National Republican., 1886-10-04
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE BOYS BOOK OF SPORTS AND OF
DOOR LIFE Edited hX nj AItpICR THnA

THE BOYS BOOK OF SPORTS AND OUT
DOOR LIFE. Edited by MAURICE THoMP-
SON. New York: The Century Company.
For sale by Robert Beall.
This beautiful volume, this volume Of
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treats largely, learnedly, charmlngly, with
"picturcs to match" OF everything they
care about-"sports and outdoor lfe."
Wide open 1t throws the gates Of Eden.
Let us glance at what is within. "MGrvin
shooting" "Fly.fshing for black bass.n
All these delightful, exquisitely illustrated
and story-loVing editor. Then, ely
fishing for trout" "a royal fish,"
now, by Ripley Hitchcock: "odd
modes OF fishing" next, by Daniel q.
Beard. The editor again, on "Thc- bow
herous." Charles I.edyard Norton follows,
about "Small boats how to rig and sail
them" We are taught "How to make
boat" by Frederic g. Mather, "How to
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boating for boys" is described by Beard,
who also instructs us ''IIOw to camp out.n
The editor reapears In "The School In the
the ocean, and teaches "How to camp out at
the beach"
AS nothing can be perfect without
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some Of the Campers who won't con.
flde to us his name, tells of "a Boys
Camp"
The remaining chapters are entitled: "a
Talk About Swimming" "Walking and
Riding,n "How to Rum" "The Amateur
Camera" "Toboggans and Their Use"
"How to Make an Ice Boat "Eyery Boy
His Own Ice Boat,n "Fish Spearing
Through the Ice,n 'IIunting Jack Rab.
bits,n by boy; "Landing the 'Longe,"
and Show Science Won the Game.n
on our "heads," It being necessary TO 20
fast and no way seeming so quick as this.
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