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published at intervals. London, 1786 1789. 4to, 

 3 parts, plates. 



295. MILITARY ANTIQUITIES ; respecting the history of the 

 English Army from the Conquest to the present time. 

 Francis Grose. This remains the standard work upon 

 the subject of the military equipment of the British 

 army in mediaeval times. It was improved in later 

 editions by descriptions and illustrations of the arms 

 and stores in the Tower. The best edition is that of 

 1812, 4to, 2 vols. T. Egerton, London, 1786-88. 

 4to. New edition, enlarged, 1801, 1812. 



296. SONGS. The Royal Sportsman's Delight : a collection 

 in Svo, 1765, 1800, 1820. Sportsman's Delight: a 

 collection of hunting songs in 12mo, 1790. Sports- 

 man's Garland : five new songs. Bristol, 1770. 



297. THE CHASE. W. Somerville. A poem descriptive of 

 hunting. With it is often found " Hobnol, or Bural 

 Games" and "Field Sports," a poem. Numerous 

 editions, 1735, 1757, 1767, etc. "Field Sports" pub- 

 lished separately by J. Orphoot, Edinburgh, 1809, 

 pp. 87. A good edition of The Chase and " Field 

 Sports" annotated by E. Topham, in 12nio, from 

 the Albion Press, 1804, illustrated with plates and 

 woodcuts. 



298. PERIODICAL. The Sporting Magazine. This pioneer 

 of sporting periodicals and general repository of all 

 pertaining to field sports was started in 1793, and 

 quickly became famous. The second series, started in 

 1815, terminated in 1842; a third was run from 1843 

 to 1870. The illustrations, which were particularly 

 good, are highly prized ; an index to them has been 

 made by the Hon. F. Lawley. Demy Svo. 1793 1880. 



299. PRINTS. Too numerous to specify particularly. A 

 set published 1770 by Woollets, after Stubbs, seems to 

 fairly represent shooting at that period. 



