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GHRISTMAS^PRESENTS. 



Buy Them Early. 



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NO present gives so much pleasure or is so lasting as a good 

 book, and none is so thoroughly appreciated by the average 

 man, woman or childi A good book does not get broken or wear 

 out, but remains always a source of pleasure and instruction. 



Nothing is more annoying or inconvenient than to postpone the 

 purchase of Christmas gifts to the last moment, and appreciating this 

 fact we call attention to the following list of standard works suitable 

 for Christmas. These vary in price so as to fit every pocket, and 

 among them all something will be found to appeal to every taste. 

 Any of these books will be sent by mail, postpaid, on receipt of 



price. 



Sport with Gun and Rod. 



This superb volume contains a vast amount 

 of matter of tlie highest interest to the sports- 

 man. Almost all kinds of American game 

 birds, mammals and fishes are treated in its 

 pages, and it is profusely illustrated by some 

 of the best American artists; 886 pp. Three 

 styles are published: Embossed leather, $15; 

 cloth, $10; cloth, on cheaper paper, $5. 



Antelope and Deer of America. 



By Hon. J. D. Caton, LL. D. This 

 volume is equally a necessity to the sports- 

 man and the naturalist. It tells of the haunts 

 and habits of our antelope and deer, where 

 to find them, how to hunt them, of their life 

 in the woods and under domestication. The 

 best book on the subject ever written. A 

 second edition. Price reduced to |2 50. 



Rod and Gun in California. 



By T. S. Van Dyke. A story of outdoor 

 life in semi-tropical land. Through the 

 charmingly told narrative runs the tender 

 thread of a love story. Price $1.50. 



The Canoe Aurora. 



By Dr. C. A. Neide, The well told story 

 of the author's cruise in a tiny canoe from an 

 Adirondack lake to the Gulf of Mexico. 

 Price $1.00. 



Canoe Handling. 



By C. BowYER Yavx ("Dot"). The 

 author of this pleasantly written volume is 

 acknowledged to be the first of American, 

 and so of living, canoeists. In this book he 

 tells all about how to sail and handle a canoe, 

 and how to care for it, either when in use or 

 laid up for winter. Price $1.00. 



Small Yachts, 



Their Design and Constrttction, by 

 C. P. KuNHARDT. This sumptuous quarto 

 volume covers the whole range of yacht 

 designing and care, and is the only work of 

 the kind yet issued in America. The text 

 occupies 335 pages, illustrated with many 

 engravings, and besides there are 70 full page 

 plates, showing the characteristics of the best 

 modern yachts. Price $7.00. 



The Forest Waters the Farm, 



OR, THK VAIiUE OF WOODLANDS AS RESER- 

 VOIRS By Antonin Rousset, translated 

 by Ret. S. W. Powell. This famous 

 French book has never before been put into 

 English. Every farmer ought to have it, for 

 the questions so intelligently discussed in it 

 are of national importance; 109 pp. Price, 

 paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents. 



Canoe and Boat Building 



For Asiateurs. By W. P. Stephens. A 

 manual of boat building by the canoeing 

 editor of Forest and Stream. Besides the 

 189 pages of descriptive text, there are 29 

 plates, working drawings, which enable even 

 the novice to build his own canoe and build 

 it well. Price $1.50. 



Hunting Trips of a Ranchman. 



By Theodore Roosevelt. A delightful 

 book of hunting adventure in Dakota and 

 Montana. Price $3.50. 



Training vs. Breaking. 



By S. T. Haioiond, kennel editor of 

 Forest and Stream. Nearly forty years 

 experience in training and handling dogs has 

 taught the author that these intelligent 

 animals are more easily controlled by kind- 

 ness than by severity. He tells how to 

 accomplish by this kindness what you can- 

 not with the whip. There is a chapter on 

 training pet and house dogs. Price $1.00. 



Canoe and Camp Cookery. 



By "Seneca." A little book full of 

 receipts and hints for the camp cook, by a 

 practical man who has tried them. In- 

 dispensable to the camper. Price $1.00. 



Fyshhe and Fysshynge. 



By Dame Juliana Berne RS. An elegant 

 fac simile reprint of a quaint old book written 

 in the Fifteenth century. It is edited by an 

 ardent angler and should find a place in 

 every sportsman's library. Price $1.00. 



Our New Alaska. 



By Chas Hallock. In this handsome 

 illustrated volume, Mr. Hallock gives the 

 result of his travels in our northernmost pos- 

 sessions. He found Alaska a great country 

 of almost boundless resources, and tells about 

 it in his own happy style. Price $1.50. 



Woodcraft. 



By "Nessmuk." "Nessmuk" is a Nestor 

 among America's sportsmen. In "Woodcraft' 

 he imparts the knowledge of the woods that 

 he has been fifty years in acquiring. No 

 man, however much he has camped out, can 

 read this book without learning something. 

 Price $1.00. 



The History of the Mastiff. 



By M. B. WvNN, who is acknowledged on 

 all hands to be one of the first authorities in 

 the world on this splendid breed of dogs. The 

 history of the guard dog is traced from pre- 

 historic down to present time, and the tale is 

 told with the enthusiasm of a true lover of 

 man's best friend. Price $2.50. 



Forest and Stream Publisliing Co., 39 Park How, N.7. 



Sportsman's Library. 



We will forward cmy of time Books hy mail, postpaid, on recent of priee. 

 POSITIVELY NO BOOKS EXCHANGED. 



ANGLING. 



Adirondack Fishes, Fred Mather 25 



Amerioan Angler's Book, Norris 5 50 



Angling, Pennell 50 



Angling Talks, Dawson 50 



Black Bass Fishing, Henshall 8 00 



Fish Culture, Norris 176 



Fish Hatching and Fish Catching, Roose- 

 velt and Green 1 50 



Fishing, Bottom or Float 50 



Fishing in American Waters, Scott, illus. . . 2 50 



Fishing With the Fly, Or vis-Cheney CoUect. 2 50 



Fly Fishing and Fly Making for Ti'out,Ke.ene 1 50 



Fly Fishing in Maine Lakes 1 25 



Fly Rods and Fly Tackle, Wells. 



Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing 



Frank Forester's Fishing With Hook and 



Line T 25 



Fysshe and Fysshynge 1 00 



Firesh and Salt Water Aquarium 50 



Modern Practical Angler, a Guide to Fly 



Fishing 1 50 



Practical Trout Culture, by Capel 1 00 



Prime's I Go a-Fishlng 2 50 



Fiod and Line in Colorado Waters 1 00 



Scientific Angler 1 50 



Superior Fishing, or the Striped Bass, Trout, 



etc., by Roosevelt 3 00 



Trolling for Pike, Salmon and Trout 50 



The Game Fiah of the Northern States and 



British Provinces, hy Roosevelt 2 00 



Trout Culture, Slack 1 00 



NATUKAL HISTORY. 



A Naturalist's Rambles About Home, Abbott 1 50 



A. 0. U. Check List of N. A. Birds 3 00 



American Bird Fancier 50 



Antelope and Deer of America, Caton 2 50 



Baird's Birds of North America 30 00 



Bird Notes 75 



Birds and Wild Animals, Wilson 1 75 



Birds Nesting, IngersoU 1 35 



Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania 4 00 



Birds and Their Haunts 3 00 



Cage and Singing Birds, Adams 50 



Common Objects of the Seashore 50 



Coues' Check List of North American Birds 3 00 

 Game Water Birds of the Atlantic Coast, 



Roosevelt 3 00 



Guide to the Study of Insects, Packard 5 00 



Holden's Book of Birds, pa 25 



Insect World, Figuier 1 50 



Insects Injurioris to Vegetation, Harris. .... 4 00 



Intelligence of Animals, 54 illus., Menaut. . . 1 00 



Mammals of New York, paper $4; cloth. ... 5 00 



Manual of Taxidermy, MajTiard 1 25 



Manual of Vertebrates, Jordan 3 50 



Maynard's Butterflies, colored plates 5 50 



Minot's Land and Game Birds 3 00 



Native Song Birds 75 



Naturalist's Assistant, Kingsley 1 50 



Naturalists' Guide, Maynard 3 00 



North American Insects 1 50 



Practical Taxidermy and Home Decoration, 



Batty 1 50 



Shore feirds 15 



Taxidermy Without a Teacher, Manton 50 



Taxidermists' Manual, Brown . . 1 00 



Wild Animals and Birds, their Haunts and 



Habits 1 75 



Wilson's Noctes Ambrosianas, by Prof. Wil- 

 son, J. G. Loekhardt, James Hogg and Dr. 

 Maginn, 6 vols., crown 8vo., cloth, $9.00; 

 half calf 18 00 



BOATING AND YACHTING. 



Boat Building and Sailing, Neison 



Boat Sailing and Management, Prescott — 



Boat Sailor's Manual 



Boating Trip on New England Rivers 



Book of Knots, by Tom Bowling 



Canoe and Camp Cookery, Seneca 



Canoe and Boat Building for Amateurs, W. 



P. Stephens 



Canoe Handling, C. B. Vaux 



Canoeing in Kanuckia, Norton & Halberton 

 Canoe and Camera. 



Canoe, Voyage of the Paper, Bishop's 



Corinthian Yachtsman, Biddle 



Cruises in Small Yachts, Speed 



Donaldson's Steam Machinery 



Four Months in a Sneakbox, Bishop 



Frazar's Practical Boat Sailing 



How to Make Knots, Bends and Splices, by 

 Burgess 



Hints on Boat Sailing and Racing, Fitz- 

 gerald 



Model Yachts, Grosvenor 



Paddle and Portage 



Practical Boat Building, Neison 



Practical Boat Sailing, Davies 



The America's Cup, paper 50; cloth 



The Canoe Aurora, Dr. C. A. Neid6 



Vacation Cruising, Rothrick 



Yacht Architecture, Dixon Kemp 



Yacht and Boat Sailing, Kemp 



Yacht Sailor, Vanderbeck 



Yachts. Small, C. P. Kunhardt 



Yachtsman's Guide, Patterson 



Yachtsman's Manual and Handy Book, by 

 Qualtrough 



CAMPING AND TRAPPING. 



Adventures in the Wilderness, Murray 



Amateur Trapper, paper 50c.; bds 



Camps and Tramps in the Adirondacks, 



Northrup 



Three in Norway, or Rifle, Rod and Gun in 



Norway 



Camps in the Rockies, Grohman 



Camping and Ci-uising in Florida, Henshall 



Canoe and Camp Cookery, by "Seneca" 



Complete American Trapper, Gibson 



Hints on Camping 



How to Camp Out, Gould 



How to Hunt and Trap, Batty's 



Hunter and Trapper, Thrasher 



Trappers Guide, S. Newhouse, 8vo., illus — 

 Woodcraft, "Nessmuk" 



GUIDE BOOKS AND MAPS. 



Adirondacks, Map of, Stoddard 



Atlas of New Jersey Coast 



Black Hills of Dakota, Ludlow, quarto, cloth 



Government report 



Farrar's Guide to Moosehead Lake j)aper. . . 

 Farrar's Guide to Richardson and Rangeley 



Lake, paper 



Farrar's Pocket Map of Moosehead Lake. . . 

 Farrar's Pocket Map of Rangeley Lake R'g'n 



Florida. Annual 



Guide Book and Map of Dead River Region 

 Guide to Adirondack Region, Stoddard — 



Guide to Androscoggin Region 



Historical and Biographical Atlas of New 



Jersey Coast 



Map of the Indian River, Florida, Le Baron, 



strong linen paper, S8; plain 



Map of the Thousand Islands 



Muskoka and Northern Lakes of Canada. .. 



Old St. Augustine, illus 



Our New Alaska, by Charles Hallock 



Southern California, by T. S. Van Dyke 



Sportsroaa's Gazetteer, Hallock 



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HORSE. 



Boots and Saddles, Mrs. Custer 1 50 



Bruce's Stud Booli, 3 vols 30 00 



Dadd's American Reformed Horse Book, 8vo 3 50 



Dadd's Modern Horse Doctor. 13mo 1 50 



Horse and Hounds, illus 76 



Horses, Famous American Race 76 



Horses, Famous American Trotting 75 



Horses, Famous, of America — 1 50 



Jenning's Horse Training 1 35 



Mayhew's Horse Doctor, 400 illus 3 00 



Mayhew's Horse Management 3 00 



McClure's Stable Guide 1 00 



Riding and Driving 20 



Riding Recollections, Whyte Mehille's 3 00 



Stonehenge on the Horse, English edit'n, 8vo 3 60 



Stonehenge on the Horse, Amer. ed., 12mo. . 3 00 



The Book of the Horse 8 00 



The Saddle Horse, Guide to Riding and 



Training, illus 1 00 



Veterinary Dictionary, Going 3 00 



Wallace's American Stud Book 10 00 



Wallace's American Trotting Register, 3 A'ols 20 00 



Woodrufl:'s Trotting Horses of America — 3 50 



Youatt and Spooner on the Horse, illus 1 50 



HUNTING— SHOOTING. 

 Adventures on the Great Hunting Grounds 



of the World, 32 illus 3 00 



American Sportsman, The, Lewis 2 50 



Antelope and Deer of America, Caton 2 50 



Bear Hunting, Bowman 1 00 



Crack Shot (The Rifle) "Barber," illus 1 25 



Dead Shot (The Gun), or Sportsman's Guide 1 25 

 Dovvn tlie Vv'^est Branch, by Capt. Farrar.. . . 1 25 

 Field, Cover and Trap Shooting, Bogardus.. 2 00 

 Frank Forester's Sporting Scenes and Char- 

 acters, 3 vol., cloth 4 00 



Frank Forester's Manual for Young Sports- 

 men 3 00 



How I Became a Crack Shot, Farrow 1 00 



How I Became a Sportsman, Avon 2 40 



How to Hunt and Trap, Batty 1 50 



Horse and Hounds, illus 75 



Hmiter and Trapper, Thrasher — 75 



Hunting Trips of a Ranchman, Roosevelt. . 3 50 



Huiiingham Gun Club Rules 25 



Instructions in Rifle Firing, by Capt. Blunt. 2 00 



Modern Breech-Loader, Greener 2 50 



Nimrodinthe North, Schwatka 3 50 



Poems of the Rod and Gun, McLellan 2 00 



Rifle Practice, Wingate 150 



Rod and Gun in California, Van Dyke 1 50 



Shooting, Blakey 50 



Shooting, Boating and Fishing, illus.. War- 

 ren 1 00 



Shooting on the Wing 75 



Sport -ivith Gun and Rod, cloth 10 00 



Sport with Gun and Rod, new, plain edition. 5 00 



Embossed leather 15 OO 



Sporting Adventures in the Far West 1 50 



StiU-Hunter, Van Dyke 2 00 



Stephens' Fox Flunting 1 25 



Stephens' Young Moose Hunters 1 50 



The Gun and Its Development, Greener 2 50 



The Pistol 50 



Three in Norway, or Rifle, Rod and Gun in 



Norway . 1 75 



Trajectory Test 50 



Wing and Glass Ball Shooting with a R^ifle, 



by H. C. Bliss 50 



KENNEI,. 



American Kennel, Burges 3 00 



Breeders' Kennel Record and Acc't Book.. . 3 00 



Dog, Diseases of, Dalziel 80 



Dog, Diseases of. Hill 2 00 



Dog Breaking, Floyd 50 



Dog Breaking, Hutchinson 3 00 



Dog, the Dinks, Mayhew and Hutchinson. .. 3 00 



Dog Training vs. Breaking, Hammond 1 00 



Dog Training, First Lessons and Points of 



Judging 25 



Dogs and Their Doings, Morris 1 75 



Dogs of British Islands Stonehenge 6 00 



Dogs, Management of, Mayhew, 16nio 75 



Dogs, Points of Judging 25 



Dogs, Richardson, pa. 30c.; cloth. 60 



Dogs and the Public 75 



Dogs, Their Management and Treatment in 



Disease, by Ashmont 3 00 



Englishe Dogges, Reprint of 1576 50 



English K. C. S. Book, Vol 1 5 00 



English K. C. S. Book, Vols. HI. to IX., each 4 50 



English K. O. S. Book, Vols. XI. to XIII., each 4 50 



Glover's Album. Treatise on Canine Diseases 50 



Our Friend the Dog, Stables 3 00 



Points of Judging and First Lessons 25 



Practical Kennel Guide, Stables 1 50 



Setter Dog, the, Laverack 3 00 



The Dog, by Idstone 1 25 



The Mastiff, the History of, M. B. Wynn .... 2 50 

 Vero Shaw's Book on the Dog, cloth, $8.00; 



half morocco 13 00 



Youatt on the Dog 2 50 



SPORTS AND GAMES. 



American Boy's Own Book Sports and Grames 2 00 



Athletic Sports for Boys, Stonehenge ... 1 00 



Boy's Book of Sports and Pastimes 2 50 



Boy's Treasury of Sports and Pastimes, etc. 2 00 



Cassell's Book of Sports and Pastimes 3 00 



Croquet 20 



Easy Wliist 50 



Encyclopedia of Rural Sports, Stonehenge. 4 50 



Hands at Whist 50 



Instruction in the Indian Club Exercise 35 



Skating 25 



'VSTiist for Beginners 50 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Antelope and Deer of America, Caton 2 50 



Adventures on the Great Hunting Grounds 



of the World, 22 illus 1 00 



Atlas of New Jersey Coast 1 50 



Black Hills of Dakota, Ludlow, quarto, cloth 



Government report 2 50 



Complete Poultry Manual 35 



Eastward Ho! 1 25 



Forest and Stream Fables 10 



Hand Book of Tree Planting, Egleston 76 



Historical and Biographical Atlas of New 



Jersey Coast 5 OO 



Keeping One Cow 1 00 



Life and Writings of Frank Forester, 2 vols. 



per vol 1 50 



Old St. Augustine, Fla., illus 1 50 



Our Arctic Province, Alaska, Elliott 4 50 



Practical Forestry, by Fuller 1 50 



Practical Pigeon Keeping, AVright 1 50 



Practical Taxidermvand Home Decoration, 



Batty 1 50 



Profitable Poultry Keeping, Beale 2 00 



Shooting, Boating and Fishing, illus., War- 

 ren 1 00 



Southern California, Van Dyke 1 50 



Sportsman's Gazetteer, Hallock 3 00 



The Forest Waters the Farm, 50 cts. paper; 



cloth 75 



Wild Woods Life, Farrar 1 25 



Wonders of the Yellowstone, Richardson. . . 1 50 



Woodcraft, by Nessmuk 1 00 



Woods and Lakes of Maine 8 06 



