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EDITOR'S CORNER. 



To Advertisers: The rates for adver- 

 tising in Recreation will be doubled on 

 January 1st. They were made before 

 there was any such magazine and when 

 there was nothing to show for it but a 

 dummy of blank paper. I had then no 

 subscription list and no trade with news 

 companies. I have now over 1,200 

 actual paid subscribers, and the Ameri- 

 can News Company is buying 2,300 to 

 2,500 copies a month. New subscribers 

 are coming in at the rate of 25 to 35 a 

 day. The editions for October, Novem 

 ber and December were 5,000 copies 

 each. Of the January number at least 

 10,000 copies will be printed. Advertis- 

 ing space is therefore easily worth twice 

 as much now, as when the first number 

 was issued. Space may be contracted 

 any time prior to January 1st, at present 

 rates. 



Thoughtful business men readily 

 see the importance of making their an- 

 nouncements through so clean, bright, 

 breezy, handsome and artistic a publica- 

 tion as this. It appeals to and is read 

 by the best people everywhere. This is 

 self evident. Its subscription list al- 

 ready includes 234 physicians, 212 mer- 

 chants, 168 lawyers, 179 bankers, 157 

 railway officers, 5 judges of supreme 

 courts, 3 members of congress, etc. 

 Such men are able to buy what they 

 want. If you wish to reach the best 

 classes of sportsmen, as well as laymen, 

 advertise in Recreation. 



Recreation for January will be a 

 treat to all who are fortunate enough to 

 read it. Among the leading features 

 are : " A Story of the Modoc War," by 

 Lieutenant C. B. Hardin, U. S. A., a 

 thrilling recital of one of the strangest 

 and most novel adventures that ever 

 befell a soldier ; "Wing Shooters at Sea," 

 by C. F. Holder, author of " Marvels of 

 Animal Life," "The Ivory King," etc.; 

 11 Saurian Hunters," by the well-known 

 southern writer, J. Mortimer Murphy. 

 President Bates writes, in his always 

 racy and delightful style, of " The Giant 

 Wolf of Bonaplace." This narrative 

 deals with an episode of the civil war 

 and depicts rural life in Iowa 30 years 

 ago. John Bowman tells an interesting 

 story of " Trouting on the Nepigon." 



"A Woman's First Mallard," is a charm- 

 ing story of duck shooting on the famous 

 St. Clair flats, by Mrs. C. S. Baxter. 

 In "The Blue Heron and the Musk- 

 alonge," Mary Reid Mann tells of 

 life in the great Wisconsin forests ; and 

 Hon. Herschel Whitaker, president of 

 the Michigan Fish Commission, tells an 

 amusing story of " How he was Left." 

 "Goose Shooting on Lake Champlain," 

 is lucidly and tersely described by Frank 

 S. Ballard, and "A Cycling Romance," 

 by Miss C. H. Thayer, is an amusing 

 telegraphic account of a wheelman's 

 summer outing. 



Seven of these stories will be richly 

 illustrated, from photographs, and from 

 drawings by J. Carter Beard, D. B. 

 Keeler and others. Besides, there will 

 be the usual fund of interesting informa- 

 tion in the departments of Bicycling, 

 Fish and Fishing, Game Notes, etc. 



Don't fail to see the January number 

 of Recreation. 



Any Lady who is pondering over 

 the problem as to what to give her 

 husband, her father, her son, her 

 brother, or some other girl's brother, 

 for a Christmas present, can relieve 

 her mind to a great extent, by send- 

 ing his name and $1. to Recrea- 

 tion. Whether he be a sportsman or 

 not he will enjoy reading this magazine 

 and looking at its pictures. 



The Portraits shown on the first 

 page of this number of Rrcreation 

 are those of Mr. L. C. Ivory, of the 

 New York Camera Club, and his friend, 

 Mr. Walter L. Pierce. The moose was 

 killed by Mr. Ivory near Line Lake, 

 Province of Quebec, in the autumn of 

 1893. To Mr. Ivory is due the credit 

 of making the photograph, although he 

 is one of the figures therein; he hav- 

 ing posed, focussed the group, and in- 

 structed a friend as to pressing the bulb. 

 Mr. Ivory is one of the most skillful 

 amateur photographers in the country. 

 I have in hand several other of his, 

 pictures which are beauties, and which 

 will be reproduced in future issues of 

 Recreation. 



If you know of any way in which 

 Recreation can be improved say so. 

 Suggestions in this line are especially 

 desired and will be carefully considered. 



