American Big-Game Hunting 



is a noteworthy book which, for the first time, 

 approaches the still-hunter and his favorite game, 

 the deer, from what may be called the standpoint 

 of the scientific sportsman. It is one of the few 

 hunting-books which should really be studied by 

 the beginner because of what he can learn there- 

 from in reference to the hunter's craft. The Cen- 

 tury Co.'s magnificent volume "Sport with Gun 

 and Rod" contains accounts of the chase of most of 

 the kinds of American big game, although there are 

 two or three notable omissions, such as the elk, 

 the grizzly bear, and the white goat. Lieutenant 

 Schwatka, in his "Nimrod in the North," has chap- 

 ters on hunting the polar bear, the musk-ox, and 

 the arctic reindeer. 



All the above hunting-books should be in the 

 library of every American lover of the chase. 

 Aside from these volumes, which deal specifically 

 with big-game hunting, there are others touching 

 on kindred subjects connected with wild life and 

 adventure in the wilderness which should also be 

 mentioned. Of course all the records of the early 

 explorers are of special and peculiar interest. Chief 

 among the books of this sort are the volumes con- 

 taining the records of the explorations of Lewis and 

 Clarke ; the best edition being that prepared by the 

 ornithologist Coues, who has himself had much 

 experience of life in the wilder regions of the West. 

 Catlin's books have a special merit of their own. 

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