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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