The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-04-25
FOR THE KAISER.
Emperor to Receive Unique
Copy Of Presidents Book.
ENTITLED HUNTING BIG GAME.

Volume Bound In Levant Morocco,
Printed ON vcllum, Ham Illumi-
mated and illustrated by Famous
Artists In R~oOsevelt's Present-Con-
tains Tales OF Strenuous Pleasure
and Personal Anecdotes.
Although congress, still respecting
that stern Puritan sentiment which in
the sturdy young years Of the colonies
looked askance upon royalty and with
adherence upon royalty bearing gifts,
forbade the president Of the United
States from receiving any token that
might be proffered by the German en-
peror through his representative, Prince
Henry Of Prussia, there Is neither law
nor sentiment against Mr.. Roosevelt
making presents to his friend the
kaiser If lie so desired, and he has SO
desired, says the New York Journal.
j When Prince Henry. done with his
royal pilgrimage, leaves these shores
for the fatherland, he will carry with
him in a thick orc case a token
from the president to the German EN-.
peror. 1t Is the material expression OF
the presidents esteem for the German
ruler.
The gift which the prince will carry
to Berlin Is Il superbly bound volume.
entitled Hunting Big Game" by Theo-
dore Roosevelt.
The volume is q n copy edition
which Theodore. Roosevelt especially
ordered his publishers to make for the
occasion. As q specimen of the book
binding art 1t Is said TO be the most
finished that the United States has ever
produced. A low estimate places its
cost at $4,000.
The cover Is in green Levant. with
the title in gold across the top. There
are no other external decorations. 1t
Is n single volume. and the 47G pages
are Of vellum. The type Is handmade
and illuminated. and there are forty or
fifty Illustrations by such artists as
Remington. Frost and Beard. In the
public edition there is II halftone from.
tispiece of President X Oscvelt In his
khaki Uniform as colonel OF the rough
riders. with his familiar SLOUGH lat
cooked jauntily IN one side Of his head.
In the royal volume. however. the colo.
nel's likeness is modest!y omitted.
On the t.y leaf In small Illuminated
letters is this verse:
y the rcgrtt OF 1t!
O the myste:; and power Of the untracked
land.
sr..~ l,,ro ~ n,i,1 49, .-.-.
The wonder and power of swift rivers
Where only the shy beaver builds a dam!
o wild woods and rivers and untrcd
sweeps OF sod.
! exult that ] ave known you!
! have felt you and worshiped you.
I cannot be robbed the memory
OF horse n plain,
OF bird and flower
Nor the song of the illimitable west wind.
The quotation is from Hamlin Gar.
lands mastery apostrophe to the
plains.
big Game Hunting" is a vivid &c.
count Of the presidents life on the
plains and Of his rude home on the
Little Missouri, and the story of 1t Ia
told in his most animated style. OF
the books he has written this one, It
has always been known by his init.
mate friends, was the one he most lik.
ed. In a foreword to 1t he gives this
eminently characteristic explanation
for writing It:
my object was not only to give a
full account of the chase of every kind
Of big game proper to the United
States. but also where possible to touch
on their life histories. Moreover, l
wished to sketch, at least in outline, the
men who dwell In the wilderness and
J follow the wild industries which -four.
ish on the borders Of the wilderness. l
write for my fellow ranchmen and fel-
low hunters and for the young men Of
America in whose veins the red blood