BOOK NOTICES. 



EXERCISES WITHOUT APPARATUS. 



One of the most interesting, instructive 

 and valuable books of the day has lately 

 come from the press of the H. M. Cald- 

 well Co., of New York and Boston. It is 

 entitled "Health, Strength and Power," and 

 was written by Dr. D. A. Sargent, gym- 

 nasium instructor at Harvard University. 



Dr. Sargent aims to teach and inspire 

 men, women and children to train their 

 muscles and develop their bodies to the 

 highest possible stage without the use of 

 dumb bells, Indian clubs or other artificial 

 appliances. The book gives useful sugges- 

 tions in regard to exercise, diet, bathing, 

 sleep, clothing, etc. 



Illustrations have been especially pre- 

 pared for this work from numerous pho- 

 tographs of a well trained model, in order 

 to facilitate the learning of the different 

 movements and exhibit the muscular ac- 

 tion involved in a great variety of free 

 exercises that may be" taken without ap- 

 paratus. Each illustration is also accom- 

 panied by a text on the opposite page which 

 describes how the movements should be 

 made, the number of times they should be 

 repeated, and the parts of the body which 

 are thereby most affected. The systematic 

 practice of a group of these movements will 

 certainly prove helpful to a large part of 

 the community. They will serve not only 

 as a means of exercise and development 

 for the young and vigorous of both sexes, 

 but will help restore disordered functions 

 in those more advanced in years, and put 

 them in such a condition of health and 

 fitness as to make work a pleasure and 

 life for itself worth living. 



People who are confined to offices _ and 

 city homes and who have not the privilege 

 of the gymnasium, will find Dr. Sargent's 

 book of great interest and value. 



The Forest Fish and Game Commission 

 of New York has issued its 9th Annual 

 Report, which is a voluminous document 

 and which gives a valuable fund of informa- 

 tion as to the preservation of forests, the 

 restoration of burned areas, the protec- 

 tion of game, the propagation and distri- 

 bution of game, of game fishes, etc. It is 

 unfortunate that the Commission is not 

 supplied with funds enough to print the 

 book for general distribution. Only 500 

 copies were issued, and these have all been 

 sent out. 



I trust the Legislature may be liberal 

 enough to the Commission in future to en- 

 able it to distribute its annual reports liber- 

 ally. 



"The Book of Indoor and Outdoor 

 Games," by Mrs. Burton Kingsland, covers 

 the field exhaustively and is a mine of 

 suggestions, useful for the entertaining of 

 grown people as well as children. Host- 

 esses, in particular, will welcome the chap- 

 ters on "Special Dinners, Dances and 

 Luncheons," "Tableaux," "Entertainments 

 for Special Occasions," etc., which give 

 many ideas to lighten the burdens of the 

 entertainer. 



Published by Doubleday, Page & Co., 

 New York. 



"A Texas Matchmaker," by Andy Adams, 

 author of "The Log of a Cowboy," de- 

 picts life on a Texas ranch from the point 

 of view of one of the residents. It is a 

 faithful picture, painted without art, of ex- 

 periences in a phase of American life that 

 is fast passing, and forms the second vol- 

 ume of what is ambitiously called by the 

 publishers a Trilogy of the Plains. Pub- 

 lished by Houghton, Mifflin & C, Boston 

 and New York ; price $1 150. 



"Calumet K," by Merwin-Webster, the 

 well known writers of stories relating to 

 American industrial life and conditions, is 

 a dramatic story of the building of a big 

 grain elevator ; and Bannon, the foreman, 

 is a fascinating type of the shrewd master- 

 ful American who accomplished the impos- 

 sible. 



"Calumet K" is published by The Mac- 

 millan Company, New York and London ; 

 paper, 25 cents. 



Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston and New 

 York, have published a new edition of "An 

 Island Garden," by Celia Thaxter, of which 

 they say : " 'An Island Garden' was first 

 issued 10 years ago, in an expensive form, 

 with color illustrations. It has been for 

 some time out of print, but the continued 

 inquiries for it are evidence of its perman- 

 ent interest and value. To meet this de- 

 mand we issue the present popular edition." 

 Price $1.25. 



Dr. W. M. Byram, of Richmond, Mo., 

 who is well known to Recreation readers 

 through several bits of clever verse I have 

 published, has lately issued a volume of his 

 poems which cover a wide range of sub- 

 jects. Many of them deal with nature and 

 will, therefore, prove interesting to sports- 

 men and other nature lovefs. I cheerfully 

 commend this book to all readers of Rec- 

 reation. 



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