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self by a bluebird next spring. Years of observation in both summer 

 and winter have given Mr. Mills a wealth of interesting material ap- 

 parently inexhaustible. "A good time for a vacation is whenever you 

 can spare the time," is his motto. One cannot read this latest book, as 

 full of enthusiasm as the first, without agreeing with him not only that 

 "the wilderness is one of the safest and the most interesting places on 

 earth," but also that "People are made and nations perpetuated through 

 the right use of leisure time." M. R. P. 



New Rivers The sub-title describes this book as the "yarn of two ama- 

 OF THE teur explorers." It is a yarn well spun and well worth the 

 North* spinning. Several of the rivers traversed are not, indeed, 

 as unfamiliar as the title would denote. Almost the identi- 

 cal course of the two amateur explorers over the headwaters of the 

 Fraser and the Peace was described two years ago in these columns. 

 The Hay River, however, flowing into Great Slave Lake, is a more un- 

 known field, and the visit to the wonderful Alexandra Falls makes a 

 fine climax to the narrative. Much of the journey was made in a can- 

 vas canoe, the "Blunderbuss." Mr, Footner and his companion reached 

 the Hay River by trail from Fort Vermilion on the Peace River. The 

 story is told in straightforward, manly fashion, boyishly full of fun and 

 enthusiasm. The photographs were taken by the two adventurers and 

 add much to the book's charm. M. R. P. 



The Applewoman How an eastern woman, entirely inexperienced in 

 OF THE in farming matters, made a success of developing 



KLiCKiTATf a quarter-section of Government land into an or- 



chard is the theme of this book. It is presented in 

 quasi-fiction form, its characters drawn, apparently, from neighbors or 

 inhabitants of that region of Washington. In spite of the fact that the 

 book is more of a photograph-album than a painting, it is not without 

 its value in picturing one phase of development in the West. M. R. P. 



Our fellow club member and mountaineer, LeRoy Jeffers, has during 

 the past year been an industrious propagator of the gospel of the 

 mountains and the outdoor life. The May and June numbers of Scrih- 

 ner's Magazine contained beautifully illustrated articles from his pen 

 on "Memories of the Mountains of California" and "Mountaineering 

 in the Sierra Nevada." His two articles on the Grand Canon appeared 

 in the July number of Travel and the September number of Motor Life. 



*New Rivers of the North. By Hulbert Footner. With photographs by Auville 

 Eager and the author. George H. Doran Company, New York. Pages, 281. Price, 

 $2.00 net. 



■fThe Applewoman of the Klickitat. By Anna Van Rensselaer Morris. Illus- 

 trated. Duffield & Co., New York. Pages, 271. Price, $1.75 net. 



