, 1905-05-17
AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
FROM LONDON TOWN
ALSO CONGRESSMAN McCREARY
Several Other Testimonials, too,
to Thomas Martindale's La
test Literary Production,
wildwood Ways and
Down East WfldS''

wildwood Ways and Down East
Wilds" is the title of a handsome little
booklet by Thomas Martindale. the
eminent business man and sporting
enthusiast, of Philadelphia, and for
merly of this city. Mr.. Martindale is
an ardent lover of nature, spends all
the time he can in the wilds, and he
has an unusually happy faculty of
telling what he has seen and felt on
such occasions. The booklet contains
many entertaining articles and sketches
of life in camp in the Maine woods.
The author, although a most practical
sportsman, has a fine vein of senti-
ment, and the reader of his works can
always feel that he has gotten much
more out of his sport than the fish or
game. The book is handsomely il
Illustrated.
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From Hon. George d. McCreary, of Philadel-
phia, Member of Congress.
Please accept my thanks for your
courtesy in complimenting me with
wildwood Ways and Down East
Wilds." | found it interesting and in
.structive as to the early history of that
section. l eve knew you were quite
such a botanist till | read the account
of how you and your friend gave up
fishing and went "botanizing and
fiowerizing.n
AS a public school boy at Mauch
Chunk | did the same thing only re-
versed. Our teacher took us out bot
AIMING along a trout stream. Some of
the boys with a penny bought one or
two limerick hooks. 1t was easy to
take a piece of plain wrapping string
along and equally so to cut a suitable
pole at the creeks side. Then We lost
the teacher and the fun began. To
square up we would later on take him
some Indian turnips or other specimen
as an evidence of u devotion to the
subject of our visit to the woods.
By the way, | enclose you an article
taken from the Ledger in full corrob-
grafton of the story you tell in your
book in last part of the chapter on
'Oysterin & Claminn which if you
have not seen will | am sure interest
you in connection with your story re-
garding some of the characteristics of
the clam.
With regards believe me, yours truly,
GEO. d. MoCREARY
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From the Grocery World, Philadelphia.
Mr.. Thomas Martindale, of Phila-
delphia, merchant, public man and
litterateur, has issued another of his
delightful little volumes of outdoor
life. The latest work is a small bro
chure of 80 pages with the above title.
1t is descriptive of Wildwood-by-the-
Sea, the New Jersey coast resort, and
was really written as a grateful men,
orial for the benefit which the authors
health derived there when, sick and
depressed, he visited the place several
years ago.
AS one looks over Mr.. Martindale's
little book he wonders at the deep
sightedness which al extract so
much interesting fact from a not par
ticularly notable subject. The book
discusses "Wild Flowers in Wildwood
Groves,n "Plants and Birds of the
Tropics in Wildwood" "When Wild
Cattle Roamed in Wildwood, 'Treas-
ure Trove from Pirate Ships" "Old
Tales Ketold, " 1.-THE Hilarious Joys of
Grabbing" "Our Lake." "Oysterin'
and Clammin'," and "Wildwood-by-
the-Sea as a Health Resort 10 those
not under its spell Wildwood seems a
good enough little place, but Mr.. Mar
tindale, without resort to the least ex-
aggeration, has so polished up It's good
points that after reading his book the
place stands before the eye as alto
gether desirable.
Into the story is woven some Of Mr..
Martindale's outing experiences in
New England, which though appar-
emily irrelevant, greatly enhance the
story's interest by reason of their
piquant contrast.
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From Pan-American Banker.
wildwood Ways and Down East
Wilds" is the title of a very cleverly
written booklet, fresh from the press,
by Thomas Martindale, the noted