Note to the Author's Edition. 



OOKS dealing with "Country sub- 

 jects" have never been so popular 

 as they are to-day ; and yielding, 

 at so opportune a time, to a very 

 widely-expressed desire to re-issue his books, 

 which, though long out of print, have obtained a 

 popular welcome that has been extended to them 

 in every English-speaking Country in the World, 

 the Author has determined to do so through 

 the medium of " The Country Press," which 

 has been established with the especial object 

 of publishing volumes at a moderate, and, as 

 far as possible, at a uniform price, on all matters 

 (so deeply interesting, especially to those in 

 cities pent) relating to the Country and to 

 Country pursuits. 



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