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limit; the amateurs continue to improve in 

 their work from year to year. 



Every student of the science of photog- 

 raphy should have a copy of this remark- 

 able publication. If published on a purely 

 commercial basis, it would sell readily at 

 50 cents a copy. The Eastman people offer 

 it at 10 cents a copy, and say they will 

 charge up the difference between that sum 

 and the cost of production to advertising. 

 It will certainly prove a valuable piece of 

 publicity to the Kodak people. In order- 

 ing please mention Recreation. 



The Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co., 

 Rochester, N. Y., has issued a new cata- 

 logue of Korona and Wizard cameras 

 which will prove a revelation to anyone 

 nnd everyone interested in photography. 

 Good things in the catalogue line come so 

 thick and fast that it is difficult for a busy 

 man to get time even to look at all of 

 them; but this book is so exceedingly in- 

 teresting, artistic and novel, that the aver- 

 age photographer would even postpone an 

 invitation to take something in order to go 

 through it and look at all the pictures. 

 Then he would be mighty likely to sit up at 

 night to read what this book says about 

 the cameras and accessories made by the 

 Gundlach-Manhattan Optical Co. When 

 you write for it, please say you saw it 

 mentioned in Recreation, for it always 

 makes a lot of difference to the advertiser 

 and to the publisher of this magazine 

 whether or not you make such mention. 



The Northern Rubber Co., St. Paul, 

 Minn., is making a lumbermen's rubber 

 shoe, with a lace top of heavy wool-lined 

 duck canvas, which will certainly prove 

 popular among sportsmen when it shall be- 

 come known. The shoe has an extra heavy 

 sole, turned up around the edge, and the 

 top is made 8 to 10 inches high, as ordered. 

 The trouser leg may be gathered in and the 

 shoe laced up outside of it ; or the shoe may 

 be worn over a heavy German sock if de- 

 sired. This makes an excellent footgear 

 for use in wet grass, on marshy ground or 

 in snow, and by having 2 pairs of these 

 shoes, so that you can alternate them from 

 day to day, you can have dry feet all the 

 time. The shoes sell at $3.50 a pair, express 

 paid to any part of the United States. 



When you send in your order, please 

 mention Recreation. 



Geo. M. Houghton, Traffic Manager of 

 the Bangor & Aroostook railway, has is- 

 sued a book entitled "The Haunts of the 

 Hunted," which is the most luxurious and 

 elaborate of the many excellent guide books 

 that have come from his office. The pres- 

 ent volume, for so it may properly be 



called, is a veritable storehouse of informa- 

 tion and contains an almost bewildering ar- 

 ray of attractive and interesting pictures. 

 These represent every possible phase of 

 camp life, hunting, fishing, canoeirig, etc. 

 No man who loves the woods can spend 10 

 minutes examining Mr. Houghton's new 

 book without longing to kick the dust of 

 the city from his shoes and make a break 

 for the wilds of Maine. 



You can get a copy of this book by writ- 

 ing Mr. Houghton at Bangor, Me., and 

 mentioning Recreation. 



Hemm & Woodward, Sydney, Ohio, have 

 lately added to their stock a full "line of 

 rifle wick plugs, which are just the thing 

 that thousands of riflemen have been 

 longing for these many years. Hemm & 

 Woodward are furnishing wicks to fit any 

 rifle from 30 caliber up to 50. Oil the 

 wick, draw it through the rifle barrel 2 or 

 3 times, and it cleans the barrel thorough- 

 ly. Then draw the wick in again, leave it 

 there, and put your rifle away. 1 -believe 

 that if you use good oil or any standard 

 gun grease, your rifle may stand a' year 

 without attention and that it will show up 

 as bright and good as new when you pull 

 out the wick. Order a sample wick, and 

 you will never be without a supply of them 

 thereafter. Please mention Recreation 

 when ordering. 



Coffeyville, Kansas. 

 Marble Safety Axe Company, Gladstone, 



Mich. 



Dear Sirs : Your catalogue received and 

 I find it extremely interesting. The fact 

 that Mr. G. O. Shields, editor of Recrea- 

 tion, is one of your customers brings me 

 to the conclusion that your goods "are all 

 right, for although I am not personally ac- 

 quainted with Mr. Shields, I have great 

 confidence in his judgment on all matters 

 pertaining to sporting equipment, gained 

 from a constant perusal of his most valua- 

 ble and reliable magazine. Enclosed here- 

 with find money order for $4.50, for which 

 please send me one No. 3 5 inch safety 

 pocket knife with German stag handle. 

 Yours truly, Rudolph A. Hiller. 



One of the features of the modern din- 

 ing car service is the menu card, which, 

 in addititon to giving a list of the dishes 

 served, wine list, etc., now frequently con- 

 tains illustrations calculated to attract the 

 eye and engage the attention of the traveler. 

 The New York Central, with the begin- 

 ning of the new year, has introduced a very 

 artistic series of menus which have for the 

 illustration quaint and beautiful female 

 heads and figures which will certainly add 

 to the attractiveness of the meals en 



