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RECREATION, 



THE NEW WONDERLAND. 



Wonderland grows more and more 

 wonderful each year. I mean the book 

 bearing that name issued by Charles S. 

 Fee, G. P. A. of the N. P. Ry. The is- 

 sue for 1901 is just out and is greater 

 than any of its predecessors. It is full 

 of romantic and historical interest, and 

 the pictures fairly dazzle the lover of art. 

 I have rarely seen a piece of railway 

 literature that was so hard to let go of 

 as this one is. One story after another 

 claims attention and draws you on till 

 your dinner gets cold or you forget the 

 engagement you made with your friend. 



One of these stories is about that tragic 

 affair on the Little Big Horn. The in- 

 terest in Custer's last battle and every- 

 thing connected with the Indian cam- 

 paign of 1876 against the Sioux appears 

 not to lessen. The death of Custer and 

 more than 200 officers and men — the ab- 

 solute annihilation of 5 companies of his 

 regiment — has invested those treeless 

 bluffs on the Little Big Horn in Mon- 

 tana with a melancholy renown. The 

 Government has since cared for the spot, 

 marked the graves of the fallen and 

 erected a memorial monument there. 

 The locality is easily accessible from the 

 Northern Pacific, and the chapter on this 

 subject describes the battlefield and val- 

 ley, and recounts, at some length, the 

 campaign and the battle itself. You 

 should read this new version of this old 

 but always thrilling story in Wonderland 

 for 1901. If you will send 6 cents to Mr. 

 Fee he will send you the book, and after 

 reading it you will agree with me that 

 it is worth $1. 



Please mention Recreation when you 

 write. 



PIC'iUKESQUE PAN-AMERICAN 

 ROUTE. 



A handsome publication, dealing with 

 the great attractions of the Pan-Ameri- 

 can Exposition at Buffalo, May 1 to Nov. 

 1, 1901, has been issued by the Grand 

 Trunk Railway System. The book is 

 beautifully printed, and contains a fund of 

 information for those planning a trip to 

 this great event. 



The publication tells how to reach 

 Buffalo and to whom to apply for ac- 

 curate information as to hotel accommo- 

 dation. It suggests to the traveler many 

 attractive side trips, and gives a com- 

 plete list of hotels and boarding houses 

 in the several districts reached by 

 these side trips. A map of the Grand 

 Trunk Railway system in three colors is 

 embodied, as well as a map of the city 

 of Buffalo, showing the several railway 

 stations and the street car lines running 

 to and from the exposition grounds, a 



valuable feature for the guidance of 

 strangers in Buffalo. There is also an 

 accurate plan of the exposition grounds, 

 which gives a splendid idea of the lay- 

 out of the undertaking with the names of 

 the buildings .clearly inserted for the in- 

 formation of the sightseer. 



A copy of this publication will be sent 

 free, postpaid, to any address on receipt 

 of a 2 cent stamp, by G. T. Bell, General 

 Passenger and Ticket Agent, Grand 

 Trunk Railway System, Montreal. 



A NEW MARBLE TRICK. 



W. L. Marble, of Gladstone, Mich., the 

 indefatigable inventor of handy tools and 

 implements for sportsmen has made 

 another 10 strike. This time it is a com- 

 pass provided with a brace and safety pin, 

 so it can be pinned to the lapel of your 

 coat, or fastened on your belt where you 

 can see it all the time without touching 

 it. A pocket compass is a useful thing in 

 the woods, but if you carry such you 

 must stop whenever you want to take it 

 out of your pocket and perchance open, 

 it, if it be in a hunting case. Frequently 

 your hands are both occupied when 

 tramping. Therefore, you must put down 

 your gun or your fishing rod, or your 

 axe, or whatever else you may have in 

 hand, in order to get at your compass. 

 With the Marble compass, this trouble is 

 obviated. You can glance at the dial 

 whenever you want to know where the 

 needle points, without even checking your 

 pace. 



Marble has issued a circular of this com- 

 pass, giving a full description,, and cuts. 

 If interested, you should send for a copy 

 of it and say you saw it mentioned in 

 Recreation. 



THE GREAT HUNTING GROUNDS. 



George M. . Houghton, G. P. A. of the 

 Bangor and Aroostook Ry., has issued a 

 beautiful book entitled "In the Maine 

 Woods," and which should be in the 

 hands of every sportsman and nature 

 lover in this country. 



The book contains a brief description 

 (all too brief) of the wonderful resources 

 of that State in the way of forests, moun- 

 tains, waters, game and fish. It mentions 

 nearly every hotel, hunting camp, lake 

 and stream in the State, and tells how to 

 reach all the points dear to the hearts of' 

 sportsmen. It gives pictures of many of 

 the beauty spots of nature in that great 

 State. There are 2 full page color plates 

 in the book, one representing moose hunt- 

 ing and the other trout fishing, that are 

 good enough to cut out and frame. There 

 are over 100 reproductions of photographs 



