[August, AMERICAN AGRICULTURIST. 1878.1 
From Forest and Stream. 
Sportsman’s Library.— Messrs. Orange Judd 
Co., of New York, have just issued their catalogue 
of the Sportsman’s Library. This list contains all 
the best and reliable books which have been pub¬ 
lished in the United States on these interesting 
topics. Not only does the Orange Judd Catalogue 
contain the characteristics of birds, fishes, horses, 
and dogs, but natural history finds its place. We 
may mention among the latter “ Baird’s Birds of 
North America,” with Wilson’s and Coues’ works 
on Ornithology. Text books on rifle shooting, in¬ 
cluding “Wingate’s Rifle Practice,” “Rifles and 
Marksmanship,” by Judge Gildcrsleeve, are offered. 
Among the standard books are “Hallock’s Gaz¬ 
etteer,” and all Forester’s works, with the leading 
treatises on Fish Culture, etc. The Judd Cata¬ 
logue is in fact a complete compendium. 
From The Spirit of the Times. 
Sportsman’s Library of Standard Books, just 
issued by the Orange Judd Company, 245 Broad¬ 
way, New York, is a very interesting compilation 
of the various works—American and English—per¬ 
taining to hunting, fishing, and other out-door 
sports and pastures. It is printed on tinted paper, 
presents an outline of over one hundred and fifty 
publications, and contains between eighty and 
ninety illustrations of game birds, fish, horses, etc., 
many of them drawn from life, and portraying their 
points and characteristics. This compilation meets 
a want that has been felt, as sportsmen and others 
can find enumerated and described in it, the vari¬ 
ous books they may require. Prominence is given 
to Judge Gildersleeve’s volume on “Rifles and 
Marksmanship.” Send to them for a copy. 
THE 
STANDARD BOOKS. 
JUST ISSUED. 
Tills Compilation Contains Brief Descrip* 
tions of Over One Hundred, and Fifty 
Books Upon Out-door Sports and 
Amusements, Together with Be¬ 
tween Eighty and Ninety 
Spirited Illustrations of 
Game Birds, Fish, 
Horses, etc., Many 
of them Drawn 
trom Life. 
Opinions of Sportsmen and the Press. 
From the Hon. N. P. Stanton, President of the 
National Rifle Association of America. 
This is amostvaluable compilation, which should 
be in the hands of every sportsman ; every one who 
wishes to acquire the art of shooting, or to obtain 
information regarding game birds, fish, horses, 
guns, equipments. The trouble hitherto has been 
that people have not known what works were 
issued on out-door sports and pastimes, or where 
they could be procured. This compilation supplies 
all the needed information. Over one hundred 
and fifty publications are here grouped under their 
respective heads, together with brief illustrations, 
and between eighty and ninety spirited illustrations. 
From Col. Wm. C. Church, Editor of the Army and 
Navy Journal , and Fx-l'nsident National Rifle 
Association. 
Messrs. Orange Judd Company: 
Gentlemen: — I am glad to see that you have 
gathered together into one library the standard 
works for sportsmen, and have issued a handsome 
illustrated Catalogue of such publications. The 
demand for such a collection, which undoubtedly 
exists, is gratifying evidence of an increase of in¬ 
terest in manly pasiimes, which should save us 
from that fate as a nation of sour-visaged dyspep¬ 
tics, to which some foreign observers have too 
hastily condemned us. 
Trom, Maj. Henry Fulton, Captain of the Victorious 
American Rifle Team of 1876. 
All who are interested in sporting matters and 
out-door amusements, will be gratified by the pub¬ 
lication of the above named Catalogue by the 
Orange Judd Co., as it embraces all of the best 
publications on field sports, etc. To know the 
contents of the books mentioned in the list will fit 
any man for the better employment of his time, 
and if the knowledge to be gained in this way is 
practically employed, better health and longer life 
will be the result. 
Fiom Geo. S. Schermerhorn, Jr., Secretary Na¬ 
tional Rifle Association. 
A Welcome and Much Needed Publication — 
Perhaps no inquiry is more frequently made of one 
known to be interested in out-door sports and 
amusements, than “ Where can 1 find a good text 
book upon this or that sport, and what is the title 
and price ? ” Here we find answers to each of these 
questions, and that in a very acceptable form. 
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