PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT. 



TO REPRINT VOLUMES I AND II. 



For the past 2 years, I have been having 

 frequent calls for the early numbers of Rec- 

 reation, nearly all of which went out of 

 print within a few months of the dates of 

 issue. In order to supply this demand, I 

 have decided to reprint Vols. I. and II. — 

 October '94 to June '95 inclusive — in book 

 form. This will include 9 issues of the 

 magazine, in which were published some of 

 the best articles that have ever appeared in 

 any sportsman's periodical. Here are the 

 titles of a few of them: 



How the Trout Came to California (illus- 

 trated), Dr. David Starr Jordan, President 

 Stanford University, Author of " Science 

 Sketches," " Manual of the Vertebrate 

 Animals," " Synopsis of Fishes of North 

 America," etc.; Ethelinda (poem), Stanley 

 Waterloo; A Winter with the Cheyennes 

 (illustrated), Capt. H. H. Bellas, U. S. A.; 

 Elk Hunting in the Shoshones (illus- 

 trated), W. A. Valentine, M.D., Surgeon 

 7th Regiment, N. Y. N. G. ; A Race for 

 Life, Capt. Henry Romeyn, U. S. A.; Wild 

 Turkey Shooting by Moonlight, Capt. C. 

 J. Crane, U. S. A.; Summer — An Aqua- 

 rium Story — (illustrated), Mark Samuel, 

 Author of " The Aquarium Guide " ; Alas- 

 ka (illustrated), Gen. John Gibbon, U. S. 

 A.; A Paper Chase in the West Indies, 

 Mrs. Julian Hawthorne; Winter in the 

 Kettle River Country (illustrated), Charles 

 Greenwood; Blue Grouse Shooting in 

 Idaho, M. W. Miner; Photographing Big 

 Game (illustrated), A. G. Wallihan; Coon- 

 Tail's Mishap, Capt. H. Romeyn, U. S. A.; 

 The Mink (illustrated), Stanley Waterloo; 

 Autumn Days (poem, illustrated), Dr. W. 

 H. Drummond; Taps (illustrated), Mary 

 Gordon Bailey; Winter in the Kettle River 

 Country (illustrated), Charles Greenwood; 

 Black Bass Fishing in Indiana (illustrated), 

 Col. W. T. Dennis; A Perilous Sleigh- 

 ride (illustrated), Capt. D. Robinson, U. 

 S. A.; Moose Hunting in Canada (illus- 

 trated), L. C. Ivory; A Buffalo Drive, 

 Gen. F. W. Benteen, U. S. A.; Canvasback 

 Shooting on Puget Sound, J. C. Nattrass; 

 Trouting on the Nepigon (illustrated), 

 John Bowman; A Coon Hunt in Ye Olden 

 Time, Judge Hinman; Wing Shots at Sea, 

 C. F. Holder; Goose Shooting on Lake 

 Champlain (illustrated), Frank S. Ballard: 

 Saurian Shooters, J. Mortimer Murphy; A 

 Story of the Modoc War, Lieut/ C. B.- 

 Hardin, U. S. A.; The Giant Wolf of Bona- 

 place, President Bates; A Woman's First 

 Mallard, Katharine M. Baxter; A Cycling 

 Romance, Miss C. H. Thayer; Trouting 

 in Alaska (illustrated), Maj. John Brooke, 

 U. S. A. : A Bear in Camp (illustrated), 

 Prof. F. V. Yeager: The Vulnerable Spot 

 (illustrated), J. N. Hall, M.D.; A Frontier 



Funeral, Howard Eaton; Two Red-Letter 

 Days (illustrated), H. C. Wilcox; Hunting 

 Jack Rabbits Awheel, J. H. Jones; My 

 Fiancee (poem), C. E. Nettleton; The 

 Kettle River Wilderness (illustrated), Prof. 

 L. L. Dyche, author of " Camp Fires of a 

 Naturalist " ; Big Foot Wallace (illus- 

 trated), Hon. B. B-. Brooks; The House 

 Warming (illustrated), Zelle Emmons; 

 The Pointer, Past and Present (illustrated), 

 Hon. John S. Wise; A Night on the Seneca 

 (illustrated), Capt. H. P. Bigelow; Mys- 

 tery (illustrated), Hamilton Vreeland, 

 M.D.; Crossing the Rockies in '61 (illus- 

 trated), Maj. W. H. Schieffelin; Our 

 National Bird (illustrated), Arthur F. Rice; 

 Three Thousand Elk, Nelson Yarnall; 

 Mallard Shooting in the Rockies, G. M. 

 Dillard. 



This will be a very expensive book to 

 print, and in order to justify the outlay 

 I must have at least 400 advance orders. 

 I shall probably not print more than 1,000 

 copies, and if you want one it will be neces- 

 sary to remit in advance. 



This means Recreation from the initial 

 number to June '95. Do you want it? If. 

 so send me $2.50 at once. I have now in 

 stock bound volumes, July '95 to this date, 

 and the reprinting of these first 9 issues will 

 enable any reader to complete his files. 



FISHING ON THE SUSQUEHANNA. 



The Passenger Department of the Lehigh 

 Valley Railroad has issued a pamphlet giv- 

 ing location of points on the Susquehanna 

 river, in Pennsylvania, where good fish- 

 ing may be had; also among the lakes 

 of Western New York State. This booklet 

 contains information of considerable value 

 to lovers of piscatorial sport. 



Anyone can get a copy of the book by 

 sending a 2 cent stamp to Chas. S. Lee, 

 General Passenger Agent, Philadelphia. 



Summer tourists en route to Watch Hill, 

 Block Island and all Long Island Sound 

 Shore Resorts, also the White Mountains 

 and points in Maine, will find the Norwich 

 Line, from New York City, a delightful 

 route. Steamers leave Pier 40, North river, 

 6 p. m., every weekday, connecting at New 

 London, the following morning, with 

 steamers for Watch Hill and Block Island 

 and with trains for the North and East. 



The service on the steamers is excellent, 

 and tourists- taking this route break the 

 long rail journey, which is otherwise neces- 

 sary, and are able to obtain a good night's 

 rest on the splendid steamers of the line. 



For time tables and full information ad- 

 dress W. R. Babcock, G. P. A., Boston, 

 Mass. 



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