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WHAT THEY SAY OF IT. 



Although I have never had the pleasure of 

 meeting Coquina, face to face, I have enjoyed 

 many of his excellent articles on hunting and 

 fishing, and when my newsdealer handed me a 

 copy of Recreation, some months ago, asking 

 what I thought of that for a magazine, I could 

 not help thinking then, as I think now, that the 

 success of the magazine is certain if Coquina 

 has the management of it. Judging from the 

 April number, received to-day, I did not miss 

 my guess very far. I can but feel proud of Re- 

 creation. Am glad to know the people 

 are supporting it as they should, and sincerely 

 hope and trust your promise to more than double 

 its size within the next year will be kept. 



May the face of Recreation never get a 

 wrinkle on it ; may the pants of the boys, whose 

 pictures you publish every month, never grow 

 shorter ; may the fish stories never get scales on 

 them ; may the women (God bless 'em !) con- 

 tinue to visit our camp-fires at frequent intervals; 

 may every bicycle rider in the United States and 

 Canada get a spike in his tire if he fails to take 

 Recreation ; and may your subscription list 

 swell until it reaches the 100,000 mark. 



John D. Howe. (Cheyenne Bob.) 

 Omaha, Neb. 



I was captivated by the first number of Re- 

 creation I saw, and at once ordered all back 

 numbers. It is bright, clean, pleasing and in- 

 structive. When I receive a new copy I look the 

 pictures over on my way from the office. Then 

 after supper I sit down with the intention of 

 reading one or two articles; but when one is 

 finished another is begun, and so it is until 

 the Remington Bicycle ad is reached. I am then 

 impatient to think I shall have to wait a whole 

 month for another number. That is the severest 

 criticism I can give Recreation. 



James M. Graves, 

 State Normal and Training School, 

 Potsdam, N. Y. 



Had never seen Recreation until I happened 

 to pick up a copy of the February number in a 

 book store. One glance at it was sufficient, and 

 it was mine. I have often wondered why some 

 enterprising person did not publish such a maga- 

 zine, for surely there has been a need of it for 

 many a year. Every admirer of good old Izaak 

 Walton, who loves "to be quiet and go a fish- 

 in'," owes you a debt of gratitude which he can 

 only repay by becoming a subscriber for life to 

 Recreation. L. C. Yager, 



102 W. 4th street, Cincinnati. 



The " sample copy " of Recreation received, 

 and apostleized me at once. 



I want to say to you frankly that it is the most 

 attractive magazine I have yet seen. Good taste 

 and judgment shine out all through it, and if you 

 can keep it at its present standard, you will have 

 the gratitude of all sportsmen. 



H. B. Crane, Sec'y, 

 West Wis. Mfg. Co., Wilson, Wis. 



Recreation is a thing of beauty and a joy 

 forever. R. H. Combs, St. Louis, Mo. 



Of all publications pertaining to sports afield, 

 in the forest or by the stream, Recreation 

 stands most conspicuously to the front. The 

 illustrations alone are worth many times the 

 price asked, and the moral tone of the magazine 

 is of the highest. L. Clark Hoyt, 



Elba, N. Y. 



I am delighted with Recreation, more and 

 more, and wish to add my congratulations to 

 those of so many others on its phenomenal suc- 

 cess. It fills a long felt want and will, I am 

 positive, soon have one of the largest circulation 

 lists in the country. Edward W. Wild, 



Editor Sentinel, Keene, N. H. 



I am greatly pleased with Recreation. It is 

 well worthy the author of Coquina's splendid 

 books. It should be in the hands of every 

 sportsman who loves to be " near to Nature's 

 heart." I enclose you three subscriptions. 



W. Stark. 



I have yet to ask a man, interested in outdoor 

 sports, to subscribe to Recreation, and have 

 him refuse. A. D. Wheeler, 



Boston, Mass. 



[Mr. Wheeler has sent in 22 subscriptions. — 

 Editor.] 



Every gun club should take Recreation. 

 My friends are all delighted with it. I also have 

 "The Big Game of North America," a book 

 second to none of its kind. 



E. Lambert Jones. 



I greatly enjoy Recreation and read every 

 thing between the covers, including advertise- 

 ments. Wm. A. Sternberg, 



Attorney at Law, Tacoma, Wash. 



Your March number was a stunner, and all 

 subscribers in this place are more than pleased 

 with it. G. W. Shampanore, Editor, 



The Press, East Bangor, Pa. 



Recreation is one of the best magazines 

 published at the present time. The engravings 

 are the finest I have ever seen in any sportsmen's 

 periodical. Geo. O. Greene, 



Princeton, 111. 



I am glad your list of subscribers is growing 

 so fast. You deserve it, for Recreation now 

 ranks as the first periodical in the country. 

 Chas. H. Laird, 

 P. O. Dept, Washington, D. C. 



I receive Recreation once a month and the 

 only objection I have to it is, that I can't get it 

 once a week instead. J. H. Moggs. 



Recreation is an artistic success, and I hope 

 will prove a financial one, that we may all con- 

 tinue to enjoy its good things. H. W. Voss. 



Recreation is the best magazine of the kind 

 published in this country. 



Hon. G. A. Buckstaff, Oshkosh, Wis. 



