CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT.*
ALL those who have tasted the joys of camping will delight in this book. By camping we do not, of course, mean tours in wild country, organized with elaboration, personally conducted and staffed with experts. It is not for such parties that our author writes, but for those who enjoy the life of the backwoods and the turning of natural resources to account. The uninitiated believe that camping is of necessity squalid and uncomfortable, but only the ignorant make it so. Mr. Kephart's book is in two parts, but in the present edition both are included in one volume. Ho begins with camping, and under this head come tents, - ding, food and clothes. The section dealing with tents is particularly valuable, as a number of different patterns are described and plans and dimensions given so that thoy can be made from the specifications in the book ; and the different methods of erecting tents and keeping them secure in wind are fully gone into. The English reader will not need the chapter on camp pests, and will bless his native land for not providing him with snakes, scorpions, chiggers and skunks. The part of the book devoted to woodcraft is equally interesting, particularly the chapters on axemanship, path-finding and knots. Of course, • Carnpirvg and Woodcraft. By Borneo Kephart. London : IlaccuBlan. 834
there is a good deal that is not applicable to England, and many plants, trees and animals are mentioned which are not known here ; all the same, the book is an invaluable one to those who love living in the open.
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