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FOREST AND STREAM 
April 20, 1912 
PLANNING A HOUSEBOAT 
Houseboating has come among us to stay, and promises to be even more popular 
than in England itself. Every one who is interested in houseboats or who contemplates 
taking up this feature of outdoor life, should read Mr. Albert Bradlee Hunt’s practical, 
and, at the same time, beautiful work on the houseboat and its adaptation to American 
waters. 
Houseboats and Houseboating 
Covers the entire range of its title, considers the use and opportunities of the houseboat; 
their relation to city and suburban life; construction, furnishing, motive power, and all 
the thousand and one details, the knowledge of which spells the difference between 
success and failure in houseboat building and houseboat life. 
Details, plans, drawings and specifications illuminate the text, while life on house¬ 
boats is interestingly described. Some of the more noted English and American house¬ 
boats and the life thereon are also described at length, with illustrations. Buckram, 
heavy paper, sumptuously illustrated. 
"Postpaid, ^3.34-. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 127 Franklin St., NEW YORK 
THE ANGLER’S WORKSHOP 
Rodmaking for Beginners 
By PERRY D. FRAZER 
Not only Americans, but anglers of Great Britain and nearly every European State, 
South Africa, Australia, Canada, are making their fishing rods under the simple instruc¬ 
tions laid down by the author in this useful little manual. A Japanese, after reading the 
book took up rod repairing for his fellow countrymen as a business. An Englishman 
followed it in making several of the sixty-five rods that he has in his collection. A 
Russian appreciated the book so much that he suggested a Russian li anslation. The 
British sportsmen’s papers have quoted from it time and time again. In that country it 
has helped bring about a great change in rod types, and to attract attention to the ex¬ 
cellence of American fishing rods. In fact “Rodmaking for Beginners” has become the 
standard manual wherever fishing with rod and reel is practiced. 
The reason is obvious. The book is written in plain English, and all the details are 
set down so simply that a boy can follow them. All of the types of rods used on fresh 
and salt water are described and specifications given. Separate chapters cover all details, 
and the one on split cane rodmaking is the only comprehensive treatise on that subject 
ever published. 
Cloth, i8o pages, four full-page illustrations, 6o working drawings, making plain 
every feature of the text. Postpaid, $i.oo. 
FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO., 127 Franklin St., NEW YORK 
