New-York tribune., 1907-08-03

nervous. and shouting will exhaust you. II you
have no matches TO start fire, make lint with
the cotton lining Of your coat using the crystal or
your watch the glass in your compass or your
sDectacles as sun glass blowing at the same time
the lint.
one of the authors most emphatic pieces of
advice is Never leave camp without taking
matches" In another chapter he offers some
valuable suggestions to the proceedings OF
one who gets caught in the woods over Night
together with other rules for making a fire Inc
chapters on angling, shooting and trapping are
admirable: the illustrations are iluminative;
the list of remedies for sickness or accidents IN
camp is full and careful. The index completes
a book which ought to go out Of PRINT Tor
many q year.
Mr.. Louis Rhead offers handy guide Of prac-
teal information on angling for common ana
familiar bottom fishes. 1t is intended for those
who cannot go far affeld in pursuit OF game nSh'
the aristOCratS of the race. Incidentally. ne IN
cIudes a good deal % entertaining miscellaneous
talk about the habits Of the fish he deals with,
He writes with genuine enthusiasm OF the
plebeian bullhead-and it must be confessed lhdI
the country is full Of people who have an un-
acknowledged fondness for bullheads, otheF-
wise horned pout. The author tells US that the
demand for this fish for market is growing 10
such an extent that there have arisen "exten-
sive and almost special fisheries for 1t in the
South. the Mississippi Valley and region OF TIE
Great Lakes which is the centre of their great
est abundance. Mr. fileau y OWL ilAoS'i'N'A'1AN
add much to the interest of his little volume
Mr. N II: Crovvelrs "Sportsman's Primer IS
a humorous book about popular sports, ranging
from football to--whaling! The satire Is some
times rather far-fetched. the COmicallty thlh
under stress of prolonged effort, but, on the
whole the sketches taken in small doses are
reasonably amusing. Such genial bits of de-
scriptiOn as "A moose under falr head OF
steam more closely resembles a panicstricken
lated TO date or "Bullheads We're made simply
TO expire along the shore, where fellow can
step on their horns sufficiently indicate the
tone Of the book. Mr.. Wallace Morgan's Illus
trations full Of fun.
It is pleasant to welcome second edition OF
Mr. Ernest ngersolrs uncommonly entertain
ing book The Life Of Animals" (the Macmi-
Ian Company. This arecdotic and descriptive
study Of mammals is as captivating in inustra-
ton as It is IN text, and this edition. by the
way has number OF valuable animal photo
graphs which did not appear in the earlier one
The portraits Of animals throughout are CHAR
aCteristfc and spirited. Particularly effective
are those of the Entellus monkey, looking like
a whiskered old man full Of the liveliest curios-
ity: the elderly nose monkey with DUBIOUS
proboscis Of a most dissipated appearance; the
grlereza 4 Jet black monkey. with Dundreary
whislers tail and thick mantle Of long Whlte
hair: and Of many queer beasts of other trloes.
The pages devoted to flying squirrels VIII DC
read with interest by many worried owner
Of a country house built near woods. IRE
ol,ently. says the author. they come into inc
t-arrcts Of such houses and are likely 10 8atheI
In communities and he admits that they are
ant TO Ia rnischievous and destructive. IL
stronger words might be they should be ap-
Piled To these almost the softest. 'cutest am
mails in creation; the havoc wrought oy tt'ti''
in a house closed for the winter Is nlarFeiiouS
I'm jngenuity An attractive portrait OF SOUR
rel of another kind, an Australian nlarsaP'e,'
sugar-squirrel Mr.. Ingerson owes TO the brush
Of his daughter. This little beast Is urlV as
the author saws one Of the most beautiful OF
mammals 1t is only about nine lflciles 1oh1h,
1IJs nine or ten inches OF evenly bushy 'e'' anu
lis fur has SO exqulsitely soft and silky a qua'-
~. that II IS superior even TO chinchlia- Many
are the stories told of its astOnishmgly long anu
orr Caf11l flights IN the moonlight among 'he
bouevsucldes which are its favorite hauhl dilu
the ueoule are satisfied that 1t has power 10
cbaupa j+s course to a certain extent IN iIli1-
air They relate how, on one occiiS!"i' oi'o
which had the run Of ship at sea leaped tToin
a masthead lust the vessel gave Il Ei'
1urcb. Tho squirrels course would undoubtedly
have landed Il overheard. but 1t was seen 10
syyerye IN uid-nght and alight safely on ueCh'