APPLE IONS' SPRING BULLETIN 



Lake St. John country. As one of the most experienced of American fresh-water 

 fisherman he is able to speak with authority regarding salmon, trout, ouananiche, 

 bass, pike and pickerel, perch, carp, and other fish which are the object of the 

 angler's pursuit. His clear and practical counsel as to rods and tackle and their 

 use, and the various details of camp Hfe, render his book a most useful companion 

 for all sportsmen and campers. Dr. David Starr Jordan has read the manuscript, 

 and has lent the weight oi' his approval by writing an introduction. The book 

 will be profusely illustrated with pictures and useful diagrams. 



In the March number of the North American Review "John Oliver Hobbes " 

 has published an elaborate and interesting review of David Harum, from which the 

 following extract is quoted : "It would not be presumptuous to say, well remem- 

 bering the magnificent ability of certain English authors oi the present day, that 

 not one could create a character which would win the whole English population 

 as David Harum has won the American public. The reason is plain. With so 

 many class distinctions, a national figure is out of the question. A national 

 hero, yes ; but a man for * winterin' and summerin' with,' no. Social equality 

 and independence of thought, in spite of all abortive attempts to introduce the 

 manners and traditions of feudal Europe, are in the very air of the United States. 

 One could not find an American man or woman of the true stock who had not 

 known intimately, or who did not count among his or her ancestors, connections, 

 relatives, a David Harum. The type, no doubt, is getting old — becoming more 

 and more 'removed' from the younger generation. In the course of the next 

 twenty years it may become so changed as to seem extinct, but it is a national 

 figure — certainly the most original, probably the purest in blood. And the spirit 

 of Harum is the undying spirit — no matter how much modified it may eventually 

 become by refinement, travel, and foreign influence — of the American people. 

 Individuals may change, but the point of view remains unalterable." 



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Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler, the brilliant 

 author of " Concerning Isabel Carnaby " and "A 

 Double Thread," has been engaged for some time 

 upon a new novel of special interest and impor- 

 tance, which, however, may not be ready before 

 the autumn. Meantime Messrs. D. Appleton 

 and Company have prepared a new edition of her 

 successfiil book "Concerning Isabel Carnaby," 

 with portrait and biographical sketch. It may be 

 recalled that Miss Ellen Thorneycroft Fowler is 

 the eldest daughter of the Right Honorable Sir 

 Henry Fowler, G. C. S. I., M. P., ex-Secretary 

 of State for India, by Ellen (Imperial Order of 

 the Crown of India), daughter of the late G. B. Thorneycroft, Esq., of Chapel 

 House, Wolverhampton and Hadley Park, Salop. Miss Fowler has amused her- 

 self by writing stories and verses ever since she can remember. 



MISS ELLEN T. FOWLER. 



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