By George E. Darlnell. 87 



The Brook. XIX.- Course of the Brook : the Lake. XX.— Wildfowl of 

 the Lake : Frost and Snow. 



In the Preface the author sketches briefly the definite plan of this work, . 

 The subjects it deals with are so closely connected that he finds it best 

 to arrange them under the districts to which they belong most. The 

 chapters " correspond in some degree with the contour of the country," 

 starting with the Downs, and descending thence, along the course of the ■ 

 brook, to hamlet, water-meadow, farm-house, copse and forest, each with 

 their characteristic animals and birds, till the end is reached in the vale 

 itself. 



Mostly in his best style, but occasionally somewhat disjointed. Con- 

 tains enough matter to make half-a-dozen volumes, and would perhaps have 

 gained by being so divided. 



Noticed in Saturday Revieio, Aihenceum, Standard, John Sull, 

 Scotsman, JBailey's Magazine, Academy, Graphic, Field, Edinburgh 

 Review (July, 1879), Scribner's Magazine (August, 1879, p. 632), etc. 



X. 



The Amateur Poacher. By author o£ " The Gamekeeper at 

 Home." 



First Edition. One vol. Crown 8vo. Smith, Elder, & Co. 

 November, 1879. 5*. Anonymous. [Is now priced at about 



ns.-] 



New Edition. Crown 8vo. 1889. 5*. 

 American Edition, Roberts Bros., Boston, 1879. 



Contents :— I.— The First Gun. II.— The Old Punt : a curious " Turn- 

 pike." III. — Tree-shooting : a Fishing Expedition. IV. — Egg-time : a 

 "Gip-trap." v.— Woodland Twilight: Traitors on the Gibbet. VI.— 

 Lurcher-land : " the Park." VIL— Oby, and his System : the Moucher's 

 Calendar. VIII. — Churchyard Pheasants : Before the Bench. IX. — Luke, 

 the Eabbit-contractor. X. — Farmer Willum's Place : Snipe-shooting. 

 XI.— Ferreting : A Rabbit-hunter. XII.-A Winter's Night : Old 

 Tricks: Pheasant-stalking: Matchlock «er«M« Breechloader : Conclusion. 



Written in same style as the Gamekeeper, but hardly so well put 

 together. Chapters I., II., and VII. are excellent. The first two of these 

 afterwards gave him the framework of much of Bevis. 



Noticed in Daily News, Saturday Review, Scotsman, Graphic, 

 Examiner, British Quarterly Review, John Bull, Albion, Scribner's 

 (March, 1880, p. 362), etc. 



