PRACTICAL BOOKS for SPORTSMEN 
DOGS 
THE AIREDALE. By W. A. Bruette. This 
instructive and interesting work covers the 
history, breeding and training of these useful 
dogs. It is the latest and best book on the 
subject. Those who desire to train their dogs 
to the highest state of efficiency either as com- 
panions or for hunting will find easily under- 
stood and practical instructions on the subjects 
of general training, retrieving, swimming and 
diving, and work on squirrels, rabbits, part- 
ridges, etc. There are important chapters de- 
voted to the laws of breeding, kennel rnanage- 
ment, preparation for and handling in the 
show ring, diseases and treatment and many 
hints and instructions of great value to breed- 
ers and owners. Price, in cartridge board 
covers, $1.00. 
HUNTING AND SHOOTING 
AMERICAN DUCK SHOOTING. By George 
Bird Grinnell. No single gunner, however wide 
his experience, has himself covered the whole 
broad field of duck shooting, and none knows so 
much about the sport that there is nothing left 
for him to learn. Each one may acquire a vast 
amount of novel information by reading this 
complete and most interesting book. It de- 
scribes, with a portrait, every species of duck, 
goose, and swan known to North America; tells 
of the various methods to capture each, the 
guns, ammunition, loads, decoys and boats used 
in thet sport, and gives the best account every 
published of the retrieving Chesapeake Bay dog. 
About 6i)0 pages, 58 portraits of fowl, 8 full-page 
plates, and many vignette bead and tail pieces by 
Wiimot Townsend. Library edition. $5.00. 
MISCELLANEOUS 
CAMP LIFE AND THE TRICKS OF TRAP- 
PING. By W. Hamilton Gibson. Compre- 
hensive hints on camp shelter, log huts, bark 
shanties, woodland beds and bedding, boat and 
canoe building, and valuable suggestions on 
trappers’ food, etc., with extended chaptep on 
the trapper's art. containing all the "tricks.” 
Valuable recipes for the curing and tanning of 
fur skins, etc. Cloth. $1.00. 
THE ROMANCE OF THE BEAVER. By A. 
RadclifF Dugmore. The object of this work is 
to provide a book on the subject of the beaver 
free from exaggeration and not too technical, 
and finally to call attention to the question of 
protecting the most interesting animal to-day 
extant. Cloth. $2.00. 
THE COMPLETE DOG BOOK. By Dr. Wm. 
A. Bruette. The dogs of America, Great 
Britain and other countries are fully described 
in this modern work, written by an authority 
of international reputation. It is a book that 
presents in an entertaining manner the history, 
general characteristics, peculiarities and particu- 
lar sphere of usefulness of all of these breeds 
recognized by the American Kennel Club. The 
latest standards for judging each breed are 
given, the good points and bad points are set 
forth clearly and are further elucidated by a 
number of beautiful photographs of famous 
specimens of the most important breeds. The 
book is replete with practical information that 
will enable a man to determine which breed 
is best suited to his wants and purposes and 
how to select a typical specimen. Particular 
attention has been given to the buying of pup- 
pies and the prospective owner is told just what 
things to look for and what to avoid in making 
his selection. Cloth. $3.00. 
MODERN BREAKING. By William A. Bruette. 
Probably the most practical treatise that has 
ever been published on the training of setters 
and pointers, and their work in the field. Every 
phase of the subject has been carefully covered 
and the important lessons are illustrated by 
photographs from life. It is a book well cal- 
culated to enable the amateur to become a suc- 
cessful trainer and handler. There are chap- 
ters on The Art of Training, Setters vs. Point- 
ers, Selection of Puppies, Naming Dogs, No- 
menclature, Training Implement, Know Thy- 
self, First Lessons, Yard Breaking, Pointing 
Instinct, Backing, Ranging, Retrieving, Gun 
Shyness, Faults and Vices, Conditioning, 
Don’ts. Illustrated by reproductions of Osthaus 
paintings. Cartridge board cover. $1.00. 
FISHING 
STREAMCRAFT, AN ANGLING MANUAL. 
By Dr. George Parker Holden. The author has 
written a volume which will be of great inter- 
est to those of the angling fraternity. It deals 
with the selection, care, and rigging of the rod ; 
the art of casting; trout habits; lures and their 
use, including some stream entomology ; the 
angler’s flies and how to tie them, including 
a description of the most successful trout and 
bass flies. Eight full-page colored illustrations 
and numerous black and whites. Handy pocket 
size. Cloth. $2. .50. 
AMERICAN GAME BIRDS. By Chester A. 
Reed. Is a book written especially for sports- 
men as a concise guide to the identification of 
game birds to be found in this country. Over 
one hundred species of game birds are faith- 
fully depicted by the c 9 lored pictures, and the 
text gives considerable idea of their habits and 
tells where they are to be found at different 
seasons of the year. These illustrations are re- 
produced from water-color paintings by the 
author, whose books on birds and flowers have 
had the largest sale of any ever published in 
this country. They are made by the best known 
process by one of the very first engraving 
houses in the country and the whole typography 
is such as is rarely seen in any book. The 
cover is a very attractive and unique one, a 
reproduction of leather made from the back of 
a boa constrictor with set-in pictures of game 
birds. 50 cents. 
AMERICAN GAME BIRD SHOOTING. By 
George Bird Grinnell. Describe the habits of 
woodcock, nipe, groue, wild turkeys, quail and 
all upland game birds followed with dog and 
gun. Illustrated with colored plates by Louis 
Agassiz Fuertes and numerous drawings. A 
work of interest to the ornithologist as well as 
the sportsman. $5.00. 
GUNCRAFT. By Wm. A. Bruette. A modern 
treatise on guns, gun fitting, ammunition, wing 
and trap shooting. The theoretical side of the 
subject has been covered with a scientific accu- 
racy which makes it an up-to-date book of ref- 
erence, and the practical side of wing-shooting, 
gun fitting, the master eye, defects in vision 
and other important questions have been treat- 
ed in a way that will enable either the expert 
or the amateur to determine if he is shooting 
with a gun that fits him and how to decide 
upon one that does. It will enable him to as- 
certain why he misses some shots and is suc- 
cessful with others. The secrets of success, in 
trap shooting as well as the peculiarities in 
flight of the quail, the jacksnipe. the woodcock, 
the ruffed grouse and the duck family are illus- 
trated by drawings and described in a way that 
will facilitate the amateur in mastering the art 
of wing shooting. Cartridge board cover, 
$1.00. Cloth, $2.0ii. 
THE SPORTSMAN’S WORKSHOP. By War- 
ren H. Miller. A practical how-to-make book 
for the sportsman. Working drawings and 
complete descriptions for tent making, pack and 
trail gear, leather working, camp stoves and 
cook kits, rod repairing and lure making, decoys, 
shotgun shell reloading, rifle repairing and fit- 
ting with sights, sling strap, etc., how to rnake 
a gun and rod cabinet, and how to equip a 
sportsman’s workshop. $1.75. 
TRAPPERS’ GUIDE. By S. Newhouse. A 
manual of instructions for capturing all kinds 
of fur-bearing animals and for curing their 
skins, with observations on the fur trade, hints 
on life in the woods and narratives of hunting 
excursions, trapping; hints on construction of 
traps, where and how to place them ; also hints 
on fur farming. Cloth. $2.00. 
WINTER CAMPING. By Warwick Carpenter. 
Discusses such subjects as shelter equiprnent, 
clothing, food, snowshoeing, skiing, and winter 
hunting, the wild life in winter woods, etc. 
Illustrated. Flex, cloth. $1.50. 
UNCLE LISHA’S SHOP. By Rowland E. Rob- 
inson. Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. The 
shop itself, the place of business of L^ncle Lisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of 
sportsman’s exchange, where, as one of the fra- 
ternity expressed it. the hunters and fishermen 
of the widely scattered neighborhood used to 
meet of evening and dull outdoor days to 
swap lies.” Cloth. 187 pages. $1.00. 
WOODCRAFT. By Nessmuk. No better or 
more delightful book for the help and guidance 
of those who go into the wild for sport or rec- 
reation was ever written. No one ever knew 
the woods better than Nessmuk or succeeded 
in putting so much valuable information into 
the same compass. Camp equipment, camp 
making, the personal kit. camp fires, shelters, 
bedding. Jishing, cooking, and a thousand and 
one kindr'ed topics are considered. Beyond this 
the book has a quaint charm all its own. Illus- 
trated, 160 pages. Paper, $1.00. Cloth, $1.50. 
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