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teaches the art of taxidermy by mail. The 
course includes full and complete instruction on 
how to properly mount all kinds of birds, ani- 
mals, game heads, fish, tan skins, make rugs, 
etc. The lessons are practical and_ easily 
learned by any one, and it would certainly pay 
any sportsman to take a course in this school. 
It has been teaching taxidermy by mail for six 
years. We receive nothing but the best reports 
regarding their methods and manner of doing 
business. The advertisement appears on an- 
other page of this magazine. 

The handy pocket booklet of U. M. C. game 
laws of the United States and Canada is looked 
fo. about this time each year by sportsmen who 
are nxious to know when and where they may 
shoot without the unpleasant sequel of a visit 
from the game warden. This booklet includes 
the names of a large majority of the reliable 
guides of the Adirondacks and Maine woods, 
where the guide system has become firmly 
established, and will be mailed free to any 
sportsman who writes to the Union Metallic 
Cartridge Company, 313 Broadway, New York, 
mentioning this magazine. 

The time may come when all people will be 
law-abiding and when very many hunters will 
exchange their firearms for cameras, but that 
time is a long way off. In the meantime there 
are a multitude of people who wish firearms for 
defense of property or person and for practice 
purposes. Ofsuch arms revolvers are inthe main 
the most convenient and useful, and among 
revolvers the Harrington & Richardson stand 
in the front rank. Made of the best possible 
material, small, light, durable and effective, 
they are perfectly rel able weapons, to be carried 
by the man or the woman who needsa revolver. 
There are many styles and sizes of these revoly- 
ers and many prices. A request on a postal 
card will bring the catalogue, giving full par- 
ticulars, if addressed to Harrington & Richard- 
son Arms Company, 317 Park Avenue, Worces- 
ter, Mass. 
It would seem a cur:ous fact that at a large 
majority of revolver matches, the reports show 
that the best scores are made with Colt’s revolv- 
ers, were it not that the makers of these reliable 
pistols have, for over fifty years, been solely 
engaged in making revolvers. From the old 
days, when every man west of the Ohio River 
“toted a gun,” down to the present, they have 
always shown the way. You can’t make a mis- 
take if you buy a Colt’s. 

A good, reliable stop-watch, that is at the 
same time within the means of the average 
sportsman, has been the quest of a great many 
RECREATION 
of our athletically inclined friends. One that 
will fill the bill is the “Chronograph.” It isdust 
and moisture proof, of a convenient size and is, 
we believe, the cheapest that can possibly be 
made consistent with first-class workmanship. 
For fully illustrated catalogue, address the New 
York Standard Watch Company, 130 Wood- 
‘ward Street, Jersey City, N. J. 

Well do we remember in days gone by 
searching the book stores for volumes that 
would help us to identify the birds, reptiles, 
plants and insects we met on our walks and 
excursions to the woods. After diligent search 
and the long saving of money our library con- 
sisted only of Dana’s ‘‘Geology,” Packard’s 
“Introduction to the Study of Insects” and 
Harris’s ‘Insects Injurious to Vegetation.” 
Pretty dry and scientific books for a boy, but the 
best the market afforded in those days. Oh, 
how we longed for a book of birds, of fishes, of 
snakes and of frogs! 
Our elders to whom we applied for informa- 
tion on this and kindred subjects only shook 
their heads, smiled and said, “What a strange 
boy!” Strange? Indeed, it would be strange 
if a boy were not interested in frogs; no healthy, 
right-minded boy ever saw a frog without being 
interested, and no fisherman who uses these 
batrachians for bait, and no gourmand who 
uses frogs’ legs as a delicacy, can be otherwise 
than interested in these creatures. 
Now at this late date comes one of the books 
which would have gladdened our youthful 
heart, ‘The Frog Book.” And yet some 
. “Miss Nancy,” in reviewing Mary C. Dicker- 
son’s “‘Frog Book,” says that ‘Brilliant as the 
coloring is, the creatures are none the less 
repulsive.” 
Repulsive! Bah! Such talk in a dignified 
review! 
The book is splendidly printed, beautifully 
illustrated from photographs of living speci- 
mens and with numerous colored plates. Those 
of the tree toads will appeal especially to any 
one’s artistic sense, and as well be of great 
service in identifying specimens met with on 
one’s rambles. The book is technical enough 
for a naturalist and simple enough for a novice 
and is the only American book in which the 
subject is adequately treated. Published by 
Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. 
Substantial Nourishment 
The chief concern of every camper is to ob- 
tain substantial nourishment in compact form. 
No camp or cabin is complete without its 
supply of Eagle Brand Condensed Milk and 
Peerless Evaporated-Cream. ‘They have no 
equal for coffee, fruits and cereals. | 
