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of the statements gave offence to particular gunmakers 

 when the letters appeared as a serial in The Field. 

 The second series on theories, experiments, and com- 

 parisons. Both volumes are well illustrated, have a 

 capital index, and fulfil the object with which they 

 were written. Longmans, 1890. Svo ; vol. i., 263 pp.; 

 vol. ii., 274 pp. ; Appendices ; woodcuts, diagrams, etc. 

 n.e. 1893 (Third edition) ; price 7s. 6cZ. each vol. 



1025. SOMETHING ABOUT GUNS AND SHOOTING. "Purple 

 Heather.'" A chatty book of reminiscences ; hints to 

 sportsmen and comments upon sporting doings and 

 equipment. Alexander & Shepheard, 1890, 1891. Svo, 

 150 pp., cloth, Is. 



1026. A FEW PRACTICAL REMARKS ON GAME SHOOTING AND 

 ITS ACCESSORIES. " Purple Heather." A short treatise 

 on the art of shooting, with hints on sporting equip- 

 ment, etc. Alexander & Shepheard, London, 1893. 

 Svo, Is., paper cover. 



1027. THE BREECH-LOADER, AND How TO USE IT. W. W. 

 Greener. " Written for that numerous class of sports- 

 men who delight in a day's shooting, but have neither 

 the time nor the means to make the sport a life's 

 study." Not so technical as most of Mr. Greener's 

 books ; consists of nine chapters descriptive of guns, 

 instructions for their use, shooting etiquette, art of 

 shooting on wing, trap shooting, etc., etc. The price 

 is nominal, as the work is Avell printed in large type 

 and on good paper. Cassell & Co., London. 1892. 

 Svo, 288 pp., woodcuts, paper boards. Second edition, 

 1894. 2s. Qd. 



1028. BIG GAME SHOOTING. C. Phillips-Wolley. Two 

 volumes of the Badminton Library. The first, contri- 

 buted to by Sir G. Baker, W. C. Oswell, F. F. Jackson, 

 Warburton Pike, and F. C. Selous, deals with African 

 sport and the big game of North America, and its 

 450 pages contain more sporting information than is 



