~The Story of the Odyssey~
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS
BY DR. EDWARD BROOKS, A.M.
370 pages Profusely Illustrated
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The Odyssey of Homer combines the romance of travel with that ofdomestic life, and it differs from the Iliad, which is a tale of thecamp and battle-field. Although the ancient author concentrates theattention on a single character--Ulysses--he refers to severalbeautiful women, including some of the goddesses. After the siege ofTroy, Ulysses started on a voyage of discovery and adventure inunknown lands, which, although described with poetic exaggeration,"has been a rich mine of wealth for poets and romancers, painters andsculptors, from the date of the age which we call Homer's down to ourown."
In this wonderful poem lie the germs of thousands of volumes whichfill our modern libraries. Without some knowledge of it, readers willmiss the point of many things in modern art and literature.
Ulysses was brave and valiant as a soldier, and was distinguished forhis wisdom and shrewdness which enabled him to extricate himself fromthe difficulties which to others would seem insurmountable.
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~Harry Ambler, and How He Saved the Homestead~
BY SIDNEY MARLOW
350 Pages Illustrated
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This is a narrative of a bright, active, and courageous boy, suddenlythrown upon his own resources and subjected to the malicious plots ofa powerful enemy. The effectual and yet not unnatural manner in whichthe hero turns his enemy's weapons to his own defence, constitutes,perhaps, the chief charm of the book.
The story abounds in humorous and exciting situations, yet it is in noobjectionable way sensational. There is nothing in it that will tendto create or encourage a taste for mere reckless adventure.
The author has given more attention to the delineation of hischaracters than is usual in juvenile literature, thus making the storypleasant reading, even for those who have passed the outer line ofboyhood.
He believes in a "moral," but not in those bits of abstract virtuewhich are so frequently forced into juvenile stories, only to be"skipped" by the youthful reader. He would create a personal sympathywith the best efforts of fallible boys and girls, rather than anadmiration for the mere name of virtue.
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~The Campers Out~
~OR~
~The Right Path and the Wrong~
BY EDWARD S. ELLIS, A.M.
363 pages Illustrated
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This is one of the most interesting works of an author whoseproductions are widely read and deservedly popular on both sides ofthe Atlantic. Mr. Ellis has in perfection the faculty of making hisstories not only entertaining in the highest degree but instructiveand elevating. A leading journal truthfully stated that no mother needhesitate to place any story of which Mr. Ellis is the author in thehands of her boy, for he is sure to be instructed as well asentertained.
"The Campers Out" is bright, breezy, and full of adventure of just theright sort to hold the attention of any young mind. It is clean, pure,and elevating, and the stirring incidents with which it is filledconvey one of the most forceful of morals. It traces the "right path"and the "wrong path" of several boys with such striking power that oldand young will be alike impressed by the faithful portrayal ofcharacter, and be interested from beginning to end by the successionof exciting incidents.
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