BOOK NOTICES 



A GREAT BOOK FQR CAMPERS. 



Buzzacott, the famous camp outfit man, 

 has written and published a book entitled 

 "The Camper's Manual" which is certain- 

 ly the most complete of the many books 

 on this subject that have recently been 

 placed on the market. It has evidently 

 been re-written and boiled down until it 

 simply bristles with facts and information 

 from start to finish; yet there is scarcely 

 a line' of type in it that could have been 

 omitted without detracting from the value 

 of the book. Mr. Buzzacott knows the 

 camping business, if any man does. He 

 served 10 years in the United States Army, 

 2 years in the British Army in Africa, 3 

 years on one of the Arctic voyages, and 3 

 years on an Antarctic exploring expedi- 

 tion. If this does not give a man a chance 

 to learn all there is to know about camp- 

 ing, then there is no use of anyone's try- 

 ing to learn the trade. Buzzacott has evi- 

 dently studied every situation in which 

 this wide range of travel has ever placed 

 him, and has learned to make the best of 

 his opportunities in all cases. His "Camp- 

 er's Manual" tells it all, and there is 

 scarcely a campaigner anywhere, no matter 

 how old he may be, who can not learn 

 something from this book. For instance, 

 Buzzacott tells you how to heat a tent 

 without fire, 'and his scheme is eminently 

 practical, as you will see when you read 

 the description. I will leave you to guess 

 how it is done until you get his book and 

 read it. 



The book fairly glitters with pictures 

 from beginning to end, and they are so 

 glibly drawn and so sharply printed that 

 you know at sight what everyone of them 

 means without reading the accompanying 

 text. There are several pictures of camp 

 fires and of methods of cooking and bak- 

 ing on these that will surprise any old 

 camper, and many of you will say when 

 you glance at these pictures 'It's strange 

 I never thought of that before." 



Buzzacott tells you how to cut the neck 

 off a beer bottle and make a lantern of it. 

 He also tells you, and shows you in a pic- 

 ture, how to make a practical camp lamp 

 of an empty tomato can. He tells you, 

 and shows you, how to make a camp clock. 

 He gives you a formula for drying wet 

 boots or shoes that few men ever thought 

 of or heard of before, yet when you read 

 it you will be ready to bet money that the 

 scheme would work every time. 



Buzzacott started in Chicago many years 

 ago with a camp stove which he invented, 

 but he is now making and handling nearly 



every article that a man can want or use 

 in camp, whether his camp is to be in the 

 Arctic regions, the tropics, in the sunrise 

 or the sunset country. "The Camper's 

 Manual" tells about all these things. You 

 are probably estimating from what I have 

 said that this book would cost about $2, 

 or $3, or possibly $5 ; but strange to say, 

 Mr. Buzzacott offers to send a copy free 

 to each reader of Recreation who will 

 write him and mention this magazine. 

 The address is simply Buzzacott, Racine, 

 Wis. 



A NATURE BOOK FOR CITY CHILDREN. 

 Doubleday, Page & Co., New York, have 

 issued a book entitled "The Nature Study 

 Idea." It is the work of Professor L. H. 

 Bailey, and deals mainly with the modern 

 system of conducting nature study in the 

 common schools. This movement aims to 

 supply a connecting link between the life 

 and the training of children growing 

 up in towns and cities with the great out- 

 door world, and Professor Bailey has aimed 

 in his book to elucidate and popularize this 

 modern line of study. The subject is of 

 greater importance to future generations 

 than most teachers in our schools realize. 

 Nearly all -the great men whom America 

 has produced have grown up on farms, and 

 the few others have come from among the 

 boys and men reared in cities who have 

 spent considerable portions of their youth 

 and early manhood in the woods. It is of 

 the utmost importance that every boy and 

 girl should know all possible of the natural 

 conditions of the soil and the forests of 

 this country, and of the life they produce. 

 Professor Bailey's book will be found of 

 great value to teachers and to students of 

 nature, and all such should read it. It 

 sells at $1 a copy. 



I am delighted with the 2 Bristol steel 

 rods I got from you as premiums for clubs 

 of subscribers to Recreation. They are all 

 the manufacturers claim. I advise any 

 man who wants a first class rod to get up 

 a club of subscribers to Recreation and get 

 it in that way. 



I received the Marble axe and knife you 

 sent me for 7 subscribers and am well 

 pleased with them. Every one who has 

 seen them is surprised to know I got them 

 so easily. Recreation is the best magazine 

 David Mackie, Ashland, Wis 



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