R EC RE A TION. 



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Charles Frederick Holder's 

 Books. 



LOUIS AGASSIZ.—His Life and Work. 



The second in the "Leaders of Science 

 Series." Fully illustrated by Meredith Nu- 

 gent, from sketches by the author. American 

 and London editions. 



CHARLES DARWIN.— His Life and Work. 



Fully illustrated by Meredith Nugent, 

 from sketches by the author. American and 

 London editions. 



MARVELS OF ANIMAL LIFE. 



Strange facts in natural history. Illus" 

 trated by the author. " The Marvels of 

 Animal Life Series. " American and London 

 editions. 



THE IVORY KING. 



A complete history of the elephant. For 

 young people and old. Fully illustrated. 

 "The Marvels of Animal Life Series." 

 American and London editions. 



A STRANGE COMPANY. 



A series of chapters on the author's per- 

 sonal observation in nature. Fully illustrated 

 by James C. Beard, from sketches by the 

 author. 



ELEMENTS OF ZOOLOGY. 



" Appleton's Science Text Book Series." 

 Fully illustrated. Extensively used in col- 

 leges and schools in America and Europe. 



ALONG THE FLORIDA REEFS. 



Fully illustrated by Meredith Nugent, J. 

 C. Beard, and others. From sketches by 

 the author. A sketch of life on the Florida 

 reef. 



LIVING LIGHTS. 



A complete account of the wonders of 

 animal and vegetable phosphorescence. Il- 

 lustrated by the author. "The Marvels of 

 Animal Life Series." American and Lon- 

 don editions. 



PASADENA AND VICINITY. 



A complete description of this famous 

 health resort cf Southern California. Fully 

 illustrated. 



For sale by all booksellers. 

 For further particulars, address 



C, F. HOLDER, 



Pasadena, Cal. 



THE COMPLETE SPORTSMAN. 



By Howland Gasper. 



The latest and most thorough work on shoot- 

 ing ever written. It covers every pursuit of the 

 hunting field, and in so exhaustive a manner that 

 the reader will find nothing relating to his favor- 

 ite branch of sport unnoticed. The press and 

 public have given it the most flattering enco- 

 miums. A more appropriate and satisfactory 

 Christmas present could not be selected for a 

 brother sportsman. 



Chapters : 



I. — The Selection of a Gun. 



II. — Loading the Gun. 



III. — How to Hold, Use and Care for the 

 Gun. 



IV. — Dogs ; Their Use and Management. 



V. — Comments on Wild Fowl Shooting. 



VI. — Outfit ; Guns, Boats, Dogs, &c. 



VII. — The Construction of Blinds and 

 Decoys. 



VEIL— Broad Bill Shooting. 



IX.— The Golden Eye and Butterball. 



X. — Black Duck Shooting. 



XL— The Mallard Duck. 



XII. — Canvasback Shooting. 



XIII. —The Red-headed Duck. 



XIV. — Canada Goose Shooting. 



XV. — Snipe Shooting. 



XVI.— The Sora Rail. 



XVII. — Deer Hunting; Jacking. 



XVIII. — Deer Hunting; Hounding. 



XIX.— Deer Hunting; Still Hunting. 



XX. — Hunting the Grizzly and Black Bear. 



XXI. — Squirrel Hunting. 



XXIL— Muskrat Shooting. 



XXIIL— Quail Shooting. 



XXIV.— The Ruffed Grouse. 



XXV.— The Woodcock and How to Hunt It. 



XXVI. — The Introduction of Foreign Game. 



Press Notices. 



The "Compleat Angler," of Izaak Walton 

 was not a more useful manual for the adept of 

 the piscatorial art, than is the Complete Sports- 

 man of Howland Gasper for the nimrods of this 

 latter day. Mr. Gasper has given the votaries of 

 the gun a compendium of practical and scien- 

 tific information which hereafter will be almost 

 invaluable to the sporting fraternity. The ex- 

 position on wild fowl shooting is the most com- 

 plete and thorough ever written. — Mail ana 

 Express. 



The matter comes, with it the impress of ac- 

 curacy and knowledge, and the book is hand- 

 somely made, so that altogether it will be a book 

 for sportsmen, old or young. — Chicago Times. 



Mr. Gasper's volume is one of the most satis- 

 factory we have ever read. — New York Herald. 



Cloth, royal octavo, cover embellished with 

 gold, pictures of sportsmen and dogs a-field, 

 copiously illustrated, 277 pp. Price, postpaid, 

 $2.00. 



Address 



HOWLAND GASPER, 



East Port, Long Island. 



