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RECREATION. 



beautiful examples of the printer's art I 

 have seen in a long time. It is truly an 

 edition de luxe, and it is a perfect delight 

 to ramble through the pages and revel in 

 the richness and luxury that characterizes 

 the work from beginning to end. The 

 book is a souvenir of the tour through 

 Canada of the Duke and Duchess of Corn- 

 wall and York. It tells the story of their 

 triumphal journey in detail and gives, in 

 addition, a vast amount of information 

 about the towns and cities on the line of 

 the Grand Trunk. What is more to the 

 purpose of Recreation readers is, that it 

 gives a vast fund of data as to the lakes, 

 rivers and forests reached or penetrated by 

 the Grand Trunk System. The book is 

 illustrated with 18 of the beautiful photo- 

 graphs which have become famous in the 

 Grand Trunk's advertising system during 

 the past 3 years. It would pay you to 

 have a copy of this book, and you can get 

 it by simply asking for it and mentioning 

 Recreation. Address, Geo. T. Bell, G. P. 

 A.., Montreal, Canada. 



"IT'S ALL IN THE LENS." 

 The Turner-Reich convertible anastig- 

 mat lens has many good points to com- 

 mend it to the attention of those who are 

 interested in photographic objectives. The 

 Turner-Reich was the first anastigmat lens 

 invented and controlled in this country. 

 They are reasonable in price because no 

 foreign royalties or import duties are paid 

 on them. With a working aperture of F. 

 7.5, they have an absolutely flat field and 

 freedom from astigmatism. Even illumi- 

 nation of the image and remarkable depth 

 of focus are valuable qualities which are 

 supplemented by a large light circle in pro- 

 portion to their focal length. All lenses in 

 each combination are cemented, so there 

 are no air spaces or unnecessary reflecting 

 surfaces in their construction. The form- 

 er is a vital point for consideration, as a 

 lens with air spaces between the combina- 

 tions is liable to become unfit for use at 

 any time it is subjected to a change of at- 

 mosphere. The Turn-Reich lens is man- 

 ufactured by the Gundlach Optical Co., 

 of Rochester, N. Y., who have for many 

 years enjoyed an enviable reputation for 

 the high quality of their lenses. 



CHANGE IN SIYTY-XINE YEARS. 

 I have just seen 2 pictures, one entitled, 

 "DeWitt Clinton and Train — 1831," and the 

 other "Empire State Express — 1900." The 

 fomer shows the primitive locomotive, De- 

 Witt Clinton, belonging to the New York 

 Central Railroad drawing a train of 3 old 

 Concord stage coaches at its top speed of 15 

 miles an hour over the 17 miles of track 



which constituted the New York Central 

 system 69 years ago. It is most comical. 

 The latter exhibits the Empire State Ex- 

 press going 65 miles an hour with its 

 splendid train of rolling palaces on a part 

 of the same system, now grown from 17 

 miles to 10,453. The road's equipment in 

 1831 was one engine and 3 made-over 

 stages ; to-day it is 3,580 locomotives, 185 

 sleeping and parlor cars, 3,600 passenger, 

 baggage, mail and express cars and 150,400 

 freight cars. This equipment carried over 

 52,000,000 passengers in 1899 and more 

 than 103,000,000 tons of freight. Some- 

 thing of a contrast. — New York Press. 



IMPORTANT TO DOG OWNERS. 



Read the ad. of the Polk Miller Drug 

 Co. in this issue of Recreation. The com- 

 pany makes a peculiarly valuable line of 

 dog remedies, inasmuch as they are only 

 intended for the more frequent ailments 

 with which dogs are afflicted. Any one 

 owning a dog, therefore, will find it to his 

 advantage to keep a small assortment of 

 these preparations on hand to use in case 

 of emergency. Mr. Polk Miller, president 

 of 'the company, has been a lover of the 

 canine race all his life, and has made a 

 thorough study of dog diseases. Whether 

 you order his preparations or not it is al- 

 ways a pleasure for him to reply to any 

 letter asking information on the subject 

 of dog diseases. A letter addressed to the 

 company at Richmond, Va., will receive 

 his personal attention. Send 3c in stamps 

 for a copy of the revised edition of his 

 book on "Dogs, Their Ailments ; How to 

 Treat Them," which includes a pedigree 

 blank, for which no charge is made. 



FLASHLIGHT PICTURES O v DEER. 

 J. H. Mering, 1521 Park Building, Pitts- 

 burg, Pa., has issued an illustrated cata- 

 logue of the wonderful flashlight pictures 

 of deer, made by Geo. Shiras, 3d. These 

 pictures have been commended so often in 

 Recreation that it is not necessary to say 

 anything further as to their merits. It 

 should be good news to sportsmen and 

 naturalists that this entire series of pictures 

 has now been issued in the form of bro- 

 mide enlargements, ranging in size from 

 12x17 to 34x43, and that they are sold at 

 reasonable prices. No such opportunity 

 has ever been offered to secure pictures of 

 wild game in its native haunts, and when 

 entirely unconscious of the presence of 

 man, as is offered in Mr. Shiras's collec- 

 tion. The catalogue is sent out gratuitous- 

 ly and every man and woman interested in 

 the study of nature should have a copy of 

 it. When writing for it, please mentkfn 

 Recreation. 



