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RECREA 770 N. 



written in dainty, cloth-covered little vol- 

 umes, beautiful enough to adorn the library 

 of a millionaire, and cheap enough to be 

 within the reach of an editor. 



" Little Masterpieces " is an attractive 

 set. One volume contains characteristic 

 short stories of Washington Irving; an- 

 other, of Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the 

 third, of Edgar Allan Poe. Each has a fine 

 photo-gravure portrait of the author, and 

 the selections are admirable. 



This set is edited by Bliss Perry, is beau- 

 tifully printed, has gilt tops, and is put up 

 in a novel little half case. Price, cloth, 90 

 cents; full leather, $1.80. 



Another set is " Tales from McClure's." 

 The general title defines these, and the 

 volumes are " Tales of the West," " Tales 

 of Adventure," " Tales of Humor," and 

 " Romance." 



Everyone knows McClure's magazine is 

 a phenomenal success, because it publishes 

 what people want to read; and this collec- 

 tion will delight every lover of short 

 stories. If you want to endear yourself to 

 a reading friend, make him a Christmas 

 present of one of these sets. Doubleday 

 and McClure Co. will send you their cata- 

 logue. Mention Recreation. 



The Badminton Magazine, for Novem- 

 ber, contains an article on, " The Stickeen 

 river, as the route to the Klondyke," by 

 Clive Phillips-Wolley, which will be read 

 with deep interest by every one who is 

 looking toward Alaska; and that means the 

 multitude. The article was written in '95, 

 and strangely enough predicts the great 

 stampede to the Klondyke gold fields, 

 which has since set in. The story is illus- 

 trated with a lot of interesting views of the 

 Stickeen river country, from photographs 

 made by Mr. Phillips-Wolley, when he 

 went over the route, which add materially 

 to the interest thereof. 



The Badminton Magazine is published 

 by Longmans, Green & Co., 91 5th Ave., 

 New York, and every number contains a 

 great deal of interesting matter, for Amer- 

 ican as well as for English sportsmen. It 

 deserves a large circulation in this country, 

 and will doubtless have it, in time, if it has 

 not obtained it already. The price is 30 

 cents a copy and it would be well for every 

 one contemplating a trip to Alaska, to 

 send for the November issue. 



Vol. 5 of " The Philistine " is out, in a 

 form to delight the book lover. The copies 

 are simply slid, covers and all. between at- 

 tractive boards. This unique idea in bind- 

 ing commends itself strongly in these days 

 when publishers make the covers of maga- 

 zines so interesting. 



Not to subscribe to " The Philistine " is 



to show lack of taste and love for good 

 literature, and to miss half the joy of living. 

 Published by Elbert Hubbard, East 

 Aurora, N. Y., at $1 a year. 



HOW WALTHAM WATCHES ARE SOLD. 



The American Waltham Watch Com- 

 pany has just commenced to make the 

 watch movement numbered 10,000,000. It 

 will be nearly a year before No. 10,000,000 

 comes on the market, for the making of a 

 Waltham watch means a good deal more 

 than material and jewels. The brains of 

 the watch-making industry are employed 

 at Waltham. Few persons realize how 

 high a form of mechanical skill is required 

 in the making and putting together and ad- 

 justing of the parts of a Waltham watch. It 

 is this same skill and ingenuity that has 

 made these watches pre-eminent in the 

 markets of the world, and that has given 

 the American Waltham Watch Company 

 an outlet for its enormous product in the 

 past 50 years. It is a fact that, ticking away 

 all over the globe, there are more Waltham 

 watches than of all other American watches 

 combined. There is no finer or more dis- 

 tinctive American industry than watch- 

 making. It should be a source of pride to 

 every good American citizen that in the 

 farthest corners of the globe one is sure to 

 find Waltham watches. 



I have organized a club at Preston, 

 Idaho, and have christened it the Recrea- 

 tion Rifle Club. 



B. Garrett, Oxford, Idaho. 



I thank you for this honor and send you 

 a flag herewith, properly inscribed. When 

 it shall reach you, kindly present it to the 

 Club, with my compliments. — Editor. 



ROUGHING IT. 



" Isabel cured her husband of the Klon- 

 dike fever." 



" How? Did she let him go there? " 

 " No; she made him wear coarse woollen 

 socks and sleep in a tent, in their back- 

 yard." 



Kindly make your remittances by New 

 York draft, or by P. O. or express money 

 order. Checks on banks outside of New 

 York cost me 5 cents to 25 cents each to 

 collect. 



William Runce, son of Gottlieb Bunce, has returned home 

 with 85 pounds of gray squirrels as a result of a 2 days' 

 hunt in Dutchess County.— Kingston, Md., paper. 



And now William should be consigned 

 to a place in the pen, with the other swine. 

 — Editor. 



