In “The Young Reporter” Mr. William Drysdale has described the adventures of a young printer boy with a taste for newspaper work, who became a reporter for one of the great New York dailies when he was only eighteen. His introduction to the office by taking in an important piece of news, his early experience there, his trials and temptations, his adventures among the convicts in Sing Sing, his exciting search for the stolen body of a millionaire, his voyage to Mexico and the West Indies, his experience with bookmakers, who consider a reporter a person to be bribed, are all described to the life. Every adventure through which Dick Sumner is taken is an actual adventure,--something that has really happened. From his first visit to the _Transport_ office till his successful production of “The Through Sleeper,” his experiences are as true to life as actual truth can make them. It is a book which no boy can read without having his ambition stirred and his character strengthened. _THREE COLONIAL BOYS. A Story of the Times of ’76._ By EVERETT T. TOMLINSON, author of “The Search for Andrew Field,” “The Boy Soldiers of 1812,” etc. 368 pp. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50. We have issued this book as an aid in the solution of that difficult problem, “What shall our young people read?” It deals with one of the most interesting periods of American history, and embraces many incidents and regions which heretofore have been kept in the background. Young people like excitement, as children crave sugar, and, while the book deals largely with actual experiences, it furnishes an excitement which is not born of the unnatural or impossible. It is a story of three boys who were drawn into the events of the times; is patriotic, exciting, clean, and healthful, and instructs without appearing to. The heroes are manly boys and no objectionable language or character is introduced. The lessons of courage and patriotism especially will be appreciated in this day. It is handsomely illustrated, printed, and bound, and we are confident will be eagerly welcomed by all who are seeking for a book for young people which shall be wholesome, interesting, healthfully exciting, and at the same time instructive. It is the first of a series, but is complete in itself. _CAP’N THISTLETOP._ By SOPHIE SWETT, author of “Captain Polly,” “Flying Hill Farm,” “Mate of the Mary Ann,” etc. 266 pp. Illustrated. $1.25.