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FOREST AND STREAM. 
[Dro. 25, 1884. 
Explanatory and Suggestive. 
FOR THE CASUAL READER. 
Arma virumgue cana—*Arms and the man I sing.” And, indeed, it would take the genius 
of a Virgil and the roll of Latin hexameters fitly to tell the deeds of this man, whose arms aré 
shotgun and fishing rod. Go where you will, he is there. You run into him on the crowded city 
street, encounter him on cars and steamboats; he perches atop the country stage. bestrides the 
burro, and doubles up like a jacknife in the kanim. Seek out the most distant, most tortuous 
streams, his line has been wet in their waters; penetrate into the wilderness, the tin can of the 
sportsman’s camp is yet further on, He goes for game—if the fates shall send anything within 
reach of his ammunition; for fish—if by good fortune a trout shall rise to his fly or descend to 
his worm, But, good Iuck or bad luck, game or no game, fish or no fish—fun always, fresh air, 
ozone, quicker pulse beat, brighter eye, more elastic step, all the multiludinous rewards, which, 
after all, outweigh the biggest ‘‘bags,” and tip up the longest ‘‘strings.” Is it not true that only 
a poet could tell his deeds as they ought to be told? Perhaps so. Perhapsnot. He can usually 
tell them himself. And he does, with a thousand different pens, im a thousand different ways. 
You may read it in the ForEsT AND STREAM. 
And that is better than if it were put into verse between book covers. 
One who dces not understand these things might imagine that after being told so often, this 
story of the man—him with the rod and gun—might in the end become hackneyed. But it 
isnot so. Why? Well for pretty much the same reason, we venture to say, that the fields them- 
selves and the woods and the lakes and the streams never become hackneyed. However that 
may be, one thing is certain. Our columns eyery week, and month after month, give ampie 
proof that there is still an abundance to tell of what is seen and what is done afield and on 
angling waters; and that hosts of people still delight to read the telling, our subscription books 
show with ever increasing emphasis. The FOREST AND STREAM is in the best sense 
A Journal of Recreation. 
It tells of the recreation found by busy men, in out-door, open-air life. It zs recreation to 
these same men and to others, Explain it how you will, this recreation found in the pages of the 
FoREST AND STREAM is different from the diversion afforded by other papers. Why? Because 
(it may be ansWered again) the recreations of field and stream are always ten times more potent 
for good than are those found in almost any other way. 
Look through the pages and you will see that the departments include a pretty large field. 
It is a wide scope of subjects, But if you look carefully you will see that the paper, from front 
cover to back cover is homogeneous. What is in it belongs init. There is not the mistake of 
trying to foist upon the reader, who is interested in angling and shooting, a lot of stuff about 
horse racing or base ball or prize fights, There is no sawdust-ring odor, Everything is redolent 
of the woods. There are plenty of other papers devoted to the other subjects. If you are 
interested in them, you need hardly spend time to read the rest of this explanatory advertisement. 
The ForEsT AND STREAM’S field is broad, but it is not broad enough to take in all creation. 
The editors are perfectly contented with the scope of the paper as it is at present. And now 
A Word About 1885. 
For fifty-two weeks of the year 1885 we propose to publish the ForEsT AND STREAM, and 
to fill each number with the same rich abundance and variety of reading that may be found in 
this present number or in any one of the five hundred numbers that have gone before it. 
There will be the same delightful accounts of the adventures and misadventures of the 
Sportsman Tourist, and whether the ‘‘tour’”’ be across a continent or only across the pasture lot 
into the woods beyond, the story in either case will be well worth the time it takes to read it. 
We shall have, now and then, a description of such excursions in foreign lands, but for the 
most part these columns will deal with what is seen and done in our own country, for that, after 
all, is what the readers of FoREST AND STREAM are rightly presumed to be most interested in. 
The Watural History columns will give attention to varied forms of animal life, more parti- 
cularly such as may come under the observation of sportsmen in their rambles. This department 
of the ForEsT AND STREAM we believe to hold a place altogether unique. It is neither the 
dime-museum sort of un-natural history affected by the newspapers, nor the abstruse, fine-spun 
and terribly dry lucubrations of the scientific associations. It is intelligent talk about animal 
life, intended for intelligent readers. 
In the Shooting and Angling columns(we need hardly say it) will he accounts of hunting 
excursions and fishing trips—with luck, good, bad and indifferent; discussions about matters 
mechanical, ethical, sentimental, fanciful and practical; some, after much debating, will be 
settled; others will be left (and the reader with them) at the end just where they were at the 
beginning. 
The Kennel will give in 1885 (as it has given in 1884) the earliest, most accurate and the 
only unbiased reports of shows and trials, and it will be the endeavor of the editors to maintain 
for the FOREST AND STREAM in this special branch the position it now holds away in advance 
of anything else published in this country, 
The Yachting columns are in charge of an expert, whose highest ambition will be to keep 
these departments in the place already won for them in the recognized lead of journalism. 
Though the Canoeing interest of the country is of comparatively recent growth, the ForEsT 
AND STREAM fully appreciating its importance, has provided for those who sail or paddle a (pretty 
generous) corner, which is so full of practical suggestions and recountings of cruising experi- 
ences, that a canveist might almost as well try to get along without a paddle as without the paper 
in his mail eyery week. 
In a word—this is what we started out to say—in 1885 the FoREST AND STREAM will be 
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isist of Sportsman’s Books 
We will forward any of these Books by mail, postpaid, on receipt of price. 
No books sent unless money accompanies the order. 
ANGLING. 
American Angler’s Book, Norris...........++-: 5 50 
AnpPleris NovesBOOkerews pease ss. totna sae oe 2 40 
AMIENS es te sca oe ne, Senet ws 50 
Angling Talks, Dawson...........5 -e+essenete 50 
Angling, a Book on, Francis..... SE aria ae 
Angling literature in England...,............ 
Black Bass Fishing, Henshall,. 
British Angling Flies........,. 
Wish Hatching and Fish Catching 
lish and Fishing, Manly ........ 
Fishing, Bottom or Float... 
Fishing in American Waters, 
Fishing Tourist, Hallock,.... ; 
Fishing with the Fly, Orvis 
Fty Fishing in Maine Lakes ne 
Ely and Worm Fishing,........................ 
Frank Forester’s Fish and Fishin 
Frank Forester’s Fishing with Hook and Line 
mn~wo crtigcoe ~ 
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Fysshe and Fysshyne..........2......eeeeee eee 1 
Fresh and Salt Water Aquarium............... 
Goldfish and its Culture, Mulertt......... .... 1 
Modern Practical Angler, Pennell............. 2 
Practical Trout Culture.............+. -+-ee-: i 00 
Practical Fisherman..........5....eeceseaes . 420 
Prime’s I Go a-Fishing..........-...2+0seeesees 2 60 
Scientific Angler ........ 200-025 .25 sees areas 1 50 
pe dee Fishing, or the Striped Bass, Trout, 08 
OCLC a veomibe Tie Ke biara ie fh actions ox toreuarstens) Re 
ERT OMIM PO Te tele feiele cutee weitere aes rey enacts 50 
The Game Fish of the Northern States and 
BritishiProvinCes: ae: sofa) oe hel Hartaetes 2 00 
Trout Fishing, Rapid Streams, Cutliffe........ 1 50 
Walton, Izaak, fac simile of first edition....., 8 75 
BIRDS. 
American Bird Fancier.......... toed te bakes 50 
Baird’s Birds of North America.............00+ 80 00 
Bechstein’s Chamber and Cage Birds.......... 1 50 
Bird Notes te— see le ane AN keer ee 5 
Birds oNGStam eae Joma ete trea pew mk Lastest 1 25 
Birds of Eastern North America.............. 18 00 
Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania.....:.........- 00 
Birds of the Northwest. ...0..5..-c.daess teense 4 50 
BiLdsandVEners HAUNTS wee ee tke 5 eae siete 3 00 
Cage and Singing Birds, Adams....,.......... 50 
GCouves! Check List®. 1.4.5 cae ttpaky ness ones 3 00 
Coues’ Field Ornithology....................-- 
Coues’ Key to North American Birds 
Game Water Birds of the Atlantic Coast, 
TROOSO VEL bs ot ile site ceeds = scan Atte 
Holden’s Book of Birds, pa... 
Minot’s Land and Game Birds 
Native Song Birds.,......... 
Naturalists’ Guide, Maynard 
Natural History of Birds..... 
Notes on Cage Birds, Green....... ese 
Samuel's Birds of New Engiand.......... .... 
SHOPGesIN se tess a oeipy ge ianes ante Mem id lacie tes 
Water Birds of N. A., by Baird, Brewer and 
Ridgway, plain edition, 2 vols., $12 each; 3 
peste eene 
hand colored edition, 2 vols., each,.......... 0 
Wilson’s American Ornithology, 3 yols........ 18 00 
Wood's Natural History of Birds.............; 6 00 
BOATING AND YACHTING; 
Around the World in the Yacht Sunbeam..... 3 00 
Boat Racing, Brickwood,... ....+.-+.--..+.++- 2 50 
Boating Trips on New England Rivers........ 1 25 
Canoeing in Kanuckia. ........-...--.csegenes 1 25 
Oanoe and Camera....... ..22 see e scence eanes . 150 
Canoe. Voyage of the Paper, Bishop’s.,....... 2 50 
Oruises in Small Yachts .......-.....-...:.05- 2 50 
Frazar’s Practical Boat Sailing..............-- 1 00 
Model Yachts and Boats, Grosvenor.......-... 2 00 
Paddle and Portage... ... . .....ecseeeeees oe 1 60 
Practical Boat Sailing, Davies...............+. 2 00 
Practical Boat Building, Kemp.......--.....- 1 00 
The Sailing Boat -..72fse teen “ets i tee 7 50 
Vacation Cruising. Rothrick..............-.--+ 1 50 
Yachts and Boat Sailing, Kemp...........---+ 10 00 
Yacht Designing, Kemp..-....-....+.+++5 seers 20 00 
CAMPING AND TRAPPING. 
Camps in the Rockies, Grohman,. 
Camp Life in the Wilderness 
Camping and Cruising in Florida, Henshall. . 
Camping Out.........-. esse eens va igen vOnae Poacaes 95 
Complete American Trapper, Gibson 1 00 
Hints on Camping,,....... ..... 1 25 
How to Camp Out, Gould Taeze 100 
How to Hunt and Trap, Batty’s ........ so 545e 1 50 
Hunter and Trapper, Thrasher................ %% 
Rustlings in the Rockies........../......+ rep, Cuba! 
The Adirondacks, Headley.................--- 2 00 
HORSE. 
American Roadsters and Trotting Horses..... 5 00 
Bits and Bearing Reins.........-.--...ss-s sees 50 
Boucher’s Method of Horsemanship.......... 1 00 
Bruce’s Stud Book, 3 vols......-......-2s..-+-- 30 00 
Dadd’s American Reformed Horse Book, 8vo. 2 50 
Dadd’s Modern Horse Doctor, 12mo........... 50 
Dwyer’s Horse BOOK...........+2.s0reseneyeeee 1 25 
Horseback Riding, Durant.................... 1 26 
How to Ride and School a Horse,... ........- 1 00 
Horses and Hounds.............0..-eceveeeeess 80 
Horses, Famous American Race............... 15 
Horses, Famous American Trotting........... 75 
Horses, Famous, of America.........  -ss+.: 1 50 
Jenning’s Horse Training......... pees eer Se 1 25 
Manualof the Horse, . 2.2... 2 22c0scsn vessuness> 20 
Mayhew’s Horse Doctor...........:.ss0yee000> 3 00 
Muyhew’s Horse Management,...,........ Heer ena) 
‘MeClure’s Stable Guide. ..............+... -+-+ 1 00 
Rarey’s Horse Tamer.......- Heed Worth: Vezpen OU 
Riding and Driving. ........-....+..-..+,.2:-+ 20 
Riding Recollections, Whyte Melville’s....... . 800 
Stable Management, Meyrick..-............... 1 00 
Stonehenge, Horse Owner's Cyclopedia....... 3 75 
12mo0,....... ...- Aaabohomrecs ay seca Att Oe ah hee 2 00 
The Book of the Horse...............0.-2+04 es 12 50 
The Saddle Horse.._.. ests Se 1 00 
The Horse Owner’s Safeguard. 2 00 
Veterinary Dictionary, Going .. Fie .. 2 00 
Wallace’s American Stud Book..... .. .-...- 10 00 
Wallace’s American Trotting Register, 2 yols. 20 00 
Woodruff’s Trotting Horses of America,...,. 2 50 
Youatt and Spooner on the Horse.... ....... 1 50. 
HUNTING—-SHOOTING. 
5 00 
2 50 
1 00 
PACKISHOb, Ls. ee er Na, UR 1 25 
Field, Cover and Trap Shooting...... .... ... 2 00. 
Frank Forester’s Fugitive Sketches, 2 y.,cloth 4 00 
Frank Forester’s Manualfor Young Sportsmen 2 00 
Frank Worester's Fugitive S. Sketches, paper 75 
How I Became a Crack Shot, Farrow......... 1 00 
How I Became a Sportsman............ .-.... 2 40 
Hunting, Shooting and Fishing..... .-_....... 2 50 
Hunting and Hunters of all Nations, Frost... 1 50 
Hurlingham Gun Club Rules,.................- 25 
Modern Breech-Loaders, Greener.............. 2 50 
Rifle Practice, Wingate. ...................000: 1 40 
Rod and Gun in California...............2..+-- 1 50 
SHGOGERE Se Hee wOMn rn). Lae eee ane ae 50 
ishicoleysieayect OT bee MNL A Bg be hana wate ssohsne, 3 00 
Shootimg on the Wing........ BEEZ Bae Used, % 
Sport With Gun and Rod, cloth... ............ 10 00 
Embossed leather... 4.0.1.5. esse encecees 15 00 
Sporting Adventures in the Far West......... 1 50 
Still Hunter, Van Dyke,.......... Ne Pstrorsts ic 2 00 
Stephens’ Lynx Hunting........... Tae aie 22 1 25 
Stephens’ Fox Hunting.......5... ..c5 sees: 1 25 
Stephens’ Young Moose Hunters ..,......:.. 1 50 
The Gun and Its Development, Greener...... 2 50 
GUIDE BOOKS AND MAPS. 
Adirondacks, Map of, Stoddard..._........... 00 
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teehee 
SPORTS AND GAMES, 
00 
50 
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American Boy’s Own Book, Sports and Gam 
Athletic Sports for Boys, pas. Oe 00 
00 
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Dey CLOLH eres 1 
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Poe nse ane fori ige Je Ama 0 
PEs ABAD 25 
See 2 00. 
WWansis ia traps OE S's a eere dere the Fle vctolate s 25 
ep One Orly mo ener ee tka) ae LEhe, 26 
Stonehenge, Encyclopedia of Rural Sports... 7 50 
KENNEL, 
American Kennel, Burges.........,.. 1s ce hake 3 00 
Dog, Diseases of, Dalziel,....... .... er een 80 
Dog, Diseases of, Hill,.... ............0. nee 2 00 
Dog Breaking, by Holabird...,,.......... ease 25 
Dog Breaking, Hutchinson..................... 8 75 
Dog, the Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson..... 8 00 
Dog Training vs. Breaking, Hammond,....... 1 00 
OB Sia wets Lana dente) ceed ae) yadeee andes ae ae vi 
Dogs of Great Britain, America and other fy 
COUN LGIES SE Ss, ct tugs latices MONE Ce eee ema 00 
Dogs, Management of, Mayhew, 16mo........ "5 
Dogs, Points for Judging,-............. ecan as 50 
Dogs, Richardson, pa. 30.; cloth,........ a es 60 
Dogs and Their Ways, Williams, ........ site LS 
Dogs and the Public ........ Ne iaresrae dete ne hee vi) 
English Kennel C, §. Book, Vol. L.............. 5 00 
English K. C. §. Book, Vols. If. to X., each.. 4 50 
Qurmkiniend shes Bop) a, asset nee eee 3 00 
Practical Kennel Guide, Stables...........,.., 1 50 
Setter Dog, the, Laverack..... ............... 3°75 
Stonehenge, Dog of British Islands..,........ 7 50 
The Doe DyALUSvones... brsceanih con ieee 125 
Youatt on the Dog Bo Ay on tee Pe [sweat tiie 
MIISCELLANEOUS, 
A Naturalist’s Rambles About Home, Abbott, 1 50 
Adventures of a Young Naturalist ........:., 1 75 
Amateur Photographer........... ., 
Animal Plagues, Fleming.... .., 
Antelope and Deer of America 
Archer) Modern...) 0) Gcau. cores at 
+ 
Archery, Witchery of, Maurice Thompson.... 1 50 
Black Hills of Dakota, Ludlow, quarto, cloth, 
Government Report.............,.....2., Tie 2550 
Common Objects of the Seashore. _........... 50 
Hastward Hol.......+.--......... ne eek «| 1 50 
Historical and Biographical Atlas of New Jer- 
Sexe. Copier tw Oe Sees: BARA hi EBC ee erat 
How to Make Photographs ........... Jp. ell 
Humorous Sketches. Seymour,............. we. 600 
Insects Injurious to Vegetation................ 6 50 
Keeping, One Cows... cbe-etteveuine). 28 cones BIOO0, 
Life and Writings of Frank Forrester, 2 vols., 
per vol..... SLE ayy coer a ud wea cle reelsbesti ee .. 1650 
Maynard’s Manual of Taxidermy....... ..... 1 25 
Manton’s Taxidermy Without a Teacher...... 50 
Natural History Quadruped................... % 
North American Imsects.............3......... 1 50. 
Packard’s Half-Hours With Insects......... Fa blast, 
PIs tol DG, Aver. bela caepern ss oaecm aisnalee a's cin tisie tations S 50 
Photography for Amafeurs,................ rie, 60 
Practical Forestry, by Fuller........ nethteee B50 
Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration, 
Bathye Bice. tetas a8 coe ee ee ene . 150 
Practical Orange Culture.../........ sua eereree wLOU, 
Practical Poultry Keeping...... Conroe en LUO) 
Randall’s Practical Shepherd.... ............ , 2 00 
Sportsman’s Gazetter, Hallock............,..- 3 00 
Studies in Animal Life, Lewis................ . 100 
The Cream of Leicestershire.........,......-<. 3 50 
The Forester, by Brown........ ....... - -.. 1000 
The Northwest Coast of America.,............ 20 00 
Yhe Heart of Murope......-......-...5-- in db tle Dane 
The Botanical Atlas, 2 vols......,...-....--000. 12 00 
The Zoological Atlas, 2 vols..............2.5.-- 10 00 
The Book of the Kabbit...................... .. 500 
The Taxidermists’ Manual, Brown.. wx LOU 
Wild Flowers of Switzerland..... .. . 15 00 
Woodcraft, ‘‘Néssmuk™, .....-...52¢seeeeessae 1 00 
Woods and Lakes of Maine...........,.....-.. 8 00 
Yellowstone Park, Ludlow, quarto, clot 4, Goy- 
ernment Report..........--........-. Beene RHE 
Youatt onSheep...  ......-.. 3 . 100 
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