It was published on August 6, 1906, and is part of the collection "Harding's Pleasure & Profit Books."

The book comprises mink trapping instructions and tips from the author and other trappers in the United States and Canada, including photographs and illustrations.

Additionally, it discusses methods applicable in Northern and Southern states, as well as guidance on the size and care of skins..[1][2] "I have had a world of experience trapping but very limited at catching, says an Arkansas trapper, "yet plenty of both to be fully capable of solving the question as to whether or not mink are afraid of the scent of iron.

A man can learn better methods as long as he traps—experience is the best teacher and unless he is willing to work hard he will never make a successful trapper of any kind of game."

[2][3] MINK TRAPPING – While this book has only been upon the market about one year the first edition is nearly sold and the second is being printed and bound.

The author in his introduction says: "While there are some excellent mink trappers no one man has studied out all the methods, for the conditions under which the trapper in the South makes his largest catches would probably be of little to the trapper of the Far North, where snow covers the ground the greater part of year.

Conditions along the Atlantic are different than the Pacific, and the methods used by thousands of trappers along the Mississippi and its tributaries differ from those used by Eastern or Western Coast trappers, for the mink's food is not the same along fresh inland waters as the coast or salt water.