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Outdoor .Men and Minds. By William L. Stid- 
ger. New York City: The Abingdon 
Press. 
In his own inimitable way the author inter- 
prets the nature teachings of the Bible, beauti- 
fully describing the physical and spiritual 
meanings of the meadows, mountains, trees, 
birds and seas of the Sacred Book. 
Our Backdoor Neighbors. By Frank C. Pel 
lett. New York City: The Abingdon 
Press. 
We have previously called attention to this 
book by a real naturalist. Air. Pellett, through 
pen and camera, has delightfully portrayed a 
variety of interesting things near his home. 
We never tire of looking over his illustrations 
and of noting throughout all the book the 
author’s delightful spirit of the naturalist. 
The American Annual of Photography 1922. 
George Murphy, Inc., Sole Sales Agents, 
New York City. 
The 1922 edition is fully up to the usual 
high standard of excellence and contains as 
usual many interesting articles and illustrations. 
The book is a delight to every one that uses a 
camera. It offers so many good things that we 
cannot spare the space even to mention them. 
We cordially advise our camerists to consult 
the publishers for particulars. 
A Year of Recreation. By Ethel Owen. New 
A ork City : The Methodist Book Concern. 
The book contains many good suggestions 
for socials, outdoor trips, for each month of 
the year, witches’ night for October. Thanks- 
giving day party for November, Christmas 
party for December, and similar events. The 
author’s suggestions for the outdoor trips in 
July and August are not extensive, but they are 
commendable so far as they go. 
Her Father’s Daughter. By Gene Stratton- 
Porter. Garden City, Long Island, New 
York: Doubleday Page & Company. 
We can bring this interesting book to the 
attention of our readers in no better manner 
than by repeating the publisher’s announce- 
ment. 
Transfer “A Girl of the Limberlost” to the 
richer setting of California. In that luxuriant 
field for such a worker with nature — such 
a healthy, level-headed, balanced young 
woman that it’s a delightful experience to 
know her — you have this new story, “Her 
Father’s Daughter.” 
The rightness of her life; the earnestness 
of her effort: the invincibility of character 
combined with ability; the charm and help- 
fulness of her friendship; the sacredness and 
beauty of her love — when at last she gives it 
— make the appeal of Mrs. Porter’s strongest 
and most absorbing story. 
"It is better than either ‘A Girl of the 
Limberlost’ or ‘The Harvester,’ ” comments 
one reader. This is cheering news when we 
recall that the sale of these two books in 
America and England has exceeded three 
million copies. 
Wild Brother, Strangest of True Stories 
from the North Woods. By William Ly- 
man Underwood. Boston, Massachusetts : 
The Atlantic Monthly Press. 
Unusual material came by chance into un- 
usually good hands when it came to the author 
of this book. Mr. Underwood is a naturalist, a 
photographer of uncommon skill, a litterateur 
WILD BROTHER. 
of ability and, as is said in journalism, he has 
a “nose for news.” While waiting one evening 
in midwinter at the railroad station of a little 
village in the northern part of Maine he was 
told by the agent that the wife of a woodchop- 
per was nursing a young bear along with her 
own baby. Mr. Underwood felt that this was 
