AROUND OUR CAMP-FIRE 
SOME IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS 

E are compelled to regretfully an- 
nounce that, on account of lack of 
space, two of the stories we last 
month promised to publish in the present 
number have been held over for the January 
number. They are “Hunting in the Big 
Thicket,” by. Gilson Willets, and, ~ Barly 
Winter on the Wahbi,” by John Boyd. We 
trust this explanation, and our apology, 
which is here offered, will in a measure 
excuse their tardy appearance. 
An announcement of far greater import, 
though it may not require the prominence 
of the foregoing, is the retirement of Dan 
Beard from the position of chief of the edi- 
torial staff of RECREATION. 
taken no active part in the editing of 
RECREATION for several months past, for 
reasons which are explained in the follow- 
ing letter :— 
Courtesy The Macmillan CpsaDe 
EDWYN SANDYS 

Mr. Beard has 
New York, Oct. 21, 06. 
To my old friends, the subscribers and read- 
ers Of RECREATION :— 
I find that my art and literary work has 
increased in such proportion that I cannot 
give the time to this magazine as of yore, 
and consequently, out of justice to the read- 
ers and subscribers, I have been compelled to 
regretfully sever my connection; but although 
I am no longer officially on RECREATION’S 
staff, I shall not lose my interest in my old 
friends of the magazine, and they may rest 
assured that both they and the magazine 
itself shall always retain the good will of the 
former editor. 
DAN BEARD. 
Edward Cave, who is well known to 
readers of sportsmen’s periodicals and who 
resigned the editorship of Field and Stream 
in March last to join the staff of RECREA- 
TION, succeeded Mr. Beard as editor. 
Our third important announcement, and 
which it truly grieves us to write, is the 
unexpected death of Edwyn Sandys, of 
heart disease in New York on October 23. 
Only a few days previous Mr. Sandys paid 
us a visit, and at the time looked fit for 
many long years of the life he so much 
enjoyed. And then—he was gone! It 
seems we will never get done listening for 
his familiar step—for his hearty “Hello!” 
as he pushed wide the door and drove 
Worry and Care out of the windows by his 
very presence. Poor Sandys! Long years 
will his memory be held dear by the thou- 
sands whose lives he made more full by his 
pleasant stories of shooting and_ fishing. 
Though the best years of his life were given 
over to the drudgery of journalism, he 
found the time to gain a wide practical ex- 
perience as a sportsman, and during the past 
two or three years had been principally 
engaged in putting the knowledge thus 
secured into book form. His books “Trap- 
per Jim” and “Sportsman Joe” have enjoyed 
much popularity with youthful readers, 
while his “Upland Game Birds” and “Sport- 
ing Sketches” are among the best sellers in 
the catalogue of the latest books for sports- 
men. 
