March, 1921 
FOREST AND STREAM 
97 
OUTDOOR BOOKS 
For Indoor Days 
THE FIRST OUTDOOR JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN AMERICA 
FOUNDERS OF THE AUDUBON SOCIETY 
PUBLISHED CONTINUOUSLY SINCE 18V.. 
Vol. XCI. CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1921 No. 3 
FAGE PAGE 
The Haunts of the Wild Turkey 101 The Role of the Sucker in 
By Herschel Robinson Spring 116 
By Carl Schiirz Shafer 
Bagging a Seal for a Museum. . 105 
By Coring Andrews Editorial Comment 118 
The Sloughs of Southern Kansas 106 Notes on Snakes and Snake-Lore 120 
By Widgeon By Major C. H. Stigand 
Hunting and Fishing in Louisiana 108 Kildeer Plover on Long Island 121 
By Harry O. Penick By J . T. Nichols 
Fur Farming for Persian Lamb 110 The Atlantic Fish-Hawk 121 
By Agnes Laut 
Nessmuk’s Camp Fire 122 
Dr. Henshall’s European Trip.. 112 
An Autobiography — Twenty-third Letters. Questions and Answers 124 
paper. 
Rifles and Riflemen 128 
Some Trout Fishing Memories.. 114 
By Theodore Gordon Dogs 140 
The Forest and Stream Publishing Company 
Nine East Fortieth Street. New York City 
Published Monthly. Subscription Rates: United States, $3.00 a year two 
years for $5.00; Canada, $3.00 a year; Foreign Countries, $4.00 a ’ 
year. Single Copies, 25 cents. Entered in New York 
Post Office as Second Class Mail Matter. 
January 11, IQ15, under Act of March ?, 1879 
The books listed herewith illustrate a 
series of attractive books, each of which 
carries a special appeal to the sports- 
man. 
Lack of space prevents additional list- 
ing. Our Book Department, however, is 
in a position to supply any outdoor 
book published. 
Prices include postage to any ad- 
dress in the United States or Can- 
ada, unless otherwise mentioned. 
FOREST & STREAM, Book Dept. 
9 East Fortieth Street, New York City 
BOOKS ON FISH AND FISHING 
ANGLERS’ WORKSHOP. By Perry D. Frazer 
A practical manual for all those who want to 
make their own rod and fittings. It contains 
a review of fishing rod history, a discussion of 
materials, a list of the tools needed, description 
of the method to be followed in making al 
kinds of rods, including fly-casting, bait fishing 
salmon, etc., with full instructions for winding 
varnishing, etc. Illustrated. $2.00. 
BOOK OF THE BLACK BASS. By James A. 
Henshall, This edition of the Book of the 
Black Bass includes also the Supplement, More 
About the Black Bass, and is complete in one 
volume. It covers the entire scientific and life 
history of this species, and contains a practical 
treatise on angling and fly-fishing with a full 
account of tools, implements, and tackle. $3.00. 
CASTING TACKLE AND METHODS. By 0. W. 
Smith, fishing editor of Outdoor Life, and 
author of “Trout Lore.” The author has en- 
deavored to embody not only the accumulated 
wisdom of forty years of angling, but also to 
draw upon the experience of well-known ang- 
ling experts. He has sought to impart just the 
information which his correspondents have been 
seeking. Elaborately illustrated. Colored cover 
jacket. Large 12mo. Silk cloth. $3.00 
THE CALL OF THE SURF. By Van Campen 
Heilner and Frank Stick. If you are a suit 
angler, here is the book you have long been 
waiting for. There are chapters dealing with 
Beach Camping — Tackie and Equipment — Oft- 
shore Fishing for Tuna and Bluefish — Shark 
Fishing — Channel Bass and Striped Bass Fish- 
ing — Surf Fishing on the Pacific Coast — and 
many others. The authors are too well known 
in the sporting world to need any introduction. 
It is illustrated with remarkable photograpns 
and paintings by Mr. Stick, the well known 
artist and collaborating author. Single copies 
$3.00. 
FISH CULTURE, By Wm, E. Meehan. This 
splendid work of fish culture covers in a most 
comprehensive manner the hatching and breed- 
ing of bass, cat-fish, carp, trout, perch, pickerel, 
muscallonge, etc. It includes special chapters 
on frog culture, care of gold fish and aquar- 
iums. The author was formerly Fish Com- 
missioner of Pennsylvania, and it is conceded 
by experts that in this book Mr. Meehan has 
produced a most valuable document. $2.00. 
FISHING TACKLE AND KITS. By Dixie Car- 
rol. How, when and where to fish, and the 
right kind of tackle for all angles of fishing 
for the fresh-water game fish. Habits and pe- 
culiarities of the basses, muskellonge, trout, 
pike, pickerel, and wall-eyed pike. Fishing facts 
that will make the tyro an expert angler and 
the expert more finished in the art. Things 
worth knowing about tackle, kits and equip- 
ment secured from actual tests and investiga- 
tions. Many illustrations from photographs. 
Colored cover jacket. Large 12mo. $3.00. 
GUIDE TO THE STUDY OF FISHES (2 vols.). 
By David Starr Jordan. Recognized the 
world over as a most comprehensive and 
authoritative treatment of the subject. This 
great work, published in two cloth bound vol- 
umes of more than 600 pages each, contains 
hundreds of illustrations and is invaluable to 
anyone interested in fish or fishing. It de- 
scribes the different species of fish in a man- 
ner that enables you to identify them. It tells 
of their life and habits; how, when and where 
different species are caught. . . . How fish 
breathe, smell, taste and talk. It treats on 
migratory fish, colors of fish, food value -of fish. 
the mythology of fishes; mermaid, monkfish, 
bishop-fish, sea-serpents, etc. Its description of 
popular fishes includes trout, flounder, catfish, 
perch, bass, swordfish, eel, galing, blackfish, 
sand-darter, mullet, mackerel, herring, king- 
fish, halibut and other species; pond-skippers, 
cave-fish, file-fish, ttigger-fish. headlight-fish, 
trunk-fish and other species of freak fish too 
numerous to mention are fully described. 
Packed ready for shipment these two volumes 
weigh ten pounds. Price, delivered to any ad- 
dress in the United States, $12.00. Canadian 
orders subject to extra shipping charge and 
custom fee. 
THE GAME FISHES OF THE WORLD. By 
Charles Frederick Holder, LL.D. This vol- 
ume is designed to provide a well illustrated 
condensed account of the principal game fishes 
of the world. Large 8vo. Elaborately illus- 
trated. Handsomely bound. $5.00. 
GOIN’ FISHIN’. By Dixie Carroll. Author of 
“Fishing Tackle and Kits,” “Lake and Stream 
Game Fishing”; editor of The National Sports- 
man, Chicago Evening News, etc. Introduc- 
tion by Major-General Leonard Wood. A new 
book fop the every now-and-then fisherman as 
well as the expert angler. Full of fishing facts 
gathered from lake and stream fishing in all 
parts of the country. Many illustrations from 
photographs. Colored cover jacket. Large 
12mo. Cloth. $3.00. 
LAKE AND STREAM GAME FISHING. By 
Dixie Carrol. A practical book on popular 
fresh-water game fish, the tackle necessary and 
how to use it. A book of fish and fishing, 
modern methods and tackle, written in a “pal” 
to “pal’’ style from actual fishing experiences, 
in the vernacular of thi3 disciple of the rod 
and reel. Many illustrations. Price $3.00. 
SMALL-MOUTHED BASS. By W. J. Loudon. 
In this book Professor Louden tells the story 
of his 28 years’ observation of this ever game 
fish. He describes its haunts and habits, how 
when and where they are caught and gives 
other data of intense interest to the angler. 
Price $2.00. 
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. No other volume of American ang- 
ling is so authoritative and comprehensive. 
Handsomely and elaborately illustrated. Fight 
full-page colored illustrations and numerous 
black and whites. The book in size handy 
for the pocket. $2.50. 
WE PUBLISH MANY AND SUPPLY ANY OF THE WORLD’S OUTDOOR BOOKS 
FOREST AND STREAM, (Book Dept.) 9 NEW T Y 4 O 0t R h K ST N RE Y ET 
