RECREATION 



Copyright, December, 1900, by G. O. Shields 



$i„oo a Year. 



10 Cents a Copy 



A Monthly Magazine Devoted to Everything the Name Implies 



23 West 24TH Street 



G. O. SHIELDS (COQUINA), 

 Editor and Manager. 



New York 



CONTENTS OF THIS NUMBER 



The Old Lady Was Taking Life Easy, While the Cubs Were Having a Boxing Match. 



Ernest T. Seton , Frontispiece. 



A Bear and Some Deer. Illustrated...... S. M. Colman. 413 



In a Wild Animal Republic. Illustrated Dan Beard. 417 



A Christmas Dream. Poem „ W. H. Nelson. 424 



Let Us Protect the Game in Yellowstone Park. Illustrated L. R. Freeman. 425 



Flint* Poem Geo. W. Beatty, M. D. 429. 



The Woodpile Frank H. Sweet. 430 



From New York to Heaven, illustrated Myra Emmons. 431 



A Half Day of Recreation. Illustrated T.M.Pierce. 435 



A Canine Crime A. A. Field. 436 



A Boy and a Grouse • ..Harry Leonard. 437 



The SpruceFire. Poem Theodore Roberts. 439 



The Carpenter' s Catch W . H . Tippetts. 440 



A Woodland Temple. Poem ...........M. T. Maltby. 440 



Royal Feather Robes- Illustrated .....L.P.Gray. 441 



472 



From the Game Fields 443 



Fish and Fishing 453 



Guns and Ammunition 45 8 



Natural History 464 



The League of American Sportsmen 469 



Forestry 



Pure and Impure Foods 476 



Book Notices 478 



Editor's Corner 479 



Publisher's Notes 4<« 



Amateur Photography 407 



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