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PRACTICAL BOO*kS FOR 

Campers and Nature Lovers 

My Friend the Partridge 
The Habits and Habitat of the Ruffed Grouse 
By S. T. HAMMOND 
A delightful reminder of crisp autumnal 
days in the covers. It tells of sport with 
the noblest of game birds, the habits and 
habitat of the ruffed grouse, with just the 
right touch of reminiscence and personal 
experience. 
He is an acknowledged authority on grouse 
dogs, and has probably had more experience 
in the field than any man ef his day. 
Cloth, $1.50 
148 pages Illustrated 


Reliable Pheasant Standard 
By F. J. SUDOW 
A practical guide on the Culture, Breeding, 
Rearing, Trapping, Preserving, Crossmating, 
Protecting, Stocking, Hunting, Propagating, 
etc., of Pheasants, Game Birds, Ornamental 
Land and Water Fowl, Singing Birds, etc. 
Valuable Recipes for Poultrymen. “The 
Secret to Make Hens Lay in Winter.” 
95 pages Colored Illustrations Paper, $1.00 

Birds of America 
1,000 of our native birds described and pic- 
tured—over 300 species in color. This is the 
first time the subject has been dealt with fully 
in a popular work; and the treatment is not 
fragmentary—it is complete and systematic, 
with many interesting stories of bird life sur- 
rounding the hundreds of pictures. 
882 pages. 3 Volumes. Colored Illustrations 
Not sold separately. Buckram, $17.50 per Set 

Bird Guide 
By CHESTER A. REED 
Vol. 1—Water birds, game birds, and birds 
of prey east of the Rockies. Vol. 2—Land 
birds east of the Rockies. Pocket-size hand- 
books each describing and picturing in colors 
more than 200 birds. The descriptions are 
brief and clear, but comprehensive. Each 
volume is boxed, and can be had in either 
leather or cloth binding. In form and con- 
tent they are ideal aids for the amateur bird 
student. 
Vol. 1, 240 pp. 
$1.25; Lea., $1.50. 
Vol. 2, 228 pp. 
$1.25; Lea., $1.50. 
Color. Ill. Flex. Cloth, 
Color. Ill. Flex. Cloth, 







Bungalows, Camps and Mountain 
Houses 
Contains a large variety of designs by 
prominent architects, many of which are suit- 
able for summer use and permanent residence. 
Camps, hunting lodges, and log cabins are 
also presented, suggesting designs for vaca- 
tion dwellings in woods and mountains. 
160 pages Illustrated Cloth, $2.50 

Knots, Splices and Rope Work 
By A. HYATT VERRILL 
This book will be found of the greatest 
value to campers, yachtsmen, travelers or boy 
scout; in fact, to anyone having occasion to 
use or handle rope or knots for any purpose. 
It is reliable and practical, and is not only 
a guide but a teacher. It is the standard 
The illustrations show 
how each knot, tie or splice is formed and 
work on the subject. 
its appearance when finished. 
104 pages. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.00 
Shelter, Shacks and Shanties 
By D. C. BEARD 
Easily workable directions accompanied by 
very full illustrations for over fifty shelters, 
shacks and shanties ranging from the most 
primitive shelter to a fully equipped log cabin. 
243 pages. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.75 
Woodcraft 
By NESSMUK 
No better book for the guidance of those 
who go into the wild for sport or recreation 
was ever written. No one ever knew the 
woods better than “‘Nessmuk’’ or succeeded 
in putting so much valuable information into 
the same compass. Camp equipment, camp 
making, the personal kit, camp fires, shelters, 
bedding, fishing, cooking, and a thousand and 
one kindred topics are considered. 
151 pages. Illustrated. Cloth, $1.50 
' By VICTOR W. PAGE and A. C. LEITCH 
All who are interested in motor boats, 
either as owners, builders or repairmen will 

Motor Boats and Boat Motors 
find this latest work a most comprehensive 
treatise on the design, construction, operation 
and repair of motor boats and their power 
plants. It is really two complete books in one 
cover as it consists of two parts, each com- 
plete in itself. Part one deals with THE 
HULL AND ITS FITTINGS, part two con- 
siders THE POWER PLANT AND ITS 
AUXILIARIES. 
512 pages Illustrated Cloth, $4.00 

Camp Life and the Tricks of 
Trapping 
By W. H. GIBSON 
Comprehensive hints on camp shelter, log 
huts, bark shanties, woodland beds and bed- 
ding, boat and canoe building, and valuable | 
suggestions on trappers’ food, etc., with ex-- 
tended chapters on the trapper’s art, contain 
ing all the “tricks’’ and valuable bait recipes 
of the profession; full directions for the use 
of the steel trap, and for the construction of 
traps of all kinds; detailed instructions for the 
capture of all fur-bearing animals; valuable 
recipes for the curing and tanning of fur 
skins, etc. | 
Cloth, $1.50 
300 pages. Illustrated. 

Camping and Woodcraft 
By HORACE KEPHART 
In two volumes. Vol. I, Camping. Vol. II, 
Woodcraft. The old edition of this book was 
the standard work on the subject for over ten 
years. The new edition is enlarged, entirely 
revised and brought up to date, after two 
years had been spent in the undertaking. 
Vol. I deals with outfits, making camp, fires, 
camp cookery, etc., etc. Vol. II, “Woodcraft,” 
deals chiefly with such shifts and expedients 
as are learned or practised in the wilderness 
itself, where we have nothing to choose from 
but the raw materials that lie around us. 
Contains over a hundred illustrations. The 
volumes may be bought separately or in sets. 
Vol. I, 405 pages. Ilhstrated. Cloth, $2.00 
Vol. II, 479 pages. Illustrated. Cloth, $2.00 






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