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RECK&A TION. 



What's 



the Use 



of walking when you 

 can get a first-class, high- 

 grade bicycle for nothing? 



How? 



By getting 75 subscriptions for 



Recreation 



K you live in a town of 3,000 

 or more, and if you are a hustler 

 you can get these in 2 days* 



I can give you the names of 20 

 people who did this in J896, and 

 who now have their wheels, 



Write for particulars. 



RECREATION 



19 West 24th Street 

 New York 



Recreation is without doubt the best sportsmen's jour- 

 nal extant. I take 2 others but they are not nearly so fine 

 as Recreation ; they devote too much time to such sports 

 as cricket, foot-ball, etc. We can get lots of such books. 

 What we want is a journal for the hunter and the angler 

 and I hope Recreation will continue to be for these peo- 

 ple exclusively. Also keep it up against the "game hogs." 

 A. R. Smith, Pottsville, Pa. 



I cannot praise Recreation too highly. It is clean, 

 crisp and original, reflecting every shade of life with the 

 gun, rifle and trap. It is doing great missionary work 

 among all grades of sportsmen, by educating them up to a 

 higher level of sport and a keener observance- of the game 

 laws. Chas. A. Sykes, 30 E. 14th St., N. Y. 



I took Recreation a year, which ended in the fall. I 

 thought I would do without it, but when I saw it at the 

 news stand I would buy a copy each month, till I said to 

 myself, " I must have it and might as well renew my sub- 

 scription." Dr. A. W. Hopkins, Ashtabula, Ohio. 



I cannot do without Recreation. It fills a long felt 

 want. I especially enjoy the Guns and Ammunition de- 

 partment. Am anxious to get subscribers, as it is selfish to 

 enjoy your magazine and say nothing to others about it. 

 J. M. Smith, Chicago, Ills. 



I would as soon have but one meal a day as live without 

 Recreation. I can. hardly wait until it comes and have 

 dropped all of my sporting papers for it. I bought the first 

 copy that came to this place. It was love at first sight. 

 Elmer Breckenridge, Ashtabula, Ohio. 



Have scarcely been in sight of water this summer, much 

 less fished, but after I have read Recreation from cover 

 to cover I feel as if I had caught a whale. Your make up 

 is artistic and I am glad of your success. 



S. B. McManus, Lima, Ind. 



BOOKS 



By C. O. SHIELDS 



(coquina) 



I congratulate you on your fair and vigorous policy. ■ I 

 heartily endorse honest game laws and give them all the 

 support I can. I do not believe in killing everything that 

 lives. Chas. Newell, W. Newbury, Mass. 



THE BIG GAME OF NORTH AMERICA 



Its Habits, Habitat, Haunts and Characteristics. 

 How, When and Where to Hunt it. 8vo, 600 

 pages, 80 illustrations. Cloth, $3.50; Half Mor- 

 occo, $5.00; Full Morocco, $6.50. 



CRUISINGS IN THE CASCADES 



A Narrative of Travel, Exploration, Amateur 

 Photography, Hunting and Fishing, with Special 

 Chapters on Hunting the Grizzly Bear, the Buf- 

 falo, Elk, Antelope, Rocky Mountain Goat, and 

 Deer ; also on Trouting in the Rocky Mountains ; 

 on a Montana Roundup ; Life Among the Cow- 

 boys, etc. i2tno, 300 pages, 75 illustrations. Cloth, 

 $2 ; Half Morocco, $3. 



AMERICAN GAME FISHES 



How, When and Where to Angle for them. 8vo, 

 400 pages, 50 illustrations. Cloth, $2.50; Half Mor- 

 occo, $4. 



HUNTING IN THE GREAT WEST 



(Rustlings in the Rockies) 

 Hunting and Fishing Sketches by Mountain and 

 Stream. i2mo, cloth. Over 300 pages. Illustrated. 

 Price, 75 cents. 



THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DOG 



The Origin, Development, Special Characteristics, 

 Utility, Breeding, Training, Diseases and Kennel 

 Management of all Breeds of Dogs. 8vo, 650 pages, 

 100 illustrations. Cloth, $3.50 ; Half Morocco, $5 ; 

 Full Morocco, $6.50. 



CAMPING AND CAMP OUTFITS 



A Manual of Instruction for Young and Old Sports- 

 men. i2mo, 200 pages, 30 illustrations. Cloth, $1.25. 



THE BATTLE OF THE BIG HOLE 



History of General Gibbon's Engagement with 

 the Nez Perce Indians in the Big Hole Basin, Mon- 

 tana, August 9, 1877. i2mo, 150 pages. Profusely 

 illustrated. Cloth, $1. 

 These books will be mailed, post-paid, on receipt 



of price, by the author. 



G. O. SHIELDS 



19 West 24th St., New York 



