PUBLISHER'S NOTES. 



A STRONG COMBINATION. 

 August 6 the Gundlach-Manhattan Op- 

 tical Co. was incorporated with a capital 

 of $600,000. This corporation takes up 

 the entire plant and business of the Gund- 

 lach Optical Co. of Rochester, N. Y., and 

 the machinery, stock, patents, and busi- 

 ness of the Manhattan Optical Co. of 

 N. Y., Cresskill, N. J. The plant of the lat T 

 ter company has been closed, and the ef- 

 fects are being removed to the Rochester 

 plant of the new corporation, where all 

 the product will be manufactured in the 

 future. Recreation readers know the 

 Gundlach Optical Company as the manu- 

 facture- of Korona cameras and a com- 

 plete and efficient series of lenses, headed 

 by the Turner-Reich Anastigmat. They 

 furthermore manufactured, in addition to 

 a complete line of photographic goods, an 

 excellent line of microscopes, objectives, 

 and accessories, and had recently branched 

 out into the manufacture of the Turner- 

 Reich field glass. "It's all in the lens" is 

 the trade mark of a line of goods favorably 

 known wherever photography is practised. 

 The Manhattan Optical Co. of N. Y. were 

 the manufacturers of the Wizard cameras, 

 a line that has steadily improved in every 

 respect, and that has justly won the high 

 regard of the photographic public. They 

 also made a complete line of photo- 

 graphic lenses, which was recently ampli- 

 fied by the addition of the Verastigmat, 

 concerning which much favorable comment 

 has been made. The new combination is 

 strong, and success awaits it. 



HUNTERS LOOK TOWARD MAINE. 

 November, the month when thousands of 

 mothers croon that simple lullaby, 



"Eye baby bunting, 

 Papa's gone a-hunting," 



the month when Maine's wilderness re- 

 ceives its throngs of eager sportsmen, is 

 almost here. What are you going to do 

 about it? You'll join the crowd and go 

 hunting, too, if there is a spark of sport- 

 love left in you. The Maine wilderness is 

 ever replete with scenic and other natural 

 attractions ; but this year's game supply, 

 which, according to all reports, exceeds 

 that of any season for. some years past, will 

 overtop all other attractions for the man 

 behind the gun, and will cause him to long 

 for Maine's open season to commence. 



Every man who intends to make a trip 

 into the Maine woods this fall should send 

 first for a copy of "In Pine Tree Jungles," 

 the new 174-page guidebook issued by the 

 Banmor & Aroostock railroad. The book 



is filled with information concerning 

 Maine's immense game region, where the 

 big game is most likely to be found, how 

 to reach it most easily, and a great deal of 

 other timely matter which every sportsman 

 will be glad to read. Send 10 cents in 

 stamps to Geo. M. Houghton, Traffic Mana- 

 ger, B,. & A. R. R., Bangor, Me., and a copy 

 of "In Pine Tree Jungles" will be sent vou 

 by return mail. Please mention Recrea- 

 tion. 



OLD FRIENDS FORM NEW FIRM. 



Some time ago I printed an article in 

 Recreation to the effect that Uncle Dan 

 Lefever, of Syracuse, had gone into busi- 

 ness for himself. I called on him a few 

 days ago, and found him up to his eyes in 

 work among a lot of other gun makers, in- 

 cluding his 3 sons. The name of the new 

 firm is D. M. Lefever, Sons & Co., and the 

 address is 207 North Franklin street, Syra- 

 cuse, New York. It would pay anyone to 

 see this new gun shop, but, as most readers 

 of Recreation are too far away from Syra- 

 cuse to avail themselves of the opportunity, 

 the next best thing for them to do is to 

 write for a catalogue, and to learn from 

 that all about the high grade guns Uncle 

 Dan and his crowd are turning out. They 

 are making a specialty of 16- and 20-bore 

 featherweight guns. These are made as 

 light as 5 pounds, and even 12-bore as light 

 a s 5H pounds.. In these days of research 

 and experiment in the direction of light- 

 weight small bore guns, sportsmen in gen- 

 eral will certainly be interested in this an- 

 nouncement. 



The new house will also make you as 

 heavy a gun as you want, and will make 

 it right. 



Uncle Dan has been making guns 53 

 years, and certainly knows all that is worth 

 knowing about the business. His ad ap- 

 pears in this issue of Recreation. When 

 you write him please say where you saw it. 



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CAN DEPEND ON THEIR GOODS. 



H. J. Putman & Company, Minneapolis, 

 Minn., make in this issue of Recreation a 

 valuable offer. See Putnam's ad on an- 

 other page. When you are in need of a 

 pair of hunting boots or shoes, cut out this 

 coupon, send your order and the coupon to 

 Putnam, with check to cover, and he will 

 send you the boots or shoes and a watch,. 

 You may feel perfectly safe in doing this. 

 I know Mr. Putnam personally, have done 

 business with him nearly 3 years, and have 

 always found him thoroughly reliable. 



In asking for this watch you need not ex- 



