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RECREATION. 



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Reuben Gold Thwaite, secretary of the Wis- 

 consin Historical Society, has added to his valu- 

 able publications, "Our Cycling Tour in Eng- 

 land." He and his wife journeyed, awheel, from 

 Canterbury to Dartmoor Forest and back by way 

 of Bath, Oxford and the Thames Valley. He 

 viewed picturesque rural England with the eyes of 

 a naturalist and artist, and describes it with the 

 pen of a poet. Beautiful plates and vignettes 

 enhance the value of this charming book. 

 ^ A. C. McClurg & Co., Chicago. Price $1.50. 



The red grouse, of Great Britain, has a 

 whole new book to himself. The Rev. H. A. 

 Macpherson writes exhaustively of his life his- 

 tory, home, manners, enemies, preservation, 

 plumage and the practice of grouse-becking, or, 

 as Americans would say, calling. A. J. Stuart- 

 Wortley describes, in the same book, the sport of 

 grouse shooting as practiced on the Scotch 

 moors, and George Saintsbury tells, in a final 

 chapter, of many different methods of cooking 

 the bird. 



" The Partridge," by the same writers, is sim- 

 ilarly treated. These books are the first of the 

 "Fur and Feather" series, edited by Alfred E. 

 T. Watson, and illustrated with numerous superb 

 plates by A. Thorburn, A. J. Stuart- Wortley 

 and C. Whymper. 



Longmans, Green & Co., London and New 

 York. 



Rev. Dr. Wm. C. Gray has pitched his tent 

 by many a lake and stream, in northern Wis- 

 consin, Michigan and Florida, and in "Camp 

 Fire Musings " tells us about his out-door life. 

 In his "Apology," he says: "When one 

 opens his camp chest, he finds that even his 

 blankets are redolent of the forest." So with 

 this book. Quaint, clever, little pen and ink 

 caricatures are scattered through it ; also numer- 

 ous half-tone engravings. A portrait of the 

 author adds interest. The artistic binding and 

 typography are a credit to the publishers, The 

 Interior Co., Chicago. 



Haines Falls, N. Y. 

 Editor Recreation. 



Our trout season opened April 1st. Not so 

 with the streams. They were covered with two 

 to six feet of ice and snow. We had a severe 

 rain 8th and 9th, which opened the streams, but 

 as they are high and full of snow water, will 

 probably not have any good fishing before May 

 1st to 15th, depending, of course, on the weather. 



We have plenty of trout in the mountain 

 streams, but the average size is not large. Last 

 season some were caught, measuring 18 and 19 

 inches, weighing up to two and a half pounds ; 

 but that size is an exception, and if one gets a 

 good basket, averaging 10 or 11 inches, he is 

 doing well. Jno. W. Rusk. 



