Book Reviews 



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Our Well written, well illustrated, well printed; enjoyable in the 



National reading, and leaving such a good after-taste that anyone in- 

 FoRESTS* terested in our national forests will want to keep it on his 

 shelves — such is this recently published book descriptive of 

 the purposes and methods of the national forests. The four sections 

 of the book deal respectively with the creation and organization of the 

 national forests — their administration, their protection, and the sale 

 and rental of national forest resources. yi^ 



Camping In this book the editor of Field and Stream gives in compact 

 Ouxf form, and from the experience of over thirty years, advice 

 for those who desire to enjoy real camping out. He takes 

 up the subject from the point of view of different modes of travel, such 

 as packing afoot (or, as we call it, "knapsacking"), traveling with pack 

 animals, on horseback, or in canoe. He also considers it from the 

 point of view of degree of comfort in camping, from the simple and 

 compact outfit necessary for, say, a packing trip in the Adirondacks in 

 midwinter, to the luxurious permanent camp or automobile camp. In 

 addition, the book is a delightful narrative as well, and is exceedingly 

 interesting reading for anyone fond of outdoor life. The material is, 

 however, applicable more to camping conditions east of the Rocky 

 Mountains than to our style of camping in the Sierra Nevada Moun- 

 tains. -W. E. C. 



Practical This book contains subject-matter of interest to tourna- 

 BAiT-CASTiNct ment casters and anglers. The first half of it gives an 

 excellent description of the rods, lines, reels and lures 

 used for practical (as also scientific) bait-casdng, followed by lessons 

 in the proper methods of using them. These are illustrated by photo- 

 graphic prints, to make them clear to the reader; and the subject of the 

 photographs is one of America's famous tournament casters and fisher- 

 men, snapped in action. The second half of the book describes the ap- 

 plication of the tackles and methods of the first half to actual fishing 

 conditions. 



This is not a large or an expensive book, but it contains a store of 

 valuable fishing advice and wisdom, and belongs in the library of all 

 anglers or would-be anglers, and is especially recommended to Cali- 

 fornians for the following reasons : The principles described and the 

 practice of them are well known in the eastern states, chiefly as used in 



* Our National Forests. A short popular account of the work of the United 

 States Forest Service on the national forests. By Richard H. Douai Boerker. 

 The Macmillan Company, New York. 1918. Price, $2.50. 



^Camping Out. By Warren H. Miller. George H. Doran Company, New 

 York. 1918. Price, $1.50 net. 



t Practical Bait-Casting. By Larry St. John. Illustrated. The Macmillan 

 Company, New York. Price, $1.00. 



