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His hand was torn to shreds and his right 
eye blown out. His hand had to be ampu- 
tated and he will hereafter wear a glass 
eye. 
Fi wish some kind of dynamite sould be 
made and put on the market that would 
always explode prematurely when a man 
attempted to use it on fish. The way of the 
transgressor is hard, but it should be made 
a lot harder than it is. 

The Canadian parliament has finally 
passed a law permitting American sports- 
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men who hunt in that country to bring 
home a limited number of deer, caribou 
and moose, killed during the legal season. 
It is strange that such a law was not en- 
acted long ago. It has always seemed un- 
just that Americans should be allowed and 
even invited to go to Canada to hunt, that 
they should be required to pay a license 
fee of $25 to $40 before being allowed to 
hunt, and that they should then be de- 
nied the privilege of bringing home their 
trophies. 

BOOK NOTICES. 
A SCHOOL BOOK ABOUT BIRDS. 
Mr. A. C. Webb’s book about “Some 
Birds and Their- Ways” is the first bird 
book that has come to me from the South; 
and its second paragraph calls for “a 
strong public’ sentiment in favor,of a pro- 
tection of birds.” A good begining truly; 
and I wish there were a Webb in every 
Southern city. Being an artist as well as 
a naturalist, the author is his own illus- 
trator. Thirty common species of birds 
are describea in brisk and breezy style and 
each is portrayed in a full-page plate. The 
illustrations are rather coarse, but the 
drawing is generally satisfactor-, and they 
will doubtless be quite as good for 
young people as would smaller figures of 
finer execution. There are 2 plates, how- 
ever—the ringbird and the Carolina dove 
—which are very poorly done, and in his 
next edition, the author should replace 
them. The book is intended for use as a 
school reader, and being well adapted for 
that purpose, I cordially wish it success. 
“Some -Birds and Their Ways”: For 
Homes and Schools. By A. C. Webb, 8vo. 
pp. 128. Illustrated. Nashville, Tenn. 
“Our Gardens,’ by S. Reynolds Hale. 
The Macmillan Co., New York. Price, 
$3.00. 
This is, like “Fly Fishing,” a volume of 
the Haddon Hall Library series of de- 
lightful books on outdoor subjects. In 
the 304 pages of this exceedingly inter- 
esting book are chapters on “The enjoy- 
ment of a garden,’ “On the formation of 
a garden,’ “The component parts of a 
garden.” The herbaceous border.” “The 
rose, rock, water, wild, cottage, children’s, 
town and other gardens,” all well written 
and full of interesting and valuable infor- 
mation and inspiring thoughts and sug- 
gestions. “The enjoyments of a garden 
being so manifold and continuous, bring- 
ing brightness to the home, health to the 
body, and happiness to the mind, it is for 
us, who have proved them, whose daily 
lives are made more cheerful by their in- 
fluence, out of our gratitude and our 

goodwill, to invite and to instruct others 
that they may share our joy.” ‘This is the 
raison d’étre of this book, and the author 
proves himself an excellent instructor. 
Lovers of flowers, whether in the small 
pot upon the window-sill or the preten- 
tious flower garden, will find much pleas- 
ure and help in reading this volume. 

A book for a summer day, or for any 
day when one wishes to forget the sordid 
and believe life is sweet, is “The Solitary 
Summer.” It isanoutdoor book, full of sun- 
shine and fresh breezes, riotous with the 
bloom and fragrance of flowers, spicy with 
the damp, cool breath of pines. It can 
scarcely be called a story, yet Elizabeth 
lives, the Man of Wrath is real, and the 
three babies are charming. The quaint, 
whimsical fancies of a cultivated, lovable 
woman create a golden atmosphere 
through which we see her life, and we 
dream with her on her bench in her gar- 
den, in the fields where the yellow lupins 
grow and in the mossy deeps of the pine 
forest. We feel we have made another 
friend, one who sees life with gentle, smil- 
ing eyes and from a deliciously humorous 
point of view. 
Published by The Macmillan Co., New 
York. Price, $1.50. 
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“The Short Line War,” by Marion Web- 
ster, is a graphic story of a fierce struggle ~ 
between 2 railway kings for possession 
of a short but important line. Their clever 
but unscrupulous tactics, leading even to 
violence and the corruption of judges, have 
undoubtedly been paralleled many a time 
in the histories of real railroads, and they 
form interesting reading for an outsider. 
Price, $1.50. Published by Macmillan & 
Co., New York. 

Mr. W. L. Fisher, Easton, Pa., writes 
me that his book, ‘Practical Points for 
Anglers with Rod and Line,” is selling 
rapidly, as it certainly deserves to. Any 
reader of RECREATION can get a copy of it 
for 10 cents, stamps or coin, 


