BOOK NOTICES. 



Under title of "The Kindred of the 

 the Wild," L. C. Page & Co., Boston, have 

 published a collection of Charles G. D. 

 Roberts' latest stories of animal and forest 

 life. Mr. Roberts is at his best in these 

 stories, being heart and soul a lover and 

 a careful student of the great North woods 

 and having a definite theory of his own 

 as to the reason for the existence of the 

 animal story. Besides, he is always a 

 writer of pure and beautiful English, and 

 no careless, slipshod work mars the pleas- 

 ure he gives his readers. He is particu- 

 larly happy and poetic in his titles, as wit- 

 ness, 'The Moonlight Trails," "The Lord 

 of the Air," "The Haunter of the Pine 

 Gloom." 



"The Kindred of the Wild" is elaborate- 

 ly illustrated from drawings by Charles L. 

 Bull, which are strong, imaginative, ef- 

 fective, and which add greatly to the at- 

 tractiveness of the book. 



to improve their arm of service. It is 

 tastefully bound and sells for $2. 



"Company Commander's Manual of 

 Army Regulations," is the title of a neat 

 compendium published by the Hudson- 

 Kimberly Company, of Kansas City, Mo., 

 and written by Lie: t. Wm. H. Waldron, of 

 the 29th U. S. Infantry. The book is a 

 compilation of all regulations and orders 

 relating to duties of army officers, especial- 

 ly those who command companies or de- 

 tachments. It is conveniently arranged, 

 with an excellent index, and will be found 

 most useful to the many young captains 

 that the large increase of the army within 

 the past 3 years has brought into the serv- 

 ice. The manual contains blank forms and 

 instructions for making out same, which, 

 to the uninitiated, will be invaluable. It is 

 a multum in parvo, and its low price, $1, 

 and general handiness, should make it 

 popular. 



A timely book, "The Tactics of Coast 

 Defense," has just been issued by the Hud- 

 son-Kimberly Co., of Kansas City, Mo. 

 Its author is Major J. P. Wisser, of the 

 Artillery Corps, U. S. Army. Major Wis- 

 ser is one of the best known officers of the 

 army on general tactics, and his work on 

 coast defence possesses more than ordinary 

 interest to military readers. Its value can, 

 possibly, be realized only by the technical 

 artillery student. The author undoubtedly 

 uses in his compilation much material that 

 is old, and a great deal of other material 

 that is new but wholly theoretical and un- 

 tried, yet his general conclusions are sound 

 and convincing. The work must be of 

 much worth to all artillery officers seeking 



The manuscript of the "Trumpeter's 

 Hand-Book and Instructor," by William S. 

 Littleton, Chief Musician, 4th Cavalry, U. 

 S. A., Fort Riley, Kansas, was referred by 

 the Inspector General of the Division of 

 the Philippines to a Board consisting of 

 the Regimental Adjutants of the 6th Artil- 

 lery, the 20th Infantry, and the 21st In- 

 fantry, to report on its merits. This board 

 reported : 



"The book is well adapted for use in 

 the Army. It furnishes a simple and easy 

 method of self instruction for persons who 

 desire to become proficient performers on 

 the trumpet, and consolidates into one vol- 

 ume the various calls pertaining to the 

 several branches of the service." 



Published by the Hudson-Kimberly Pub- 

 lishing Co., Kansas City, Mo. 



The latest "Little Journeys to the 

 Homes of Eminent Artists," by Elbert 

 Hubbard, is "Gainsborough." It is uni- 

 form in style with the preceding pamph- 

 lets and contains a frontispiece portrait of 

 Gainsborough. Its most delicious line, 

 "From a fire-proof safe to liberal theology 

 is but a step," happens not to be written 

 about Thomas Gainsborough at all. How- 

 ever, much that is delightful and interest- 

 ing is said in the booklet about the eminent 

 artist, and readers of The Philistine will 

 welcome this addition to the set. 



Price, 25 cents ; Roycroft Press, East 

 Aurora, N. Y. 



The U. S. Fish Commissioner has re- 

 cently published a report on the fishes 

 known to occur in Lake Champlain. The 

 list embraces 54 species and is by Drs. 

 Evermann and Kendall. Every species ever 

 recorded from Lake Champlain or any of 

 its tributary waters is included. The prin- 

 cipal game fishes are the large mouth black 

 bass, the small moutn black bass, wall-eyed 

 pike, lake trout, brook trout, pickerel, pike, 

 and muskalonge. 



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"Golf," by William G. Brown, is a ue- 

 fense of the game against its detractors, 

 and a setting forth of the reasons why 

 it should find a permanent home in Amer- 

 ica, to the lasting benefit of those Ameri- 

 cans who continue to play it because they 

 like it. 



Published by Houghton, Miffiin & Co., 

 Boston and New York; price 50 cents, net. 



