SEAFOWL SHOOTING SKETCHES. 95 



Another good book, and one to be kept, as it will bear reading- 

 more than once. 



11 The Young Sportsman's Manual, or Recreations in Shoot- 

 ing," by " Craven," illustrated by steel plates and woodcuts. 

 Published at 55. by Bell and Daldy, 1867. The steel plates, nine 

 in number, chiefly after A. Cooper, R.A., are equal to those in 

 " Folkard," whilst the cuts in the text are also good. The plates 

 -" The Wounded Snipe " and " The Heron "are indelibly im- 

 printed on my memory. A book to be kept. 



" Public Shooting Quarters." By " Wildfowler." (Published 

 at 2S. 6d. by Horace Cox, " Field " Office, 1881.) A very useful 

 book to all who like changing the venue of their sport. To those 

 who prefer staying at home the book is almost equally interesting. 



" Short Sketches of the Wild Sports and Natural History of 

 the Highlands." By Charles St. John. (London: John Murray, 

 price 2S. 6d.) Contains a few illustrations. One of the most 

 intersting books in existence to both sportsman and naturalist. 

 The book is full of exciting escapades among the wild denizens of 

 the Highlands. It is written in a simple and yet fascinating style, 

 and is worthy of comparison with White's " Selborne." There 

 is a very handsome illustrated edition published at 153. 



"Wild Sports of the West." By W. H. Maxwell, author of 

 "Stories of Waterloo." London, Bentley. This copy contains 

 a steel plate, and several small quaint woodcuts. The book is 

 very amusing, as all Maxwell's works are, and I have read it with 

 pleasure many a time over. Sir Ralph Payne-Gallwey speaks of 

 it as one of the most interesting sporting books ever written. 



"White's Natural History of Selborne." Bohn's edition. 

 Illustrated. One of the best copies of this well-known work. It 

 is entirely unabridged. The notes are written by Edward Jesse. 



"Shooting." By Robert Blakey. (A new edition with illus- 

 trations. G. Routledge. Price is.) Almost entirely copied from 

 " Elaine's Rural Sports," and with hardly any acknowledgment. 

 Nevertheless, the book contains a great deal of useful information. 

 Probably first issued about 1850. 



"Fowling." A poem, descriptive of grouse, partridge, 

 pheasant, woodcock, duck, and snipe shooting, 1808. A very 

 spirited description of the above sports in blank verse. Mr. 

 Folkard quotes extensively from it for the headings to his chapters. 

 Rather scarce ; worth about 6s. 



" Colonel George Hanger to all Sportsmen, Farmers, and 

 Gamekeepers." The following references to wildfowl occur on 

 title page in list of contents. " To catch whole flocks of wood- 

 pigeons in hard weather, and all water-fowl in any weather." 

 . . . " To shoot wildfowl, pewits, golden plover, wild geese, 

 and bustards by night." Published 1814. Price 125. A very 

 " curious '" and quaint work. Worth probably 55. or 6s. 



