BOOK NOTICES. 



Commodore John E. Gunckel, of the To- 

 ledo Yacht club, has written and published 

 a history of the Maumee Valley, in North- 

 ern Ohio, As most students of history are 

 aware, that valley was the scene of several 

 important struggles between the white pio- 

 neers of the middle West and the Indians. 

 General Wayne's famous battle of the Fal- 

 len Timbers, General Winchester's defeat 

 at River Raisin, certain of General Har- 

 rison's operations, the siege of Fort Meigs, 

 Major Crogan's fight at Fort Stephenson, 

 and Commodore Perry's victory at Put- 

 in-Bay are all treated of in this book in a 

 most comprehensive and interesting man- 

 ner. 



Any person interested in the history of 

 the early settlement of Northern Ohio will 

 find Mr. Gunckel's book of great value. 



A postal card addressed to him at To- 

 ledo, Ohio, will bring you a carcular telling 

 all about the book. 



The annual report of the Smithsonian In- 

 stitution for 1901 has just been issued and 

 contains many articles and illustrations of 

 interest to all nature students. Among the 

 papers which will probably appeal with 

 greatest force to the readers of Recreation 

 are "Utilizing the Sun's Energy," "Color 

 Photography," "The Arctic Voyage of the 

 Belgica," "Forest Destruction," "Irriga- 

 tion," "Traps of the American Indians," 

 "The Laws of Nature," "The Greatest Fly- 

 ing Creature," "The Wanderings of the 

 Water Buffalo," "The Preservation of the 

 Marine Animals of the North West 

 Coast," and "A New African Animal." 



This book may be bought, at cost, from 

 the Superintendent of Documents, Wash- 

 ington, or you may be able to get a copy 

 free of charge through your member of 

 Congress. 



"A Plea for Hardy Plants," by J. W. 

 Elliott, presents in clear, simple form, many 

 thoroughly practical suggestions for beauti- 

 fying home grounds, even though they be 

 but small city lots. A list of the common, 

 available, hardy plants is given, together 

 with diagrams and plans for their placing 

 in attractive design ; and nearly every page 

 in the book contains an exquisite half tone 

 from a photograph showing beautiful floral 

 effects produced by simple home gardening. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., New York ; price 

 $1.60. 



have recently published a catalogue of the 

 species of fishes known to occur in the St. 

 Lawrence river and its tributary waters be- 

 low Lake Ontario. They list 71 species, 

 among which the most important game 

 fishes are both species of black bass, the 

 wall-eyed pike, ouananiche, Atlantic sal- 

 mon, lake trout, brook trout, marston trout, 

 pike, and muskalonge. 



Clay Emery has written, and Doubleday, 

 Page & Co., New York, have published, a 

 little book entitled "Cap'n Titus." The 

 captain is an old Cape Cod fisherman and 

 packet commander, who has the happy 

 faculty of spinning yarns that are unique. 

 They are told in the real salt water vernac- 

 ular, and you can almost hear the lapping 

 of the waves and feel the roll of the 

 schooner as you read them. I trust Mr. 

 Emery may give us other volumes of the 

 old mariner's tales. 



A yearly subscription to Recreation fur- 

 nishes one of the most delightful, instruc- 

 tive, entertaining presents you can possibly 

 give a man or boy who is interested in na- 

 ture, in fishing, shooting, amateur photog- 

 raphy; or, who is fond of the woods, the 

 fields, the mountains, the lakes or the rivers. 



Many presents which people give their 

 friends afford pleasure only for a few days, 

 or weeks. A subscription to Recreation 

 means solid comfort a whole year. It re- 

 minds your friends 12 times during the year 

 of your kindness and generosity. There 

 are many men and women who for 5 years 

 past have annually sent in long lists of 

 names of friends, accompanied with a 

 check, in order that these friends might be 

 made happy a whole year. Would it not be 

 well for you to adopt this plan ? 



Try it and see how grateful the recipient 

 will be. 



I consider Recreation the best sports- 

 man's magazine ever published. Besides 

 being interesting, it is exceedingly instruc- 

 tive. I wish you continued success in 

 your good work. 



J. Zweighaft, Haines Falls, N. Y. 



I think Recreation is the best sporting 

 magazine published and I will do my best 

 to make my friends think so. 



R. McG. Watt, Woodstock, N. B. 



Drs. Evermann and Kendall, in continu- I would give $1 a copy for Recreation 



ance of their studies of the geographic dis- if I could not get it any other way. 

 tribution of American fresh water fishes, I. H. Miller, Columbus, O. 



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