The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-02

The latest of all the game and
@portsmen's books is by no less per-
son than Grover Cleveland. ex-presi-
dent of the United States. 1t is called
Fishing and Shooting Sketches" and
u published by the Outing company
OF New York
The delightful little sketches con-
tanned in the volume are introduced
by an essay on 1.-THE Mission of Sport
and Outdoor Life" and it is followed
by "a Defence of Fishermen
Here Is an extract from his article
on fishing:
while our knowledge of these
things does not exact from us an inde-
pendent protest against constantly re-
peated praise of the qualities OF trout
and of fly-casting as a means OF TAX
ing them it perhaps adds to the spirit
and emphasis of our dissent wnen we
are told that fly-casting for trout is
the only style of fishing worthy OF cul-
dvation, and that no other metnoo
ought to be undertaken by true nsh-
erman.
This is one of the deplorable fish
ing affectations and pretenses Wnlch
the sensible rank and file OF the Ira
ternity ought openly to expose and re-
pudiatc. Our irritation is greatly IN
creased when we recall the fact tnat
every one of these super-renned ny
casting dictators, when he 1alIs TO al
lure trout by his most scientific casts.
will chase grasshoppers to the point OF
profuse perspiration, and turn over
logs and stones with feverlsh Anxiety
in quest of worms and grubs, II haply
he can with these save himseII from
COMMUNICATIONS Neither ms me
theories nor his exclusive faith In ny
casting so develops his se1.denylIs
heroisrn that he will turn MS Dack
upon fat and lazy trout thaI VIII iio'
rise
Here is something from his essay on
rabbit shooting which will prove espe-
ciaIly interesting to Kansans;
s'Some hunters there are, OF the
s,per-refined and dudish sort, VINO
deny to the rabbit any position among
legitimate game animals; and there are
others who, while grudglngly auIilII-
ting rabbits to the list seem 10 tilllk
1t necessary to excuse their concession
by calling them hares. 1 regard All
this as pure affectation and nonsense,
1 deem it not beneath my dignity anu
standing as a reputable gunner 70
write of the rabbit as an entirely SUIT
able member of the game community
and in doing so am not deanng Win
hares or any other thing except pam
little everyday plebeian rabbits
sometimes appropriately called cot
ton-tails' Though they may be de
famed by every char!atan; among
hunters of self-constituted hlgh degree
and despised by thousands who Know
nothing of their game qualities, l am
not ashamed of their pursuit; and
count it by no means bad skill to force
them by a successful shot to topsy-
tuTTN-DauSe Wnen at their DeSt SPCCN'
The book is made to sell for $1-25.
The Journal of American History Is
a pretentious quarterly, the first NUM-
Der of which has just been published
by the Associated Publishers of Amer
lean Records at New Haven, Conn.,
The magazine contains many rare
prints and is printed on calendared pa
per No expense has been spared to
make it attractive as well as interest
ing.
Dress for February presents the
wardrobe for the month in its every
essential and detail, and gives the
fashions for the Southern Season, now
at hand. It epitomizes the mode
through carefully selected examples,
by the master of each branch of the
art, shows its readers as we'll how
fashions may be adapted to individual
taste, and aids them in making the
most effectual expenditure for dress.
Dodd, Mead & Co. will issue this
spring a new romantic novel of the
"Graustark'' style. entitled "Hilma''
by William Tillinghast Eldridge. 1t
will be beautifully illustrated by Har-
M