New and Popular Books sent Free of Postage at Prices Annexed. 



STANDARD PUBLICATIONS ON THE HORSE. 



A New Edition of Frank Forester's Horse of America 



—By Henry W, Herbert. In two superb royal octavo volumes of VMi 

 pages, with steelcngraved original portraits of thirty celebrated rep- 

 resentative Horses. This Standard Historical work has been thor- 

 oughly revised, newly written, compiled, and perfected by S. D. and B. 

 G. Bruce. Price $15.00 



Wallace's American Trotting Register- Containing all 



that is known of the Pe'ligrees of Trotting Horses, their Ancestors and 

 Dt'scendants, with a Record uf all pul)lished performances in which a 

 mile was trotted or paced in i2.40 or less, from the eailiest dates till the 

 close of Ist'S, and a full Record of the performances of IHOUand 1870. 

 Giving complete summaries of over six thousand contests. With an 

 Introductory Essaj' on the true origin of the American Trotter, and a 

 set of Rules for the Government of all Trials of Speed. By J. H. Wal- 

 lace. Royal octavo. Price $10 00 



Horse Portraiture.— Breeding, Rearing, and Training 

 Trotters. Preparations for Races ; Management in the Stable ; On the 

 Track ; Horse Life, etc. By Joseph Cairn Simpson. Price $2.00 



Wallace's American Stud Book. —Being a Compilation of 



the Pedigrees of American and Imported Blood Horses, from the earli- 

 est records, with an Appendix of all named animals without extended 

 Pedigrees prior to the year 1840, and a supplement containing a history 

 of all Horses and Mares that have trotted in public, from the earliest 

 trotting races till the close of 1S6(J. By J. H. Wallace. Royal 8vo, 

 lOOOpages. Price $15.00 



FIELD SPORTS. 



Frank Forester's Field Sports.— Embracing the Game of 



North America. Upland Shooting, Bay Shooting, Wild Sporting of the 

 Wilderness, Forest, Prairie, and Mountain Sports, Bear Hunting, Tur- 

 key Shooting, etc. Fourteenth edition, revised and illustrated. ~ vols., 

 8vo. Price $4.00 



Frank Forester's Fish and Fishing.— 100 engravings. 



Embracing a full illustrated description of the Game Fish of North 

 Amei ica. Trout and Salmon Fishing ; Shoal Water and Deep Sea 

 Fishing; Lake and River Fishing. Trolhng, Fly Fishing, etc. 12th 

 edition. 1 vol., 8vo. Full cloth. Price $^.50 



Frank Forester's Complete Manual for Young Sports- 

 men, of Fowling, Fishing, and Field Sports— With directions for 

 handling the Gun, tiie Rifle, and the Rod : Art of Shooting on the 

 Wing ; the Breaking, Management, and the Hunting of the Dog ; the 

 varieties of Game ; River, Lake, and Sea Fishing. 1 vol., 8vo. 

 Price S2.00 



Frank Forester's American Game in' its Seasons.— 



Ful'.v illustrated and described. In one elegant 12mo volume, beau- 

 tifully printed on laid tinted paper, handsome extra cloth binding $1.50 



Fishing in American Waters,— By Genio C. Scott. New 



and revised edition, with additional chapters on Southern and 

 Miscellaneous Fishes, etc. lUu.strated with more than 200 wood en- 

 gravings. This book is the recognized Standard Authority for Ameri- 

 can Anglers and Fishermen, embracing Coast and Estuary Fishing 

 with Rod and Line, Fresh Water Fishing with Fly and Bait, Natural 

 History of American Fishes, Lake and Coast Fish and Fisheries, 

 Southern Fishes and How Angled for. Cookery Adapted to the Re- 

 sources of Sportsmen in the Wilderness or on the Wave, etc. One vol- 

 ume, 539 pages, 2vS engravings. Handsomely bound in extra cloth. 

 Price ^2 50 



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