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RECREATION. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



" Hoofs, Claws and Antlers," is the title of 

 a book published by Frank. S. Thayer, 1633 

 Blake street, Denver, Colorado. It is a collec- 

 tion of beautiful half-tone engravings, from 

 photographs of big game and other wild animals 

 of the Rocky Mountain region. The photo- 

 graphs were, in the main, made by Mr. A. G. 

 Wallihan, of Lay, Routt county, Colorado, who 

 has been remarkably successful in photographing 

 elk, deer, and antelope alive g on then native 

 range. In this work he has been greatly aided 

 by his wife, and the book is prefaced by the 

 story, told jointly by Mr. and Mrs. Wallihan, of 

 how they made these pictures. 



There are thirty-five full page plate nclud- 

 ing buffalo, elk, deer, antelope, mountain lion, 

 •or cougar, cayote, prairie dog, etc. 



This is truly a magnificent work. Every 

 sportsmen in the world should have a copy of it, 

 and few indeed would be without it could they 

 but have a glimpse of it. It will also be of in- 

 terest and value to naturalists and to all lovers of 

 God's most beautiful creatures, the deer and the 

 antelope. 



An "Author's Edition" of " The Oregon 

 Trail" is among the valuable books of the year. 

 Time can only enhance the worth of such a book. 

 The graphic pictures of life on the western plains, 

 among the Indians, of buffalo hunting, of the 

 great, untamed prairies, of scenes that can never 

 return, will increase in interest to the younger 

 generations, who have no longer a frontier. A 

 nation which has attained the highest type of civi- 

 lization, living side by side with the savage abori- 

 gines of a country, presents a unique spectacle to 

 the world. This has been perpetuated in the 

 classic English of Francis Parkman, and every 

 lover of history should be grateful to him. The 

 new edition is illustrated by that incomparable 

 artist of western scenes, Frederic Remington. 

 The binding and press work are artistic, and the 

 book would make a valuable holiday gift, 

 especially for boys. Little. Brown & Co. , Boston. 



A dainty volume of wood life is " In Bird 

 Land," by Leander S. Keyser, who writes of the 

 birds because he loves them. In a graceful, 

 charming style he tells us of the ways of these 

 '" feathered folk,' J whose homes he visited daily, 

 whose habits he watched with deepest interest 

 and whose tricks he observed often with surprise 

 and amusement. The book is a collection of 

 papers, without attempt at methodical arrange- 

 ment, yet the acuracy of the author's observations 

 makes it valuable to the scientific student, as well 

 as delightful to the general reader. It is a book 

 to be in every library. A. C. McClurg&Co., 

 Chicago, $1.25. 



"The Mountains of California," by John 

 Muir, issued by the Century Co. , New York, is 

 elaborately illustrated and handsomely bound, as 

 it deserves to be. To John Muir, the well 

 known California naturalist, the mountains of his 

 native state are as an open book. In the present 

 volume he gives to the public the result of his 

 ong experiences in the Sierra Nevada range, de- 

 scribing the glaciers, glacial lakes and morains, 



the forests, floods and thunder storms, and the 

 foot hills and bee forests of that wild region. It 

 was John Muir who guided Ralph Waldo Emer- 

 son through the Yosemite Valley, and of whom 

 Emerson said, " He is more wonderful than 

 Thoreau." 



" Rovings on Land and Sea,'' by Captain 

 Henry E. Davenport, is one of the Dearborn 

 Series, published by Donohue, Henneberry & 

 Co., 425 Dearborn street, Chicago. It is a col- 

 lection of tales, fact, fiction and fancy, written 

 in polished style, and deeply interesting. It is 

 refreshing to read, in contrast with much of the 

 worthless literature of the day. 



The same house publishes " Startling 

 Scenes and Perilous Adventures in the 

 Far West," by Rufus B. Sage; an illustrated 

 account of life 141 the west as it was before the 

 rush to California. Naturally it deals to a great 

 extent with the habits, characteristics and cus- 

 toms of the Indians of different tribes. It 

 describes the country in detail. 



In "Camp Fires of a Naturalist." Pro- 

 fessor L. L. Dyche, has through Clarence 

 Edwords given to the public some delightful 

 stories of hunting, of travels in the wilderness 

 and of collecting skins for mounting. Professor 

 Dyche is the curator of the Museum, State 

 University, Lawrence, Kansas; is a practical 

 taxidermist and a naturalist of careful methods. 

 The book is beautifully illustrated with full page 

 plates of moose, elk, deer, antelope, mountain 

 sheep, hunting scenes, &c. Professor Dyche 

 writes a very pleasing personal letter, and I have 

 no doubt is thoroughly competent to do his own 

 literary work. Why he should have employed a 

 man to write this book for him, who don't know 

 how to spell his own name, is something I have 

 never been able to find out. 



A new edition of General Greeley's " Three 

 Years of Arctic Service" has lately been issued. 

 It is gratifying to know that so substantial a 

 work as this should have met with so large a 

 sale. Accounts of arctic explorations are always 

 read with deep interest by Americans, and the 

 Greeley party did one of the most persistent and 

 heroic pieces of work in this line ever accom- 

 plished. The story is ably and accurately told 

 by the commander of the expedition. Charles 

 Scribner's Sons, New York, 



A YOUNG man, fond of hunting and fishing, 

 intending to spend entire summer and fall of 

 1895 in the Adirondacks would like the acquaint- 

 ance of young gentleman of leisure who would 

 care to accompany him. Must be under 25 years, 

 reside in city, and of good standing in the 

 Catholic faith. References exchanged. A chance 

 to many who would hunt big game in distant 

 lands; if they could find a friend to go with. 

 Address particulars, H. J. J., Box 5, 703 Sixth 

 avenue, city. 



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