A BOOK FOR BOYS

Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 119, 23 May 1925, Page 17

A BOOK FOR BOYS

Kak,-Uie Copper Eskimo." By Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Violet Irwin. London : Harrap and Co.

The average boy delights in tales of adventure, and although "Kak" can hardly be classed as such, the story gives an interesting and enlightening account,of the life and adventures of an Eskimo boy, which should' stir young readers to an interest in the. life and habits of other races. ' Very little is known generally about the .'dwellers in that region of snow and- ice on "the top of the world," and it seems a particularly happy thought on the part of so noted an explorer as Mr. Stefansson to have allowed Miss Irwin to weave into an enjoyable and instructive chiTdren's book the experiences of his eleven years with the Eskimos. Youngsters should, get much pleasure from the stony of the youthful Kak with his many adventures and characteristically boyish outlook on life. The literature given to growing children .may have a certain determining influence on their future career, and books which present a true account of other lands and their inhabitants are to be welcomed as encouraging a broader and more sympathetic outlook in the young. The fine illustrations to "Kale" enhance the interest in the text.