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August, 1921 
OUTDOOR BOOKS 
For Mid-Summer Reading 
The books listed herewith illustrate a series of attractive books, each of which carries a 
special appeal to the sportsman. 
Lack of space prevents additional listing. Our Book Department, however, is in a position 
to supply any outdoor book published. 
Do not fail to order books early for vacation reading to guard against delay in deliveries. 
Prices include postage in the United States or Canada, unless otherwise mentioned. 
THE AMERICAN SPORTSMAN. By Elisha 
J. Lewis, M.D. An exceptionally entertaining 
and reliable manual for the practical sports- 
man as well as for others who may be inter- 
ested in the literature of field sports. It pre- 
sents chapters of importance on the care, 
treatment and breaking of sporting dogs as 
well as instructive descriptive chapters on 
the rifle and its use. The haunts and habits 
of American game are described truthfully. 
The book contains 550 pages of most inter- 
esting matter to any sportsman. $2.00. 
THE BOY’S BOOK OF HUNTING AND 
FISHING. By Warren H. Miller. The most 
popular book of the kind ever written. Just 
what your boy wants to learn — fishing for 
trout and bass, wing shooting, rifle shooting, 
and camping out. Cheap, yet efficient outfits, 
easy for a boy to buy, are described, so no 
money will be wasted on something that he 
cannot use. Get this for your boy; and it 
will be his most prized book. 291 pages, 61 
illustrations. $2.00. 
THE CALL OF THE SURF. By Van Campen 
Heilner. If you are a surf angler, here is 
the book you have long been waiting for. 
There are chapters dealing with Beach Camp- 
ing — Tackle and Equipment — Offshore Fish- 
ing for Tuna and Bluefish — Shark Fishing — 
Channel Bass and Stripped Bass Fishing — 
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 photographs 
and paintings by Mr. Stick, the well known 
artist and collaborating author. Single cop- 
ies $3.00. 
CAMP CRAFT. By Warren H. Miller. With 
an introduction by Ernest Thompson Se- 
ton. A practical handbook on camping out, 
going light. Mr. Miller has been called "the 
Nessmuk of today,” and this book is the 
theory and practice of that old wizard of the 
woods brought down to date. $1.50. 
HORSE PACKING. By Charles J. Post. This 
is a complete description of the hitches, knots 
and apparatus used in making and carrying 
loads of various hitches and knots at each of 
the important stages so that even the novice 
can follow and use them. Full description 
is given of the ideal pack animal, as well as 
a catalogue of the diseases and injuries to 
which such animals are subject. Illustrated 
with diagrams. $1.00. 
THE IDYL OF THE SPLIT-BAMBOO. By 
Dr. Geo. Parker Holden, with foreword 
by Dr. Henry van Dyke and Chapter on 
Cultivating Silkworm Gut at Home, by 
Edw. T. Wriffen. This splendid volume 
deals with the construction of the split-bam- 
boo rod in a way as distinctively as “Stream- 
craft” occupies its special field. Elaborately 
illustrated and handsomely bound. Colored 
cover jacket. Large 12 mo. Silk Cloth. $3.00. 
JOURNAL OF A SPORTING NOMAD, By 
J. T. Studley. Mr. Studley’s experience in 
the hunting of big and little game in vari- 
ous parts of the world afford most pleasant 
reading for the sportsman. $2.00. 
KINKS. Edited by Harry N. Katz, A prac- 
tical book of 250 helpful hints for hunters, 
anglers and others. This book will be found 
invaluable to the camper, or as an interest- 
ing volume of what to do and how to do it 
for sportsmen. $2.00. 
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 fish- 
ing, modern methods and tackle, written in 
a “pal” to “pal” style from actual fishing 
experiences, in the vernacular of this disciple 
of the rod and reel. Many illustrations. 
Price $3.00. 
MEDICINE MAN IN THE WOODS. Be your 
own camp doctor. Just a flat pamphlet, in 
waterproof, fiberoid cover to slip in some 
pocket in your packsack. When you need it 
you’ll need it bad, for it tells of practical 
camp medicine and surgery. Don’t go on a 
woods trip without it. 50 pages, 2 illustra- 
tions. 26 cents. 
PISTOL AND REVOLVER SHOOTING, By 
A. L. A. Himmelwright. A new and re- 
vised edition of a work that has already 
achieved prominence as an accepted authority 
on the use of the hand gun. Full instructions 
are given in the use of both revolver and 
target pistol, including shooting position, grip, 
position of arm, etc. The book is thoroughly 
illustrated with diagrams and photographs and 
includes the rules of the United States Re- 
volver Association and a list of the records 
made both here and abroad. $2.00. 
PIGEON RAISING. By Alice MacLeod. This 
is a book for both fancier and market breed- 
er. Full descriptions are given of the con- 
struction of houses, the care of the birds, 
preparation for market, and shipment, and 
of the various breeds with their markings and 
characteristics. $1.00. 
PRACTICAL DOG TRAINING. By S. T. 
Hammond. The fundamental principles of 
dog training described in this book were 
adopted by the writer after years of study. 
His own success has encouraged the belief 
that the book will prove of special value in 
dog training for amateur or professional 
$ 2 . 00 . 
STREAMCRAFT AND ANGLING MANUAL. 
By Dr. George Parker Holden. The author 
has written a volume which will be of great 
interest 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 angling is so authorita- 
tive and comprehensive. Handsomely and 
elaborately illustrated. Eight full-page col- 
ored illustrations and numerous black and 
whites. The book in size handy for the 
pocket. $2.50. 
TALES OF FISHES. By Zane Grey. Among 
deep-sea fishers Zane Grey stands out almost 
as conspicuously as he does among novelists. 
Many adventures have been his, and most of 
them are told of in these fascinating true 
tales, which are fully illustrated with delight- 
ful photographs taken on the scene of ac- 
tion. Those who have read Mr. Grey’s novels 
will know with what vividness he has pictured 
these episodes in a true sportsman’s life. 
Elaborately illustrated. Cloth. $3.00. 
TRAPPERS’ GUIDE. By S. Newhouse. A 
manual of instruction 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 con- 
struction of traps, where and how to place 
them; also hints on fur farming. $2.00. 
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tion. Moreover, it is not impossible 
that some less easily deformable ma- 
terial may be found for shot. 
H ITHERTO we have built a gun of 
arbitrary dimensions and found 
a load to more or less suit it. 
In this connection ballistic research 
brings to light many curious features. 
Amongst others, an apparent relation- 
ship between the length occupied' by a 
charge of shot, the calibre, and the 
chamber pressure. The tendency to ab- 
normally high pressure in a 20 bore 
and smallerbore guns is noticeable and 
due possibly to the extra friction aris- 
ing from the disproportionate length 
of the shot column. The inference is 
that guns can be over-loaded; another 
and more probable view is that the 
relationship between load and calibre 
is a subject well worth further inves- 
tigation. 
From the ballistic standpoint a 12 
bore shoots one ounce of shot alto- 
gether more efficiently than a larger 
charge. It may often be desirable to 
acrifice theoretical efficiency to prac- 
tical results as most shooters do, but 
the fact remains that in this theoreti- 
cally greater efficiency lies the clue 
to several possible improvements. 
If there is any conclusion derivable 
from these comments it is a plea for 
a free hand to forget the past and 
rebuild the shot gun de novo. There 
s no such stimulation to this while 
the gun remains just an implement of 
sport, and its improvement is a mat- 
ter for commercial enterprise ; were 
it a weapon of war the best brains 
of every country would have been at 
work on it long since. 
In this connection it may be ob- 
served that the shotgun proved a very 
useful weapon under certain conditions 
in the late war, while the shortcom- 
ings of its cartridge for military pur- 
poses became the subject of adverse 
comment in military circles, so we are 
not without hope that some stimulation 
to improvement may yet be forthcom- 
ing from military sources. 
ON UPPER n 
MISSISSIPPI^ WATERS 
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W E fished Wayzata Bay, from 
which the famous Minnehaha 
Creek finds its source and then 
crossed the lake proper, making our 
second camp on the lake at Maxwell’s 
Bay. 
Standing on a rise of land we could 
look down upon the surface, noting 
hundreds of bass and school upon 
school of sunfishes parading the in- 
shore waters. There is especially good 
fishing in these bays in the fall, though 
during the summer casting a line here 
is open to conjecture. I recall some 
wonderful catches I have made in the 
past in these waters, but mostly in 
the autumn, which, I should say, is the 
only time to fish such lakes. Indeed, 
I have made fine catches here when it 
was so cold that the line froze stiff 
in my hands. 
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