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AMONG the works published in connection with field-sports in Scot- 

 land, probably none have been more sought after than those two most 

 interesting books by Mr. Scrope, namely, "Days of Deer- Stalking" 

 and " Days and Nights of Salmon Fishing," and yet it may be said 

 that no works in that departments of literature have been more 

 difficult to get. Indeed, their scarcity has been so great as fre- 

 quently, when inquired for, to cause the remark, that it is almost in 

 vain to go in^quest of either. Again, when copies do happen to come 

 into the market, they command such prices as to startle persons of 

 moderate ideas, notwithstanding the very high interest and intrinsic 

 value attaching to them. Such considerations have suggested the 

 republication of the first named book. Since its original issue some 

 changes have taken place with regard to minor matters, but the great 

 scope of the work is as interesting and fascinating as ever. The 

 points of interest are exceedingly varied in character, and meet the 

 tastes of a wide circle. Whether one's bent leads in the direction of 

 field-sports, natural history, topography, antiquities, or historical 

 lore in connection with the Highlands in general, the reader, more 

 especially if he be interested in Scottish incident, will find a charm 

 and a source of interesting information in the volume not surpassed 

 in such respects by any work of the kind. 



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