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 In 1879 Mr. C. A. Zimmerman's two water colors, "The Tight 

 Shell," and its companion, "The Doable," were published, the one 

 representing a hunter's dilemma, and the other a much more 

 agreeable situation. It is doubted if a more popular pair of pic- 

 tures ever saw the light. The entire edition has long been ex- 

 hausted, and the purchasers and others have been clamoring for 

 more of the same sort. Instead of another edition of these two, 

 Mr. Zimmerman determined to publisli three entirely new sub- 

 jects. These have been seen upon the artist's easel, and they are 

 named respectively "A Side Shot," "Stopping an Incomer" and 

 "A Lost Opportunity." The first portraj-s a cosy ambush or 

 "blind," surrounded by a most tempting flock of decoys— a num- 

 ber of canvasback ducks are "drawing" to the "stools," and pre- 

 sent an in\'iting "side shot" to the half-concealed hunter in his 

 sneakbox. The whole picture is drawn with a true artist-sports- 

 man's grasp of the situation. "Stopping an Incomer" illustrates 

 in a spirited manner a Avell-known diillcult shot; the shooter, in 

 the picture, is evidently no novice, as the "well-killed" falling 

 mallard indicates. "A Lost Oppoi-tunity" is scored by a shooter 

 who is staggering homeward under a tine back-load of game. 

 "Enough is as good as a feast" must be his motto, for he does not 

 even glance up at the swiftly flying Blue Bills fast disappearing in 

 the stormy sky; even the spaniel retriever partakes of and reflects 

 his master's manner and feeling, and is very willing to go to 

 camp. There is a quality in these pictures which is very apparent 

 to the connoisseur and to the casual observer as well— a sense of 

 motion in the appearance of the birds and the naturalness of 

 scene that is seldom seen on paper or canvas. Mr. Zimmerman 

 has apparently no rival in the new direction that he has etrnck 

 out for himself in water-color painting, and that the fact is ap- 

 preciated by picture buyers is seen in the high prices paid for the 

 work.— ^rt Department, St. Paul Daily. 



side or library than Scribner''s Monthly. Its neatly printed pages, 

 exquisitely illustrated, always afford such choice reading that 

 none can peruse without pleasure. The October number, 79, an 

 advanced copy of which has been received, will be of absorbing 

 and special interest to the citizens of St. Paul and the State at 

 large, for it contains an article from Mr. Charles A. Zimmerman, 

 of this city, upon "Field Sports in Minnesota," which is profusely 

 and charmingly illustrated with original pictures by the author. 

 It very seldom happens that one and the same individual can ac- 

 complish the double task of being a pleasing writer and a talented 

 illustrator of his o"wn lucubrations. But Mr. Zimmerman hap- 

 pily combines these qualities in a degree so eminent that all must 

 read his article in Scrihncr and admire his illustrations with in- 

 tense gratification. Of course the subject of Minnesota field sports 

 is one in which Mr. Zimmerman is completely at home. He 

 reveals in them theoretically and he practises them assiduously. 

 He is a "crack shot" at anj^hing that wears feathers— even when 

 worn inside glass balls— and he is an adept in the study of game 

 birds and all their peculiarities of habits, phimage and flight. 

 Added to all this, he loves a "bird dog," and admires nature in 

 her ever-varying moods, and it is, therefore, little wonder that his 

 devotion to shooting has become an enthusiasm. It is this very 

 enthusiasm that constitutes the charm of Mr. Zimmerman's con- 

 tributions; it is this which gives vigor to his pencil in his pictures. 

 Both the text and the pictorial accompaniment are true to life, 

 while tlie ludicrous side of the sport is happily depicted.— St. Paul 

 Daily Globe. 



In one of the windows of Nims & Co. is exhibited a charming 

 original water-color drawing, representing a duck-shooting scene 

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the landscape, the location and pose of the figures, the flight of the 

 ducks, all indicate knowledge of duck shooting, wMle the treat- 

 ment of the composition, its drawing and fidelity to nature, show 

 that the author is not only Inspired by the unerring instinct of 

 the experienced sportsman, but also by the artistic instinct of the 

 educated artist. Mr. Zimmerman has more than a local reputa- 

 tion, for his recent article in Scribner'sMonthhj upon "Field Sports 

 in Minnesota" has published his ability to the world. His illus- 

 trations in that interesting article are very clever, spirited and 

 beautiful drawings, worth the careful notice and studv of sports- 

 men and lovers of art.— Troy Daily Times. 



Mr. 0. A. Zimmerman, of St. Paul, is well known over the Union 

 as both an artist and a sportsman, the productions of whose pencil 

 always meet -svith universal favor, in a visit to his studio last 

 week, no less than three superior pictures were found lately com- 

 pleted. "Stopping an Incomer" is just what its title indicates: A 

 gunner is paddling along a bank of rice, and coming toward him 

 he spies two mallards; the paddle is dropped, the gun taken up, 

 and as the smoke issues from the muzzle the old drake towers up 

 in his death agony. "A Side Shot" also tells its own story very 

 forcibly: A flock of decoys are on the water; to them come flying 

 along tlie branch ducks of aU sorts, and as a flock of canvasbacks 

 pass a clump of rushes the sportsman gives them "a side shot" 

 with teUtng effect.— St. Paid Pioneer Press. 



"Canadian Sports," "Bay Shooting," "Canvasback and Terra- 

 pin," Caribou Hunting" and "Deer Hunting on the An Sable" 

 are some of the titles that meet the eye in its pages. Mr. Zim- 

 merman, who knows more about it than any otlier man, has 

 written of "Field Sports in Minnesota."— Ccntitri/ Magazine. 



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