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seh," by Paul Tomlinson, carries the reader back a century or more to the days of the famous Indian chief, who tried to beat back the white settlers who invaded his domain, was beaten in the Battle of Tippecanoe, and later fought on the side of the British in the war of 1812. The story turns upon the adventures of four congenial young volunteers who followed upon the trail of Tecumseh and had a share in the fighting at Tippecanoe. Both stories are illustrated, the first by Norman Rockwell, and the second by T. de Thulstrup.

Dr. Francis Rolt-Wheeler, whose nine volumes in the United States Service Series served the double purpose of instruction and entertainment for boy readers by their vivid descriptions of the work of the surveyors, census-takers, explorers, foresters, life-savers and men employed in other departments of the government service, is now engaged upon a second series of similar value and interestthe "Museum Series"-the second volume of which, "The Polar Hunters," is just published by Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. As in the earlier series, the author weaves the facts and information which he conveys to his boy readers this time relating to the Eskimos, and the adventures and hardships of life in the Arctic regionsinto a story as diverting as if it were merely fiction, but made thoroughly worth while by its descriptions, not only of Eskimo life, but of the experiences and achievements of Kane, Amundsen, Peary and other hunters for the Pole. Thirty-four illustrations, most of them from photographs furnished by the American Museum of Natural History, add to the value of the book. The same publishers add to their series of "Children of Other Lands Books" a story of child experiences in a country which has lately come into tragic prominence, "When

I Was a Boy in Roumania," by Dr. J. S. Van Teslaer. The author, like millions of others of alien birth, has found in this country opportunities which were denied him in his own, and out of a ripe and successful experience writes down these memories of his youth. For little readers, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Co. offer "The Fairy House-Keepers," a group of fanciful Nature stories by Norma Bright Carson, decorated by Hazeltine Fewsmith with numerous pictures in colors and in black and white; and "Story Plays for Little Children," a collection of story plays, finger plays and rhythms, furnished with music, songs and directions for kindergarten use, by Leora Hall and Sarah Elizabeth Palmer.

"Everyone knows that religion is undergoing a social revival"; so Vida D. Scudder begins one of the pungent essays in her volume, "The Church and the Hour." The papers appeared in widely variant periodicals, for two are culled from "The Churchman" and two were letters written to "The Masses." Professor Scudder holds a position halfway between the audiences of those two publications and attempts to reconcile both the church to her altruistic and socialistic creed and the masses to her mystical faith in a Living Christ. It is a brave attempt: braver her continual assertion that "It is full time the critics of the Church . . . should become aware of the advanced position which various official Christian groups are now taking at last on questions concerning social justice." The book is needed at this hour when all the world is crying that the war has disproven the Christ. Its note of appreciation-for the rampant and radical editor of "The Masses" as well as for the followers of Jesus-is cheering, as well as its profound optimism, its devout faith in man and God. E. P. Dutton & Co.

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