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RECREATION. 



keen sense of humor. From New Yor2, 

 up the wild, weird windings of the Ockla- 

 wah river and out into Gum swamp, there 

 is not a dull page in the book. Shooting 

 ducks, geese, snipe, and quails ; hunting 

 deer ; fishing ; and spearing alligaitors make 

 lively work, of which Mr. Swift writes de- 

 lightfully. 



"Jack Stanley, a Romance of the Cuban 

 War," is a second story in the book ; a 

 tragic love story which will strike a sympa- 

 thetic chord in many a heart. 



"Florida Fancies" is published by G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons, New York and London. 



H. W. Kerr, of Little Sioux, la., has 

 written a book entitled "Quailology," 

 which deals exhaustively with the question 

 of domesticating and propagating the quail. 

 It treats not only of Bob White, but of the 

 entire quail family as represented in Amer- 

 ica, and with at least 2 European species. 

 The pamphlet is handsomely illustrated 

 with photgraphs, several of them from live 

 birds, and others from mounted speci- 

 mens. Some of these photographs are 

 printed in tinted inks and all on heavy 

 coated paper, so that the best possible re- 

 sults are secured. 



The book sells at $1 a copy and can be 

 had by addressing the author as above. 



"People of the Whirlpool" is a story 

 concerning phases of social life in 

 Manhattan as seen by the eyes of a pro- 

 vincial and contrasted with the sweetly 

 domestic country life which the writer 

 represents as her own. The name of the 

 author is withheld, which is an inexpen- 

 sive way of advertising a former book by 

 the same. The present volume exploits 

 the humble virtues, now so fashionable, of 

 which, ^owever, the provincial family seem 

 to have a somewhat fatiguing monopoly. 



Published by the Macmillan Company, 

 New York and London; price $1.50. 



"The Witchery of Sleep," compiled by 

 Mr. Willard Moyer, is a new and de- 

 lightful book on the subject of sleep and 

 its relation to human life, together with its 

 moods, its mysteries, its sentiment, and all 

 its accessories thereto. It is in royal oc- 

 tavo, 225 pages, profusely illustrated with 

 line engravings and 40 inserts in 2 colors, 

 antique deckle edges, gilt tops, old' English 

 style, bound in art cloth and stamped in 

 gold and color. The price is $2, and the 

 book is for sale by all booksellers, or sent 

 postpaid on receipt of price by the publish- 

 ers, Ostermoor & Company, 114 Elizabeth 

 street, New York. 



Hon. W. F. Scott, Fish and Gamr, 

 Warden of Montana, has printed the game 

 laws of that State in a neat little pamphlet 



of convenient size for carrying in one's 

 pocket. It would be well for every sports- 

 man in that State, or who intends to hunt 

 in that State at any time, to have a copy 

 of these laws for reference, and same can 

 be had, free of charge, by writing Mr. 

 Scott at Helena. 



"Man Overboard" is a short story by 

 Marion Crawford, which deals wit.li the 

 supernatural. In his usual virile and effec- 

 tive way Mr. Crawford mingles the salt 

 breezes of the sea with chill, hair-lifting 

 draughts that come no one may say whence. 

 The story is not important but will make 

 good summer reading. Published by The 

 Macmillan Co., New York and London ; 

 price 50 cents. 



"Methods of Estimating and Measuring 

 Standing Timber," by A. Knechtel, B.S., 

 F.E., has been issued in pamphlet form as 

 a reprint from the 6th Annual Report of 

 the Forest, Fish and Game Commission of 

 the State of New York. This is the best 

 if not the only publication devoted entirely 

 to this subject which has yet appeared in 

 the English language. 



Why do you not publish Recreation 

 twice a month, and put the price up to $2? 

 It's a long time to keep a man waiting, a 

 whole month. When I get mine, they can 

 not get me to my meals until I have looked 

 it over. There and then I fill my old pipe 

 and get my easy chair by the fire, and am 

 lost to the world until I have given it a 

 good overhauling. 



A. F. Chase, Dorchester, Mass. 



"Do you call yourself a poet or a versi- 

 fier?" 



"Well, when the editor uses one of my 

 effusions to light his pipe with I suppose 

 it's a case of verse afire." — Philadelphia 

 Record. 



I have been a reader and admirer of your 

 magazine for some time. Am particularly 

 pleased with the articles in regard to the 

 porkers who do not know how to stop 

 when they have enough. 



H. H. Humphrey, Sisseton, S. D. 



There was once in Kentucky a colonel 

 Who a jug kept for jagging noctolonel. 

 When one night his fair daughter 

 Plugged the jug chuck with waughter, 

 He kicked up a row most infolonel. 



Recreation is the best publication of 

 its kind I ever saw. 



Chas. A. Lindstedt, Des Moines, la. 



