Another splendid story of the school known as St. Mary’s. Bartley, the hero, is elected captain of the nine; and Mellen, the defeated candidate, is so disgruntled that he tries every possible way to prevent Bartley from having a successful season. Mellen’s attempt to decoy away a crack player on the eve of the big game, and Bartley’s wild ride on a bicycle to frustrate the attempt, bring about the climax of the story. The book has lots of snap to it and a goodly dash of “inside” baseball which will appeal to boys. =The Junior Trophy= By Ralph Henry Barbour Pictures in Color. $1.25 net. Postpaid, $1.37. Mt. Pleasant Academy, a small private school in New York State; is the scene of “The Junior Trophy.” “Kid” Fairchild, in an endeavor to earn money, becomes an agent for Tinkham’s Throat Ease, and gets himself into hot water by “high finance” methods. Hockey and baseball contests enliven the story, and the way Kid Fairchild wins the deciding ball game for his team will win the admiration and envy of every boy. =Batter Up= By Hawley Williams Colored Pictures and Colored Inlay on cover. 12mo. Cloth $1.25. This is another story of Lansing Academy, a companion book to “Quarterback Reckless.” Chester Hall is again the hero. “Ches” loses his place on the ’Varsity nine and is called a coward because he appears to be afraid of the rival pitcher. The coach does not know that the same pitcher has once knocked “Ches” unconscious with a “bean” ball, and “Ches” doesn’t tell. The story then tells of “Ches’s” great fight to get back on the nine, a fight in which he is aided greatly by a professor who was a star pitcher at Princeton in his college days. These two stories are splendidly told, and are sure to find a large circle of boy readers. =The Luck of Laramie Ranch= By John Harbottle With Pictures in Colors. Cloth, Large 12mo. Price $1.30 net. By mail $1.42. This is a new theme for a juvenile. It is different from the usual school boy life, for the two young heroes work on a cattle ranch in the far West, where they try to help support their family and also save enough money to secure an education. The boys work side by side with the cattlemen on the ranch and do the same work, herding the cattle, breaking in the young cows, saving them from the wolves, and protecting the ranch from the Indians and the cattle thieves. The book is filled with descriptions of life on the open prairie and the exciting episodes connected with work on a ranch. =Rifle and Caravan= By James Barnes Author of “The Hero of the Erie,” “A Giant of Three Wars,” etc. Colored Pictures. Cloth $1.50.