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45. TENNIS TACTICS, by Raymond D. 

 Little. Out of his store of experience as a successful 

 tennis player, Mr. Little has written this practical guide 

 for those who wish to know how real tennis is played. 

 He tells the reader when and how to take the net, dis- 

 cusses the relative merits of the back-court and volley- 

 ing game and how their proper balance may be achiev- 

 ed; analyzes and appraises the twist service, shows the 

 fundamental necessities of successftd doubles play. 



46. HOW TO PLAY TENNIS, by James 

 Burns. This book gives simple, direct instruction from 

 the professional standpoint on the fundamentals of the 

 game. It tells the reader how to hold his racket, how 

 to swing it for the various strokes, how to stand and 

 how to cover the court. These points are illustrated 

 with photographs and diagrams. The author also illus- 

 trates the course of the ball in the progress of play and 

 points out the positions of greatest safety and greatest 

 danger. 



47. TAXIDERMY, by Leon L. Pray. 11- 

 lustrated with diagrams. Being a practical taxidermist, 

 the author at once goes into the question of selection 

 of tools and materials for the various stages of skin- 

 ning, stuffing and mounting. The subjects whose hand- 

 ling is described are, for the most part, the every-day 

 ones, such as ordinary birds, small mammals, etc., al- 

 though adequate instructions are included for mounting 

 big game specimens, as well as the preliminary care of 

 skins in hot climates. Full diagrams accompany the 

 text. 



48. THE CANOE— ITS SELECTION, 

 CARE AND USE, by Robert E. Pinkerton. il- 

 lustrated with photographs. With proper use the canoe 

 is one of the safest crafts that floats. Mr. Pinkerton 

 tells how that state of safety may be obtained. He gives 

 full instructions for the selection of the right canoe for 

 each particular purpose or set of conditions. Then he 

 tells how it should be used in order to secure the maxi- 

 mum of safety, comfort and usefulness. His own lesson 

 was learned among the Indians of Canada, where pad- 

 dling is a high art, and the use of the canoe almost as 

 much a matter of course as the wearing of moccasins. 



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