Los Angeles herald., 1908-05-24
Between New Book Covers

Edward Stratemeyer, whose books
for boys are widely read, has ADDED
another volume to the Dave Porter
Series" under the title Of Dave Por-
ter in the Far North"
In this book Dave is still at his
boarding school, Oak hall, with his
lively but manly comrades, who re-
jolce with him that he not only has
discovered his parentage, but has a
father and sister living, though un-
aware of his existence. Dave cannot
rest until he finds his family, and hav-
ing secured leave of absence from
school and accompanied by his chum.
the son of a United States senator,
he goes to England only to find that
his father has left on an expedition to
the upper part of Norway. The boys
follow in a most exciting pursuit,
which is replete with adventure. Dawes
strength, courage and common sense
triumph, and the family is partially
reunited, after which Dave once more
has a joyous return to school.
Dave Porter in the Far North. BY
Edward Stratemeyer. Boston: Lo-
throp, Lee &, Shepard company.
A really vivid and stirring descrip-
tion of the siege and capture of Jeru-
salem by the Romans under Titus
forms the leading episode in 1.-THE City
of Delight"
Laodice, the heroine, is Christian
maiden of Jewish parentage who con-
verts the pagan Philadelphus to her
own faith At his first meeting with
her he f1ips a coin for her possession
and wins, Then he bends over to kiss
her.
He gazed at her, apparently uncon-
scious of the desperation in the face
lifted to him. The slow smile that
presently grew again In his eye was
none the less unthoughted. He slipped
his hand under strand OF her rich
hair that had fallen and drew 1t out,
slowly, at full length. Slowly his eyes
followed 1t as inch by inch 1t slipped
through his fingers. Old memories
seemed to struggle to the surface; old
tendernesses; recollection of pure hours
and holy things; paganism dropped
from him like a husk and the spiritual
hauteur of Jew brought the express
sion of the unhumbled house of judah
into his face. Through a notch in the
hills a golden beam shot from the sun
and. penetrating this inwalled valley,
lay like an illuminating fire on the
mans face and glorified 1t. Laodice's s
breath stopped.
"He smiled slowly; slowly let the
strand fall through his fingers. He
looked into her eyes and she saw
sudden light immeasurably compass
sionate and tender grow there. A
weakness swept over her; she felt that
she had been longing for that light.
Then he rose quickly and moved
away"
The City of Delight. BY Elizabeth
Miller. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Mer-
rill company.
Charles Frederick Holder of Pasadena hai
written another book which Will dellgh
anglers the world over. The story deal'
with sea fishing wherever American game
fishes are to be found. Mr.. Holder has peer
one of the leading spirits In California VI
the movement toward light tackle angling
He was pioneer in advocating the rod anc
reel in taking game FISH in Santa Cataiina
waters. Some of the big fish of the worlo
dealt with by Mr.. Holder are as follows:
The tarpon, record rod catch. 223 pounds
by DR. Howe of Mexico. attains a weigh
of 400 pounds.
THE black sea bass of California. 7o
pounds record catch by L. G. Murphy Az
pounds
The leaping tuna, 1000 pounds. recor'
catch by Colonel C. P. Morehouse, 20
pounds.
The Jewish of Florida or Texas. 80
pounds the Bahamian barracuda, 10
pounds or more; the black grouper so
pounds: the white sea bass. California gul
region. 100 pounds. and the yellow fin tuna
other fishes of large size there whicl
not generally classed as game. yet
prejudice aside. they deserve place amohl
the hard fighters of the
"Such is the remarkable leaping shark
caught among the tarpon at Arkansas Pas
so perfect mimic of its acrobatic neigh
Dor that I watched Its leaps for some time
completely deceived. Several or the sharks
as the hammer-head, are foemen worthy
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strenuous spcrt. Sharks may be taken with
either rod or handline What sport Is to bt
had by single man. matched from beach
boat. against large shark, depends up
on the man.
MANY years ago when residing in what
might be called a shark country. 7 INDUCED
In these contests frequently and was more
than once outmatched and outfought. I en-
joyed the struggle though often forced tc
surrender. breaking or cutting the line
rather than be towed into dangerous waters
by foeman so large that I never even saw
1t outline against the blue waters"
AS to "leapers," the most stupendous OF
them all is the whale. But the whale is
not fish. 81 have seen" says our outhor
"a monster weighing hundreds of TONS pos
sibly eighty feet in length, rise slowly and
delibers tely out of the water until 1t ap-
peared to be dancing the surface, almost
clear of it. then sink slowly back. Such a
leap is on record in the annals OF the
British navy. A large whale cleared a boat
of twenty feet in the air--how many in q
lateral direction was not known"
Comparatively few anglers have taken
the tarpon the very prince of leapers. Its
splendid bounds into the air are made AL
most always when hooked and often in play
or In pursuit of its prey There is no hard
and fast rule for the tarpon. The moment
it is hooked its stupendous tail sweeps the
waters and forces 1t up into the air. If the
fish is pointed upward itfmay shoot ahead
rising gradually four five. six, eight, ten,
or even more feet, and cover from ten to
thirty feet in horizontal direction.
such leap 1 observed at Aransas
when fishing with a short line. NY fish
rose directly before me and so near that the
spray went spashing over us. The next
second I saw the tarpon over my left
shoulder going through the air like a me-
teor, and I believe in that jump 1t cleared
nearly fifteen feet. I was near the long
jetty and the next moment my tarpon was
crossing the channel in a series OF splendid
bounds like band of silver. dashing over
the green and red water until / had lost
nearly six hundred feet of line: then II