Dec. 33, 1886. 



FOREST AND STREAM. 



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CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. 



Buy Them Early. 



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 child. 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 lit 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 the highest interest to the sports- 

 maa. Almost all kinds of American game 

 birds, mammals and fishes are treated in its 

 pages, and it is profusely illustrated bj some 

 of the best American artists; 886 pp. Tbree 

 styles are published: Embossed leather, $15; 

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



Antelope and Deer of America. 



By HoK, 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 tbem, of their life 

 in the woods and under domestication. The 

 best book on the subject ever written. A 

 second edition. Price reduced to $3 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 Dk. C. a. Neipe. 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. BowTEK 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 ia America. The text 

 occupies 325 pages, illustrated with many 

 engravings, and besides there are TO full page 

 plates, showing the characteristics of the best 

 modern yachts. Price $7.00. 



The Forest Waters the Farm, 



OR, THE Value of Woodl.^nds as Reser- 

 voirs. By Antonin Rotjsset, translated 

 by Rev. 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 Amateurs. 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. HAMiiOND, 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 Berners. 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 iuiparts the knowledge of the woods that 

 he has been fifty years in acquuing. 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. WTfnsr, 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 PublisMug Co., 39 Park Eow, N.7. 



A WORD IN SEASON. 



Readers old and new of the Forest and Stream may be pleased to know that the 

 paper is now at the close of 1886 enjoying the support of a wider circle of friends than at 

 any former period in its history. This is an interesting fact, for it proves, with the best 

 possible demonstration of success, the sound sense of the theory long ago adopted by 

 editors and publishers, and steadfastly adhered to, that there is room in this country for a 

 journal treating the subjects embraced by our departments, and depending for its support 

 wholly upon what have been accepted by the conductors of the Forest and Stream as 

 legitimate journalistic methods. In other words, we have kept faith with subscribers by 

 devoting our reading columns exclusively to honest reading matter, and have not given up 

 our pages to extended paid puiis of railroad routes clumsily disguised as accounts of sports- 

 men's travel, nor alluring descripiions of wonderful agricultural regions, all paid by the 

 column. The conviction that a sportsman's journal for sportsmen could be conducted 

 without resorting to such questionable makeshift expedients have proved quite correct. 



The tone and high character of the journal, as one fit for sportsmen to receive into their 

 homes, will be jealously maintained. As there is nothing in the recreations of field and 

 stream inconsistent with the highest type of manhood, so, the editors are convinced, there 

 should be in a journal like the Forest and Stream nothing to oSend good taste. 



The Forest and Stream will be, in the future as in the past, thoroughly representa- 

 tive of the best field sportsmanship of America. It will maintain its position as the chosen 

 exponent of those who seek recreation with gun or rod, rifle, canoe or yacht. Its character 

 will be scrupulously preserved, and readers in 1887 may expect a rich fund of sporting 

 sketches and stories, suggestions, bright sayings, prompt, reliable news, and interesting 

 discussions. Angler, shooter, dog breeder, canoeist and yachtsman, may be assured that 

 whatever is of interest in these respective fields in 1887 will find its way into the columns of 

 the Forest and Stream. 



The Sportsman Tourist 



columns are filled with bright sketches of travel, camp life and adventure, the reflected ex- 

 perience of a host of outers. 



Natural History. 



Papers descriptive of bird life, chapters of animal biography, notes on the ways of field, 

 forest and water creatures as observed by sportmen, anglers and naturalists, make up these 

 pages. The special work of the past year hag been the establishment of the Audubon 

 Society for the Protection of Birds, begun in February, and having now a membership 

 approaching 20,000. 



Angling and Shooting. 



Time was when a single journal sufficed in this country for adequate discussion of all the 

 heterogenous pastimes and practices dubbed sport. That time has long since passed away. 

 Some of the sports have been outgrown or put under a ban, others have developed to such a 

 degree that each class requires a special organ. The particular fields chosen by the Forest 

 AND Stream are those of angling and shooting. The pages given up to these topics are 

 rich with the freshest, brightest, most wholesome, entertaining and valuable open air litera- 

 ture of the day. They have the sunlight and woodsy odor of the haunts of game and fish; 

 they picture nature as seen by sportsman and angler. One has not long to read the Forest 

 AND Stream before learning its attitude with respect to game and fish protection. The 

 editors believe in conserving, by aU legitimate methods, the game of fields and woods, and 

 the fish of brook, river and lake, not for the exclusive benefit of any class or classes, but for 

 the public. They are earnest, consistent and determined advocates of strict protection in 

 the legal close season, and in restricting the taking of game both as to season and methods, 

 so that the benefits of these natural resources may be evenly distributed. 



The Kennel. 



This department has kept even pace with the growth of the interest of breeding field 

 and pet dogs. Reports of trials and shows are usually given in the Forest and Stream 

 in advance of other publications, and being prepared by competent writers their intelligent 

 criticisms are of practical utility. This journal is not hampered by personal animosities. 

 It has no judges to "kill." It does not decide a dog's merit by asking who the owner is. It 

 treats all kennel subjects without fear, favor or ulterior motives, and in consequence enjoys 

 a degree of public confidence and esteem denied to such as stagger beneath the incubus of 

 malice and flounder in the bogs of ignorance. 



Rifle and Trap Shooting 



records scores of meetings and matches, discussions of topics pertaining to the butt, gallery 

 and trap. Secretaries of gun and rifle clubs are invited to send their scores for publication. 



Canoeing. 



This country is a land of magnificent water courses, and Americans are just beginning 

 to appreciate the canoe as a means of enjoying the delectable charms of river and lake, and 

 bay and canal. The men who are making fortunes by making canoes know best how 

 rapidly the ranks of canoeists are multiplying. Novices and old hands will find in the 

 Forest and Stream canoeing columns, ia charge of a practical canoeist, accounts of 

 cruises, lines of new craft, and hints and helps and suggestions without number. Closely 

 allied is 



Yachting, 



in which the Forest and Stream is the only competent, all-the-y ear-round, intelligent 

 exponent. Our reports of races are full, prompt and accurate. The numerous illustrations 

 of lines of new yachts make an invaluable record of the development of yacht building. 

 Weekly, $4 per year; $2 for six months. 



Forest and Stream Pub. Co., 39 Park Row, 



