE wHITS_-II{DIAN, 'and. lastIy, anet},rqr .wgieh.,.the . au,thor- has hintedEntl -',oolr f o1]orq. [e11. .Tieys wilt be penl;-'A-Ed"fltil-vdFitil;*ijrTE"r?i]'"ilXEntl :jsea foI,iierf ; knewe f,ow" rq*tirxB:;;';iil
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