This informing and practical book describes in a most interesting fashion the habits and environment of our familiar freshwater game fish, including anadromous fish like the salmon and sea trout. The life of a fish is traced in a manner very interesting to Nature lovers, while the simple and useful explanations of the methods of angling for different fish will be appreciated by fishermen old and young. As one of the most experienced of American fishermen, Mr. McCarthy is able to speak with authority regarding salmon, trout, ouananiche, bass, pike, and pickerel, and other fish which are the object of the angler’s pursuit. His clear and practical counsel as to fly-casting, and rods and tackle and their use, and his advice as to outfits and the various details of camp life, render his book a most useful companion for all sportsmen and campers. Dr. David Starr Jordan has read the manuscript, and has lent the weight of his approval by writing an introduction. The book is profusely illustrated with pictures and serviceable diagrams. * * * * * BOOKS FOR NATURE LOVERS. * * * * * By F. SCHUYLER MATHEWS. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden. Illustrated by the Author. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth, $1.75; Pocket Edition, flexible morocco, $2.25. Familiar Trees and their Leaves. Illustrated from Nature by the Author. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Familiar Features of the Roadside. With Illustrations by the Author. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. Familiar Life in Field and Forest. With many Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75. * * * * * The Art of Taxidermy. By JOHN ROWLEY. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $2.00. Insect Life. By JOHN HENRY COMSTOCK. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth, $2.50; Teachers’ and Students’ Edition, $1.50. The Insect World. By CLARENCE M. WEED. 12mo. Cloth, 60 cents. Bird-Life. A Study of our Common Birds. By FRANK M. CHAPMAN, Assistant Curator of Mammalogy and Ornithology in the American Museum of Natural History. Illustrated by Ernest Seton Thompson. 12mo, cloth, $1.75. With 75 full-page Plates in Colors, 8vo, cloth, $5.00. Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America. By FRANK M. CHAPMAN. With nearly 200 Illustrations. 12mo. Library Edition, cloth, $3.00; Pocket Edition, flexible morocco, $3.50. * * * * * RECENT FICTION. * * * * * The Brass Bottle. A Romance. By F. ANSTEY, author of “Vice Versa,” etc., With Frontispiece. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.