EDITOR'S CORNER. 



The American News Company's or- 

 der for September Recreation was 

 §,200 copies, for October 6,000, and for 

 November 6,500 ; an i?icrease of 1,300 in 

 60 days. The company buys 800 to 

 1,000 a month on supplementary orders, 

 in additio?i to those taken on standing 

 order. Ask them whether this is so. 



New subscriptions are coming at the 

 rate of 300 to 800 a month. 



The edition for September was 12,000 

 copies ; for October, 14,000, a?id foi 

 this number 15,000. 



My subscription books are open to ex- 

 amination at all times. If any adver- 

 tiser will select 100 names from the 

 books, at ra?idom, and write the men, 

 asking them whether they are subscribers 

 to Recreation, / will pay for stenog- 

 raphers' services and postage, both ways. 

 If he will select the names of 10 men 

 and telegraph them, I will pay telegraph 

 tolls, both zvays. Is ?iot this fair? 



Here are some of the more prominent and 

 attractive features of the January number of 

 Recreation: 



" The San Juan Islands," by Maj. John 

 Brooke, U. S. A.; "A Little Girl's Story of 

 Army Life," Laura Fairfax Plummer ; 

 "Propagating Big Game," R. W. Rock; 

 "Notes on Canoeing," P. D. Frazer; "A 

 Stuffed Deer," Ad. Moreland; "An Idyl of 

 the Indian Territory," Jerome Clark; "A 

 Wet Camp "(poem), C. F. Davis; "A Day 

 at Bayport," Louis Smith. 



These stories will be illustrated, from 

 photographs and original sketches, and there 

 will be a great fund of short articles and 

 paragraphs, bringing news from the woods, 

 the waters, the mountains and the fields. 

 Don't fail to see the January number "of 

 Recreation. 



With this issue Recreation closes its 

 third volume, and with the next number 

 will start on its fourth. It has made the 

 most remarkable success that has been 

 achieved by any periodical in modern times. 

 It was started in the darkest days of the 

 panic, and in five months was on a paying 

 basis. 



The magazine will be materially enlarged 

 during the next year, and greatly improved 

 in other ways. This will require an addi- 

 tional expense, to meet which I need a largely 

 increased circulation. If you are a friend of 

 Recreation, and if you wish to see the size 

 of it doubled, help all vou can to double its 

 subscription list. Call on a few of your 

 friends and induce them to take it for a year. 



J. F. Douthitt, 286 5th avenue, dealer in 

 tapestries and wall paper, consented, after a 

 good deal of argument, to place an advertise- 

 ment in Recreation for three months. 

 On receipt of the second number, contain- 

 ing his announcement, he wrote me that he 

 would like to renew the contract for six 

 months. This proves that Recreation is 

 a good medium for advertising any kind of 

 high-grade merchandise, no matter what. 

 It also proves that Mr. Douthitt keeps 

 high-grade goods, and such as appeal to re- 

 fined, cultivated people ; for such are the 

 readers of Recreation. 



I had a delightful day's shooting, with 

 Clint Wilmerdingand a party of his friends, 

 at his delightful country seat near Morris- 

 town, N. J. Birds were fairly plentiful and 

 good bags were the rule. It was worth 

 twice the price of admission to see Clint's 

 field spaniels work. They are merry little 

 fellows, and it is difficult to get them to stop 

 working long enough to eat a lunch. 



An important addition has been made to 

 my premium list. The American type- 

 writer is one of the very best of the cheap 

 machines. It sells at $8.00 cash, yet I give 

 it to any one sending me 8 subscriptions, at 

 $1.00 each. An excellent opportunity for 

 boys and girls. Who will be the first to 

 earn one? See list on page xx. 



When making up your list of Christmas 

 resents, don't forget to include a subscrip- 

 tion to Recreation. All of your friends, 

 to whom you send this magazine, will feel 

 grateful to you for a whole year. 



I would like to buy several copies each of 

 Recreation for October, 1894, and Janu- 

 uary and February, 1895, for which full re- 

 tail price will be paid. 



The officers of the American Canoe As- 

 sociation are considering the advisability of 

 holding the next annual meet at Grindstone 

 Lake, in the St. Lawrence. 



The Horse Show at Madison Square Gar- 

 den is as great a success this year as ever, 

 the attendance averaging 20,000 to 25,000 

 daily. 



C. -H. Douglass, of 157 La Salle street, 

 Chicago, has sent Recreation 423 sub- 

 scriptions. He is indeed a friend worth 

 having. 



The W. K. C. Show will be held at Madi- 

 son Square Garden, Feb. 19 to 22 inclu- 

 sive. 



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