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winch no commences olRnt years ago WIN Diru
Life of the Borders" and in which he has now
covered practically every appreciable extent Of
wild land in western Europe, from southern
Spain to Spitzborgen. Within the last thirty or
forty years Norway has been much exploited
and written about by tho sportsman and
tho tourist, but the present volume stands
easily at tho head OF all yet produced as the
book on the fishing. shooting, big-game hunting,
and bird and general wild life Of that country.
As the guide books tell us, 'One-haJ Of Norway
lies at an elevation exceeding two thousand
feet" and, of the whole country. 20 per cent.
consists of unproductive field, glaciers, and ice
braos, and 90 per cent. of forests and fields occu-
piod by saeters or rough farm cabins In the hills,
dwelt in only during two or three of tho summer
months, and 1t Is of these high grounds, out Of
tho roach of the ordinary tourist, that Mr.. Chap
man writes most Interestingly. ut is up
here, on these glorious highlands, that the Nor
way of the hunter and stalker. Of the sports
man, naturalist, and mountaineer Is to DO found.
The people. It 10 true land tho salmonil. live
down below in the valleys; but to sec Norway, to
realize what the word means, you must
get on the top-out on the roof" Then. too.
thoro arc tho magnificent inland waters,
grand salmon rivers, and lakes and streams full
of trout, g~rayling, and char. Although the
author modestly states that, as regards salmon
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delightful chapters on the sport, and gives lots of
practical information, while on the subject of
big-game hunting he Is an established authority.
One great charm about all his chapters on sport
lies in the fact that he writes as q keen sports
man to whom difficulties and hardships but give
an added interest to his object, and, in Norway,
no kind Of game. except the smaller sized trout,
ia to be bagged without hard work. and only the
really "keen" man will find the reward worth
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three times as difficult on the rugged fields as on
the Scotch moors, and tho size Of the bag is In
inverse ratio, while the big game are only to DO
tackled by the man who can stand stiff climb
ing, cold weather, and rough living, and 10
satisfied with moderate results. ION the
high fjeld,'' says the author, tho deer
stalker must live under canvas or in
a'cavo dwelling tstein husetl, albeit 1t freezes
hard by night, and perhaps rains In torrents
every dayi Taking my own experience In tho
northern forests, the average Is very nearly
nine days work to each bull elk brought to bag.
The average with reindeer works out consider
ably better; not because the latter are, In any
sense, easier to shoot, but because, being
met with in herds, and on open mountain
tops, the deer will often AFFORD two, three,
or more shots at q single stalk. This 10
never possible in the forest, where the bull elk
roams in solitude, or only accompanied by q COW
and a calf" Here and there tho author has an
ideal day; as. for instance, on one first Of Septem-
Der. when, after picking up three and a half brace
OF trout (eight and n half pounds) while crossing
a lake in the early morning, and four and a half
brace of ptarmigan on the field, he. after q long
stalk and in six consecutive shots, got six rein
deer. one carrying a fine 51-inch head with
twenty five points. "Thus terminated the most
successful interview I had ever enjoyed with big
game. The whole affair, from first shot to last,
I suppose had not occupied half q minute; nor
had I ever moved from the shelter OF my original
rock. The net result-nearly a ton OF meat Sc
cured by less than three ounces Of lead!-was
gratifying to me, but brought infinite ~satisfac-
ton to numerous humble Norwegian cots. where
fresh meat Is all but unknown, but which were
now set up in supplies for the winter" Oppor-
tunities for such sport as this will, however.
soon be nonresident, unless. as Mr.. Chap
man suggests, the Government does some
thing to protect the game. which, through
rents and licenses paid by foreigners, now
brings in a largo revenue and 10 q
valuable asset The salmon trap and the deadly
'~'otter" play havoc with the fish. while the
cheap repeating rife. which. in the hands of the
local pothunter. cripples more than it kills out
right, and the depredations of the nomad Laps.
who each year move further south, will soon
have dispersed the wild herds. Chapters on elk
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life of forest and field, and the many incidental
observations on tho natural history of the coun-
try combine to make O volume in every way as
interesting and as valuable as the author's
"Wild Spain" and to those who have read the
latter no higher recommendation need be given.
The book is finely illustrated.
After the storm a calm-sometimes; and after
"Dischords, /" Symphonies John Lane), which
latter Is the title of the latest volume OF stories
by George ERerton. And yet, Notwithstanding
the change in the significance of the title, many
of the present tales might have appeared as o
continuation of the series under the former head
ing. Here we have the same brilliancy. the same
extraordinarily frank analysis Of a certain side
of the female character, and the same note of
passionate protest against much Of the real or
fancied injustice suffered by the gentler sex.
The first Of the stories, "A CHILEAN Episode" 10
a tender little romance Of love and war, some
what too literally besprinkled with italicized
French and Spanish words and phrases,
but full Of moonlight and dreamy, sensuous
music. and closing with a soft minor chord
Of real pathos. A young naval cadet.
a gallant, handsome lad, who has alternately
sung love songs to his sweetheart in the moon
lit garden. and spent stolen hours with one of
the lights O. love of the Gale Maipd In Valpa-
raise, IL shot as q traitor by Balmaceda during
the revolution; and while the girls cry for q
while and then sleep and forget, the mother sits
in the guest chamber of her lonely house weeping
over the body of her soE. For the love of a man
to a maid is grand; but the desire of possession
Is the pith of its strength; and the love Of
woman to man ripples like the sea on the waves
of its own emotion. crying increasingly: love.
love me everl But the mother love OF an I'M
warped woman for the son of her soul Is stronger
than the love of man, moro tender than the love
OF woman. for 1t asketh nothing in return-just
gives. gives, gives. as the ocean gives salt
and SAVIOR and healingl And when the dawn
rose and the candles had burned down
tho mother still knelt with the cold Of
her dead sons hand chilling her heart"
The most powerful of the stories are Pan"
and "At the Heart OF the Apple" Tho first Is
in form as fawless as the work of one of tho
masters Of the modern French school, and from
the opening passages. which are full of the won
drous sunshine Of the summer of tho south of
France, to the tragic ending, tho pages sparkle
with the color and careless yiyacity of the BASQUE