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Oup Rome AND New Iraurs. By Emilio Castelear. 
lated by Mrs. Arnold. New York. Harper & Brothers. 
One of the most interesting places from which to write a book of in- 
formation upon a subject upon which scarcely any two persons agree in 
impressions received upon the spot, is this same old Rome. The author 
of this work is unquestionably something of a politician ; he has also his 
own religious opinions, and hesitates not to fearlessly express them. His 
work shows him to be more of a scholar than a politician. His has been; 
therefore, by no means an idle life; bis hours of leisure, if leisure they 
could be called, have been spent among stormy events. Taking quite a 
prominent part in the revolution, to squelch which Sewano took the field 
in person, he was so unfortunate as fo be taken prisoner, and was one of 
those who were condemned to death. From this fate he escaped, and for 
two years lived in Geneva and Paris, making visits to Rome, Venice, 
Florence, and other Italian cities; and to his exile from Rome we are 
indebted for this timely and tersely written record of an enthusiastic 
man. We do not call it a book of travels, as it professes to be, but an 
emotional journal of matters and things as he saw them, and his impres- 
sions upon the same. The author would write a good Roman historical 
journal, for the minutest incident leaves its impress upon hismind. This 
is a very interesting book. and some portions of the work are truly 
graphic in description. We would like tomake some extracts from the 
same, but the book is so good as a whole that we cannot think of doing 
it the injustice of quoting only short paragraphs from a work so inter 
esting as ‘‘Old Rome and New Italia.” 
Tan TRAPPER’s Guipe. By 5. 
Mason, Baker & Pratt, 
his is one of the books much wanted by every one who loves to hunt 
fur, fish or feathers, and who has not a germ within himself—an aspira- 
tion that leads him as an urchin, bare-legged, dirty and hungry, to the old 
mill-pond with an alder stick, a piece of twine anda hook attached to 
catch the ‘“‘chubbs,” as he calls them, The same innate love of sport in 
duces him to crawl on his hands and knees—many rods it may be—to 
snare the rabbit or partridge (we have done it time and again). And then 
the gun, Oh! paradise of a boy in short clothes—a gun. “Only let me 
squib it off.” How vividly=those old boyhood’s days do come up again 
before us. But we began to tell you about a book of information for 
“phoys.”’ and also for men; even those who have caught trout in the Adi- 
rondacks can learn a lesson on trapping and weodcraft perhaps they 
never yet knew. In this complete compendium, this vade meccum of the 
sportsman, you can find everthing you want to know, from the killing of 
the skunk, without odoriferous accompaniment, to the bringing down of 
the antlered monarch of the forest—and all this, too, for the mere pit- 
tance of $1 50. It is a book that every boy and every man wants. 
I co A Fisaryc. By W. C. Prime. New York. Harper 
& Brothers. 
We are not of a querulous, fault-finding school; were we one of that 
school we would find fault with the title of this rare book upon angling, 
sports with the rod and gun, &c. But we like this title, “I go a Fishing,” 
with its beautiful illustrations of pastoral life. We love the iniatory 
allusion to St. Peter, his mode of life, and to the beautiful lake of Genes 
eret. We think it good to see the gospel in the woods and streams, as 
well as worship the true God beneath his leafy temple. We see not evenc 
the bad taste in the title of this gem of piscatorial art that some critics (?) 
do. Weare so constituted that we cannot. ‘‘A little learning is a dan- 
gerous thing.” We belieye any one will rise from the perusal of this 
work of W. ©. Prime’s a better instructed, happier, pleasanter man. Mr. 
Prime is a most devout lover of nature, an humble disciple of nature’s 
God, and he talks to us even 1n his stories of the moor and stream like a 
wise mentor we follow not in vain. Through all the changing and varied 
moods, whether he rambles amid the deeperfing shades of the Adiron- 
dacks, or'sits quietly beside the silver waters of Lake George, we find 
him the same charming, instructive, pleasant friend. HeYis in all places 
and at all times the same true lover of the high art piscatory ; he knows 
the rodand gun. This author has the ability to write one of the most 
readable books upon an interesting subject, and why should he not have 
the liberty to call his book by whatever title he pleases? Every New 
England sportsman will accord to him this right, and welcome his vety 
readable book as one of the sportsman’s treasures. 
Trans- 
Newhouse. New York. 
OuTLINES oF MEN, WomEN AND Tuincs. By Mary Clem- 
mer Ames. Riverside Press. Hurd & Houghton. 
Mrs. Ames has what some would call an “awkward” habit of looking 
things square in the face. We like this, and can join with her in com- 
pletely ignoying side issues. This book covers a wide range of topics of 
different character, but it does ample justice to all. Tt is a sincere, ear- 
nest work, in which the writer shows not only her earnestness of purpose, 
but hopefulness of ultimately doing her readers good, The style is lively, 
spirited, vivacious—never flippant or grovelling. Every one who reads 
this book (and may there be many) will acknowledge her open sincerity 
as a jewel not possessed by every writer of the day. 
Oty New Eneuanp Traits. Edited by George Lunt. 
Hurd & Houghton. Riverside Press, Cambridge. 
We seem to hear George Lunt talking tous as of old when we open 
this New England tract. It is one of those very pleasant conversational 
books that we do not feel inclined to lay aside after once having opened 
it until we have read to the very close. There is a complete fascination 
about this volume that holds every one—who has had the good fortune to 
know personally Grorge Lunt—perfectly spellbound from chapter one to 
the end. He simply talks to you from the beginning to the end ; but then 
George Lunt knows how to talk. 
Tur Last Porms or ALICE AND PHa@Be Cary. By Mary 
Clemmer Ames. Hurd & Houghton. Riverside Press, Cambridge. 
This is one of the most pleasant, agreeable and chaste productions of these 
days. This memorial of the gifted sisters, Alice and Phoebe Cary, comes 
to us like a string of Orient pearls upon a golden thread. These are truly 
racy, life-like sketches of every-day life : yet how very natural, how true 
to the life. Who does not feel within himself an uprising aspiration, a 
heart throb, as it were, for the heavenly home after a perusal of these 
beautiful thoughts ? The great, good and moral truths written within 
this book will live forever ; there is within them the spirit of immortality. 
The last poems of Alice and Phebe Cary will live in the memory of gen- 
erations yet unborn. 
HovusPKEEPING AND HBALTHKEEPING. Vol. I., 12 mo., 
pp. 482. By Catherine Beecher Stowe. New York. Harper & Brothers. 
Reader, did you ever rise from a bad dinner out of all sorts with every- 
body, yourself, and last, but not least, your dinner ? We khow you have ; 
human nature is human nature the world over, whether we confess it or 
not. As long as men and women must eat, so long will the best treatises 
on the culinary art be readily sought. We heard a sensible lady once say 
“the way to keep men good natured was first to give them no room for 
erumbling in consequence of a bad dinner.’’ More depends on this un 
poetical idea than one would at first imagine, And in this valuable work 
before us we find article after article upon the science of good nature—‘‘a 
good dinner,” and how to prepare one, The fact is, Miss Beecher tells 
you all abont it. Are you dyspeptic, read the last book on the manner of 
exorcising those legions of devils who are boring holes into the head of 
the poor dyspeptic and torturing out his very life, In a word, this is one 
of the very best, if not the best, books published upon a subject that con- 
cerns everybody—the science of the true enjoyment of human life. 
PROTECTION AGAINST Frre. Hurd & Houghton. River- 
side Press. 
“Joseph Bird’s book again!’ says some querulous, fault-tinding 
croaker, who would grumble if his dinner was not done to the very nicest 
point. Yes, Bird’s book again; and this book you and every grumbler 
should read, particularly if you are not a believer in friendship of any 
kind. We do not expect you to be a believer in that most rare and valu- 
able kind shared so deeply between Damon and Pythias, but we only ask 
of you a common sympathy, a kindred loye for your fellows In their hours 
of deep tribulation. In those days when adversity knits one man’s sou 
to the soul of his kindred it is like recreating a. soul beneath the ribs of 
death, we well know, to try to imbue some men with the idea that such 
an anomaly as an humane man can really exist; that in this universal 
“hard scrabble” for filthy Iucre a man can have within his own breast the 
feeling of ‘‘thumane kindness” for his fellow-man. Joseph Bird, the 
philanthropist, does not trade upon tears and suffering—he nobly strives 
to do all the good he can to his fellow-man, and that, too, without seeking 
ulterior advantage to himself. He is, and has been, for along time an 
ardent and enthusiastic fire-fighter, and we truly regret that there are not 
more to be numbered to-day in this anti-fire brigade. We are glad to 
know that Mr. Bird’s book sells, and what is better, by far, it is taking a 
strong hold upon the public mind as to the best means of arresting by 
the most scientific and approved means the progress of the devouring 
element. 
A CONCORDANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED 
STATES OF AMERICA—Wwith a classified index and questions for educa- 
tional purposes: By Charles W. Stearns, M. D,. New York: Mason, Baker 
& Pratt, Publishers, 142 Grand street. 
Jn a government like ours, the acquirement of a familiar knowledge of 
the Constitution may be considered the duty of every citizen ; and yet the 
ignorance of many, even of those elevated to official positions, of the 
principles and powers embraced in that instrument, is a subject of such 
notoriety as to cease to excite surprise. The object of this book is to 
present the constitution as a whole, and to summarize in an intelligible 
form, its clauses and phraseology, under appropriate heads, so that the idea 
embraced may be readily understood. The following subdivisions indic 
cate the plan and tle advantage of the book: 1—The People; 2— 
The Congress; 83—The President; 4—Public Justice; 5—The States; —6 
Elections; 7—Offices; 8—Military Affairs; 9—Foreign Affairs; 10—Mara_ 
time Affairs;—11—Commerce; 12—The Treasury. To this is added an 
alphabetical concordance, and a brief series of questions for learners. 
The work embraces 150 octavo pages, on beautiful paper, and is handsome- 
ly bound in cloth. , 
Tue Ministry WE Neep. B.S. Sweeiser. Hurd & Hough- 
ton. Riverside Press. 
We have seen no book that seems to meet a want of the times more 
than this little, unpretending treatise. It will be a welcome guest in every 
Christian family. It is the ministry we need. It is purely English in 
style, is earnest, thoughtful, chaste, and, throughout the whole, of an ele- 
yating and improving high-toned morality. 
——_——_4—_—_—. 
BOOKS RECEIVED. 
PreAIsTORIC RACES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 
By J. W. Foster, L.L.D. Chicago: 8.C. Griggs & Co. 1873. pp. 415. 
Price, $5. 
A wonderful history of wonderful races. 
soon. 
We shall notice at length 
Eee ees 
IN PRESS. 
Oupporr Days. By Colonel Higginson. Boston: James 
R. Osgood & Co. 
This is a forthcoming publication which will undoubtedly create a sen- 
sation. 


Oxsituary.—Rev. John Todd, D. D., one of the best 
known clergymen in Massachusetts, died at Pittsfield 
on Sunday, the 24th inst. Dr. Todd was the author of the 
“Student’s Manual,” and numerous books for the young, 
and thirty years ago published a book most attractive to 
hunters and anglers, entitled ‘‘ Long Lake,” the same being 
reminiscences of lifein the Adirondacks. He was a most 
ardent sportsman and an enthusiastic admirer of Nature, 
anda gentleman upon whom Forrest AND SrrHAM had 
reckoned for occasional contributions; for the Doctor took 
a warm interest in our enterprise, and volunteered to aid it 
by personal service. But death has cut short his career, while 
yet he had scarcely filled out the allotted measure of four 
score years and ten, (he was seventy-three,) and the world 
loses one of its most useful and brilliant ornaments. 
ho 
We are in receipt of the second number of the Christian 
Age, of which Rey. C. F. Deems is editor. It is an excel- 
lent monthly journal, sober in tone, earnest in character, 
and what is better, full of the kindliest charity. The make 
up of the paper is unexceptionable. 
Oe 
—Thomas Dick is the proprietor, and Henry Winnett the 
manager of the Royal Niagara Hotel at Niagara, Ontario. 
But isn’t it rather against a house to have it kept by-‘“Tom, 
Dick, and Harry?” 

<n  _—_ 
Mrs, Sarah Johnson, a white woman who was bitten by a 
rabid cat a year ago at Little Rock, Arkansas, died there 
last week from unmistakable hydrophobia. : 
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—The Grand National Regatta will take place on Saratoga 
Lake on the 11th and 12th of September. The committee 
on requirements define an amateur oarsman to be a person 
who has never rowed in an open regatta, and who has not 
rowed for money, or been willing to row for money, since 
May 1, 1872, and who has not been engaged to train any 
person or crew in rowing or athletics for any compensation 
whatever. The Committee also say that no person who 
gains or has gained a livelihood by a continued use of boats 
will be permitted to row inthe regatta. 
—<-- 
The Capitoline Grounds in Brooklyn, it is now said have 
been selected for the ascension of the great ‘‘ Graphic bal- 
loon,” and the 7th September designated as the latest day 
for it to start on its voyage, though the Professor hopes to 
get. off by the 1st. When inflated, the balloon will stand as 
high in the air as the tower of the East River Bridge now 
does. 
——— 
—Within five miles of the town of Victoria (Vancouver's 
Island) black tailed deer can be shot at almost any time. 



Forest and Stream. 
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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. 
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The first number is a model of typographical neatness, and its contents 
are sufficiently varied and interesting to secure for the paper a cordial 
reception from that class of the public to whose taste it caters.—[New 
York Times. 
It isa handsome sheet of sixteen large pages, and is filled with a ya- 
riety of very interesting reading.—[New York Sun. 
There is need for a new advocate to make the American people more in 
love with outdoor life, and Forrs? AND STREAM promises to do the work 
admirably. The varions departments are edited with knowledge and 
skill.—[New York Jonrnal of Commerce. 
The publication of a new sporting journal, Forrest AND STREAM, is 
another evidence of the increasing love of our people for the sports of 
the field and athletic exercise. There is every evidence that good fortune 
awaits the new-comer. That this should be so is a source of congratula- 
tion.—[New York Express. 
The first number promises well, and its preposessing appearance is no 
slight confirmation of its claim to a high and manly tone in its conduct. 
—|[Home Journal. 
It is tastefully arranged and handsomely printed, and seems to be well 
adapted to persons of cultivated tastes.—[New York Tribune. 
Mr. Hallock is an enthusiastic sportsman, a good writer, and compe- 
tent to make a “‘sporting paper” fit for household reading.—[New York 
Commercial Advertiser. 
We commend with special earnestness the claims of ForrstT AND 
SrreAmM to fayorable attention.—[The South. 
We may safely predict its success.—[New Orleans Home Journal. 
Itis neat as to typography and varied and interesting as to contents. 
—[Hartford Times. 
The matter of the sample number is both appropriate and interesting. 
—([Brooklyn (E.D.) Times. 
It is a necessary publication, and we welcome its birth with open arms. 
It oceupies its own position, intruding upon no pre-oecupied ground, but 
it is an elevated position. To sportsmen of the gun and fishing-rod it wtll 
be invaluable.—[Brooklyn Review. 
Got up in a handsome} manner, both as to presswork and arrangement 
of contents.—[Philadelphia Ledger. ? 
It is decidedly the most recherche thing of the kind ever issued in this 
country, and so far as we know is the peer of anything similar in Eng- 
land. All its departments show a practical and intellectual filling up 
which challenges general fayor.—[Germantown Telegraph. 
Judging by the number before us we can unhesitatingly recommend the 
Forest AND STREAM to all who take an interest in out-door recreation 
and physical culture. It will no doubt merit the patronage of our sport- 
ing gentlemen.—[ Every Evening, (Wilmington, Delaware). 
The terms are very reasonable for such a large and necessarily expen- 
sive paper. We commend it to our sportsmen friends most heartily. We 
like the ring of its editorials, evidently written by the true lover of nature 
in its multiplied and beautiful forms.—| Niagara Falls Gazette. 
There is a standard of excellence and usefulness not yet attained by 
any sporting paper in the country, and Forrst AND STREAM will find its 
success at the top of the ladder.—[New York Graphic. 
It covers ground not occupied by any other journal.—[Waterloo (New 
York) Observer. 
WHAT THE PEOPLE: SAY. 
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I hope you will meet with entire success in your project. My days of 
active life in the field and forest have gone by, but I recall my experience 
with pleasure, and I feel that I owe my health in a good degree to early 
habits of free exercise in the open air in forests and along our streams. 
—|Horatio Seymour. 
There is a demand for just such a paper as this. It will give me very 
great pleasure, indeed, todo all I can to help your journal.—[Professor 
S. F. Baird, Smithsonian Institute. 
J have no doubt that Forest AND STREAM will have a large circulation. 
Consider me a subscriber.—[George A. Boardman, Naturalist. 
Such a journal, conducted upon the principles and with the spirit which 
you announce, will certainly find warm support.—[Rey. J. Clement 
French. : 
I have no doubt you will make it a marked success.—[Hon. J. D. Caton. 
I wish you the best sort of success in your effort to make a journal of 
out-door sports such as a gentleman can read and write in.—[Charles D. 
‘Warner. : 
I doubt not it will be a great success. 
for.—[Major John H. King, U.S.A. 
I have long wished just such a journal to receive into my family, that 
my boys may learn from a better teacher than myself the best way in 
which to follow the sports that in years past have given me so much plea- 
sure.—[Henry W. Abbott, Boston. 
Under your management it ought to be a success.—[W. H. Venning, 
Inspector Marine and Fisheries, Canada. 
You shall have all the aid and comfort Ican give you in your enter- 
prise.—[Com. L. A. Beardslee, Washington Navy Yard. 
I must congratulate you on the very attractive appearance of your 
paper. Keep it up to the standard you have marked out for it, and it will 
become an assured success.—[Rev. Charles F. Deems. 
Nothing but the exigencies of my roving lifehave prevented me from 
starting, or trying to start, just such a journal as yours. You shall have 
my hearty co-operation.—[Professor Elliott Coues, Smithsonian Institute. 
Your paper is just what we have long wanted, and will take well in the 
Southern States.—[Dr. R. P. Myers, Savannah, Ga. 
* The editorial matter, the contributions, and the make-up and general 
appearance of the paper are just suchas Fishrod and Nimrod admire. 
—([Genio C. Scott. 
It is wanted, and must be called 


ToNNAGE on Yacuts.—In the case of a foreign-built 
sailing vessel which entered a United States port from Can- 
ada, without the papers of, and without claiming to be, a 
yacht, the Secretary of the Treasury has approved the action 
of the Collector of Customs in compelling her to take out 
clearance papers, and exacting tonnage tax on departure. 
If the vessel had arrived with the proper documents of a 
yacht, showing her to belong to a regularly. authorized yacht 
club, she would not have been liable to the payment of ton- 
nage tax, nor to be required to enter or clear, provided like 
privileges are extended to similar yachts of the United 
States. If, however, the vessel was a yacht, not belonging 
to an organized yacht club, though not subject to tonnage 
tax, she would be required to make entry and clearance— ~ 
Washington telegram to Boston Post. 

Children begin now to save your pennies, that when the long evenings 
come you can buy ‘‘ Avilude, or Game of Birds.’ If your storekeeper 
has not got it, send seventy-five cents to West & Lee, Woscester, Mass., 
and it will be sent by mail, post paid. , 
‘* Avilude is a superior game.”’— Worcester Pulladium. 

