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Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
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obtainthe services of enough Indians to make uphis expedition. I expect a hard trip, he writes, butI am not going into it with my eyes closedor only partially open. I know I am to haveone of the hardest—the very hardest sincemy Barren Ground venture. You canhave full confidence in my getting through,however, because I intend to go through,right side up. I am prepared to encountereverything from yellow fever to Indians,grubless country and all the rest of it. Dillon Wallace has returned from Labra-dor, and the thrilling story of his journeywill begin the August issue. Mr. Whitney is, of course, the editorof The Outing Magazine, and Mr. Wal-lace represents, in his successful journeythrough unmapped Labrador, the spirit ofLeonidas Hubbard, Jr., once an associateeditor of The Outing Magazine, whogave up his life on that first expeditioninto the Labradot wild. This magazinehas sent out both of these expeditions as ithas sent out others in the past, not only be- 359 6o The Outing Magazine
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The Author of White Fang 361 cause it stands for the adventurous Amer-ican, the man in whom remains, undying,the old-time pioneer spirit, but because aswell it believes it is doing a valuable publicservice in exploring new parts of what isgetting to be an old country, in carefullymapping out districts that have beenpractically unknown, and in furnishing ac-curate knowledge of the people and theanimals and the vegetation that live inthem; in making the way easier, in a word,to coming generations of Americans. This is, we believe, part of the mission ofan optimistic American magazine, a maga-zine that believes in our national future. THE AUTHOR OF WHITEFANG The publication in The Outing Maga-zine of Jack Londons latest serial, WhiteFang, is one of the leading literary eventsof the year in the United States. Fromthe editorial view-point, it is another strik-ing proof that the appeal of this magazinehas far outgrown what may be called thefield of authoritative sport. While itmaintains its

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