The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-29
Among the Books
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"Afrtcnn Game Trails"
BY Theodore Roosevelt. Charles
scribner's Sons. of New York. $500
net.
This is Theodore Roosevelts account
of the African wanderings of an Amer
lean unter-naturaiist. with numerous
Illustrations from photographs taken
by Kermit Roosevelt and other mems
beers or the expedition, and from
drawings by. Philip Il. Goodwin.
The fronttspiece to the volume
slows Mr. Roosevelt in his huntsman's
garb and map traces his route and
hunting trips while in Africa Tho
foreword to the book was written at
khartoum. and is full of the Joy of a
hunters wandering through lonely
lands, OF the peaks and sWamps and
mighty rivers OF the greatest of the
worlds hunting grounds, of regions
treacherous in their peaut%and sinister
to truman lite, OF the varying dark
skinned races that live IN the land
and of the beasts OF the chase, Infinite
in NUMBER and variety There is
word as to the memories that remain
fixed in the mind of hunter wan
dering through these lands. Memories
of the lions charge. or the gray bulk
OF the elephant. of the buffalo. his
sullen eyes lowering from under his
! helmet OF horn; OF the rhinoceros,
truculent and stupid. standing in the
| bright sunlight on t5e empty plains
| The volume is large octave OF
more than 500 pages printed from
!, beautiful type. 1t contains more than
| 10000 words that did not appear dur
| ing the serial publication, and in ad-
| dition numerous pictures made espe-
| cially Tor the volume. The subjects
| for the original drawings wsre select-
| ed by Mr.. Roosevelt and they were
| made under his advice. 1t is doubt
| tul whether any volume has attracted
! the worldwide attention OF this and mas
| so large an audience ready and eager
| to secure the finished work of one of
the most distinguished Americans at
! the present day and the one best
! known to all civilized nations.
| Mr.. Roosevelt's descriptions of .he
| country through which he went, and
| the river highways whose courses he
4 followed, are full of charm as to the
| pictures they present As is Known.
! he reached the harbor of Mornbasa.
! Africa, on April 81. 1909 and Went by
rail to an East African ranch on the
/ kitanga hills. Here he says the
/ mimosa trees were in bloom and the
| ostriches fed on wild sweetpeas and
! lilac flowers with a faint heiiotrope
4 riety of birds-emerald cuckoos, cared
| owls, bustards, great and small, and
bulbuis that sang sweetly. He found
/ the settlers in the ranch country hne
fellows and their wives even inner.
and his host and hostess, Sir Alfred
4 and Lady Pease. on the best Of terms
! with all their neighbors.
Fascinating life and adventure on
| an East African ranch is followed by
/ chapter devoted to what Mr.. Roos7-
| Welt has To tell about his lion hunting
/ on the Kapiti plains, where every
camping spot was full of stories and
tragedies about hunter and hunted
4 The lion hunting is followed BY the
4 chase OF the rhino and gnatfe on
Satari, the hippo and leopard at Juja
4 farm. the home of two of Mr.. Roose-
3 velt's countrypeople, Mr.. and Mrs. W
Il N. Mcmillan. Thence the trail S taken
Il up in buffalo hunt by the kamltl
and in trekking to the hunting grounds
Il ar +he Sotik Mr. Roosevelt enjoys e!e-