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and Mr. Johnson, in their interesting publications 

 on field sports ; and, though the last named, yet not 

 the least, by William Augustus Osbaldiston, Esq., in 

 his admirable work, which is called the " British 

 Sportsman." On the merits of this gentleman's 

 work (putting aside some of the plates) I cannot for- 

 bear making a few remarks, although he is (perhaps 

 I should say was) an utter stranger to me. I bought 

 his book when I was a lad, above twenty years 

 ago, and I cannot say that I have since met with 

 any thing more purely original. Mr. Osbaldiston's 

 " British Sportsman," it is evident, is faithfully 

 drawn from nature, by a thorough-bred sportsman in 

 the field, instead of being imperfectly copied from 

 other works, by a hackney quilldriver in the metro- 

 polis. This work, in short, as well as Bewick's, may 

 be considered as one of the fine old standards, from 

 which many a book-pirate has torn the colours that 

 he sails under ; or, as the peacock, in whose feathers 

 have strutted half the jackdaws in the bookmaking 

 world. 



