Cricket 1914

THE WORLD OF CRICKET. ‘ J a n u a r y , 1914 AN U P H I L L GAME By HARRY HUNTINGDON (J. N. Pentelow). The B o o k m a n says :— “ Books for boys may be divided into two categories— those that the boys like, and those that the parents, in their superior wisdom, would sooner the boys liked. There is, however, a medium between the penny dreadful type and the improving gift book, and this medium is happily struck by Mr. Harry Huntingdon in ‘ An Uphill Game,’ which is as good and healthy a public-school story as was ever written. The book belongs to a tradition established by one of the most famous of all school stories, ‘ The Fifth Form at St. Dominic’s,’ published originally in the Boys’ Own Paper, and issued in book form for the first time a few years ago. If I have any quarrel with the author it is because he makes one of his characters say, ‘ He’s been reading The Fifth Form at St. Dominic’s, or some of those old back numbers. They’re not half bad in their way, but they’re not up-to-date ! ’ This seems almost to smack of ingratitude, for the note of all successful school romances was given in that justly celebrated story and its successor, ‘ The Willoughby Captains.’ Apart from this I can conceive of no better book as a present for a boy than ‘ An Up­ hill Game.’ It strikes just the right note, and is admirably constructed and written.” With 8 Original Illustrations and Coloured Frontispiece by F R A N C IS E. H IL E Y . Large Cr. 81 10 . Cloth, Gilt. 3s. 6 d. P U B L I S H E D B Y — FREDERICK WARNE & CO., LONDON and NEW YORK. Cricket. Golf. Tennis. Superior All-round Value in Sports Goods. Send for (70-page) Illustrated List before :: :: :: :: placing your orders. :: :: :: :: C R I C K E T B A T S By GUNN & MOORE, SHAW & SHREWSBURY, GRADIDGE, WISDEN, STUART SURRIDGE, &c. REPUTATION SECOND TO NONE JOE ANDERSON and Scottish x v s) PERTH. AGENT IN SCOTLAND FOR “ THE WORLD OF CRICKET.” FOR SALE. Wisden’s Almanack, run of 18 years, 1896-1913, in cloth binding, as new. Cricket of To=day and Yesterday. St. Ivo and the Ashes. The English Cricketers in America, 1859. The West Indian Cricketers in America, 1886. Some odd issues of the Green Lillywhite, and a number of other cricket books for sale. For Prices or Full List, apply manager o f “ T h e W o r ld o f C r i c k e t ” 61, T e m p le C h a m b e r s , T e m p le A v e n u e , V ic t o r ia E m b a n k m e n t , E .C . Printed for the Proprietors b y H am ptons Ltd., 12, 13, & 19 , Cursitor Street, London, E.C. Agents for Australia, & c.: G ordon & G o tch , London, Melbourne, Sydney Adelaide, Brisbane, Perth, Launceston. Hobart & Wellington, X.Z. For South Africa: C e n t r a l N ew s A g e n c y , L t d ., Cape Town, Johannesburg and branches.