THE BOY SCOUTS. ITO TBB EDITOR 01 THZ spacrtros."1 Sin,—As
one deeply interested in the welfare of boys, I was very glad to read your timely remarks on Boy Scouts in last • Both these gallant officers have since died. Lieutenant lIome was blown up on October 1st by the premature explosion of a mine in destroying the fort of Malagarh. Lieutenant Beheld, who lost an arm, and had his thigh broken in theater's., died of him wounds after lingering for many day.. week's issue. If only for his sake, "B. P.'s" many admirers would be sorely grieved if this great scheme failed through its very success. I hope your idea of interesting the lads in our Colonies may be carried out. I have often thought the Scout Magazine errs in introducing so many tales full of hairbreadth escapes and wild adventure such as not one boy in a hundred is likely to experience. Why should there not be more stories dealing with ordinary boy life at school or work, which could be made quite as interesting in skilful hands as those impossible descriptions of boys acting as amateur detectives, &c.? A paper that lives on the suffrages of its readers may have to provide pabulum like this, but the organ of a great movement should set up a higher standard.
—I am, Sir, &c., MEMBER OF VICTORIA LEAGUE.
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