Vol 4, No 2

Articles in this issue

• Salmon-Fishing (opens in a new tab)

  A. F. S. describes salmon angling on the rivers of the Canadian Maritime Provinces and the Cascapedia, watching fish leap falls, fly-fishing technique, landing a fish, the pests of camp (flies and mosquitoes) and leasing of the rivers; illustrated by Henry Sandham.
• Love in a Camera (opens in a new tab)

  Henry W. Holland's story of a young student who falls in love with a woman through his photographic camera, photographing her on a railway journey and at church, then developing her negative in his hotel room.
• The Great Canada Bicycle Tour. Part I (opens in a new tab)

  L. J. Bates (President Bates) opens the account of the Chicago-organised bicycle tour of Canada, listing the party, riding from Detroit through Essex Centre, Leamington and Clearville to St. Thomas and London, Ontario, amid storms, washed-out bridges and flooded roads.
• The Aspens (opens in a new tab)

  A short poem by Wm. H. Hayne on the quivering aspen leaves and the sadness they seem to voice.
• Canoes and Canoeists (opens in a new tab)

  Charles L. Norton's retrospective survey of American canoeing, covering the American Canoe Association, Canadian and American canoe models, centre-boards, steering gear, the camera as a canoeist's kit and the winter camp-fires of the New York and Knickerbocker clubs.
• Beverly Farm (opens in a new tab)

  A two-stanza poem by Charles Richards Dodge in which a dusty wheelman begs a cup of water from a shy Beverly maiden.
• Summer Sweethearts (opens in a new tab)

  Chapters XVI-XVIII of Maurice Thompson's serial novel: Nelville, Longley, Janet Wilson and Louise at the picnic on Pig Island and at the Wilsons', as Longley's romance and Nelville's moods develop.
• Elsinore (opens in a new tab)

  A poem by Joel Benton of the spring landscape and a rivulet's silver speech, centred on the rare daughter, Elsinore.
• The First Tricycle Run Over the Alps (opens in a new tab)

  John B. Marsh narrates crossing the Alps by tricycle from Switzerland (Lake Uri, Wasen, Goschenen, the Rhone glacier) over Napoleon's Simplon road into Italy, with illustrations of Andermatt and Lake Como.
• A Practical Talk about Yachting (opens in a new tab)

  A yachting article by Nix's Mate advising beginners on choosing an inexpensive cruising boat, ventilation, the narrow English-cutter model versus American types, and the cost of club anchorage.
• By Stage to Montmorenci (opens in a new tab)

  Sara Duncan describes a stage-coach trip from Quebec to the Montmorenci falls past the St. Charles valley, the Laurentians and the farm fields of the habitants.
• The Shore Lark (opens in a new tab)

  E. S. Gilbert's essay on the shore lark, its faint tinkling song, and the voices and seasonal silence of song-birds.
• Mexico (opens in a new tab)

  H. W. H. on the ruins of an extinct civilization, Aztec and Maya origins and Prescott and Bancroft, travel in Yucatan and the city of Mexico, with illustrations of a grass-cutter, beggar, porter and Aztec picture-writing.
• My First Wheel (opens in a new tab)

  Paul Pastnor's humorous recollection of learning to ride his first bicycle, with headers in a flower-bed and on the walk.
• In the Hammock (opens in a new tab)

  A poem by Sarah D. Hobart of swinging lazily in a hammock.
• Boys' Bicycle Club (opens in a new tab)

  A. E. M.'s comic transcript of the first meeting of the B.B.C., a club of boys whose captain and members haggle over dues and jaw-breakers.
• Editor's Open Window (opens in a new tab)

  The editor's column: healthy living and Judge Jameson's North American articles, home gymnastics, black-board possibilities for children, spring wheeling and parlor-cars.
• Glances at Our Letter-File (opens in a new tab)

  Readers' letters on yacht measurement rules (David Hall Rice, Boston), the sports in Dunedin, New Zealand, Zurich, palace-cars and a wheelman's verses on a dog, a bicycle and the muse.
• Among the Books (opens in a new tab)

  Book notices under Out of Doors (Fellows' Boating Trips on New England Rivers, a cyclist's record book, sea-sickness), History and Biography (Hessian views of the American Revolution) and Novels.
• Our Monthly Record (opens in a new tab)

  News round-up of amateur photography clubs, athletics, bicycling and tricycling (Montreal Bicycle Club, New Jersey wheelmen, the Washington League meet committees), canoeing, lawn tennis, travel, shooting and fishing, and yachting.
• Amenities (opens in a new tab)

  Humor department of short-hand wit, a verse on a stenographer, and Down Brakes, with Chas. Copeland's cartoons.
• The Publisher's Basket (opens in a new tab)

  Publisher's notes asking readers to find five new subscribers to Outing, with subscription terms and club offers.