New-York tribune., 1883-12-10

Itis seldom our good fortune to examine book
MORE beantiful in all its details than the superb IL
ipstrated work which the Century Company have
consecratea TO the exploits Of American hunters and
fishermen The volume has grown out of the pub
Ication of number of sporting articles in Tn
Century magazine. Professor Mayer OF the Stevens
Institute. is himself an enthusiastic and exper-
fenced sportsman, and besides bringing together
and revising the papers from The Century he has
enriched the book with great deal OF supplement
tary matter drawn from variety OF sources
Every chapter seems to be the production of an
expert The cooperation of number of writers
has moreover the advantage that II permits each
contributor to treat only that branch of the sub
ject in which he is most keeny interested, and for
which he is best equipped with personal reminis-
cence. There are consequently no merely perfume
tory pages written to complete the story but nearly
all the papers are distinguished by fascinating
vivacity and zest and nearly all reach at least a
respectable. and several high, literary standard.
Professor Mayer introduces the subject with an IL
Illustrated article on The Prehistoric Hunter" ana
the work proper is then grouped in separate de-
partments. Under the general head OF Large Oahe
Charles c. Ward contributes admirable chapters OF
his experience in Canada and Maine. hunting I" The
Black Bear the Moose" and the "CarlDOu
James Gordon writes of Bear Hunting In the
Southn and Rowland L. Robinson of Fox Hnnt-
ing in New England; General Lew Wallace is the
author of a very lively description OF " bunalo
Hunt in Northern Mexico; there Is paper oy
4be Earl of Dunraven on "Moose Hunting in Can
adan. "a Musk Ok Hunt" in the Arctic region is
from the pen of Lieutenant Schwatka; W. Mackay
Iaffan tells of Deer Hunting on the Au Sable" j.
Harrison Mills of Hunting the Mule Deer in Colo
rado.n John Muir of The Wild Sheep of the
Sierra" and George Bird Grinnell of "The Ante
III Of n
range of sport from the trout to the porpoise and
includes papers by Barnet Phillips, Edward Sey-
mour. DIR. James A. Henshall, DR.. A. G. Wilkinson,
Francis Endicott Charles C.. Ward. Thaddeus
Norris A. r. Macdonough John Burroughs and
Howard Pyle. considerable variety of entertain
is also to be found under the head OF teathered
Game, to which the contributors are Charles +.
Whitehead Professor Mayer. George b. GTinnen,
Charles A. Zimmerman and w. NJ Lafan. Miscel-
aneous papers pertinent of the general subject are
added by competent specialists, on various imple-
ments Of spor-the rod. the reel, the shot-gun the
bow and the blOw-gun, as well as good chapter
on taxidermy and one on American sporting dogs;
and the editor has had the happy thought of nclud
ing Mr.. Charles Dudley Warmers inimitable nara
tive of " How Killed "A Bear" aud A Fight with
q Trout"
The Illustrations include nearly forty full-page
pictures, ten of which are proofs on Japan paper,
and the cuts nterspersed with the text are. III be-
wildering abundance. Many of them have already
been admired in the pages of the magazine, but I'D
this volume where they set Oft by the heavy
and highly cacndered plate paper, and by more
deliberate and exact presswork than it is possible
TO expend upon popular periodcal-evcn upon The
CeatUy-tbey acquire new delicacy and beauty
The exquisite frontispiece, " In the Woods" ell
graved direct from nature by Mr.. Kingsley and
80 l,nfA
art which ftly introduces the remarkable collcc-
ton. The publishers to have taken great pains
about the accuracy of the illustrations, as well as
with their purely artistic effectiveness Many Of
them were drawn in the field and in not few in
stances the artist is also the engraver We know Of
nothing in sporting literature which can compare
with them for spirit, truthfulness and beauty
and indeed. far the last quality Is concerned,
there few books In any department of literature
in which the art of illustration on wood has been
carried to higher point than here. James G.
Beard, Elbridge Kingsley, Gurdon Tnmbull, ".
M. Cary, Thomas Moran Mary Hallock Foote. Il.
Swain Clifford George Inness, jr., Henry Sandman,
f. Hopkmson Smith, Reinhart, Shirlaw, McEnteo,
w. NJ. Chase, +. f. Church and Howard Pyle arc
among the artists who have bent their pencils to
the superb result; and the engravcrs have done
ample Justice to their designs How much the book
owes to beautiful printing only an expert will
derstand. The press of Mr.. T. L. De Vinne is one of
the few at which printing is treated aectiouately
and sine erely, a fine art as well as a business.
SEVEN SPANISH CITIES AND TIE WAY TO THEM.
BY EDWARD L. HALE, l2mo. PIP. 32s. Roberts
BrOtheTs.l
Mr.. Hale spent only seven weeks in Spain, but
being an experienced traveller, possessing trained
eyes and knowing what was best worth seeing ia
that fascinating country he was enabled to accom-
plish much in weeks as many person lack
ing his equipment would have accomplished in
seven months. The book, with the exception of All
occasional paragraph is made up of letters which
the author contributed TO II Boston newspaper.
Prepared for the meridian Of that city the letters
contain illusions which Bostouians appreciate and