July 13, 1912 
FOREST AND STREAM 
35 
THE OUTDOOR LIBRARY 
Seasonable books dealing with every phase of life 
in the Open. Handbooks of sport. Books that 
make “roughing it easy.” Books for Fisherman, 
Hunter, Yachtsman, Canoeist, Camper, Nature 
Lover. Books of Travel and Adventure for 
A PARADISE FOR BIRDS. 
Henderson county, Ky., which was the former 
home of the naturalist, John James Audubon, 
deserves to be called a bird paradise. The 
Lynchburg News some weeks ago called on the 
farmers in this section to feed the birds and 
keep them alive while the ground was covered 
with snow, and they were unable to help them¬ 
selves. Similar conditions prevailed elsewhere 
and the same appeal was made to the farmers 
and with good results in some quarters at least. 
We quote the following from the Gleaner, pub¬ 
lished in Henderson county, Kentucky: 
“The farmers of Henderson county are ahead 
of any in any other county in the State in hu¬ 
mane treatment of the birds. The Gleaner, in 
an article just at the beginning of the cold 
weather this winter, made an appeal that was 
nobly responded to without delay, and the re¬ 
sult is that few of the little feathered friends 
of the farmer went hungry during the period 
that snow covered the earth. 
“Farmers everywhere in the county made pro¬ 
visions for the birds to get grain around the 
corn cribs. Some left the door open at certain 
times of the day, so that the birds could go in 
and gorge themselves with grain. 
“One prominent farmer said that there was 
a covey of quail on his place, and that they took 
up quarters in the gangway between his corn 
barn and. stock barn and he gave orders that 
the door be left open so that the little birds 
could get scattered grain, and that they should 
not be molested. 
“Others tell of birds that come in the yard 
and feed with the chickens. One farmer said 
he realized and believed that other farmers had 
the same opinion, that the birds were the best 
friends the farmer had; that they destroyed 
worms and bugs that were a menace to farm 
products, and that without the birds to help ex¬ 
terminate the pests they would become worse 
than Pharoah's plague.” 
There is an example worthy of imitation. The 
action of the Henderson county farmer is both 
wise and humane. Game laws are all well 
enough in their way, but they are not sufficient 
to protect our feathered friends while the weather 
conditions are so unfavorable. The birds will 
be needed next summer, not only to add a charm 
to the rural scenery by the beauty of their plum¬ 
age and the music of their songs, but to make 
incessant war upon the myriads of insects which 
prey upon the farmers’ crops. Without their 
help the farmer would be at great disadvantage 
in the contest with the insect plague. To take 
a lower view of this matter the sportsmen of 
the next season would find themselves out of 
a job if the birds this winter were permitted to 
perish through cold and starvation. 
RUSSIAN STATE FORESTS. 
While the privately owned woodland of 
Russia is being annually reduced in area, the 
extensive State forests, generally less accessible 
and farther away from well-developed trade 
routes, are but gradually being brought into 
use, and for a long time to come they will con¬ 
tinue a welcome and important reserve timber 
supply for the world. In round numbers these 
forests cover 937,000,000 acres, a fair proportion 
of which is well stocked. 
The increasing utilization of the State 
forests is shown by the growth of gross receipts 
therefrom. In 1885, the gross receipts 
amounted to $7,176,010; in 1890, $9,486,300; 1895, 
$14,915,945; 1900, $28,838,455; 1904, $31,132,780; 
1909 . $ 34 , 343 , 290 ; 1910, $38,610,580; 1911, $42,- 
525,610; yet even this last total is only about 24 
kopecks per dessiatine (12 cents per 2.7 acres). 
Much of the timber apportioned for cutting 
can not be placed. This remains standing and 
harms the new growth. Measures are now con¬ 
templated for bringing this timber into the 
world’s markets. Roads will be made, and over 
1,000 new officials will be added to the staff of 
foresters, and many more keepers. Much is 
also intended to be done for the improvement 
of the condition of the forests.—Consul John 
H. Grout, Odessa, Russia. 
Young and Old. 
Uncle Lisha’s Shop. 
Life in a Corner of Yankeeland. By Rowland E. Rob¬ 
inson. Cloth. 187 pages. Price, $1.25. 
The shop itself, the place of business of Uncle Lisha 
Peggs, bootmaker and repairer, was a sort of sportsman’s 
exchange, where, as one of the fraternity expressed it, 
the hunters and fishermen of the widely scattered neigh¬ 
borhood used to meet of evenings and dull outdoor days, 
“to swap lies.” 
Hunting Without a Gun. 
And other papers. By Rowland E. Robinson. With 
illustrations from drawings by Rachael Robinson. 
Price, $2.00 
This collection of papers on different themes con¬ 
tributed to Forest and Stream and other publications 
and now for the first time brought together. 
Forest Runes. 
Poems by George W. Sears (“Nessmuk”). With arto- 
type portraits and autobiographical sketch of the author. 
Cloth, 208 pages. Price, $1.50. 
American Big Game Hunting. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club: Editors: 
Theodore Roosevelt and George Bird Grinnell. Illus¬ 
trated. Cloth, 315 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Trail and Camp-Fire. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club. Editors: 
George Bird Grinnell and Theodore Roosevelt. 
Illustrated. Cloth, 353 pages. Price, $2.50. 
Like its predecessors, the present volume is devoted 
chiefly to the great game and outdoor life of Northern 
America; yet it does not confine itself to any one land, 
though it is first of all a book about America, its game 
and its people. 
American Big Game in Its Haunts. 
The Book of the Boone and Crockett Club for 1904. 
George Bird Grinnell, Editor. 490 pages and 46 
full-page illustrations. Price, $2.50. 
This is the fourth and by far the largest and hand¬ 
somest of the Club’s books. It opens with a sketch of 
Theodore Roosevelt, founder of the Boone and Crockett 
Club, and contains an extremely interesting article from 
his pen descriptive of his visit to the Yellowstone Park 
in 1903. Other papers are on North American Big 
Game; Hunting in Alaska; The Kadiac Bear; Moose; 
Mountain Sheep; Game Refuges, and other big-game 
topics. 
My Friend the Partridge. 
By S. T. Hammond. Cloth, 150 pages. Postpaid, $1.00. 
An inimitable study of ihe noblest of our game birds, 
following the ruffed grouse deep into his haunts, de¬ 
tailing the experiences of more than 60 years in the 
field, and throwing much light on the habits, life history 
and habitat of the game. A most delightful reminder 
of happy days with upland game. 
Inter-Ocean Hunting Tales. 
By Edgar F. Randolph. Cloth, 200 pages. Postpaid, $1.00. 
A collection of stories such as are told about the 
camp-fire. Mr. Randolph offers a hunting experience 
bounded only by the two oceans, replete with incident, 
interesting from its novel viewpoint, and dealing with 
every kind of game that falls to the rifle of the American 
sportsman. 
The Spaniel and Its Training. 
By F. H. F. Mercer. To which are added the American 
and English Spaniel Standards. Cloth. Illustrated. 
Price, $1.00. 
Men I Have Fished With. 
Sketches of character and incident with rod and gun 
from childhood to manhood; from the killing of little 
fishes and birds to a buffalo hunt. By Fred Mather. 
Illustrated. Price, $1.50. 
Training the Hunting Dog for the Field and 
Field Trials. 
By B. Waters. Cloth, 281 pages. Price, $1.50. 
This is the latest and best manual on the subject. As 
an owner and handler of field trial dogs, and one having 
had an exceptionally wide experience in the field and at 
field trials, Mr. Waters was admirably equipped to write 
such a work. It has already taken its place as the 
standard authority. 
American Duck Shooting. 
By George Bird Grinnell. Cloth, 630 pages. With 58 
portraits of North American Swans, Geese and Ducks, 
Plans of Boats and Batteries. Fifty Vignettes in the 
text and a chart of the topography of a duck's plumage. 
Price, $3.50. 
My Sixty Years on the Plains, Trapping, 
Trading and Indian Fighting. 
By W. T. Hamilton (“Bill” Hamilton). With 8 full- 
page illustrations by Chas. M. Russell. New Y'ork. 
Cloth. 23.3 pages. Price, $1.50. 
Manual of Taxidermy for Amateurs. 
A complete guide in collecting and preserving birds 
and animals. By C. J. Maynard. Illustrated. New 
edition. Price, $1.00. 
Rhymes of the Stream and Forest. 
By Frank Merton Buckland Cloth. Heavy laid paper. 
Sumptuously bound. Postpaid, $1.25. 
A charming collection of verse by an author who 
knows and loves nature well. A particularly pleasing 
gift for fishermen, closely simulating in form and orna¬ 
mentation the standard fly-book. 
Woodcraft. 
By Nessmuk. Cloth, 200 pages. Illustrated. Postpaid, 
$ 1 . 00 . 
No better book was ever written for the help and 
guidance of those who go into the woods for sport and 
recreation. It is simple and practical, and withal a 
classic, written with a rare and quaint charm. 
Houseboats and Houseboating. 
By Albert liradlee Hunt. The book contains forty 
specially prepared articles by owners and designers of 
well-known house-boats, and is beautifully illustrated with 
nearly 200 line and half-tone reproductions of plans and 
exteriors find interiors. A most interesting chapter is 
devoted to houseboating in England. Extra heavy paper, 
buckram. The price is $3.00 net. Postage, 34 cents. 
Some Native Birds for Little Folks. 
By Dr. W. Van Fleet. Illustrated by Howard H. 
Darnell. Cloth. 146 pages, with 14 photogravure 
plates. Price, $1.00. 
Describes the wood duck, the great horned owl, ruffed 
grouse, killdeer, plover, bobolink, bluejay, chickadee, cedar 
bird, meadow lark, robin, woodcock, kingfisher, crossbill, 
and nuthatches. 
The Anglers’ Workshop. Rod Making for 
Beginners. 
By Perry D. Frazer. Cloth, 180 pages. Four full-page 
illustrations, 60 working drawings. Postpaid, $1.00. 
A complete, simple and thoroughly up-to-date work 
for the guidance of the amateur rod maker, carrying him 
from first principles through all phases of successful rod 
making. There is no theorizing or speculation. All 
terms are simple, and all kinds of rods and woods are 
treated of. 
Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 
By Fred Mather, author of “Men I have Fished With,” 
with a chapter on Whitefish Culture by Hon. Herschel 
Whitaker, and a chapter on the Pike-Perch by James 
Nevin. Illustrated. Price, $2.00. 
My Angling Friends. 
A Second Series of “Men I Have Fished With.” By 
Fred Mather. Cloth, 369 pages, with 13 illustrations. 
Price $1.50. 
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