NORTHLAND ADVENTURE.

By RichardC. Morenus '17. New York: Dodd, Mead,1954. 250 pp. $2.50.

The only test for a book of this sort (for boys and girls ages 10-16) is to circulate it around among such youngsters and ask their opinions. During this past summer, Northland Adventure by Richard C. Morenus '17 has been making the rounds among the Hanover younger set. The reactions and comments have been unanimously favorable, so favorable in fact that I myself finally curled up with this adventure book one August evening.

Based on the experiences of a family and their 15-year-old son at a fur-trade Post in northern Canada, Northland Adventure contains a wealth of material on the Canadian bush country, the Ojibway Indians and wilderness living. How 15-year old Randy solves a mystery and helps his father stay in business is, of course, the heart of the book, but author Morenus has worked painstakingly to fashion much more than an adventure story from this volume.

A former advertising and radio writer, Morenus turned from the city to spend six years living in Northern Ontario gathering material for his books. His popular Crazy-White-Man was the first of his volumes dealing with the north, while his current work, Northland Adventure, won honorable mention, as well it might, in the Boy's Life-Dodd, Mead competition. Northland Adventure is highly recommended for youngsters of all ages, particularly those with an interest in the out-of-doors.