, 1905-03-15
THE MARTINDALE BOOK
The Author of wildwood WAYS
and Down East Wilds"Receives
Many Testimonials. "Enchant-
Ing" says Mayor Weaver.

Many IeSt1mOn1alS. "Enchant-
ing" says Mayor Weaver.
Among the many testimonials re-
ceived by Thomas Martindale concern
ing his book are the following:
AN ATTRACTIVE NATURE STUDY
From the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
Every lover of nature at her best and
in her kindliest mood will be interested
in the pretty book, wildwood WAYS
and Down East Wilds," published by
Thomas Martindale, business man and
devotee of the rod and gun. Mr.. Mar
tindale writes of personal experiences
and current lore and every chapter
teens with the freedom of nature un-
defiled. The book is also attractively
illustrated. 1t is a contrast between
"the sun-bathed coast of Southern New
Jersey and the sombre solitudes of the
Maine Wilderness" each with an at
Effectiveness all its own and is written
in the breezy style of the keen sports
nan Mr. Martindale has proved him-
self to be.
Starting with "Wild Flowers in Wild
wood Groves" which tells of the wealth
of floral beauty In this favored spot,
from the wild cactus TO the coral and
white ~honeysuckle, wild roses, trumpet
flowers, etc., Mr.. Martindale tells of
"Plants and Birds of the Tropics i IN
Vile wood" He also talks of the time
when wild cattle roamed there, of
treasure trove from pirate ships, of the
long ago days on Five Mile Beach, of
"the hilarious joys of Grabbing" of
''oysterin' an clam'n" resort and of
Wildwood as a health resort and of
"Our Lake, The last mentioned does
not, however, come at the end of the
book, but is sand wiuched in and is the
contrasting chapter describing the Pc
culiarities of this section of the Maine
wilderness, its tempting pools for trout
and opportunities for shooting the lord
ly moose, the deer and other game.
MMM
NEW Book BY THOMAS MARTINDALE
From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
wildwood Ways and Down East
Wiidsn is the title of a handsome little
booklet by Thomas Martindale, the
eminent business man and sporting en-
thusiast 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 tell
ing what he has seen and felt on such
occasions.
The little booklet before us contains
many entertaining articles concerning
Wildwood-by-the-Sea and sketches of
life in his 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. He has come in close contact
with Great Mother Nature, has felt her
pulsations, slept on her bosom and in
various ways communed with her, and
he has revealed to us some of the things
so wildly impressed upon himself
through his inimitable style and a poetic
form of expression that show how deep
and fundamental all these things are.
The book is handsomely illustrated and
will be found of interest to all who love
to get away from the haunts of men to
the care-free shores of lake or sea, or
into the deep woods. And this means
everyone. Those who cannot enjoy
such privileges have at least a pleasure
in reading of them from n who knows
and knows how TO tell.
"
From Edward r. Emerson, of New York,
author of "The Story of the Vine"
New York, March 9th, 1905
Few indeed are they who can fully
appreciate the meaning in a personal
sense of Bryant's immortal words, $40
him who in the love of nature holds
communion with her visible form she
speaks a varied language" You seem
to be one of these few who not only
caught the spirit of the scene, the songs
of the birds and the breath of the
flowers but who had the ability to
translate it in charming sentences for
others to read and realize. This is a