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mirably. At the end of the volume appears 

 a classified list, with descriptive annotations 

 of all the species treated of in the book, 

 setting forth very clearly the various orders 

 of our mammals, and their most conspicu- 

 ous families. This alone is worth the price 

 of the book. 



The 29 chapters of the story are brimful of 

 good things, and every statement made may 

 be relied upon. There are animal stories in- 

 numerable, clear explanations of the puzzles 

 wrapped up in " horns " and " antlers," de- 

 scriptions of the home life and breeding 

 habits of our " four-foots," hunting stories 

 a plenty, and Indian legends not a few. 

 Dull indeed must be the mind that is not 

 royally entertained by these bright and 

 breezy pages which serve up natural history 

 in the most charming style imaginable. 



And then the pictures. Never before have 

 our North American quadrupeds been so 

 beautifully and so accurately depicted in 

 black and white. The whole of the 72 illus- 

 trations are from the brush of America's 

 foremost delineator of birds and mammals, 

 Ernest Seton Thompson, and represent 2 

 years' hard work in the haunts of animals, in 

 zoological gardens, and the studio. Both 

 individually and collectively they are exqui- 

 site, and represent the highest attainment of 

 the artistic and the exact in animal drawing 

 in black and white. Not only is each picture 

 a fine portrait of the species represented, but 

 also of the creature's home surroundings, 

 and, as far as possible, its Iiabits are depicted 

 with equal fidelity and skill. It is greatly to 

 be regretted that the limitations of a popular 

 volume like this rendered it impossible for 

 the publishers to reproduce each drawing 

 as a full-page plate. 



The gray squirrel plate is an especially ex- 

 quisite work of art; and so are those of the 

 arctic fox, mountain goat, striped skunk, lit- 

 tle chief hare, the collared peccary, and vari- 

 ous others that could be named. The buffa- 

 lo plate is faulty, by reason of the fact that 

 the model chosen for the principal figure 

 was too thin to be accepted as a fair type U r 

 the species. The beaver picture, also, is not 

 quite up to Mr. Thompson's standard; but 

 the remaining 70 are fairly above criticism. 



Beyond question, the Macmillan Com- 

 pany deserves the thanks of the public for 

 this very satisfactory and valuable volume. 

 It is highly creditable to them as well as to 

 Mrs. Wright; it is a monument to Mr. 

 Thompson, and it deserves a hearty wel- 

 come from the public. 



Four Footed Americans and Their Kin. 

 By Mabel Osgood Wright. Edited by 

 Frank M. Chapman. Illustrated by Ernest 

 Seton Thompson. Large i2mo, 432 pp., 72 

 half tone illustrations. New York. The 

 Macmillan Company, 1898. $1.50. 



tive*as its predecessors. The subject is 

 " The Grouse of the Woods and Moun- 

 tains." 



The colored picture represents a sports- 

 man coming down an old road through a 

 beech forest, a handsome English setter in 

 the foreground, pointing a bird— presum- 

 ably a ruffed grouse. The half-tone cuts 

 represent the blue or dusky grouse, nest of 

 same, ruffed grouse on nest, another beauti- 

 ful half page picture of ruffed grouse shoot- 

 ing, a typical view of White Mountain scen- 

 ery, the ruffed grouse at his drumming 

 place, a bird's eye view of a section of the 

 Alleghenies, a beautiful panel picture of the 

 ruffed grouse, a typical camp scene, the 

 spruce grouse on her nest, etc. 



The text is complete and contains a great 

 deal of valuable information. Published by 

 the Sportsmen's Society of Cincinnati, in 25 

 parts at $1 each. In ordering, please men- 

 tion Recreation. 



Lovers of sport who at the same time ap- 

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 Those intending to visit the Paris exposi- 

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In " The Adventures of Captain Kettle " 

 Cutcliffe Hyne has created a character 

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Published by Doubleday & McClure Co., 

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Part III. of " Brush, Sedge and Stubble " 

 is out and is equally as beautiful and attrac- 



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