A FEW PRESS OPINIONS 



KINGS OF THE TURF 



By 'THORMANBY' 



fn demy 8uo, handsome cloth gilt, 16s. With 32 portraits 

 Sporting Mirror. 



• A splendid book, well written, and magnificently illustrated and got up. Em- 

 phaticaUy a book to buy.' 



Western Morning News. 



' The volume will prove full of interest to sportsmen of all classes. Of racy 

 anecdote there is an abundance, and whatever views as to the morality or otherwise of 

 horse racing the reader may entertain, there is no doubt that the book is sure to 

 interest him.' 



Westminster Gazette. 



' So particularly good that it is sure to be well received. Every memoir abounds 

 in good stories.' 



Scotsman. 



' This book will be welcomed in all sport-loving circles. The sketches are not 

 mere dry details of victories or of dates, events and names of horses, but they are 

 written \vith a facile and enthusiastic pen; the facts in each case being enlivened by 

 racy anecdotes and interesting incidents. The portraits are admirable, and the style 

 of the book excellent.' 



Literature. 



' Few more interesting volumes than this have been presented to the world of 

 sport in recent years. The author has given a most entertaining collection of bio- 

 graphical sketches.' 



The Sportsman's Library. 



' The illustrations of this work are equally as interesting as the word-sketches 

 which it contains. It is certainly a book which should find a place on the shelves of 

 every sportsman's library. ' 



Birmingham Gazette. 



' Charming book, giving an excellent impression of some of the finest lore of racing. 

 It is only after reading such a collection that one can realise how much romance of an 

 abiding character is bound up in the history of the turf. It will delight all for whom 

 the leading pastime has the faintest interest. Sporting men have not found better 

 reading for a long time.' 



Liverpool Mercury. 



' One of the most interesting books we have seen for some time. Lovers of sport, 

 students of human nature and moralists, will alike find material for thought and in- 

 struction as well as pleasure.' 



Glasgow Herald. 



' So well written and interesting a book A volume of extreme interest. There is 

 not a dull page in his stout volume. We can recommend " Thormanby's " book to all 

 readers as a lively, picturesque, and singularly well-written treatment of its subject.' 



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