The reader will lay aside "The lamour of British Columbia" with a Keener appreciation than he pre-Vicusly had of the vasties, beauty, jad commercial value of" British Columbia, whether he is a tourist of the English specie who has ravel-Jed through Canada "knowi about everything beforehand, as the English always do", or of the American specie who has travelled through, with plenty of money, and stayed at the much advertised Lotels, gulping down the Rockies in predigested—doses, then raced Uhrough ina Pullman car to the next big hotel on the coast; a Japanese who has plied a motor boat and down the coast, or deve-oped some of the best small-fruit lend im the country; a ub{quitous Chinaman, who has steadily corner-cod all the loose cash in the lands a British Columbian himself, for he English ourisy never learns note than he knew before he made the trip, and bow could the Ameri can know anything about the pro-Vince?" Does the little Jap or the Ubiquitous Chinaman see beyond his world of activities? We have four author's word for it that they Know more of British Columbia than most white men, bu: what do mor White men know? As far as the British Columbian himself is conered, he, og our author points out, Fnows less of his own province than anybody else.
"The real people, the the country by their ha ete daiitive, are Siott of whom dwell Inthe. two big {owns and have money enough to 1 Sel, are usualy content with avi 1 Beattie or a tip tothe Old County A Combination of All 'The author herself did not, glean her information, which she has so delightfully set' before us, 28 a tourist, boatman, farmer, ubiquitous wen a British Co-Jumbian, but as a partial combina ton of them all. It is for his reason that the book has such a of the pop scription, is whether it holds the Interests of all sorts and conditions of men, and we can think of no kind of person. who would not, reeice in some "of its pages. The sporting fraternity will find it worth while, for doesn't it tell us of the trails to follow on. bunting trips, according to the time the parties want to take and the variety of game they desire? Our author Gid not accumulate that informa. tion as a tourist or a farmer, but Jas a hunter accompanying Georg Relrnes, probably the finest hunter all British Columbia. "She shows the happy hunting grounds of the trapper also, and. she knows, she spent a season on the trapping {ine with Slim Boker. The ultra businessman who insists on ce ming work with play, is offered interesting and reliable information on the trade of different sections of British Columbia. Did the author gether these facts ax a tourist oF a farmer? Not a bit of it. The statistics in connexion with the packs of sockeye obtained from the Fraser River" system during -different seasons were the results of Knowledge obtained by personal study and investigation into the fish industries of the coast up to Prince Rupert. A study. carried cout on lines as thorough-going as those practised by business men bent on acquiring accurate knowledge. The farmer, politician, and photographer, all' will find the book of personal interest to them, for it is a book of knowledge to' all who find their interests centred in British Columbia,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.