" This handsome, though not costly, volume is, in our judgment, a book of 

 mark. . . . ' Flood, Field, and Forest,' comprises several very clever and amus- 

 ing tales, replete with interesting facts and incidents in natural history. . . .We 

 must confess that (of course recognising a few well-known exceptions) we have 

 almost despaired of seeing any one writing popularly upon hunting without 

 vulgarity, or upon fishing without insipidity ; but these tales are written by a 

 man who is at once a keen sportsman, a quick-eyed diligent naturalist, and a 

 gentleman ; last, but not least, a practical master of good, simple, animated 

 style, in whose compositions we detect no bad English, scarcely one slip-shod 

 sentence or awkward expression. . . . We repeat we feel a personal obligation 

 to Mr Rooper for the pleasure his writings have afforded us." Land and 

 Water. 



'"The Autobiography of Salmo Salar, Esq.,' 'A Fox's Tale/ 'Bolsover 

 Forest,' and 'The Bagman,' are the headings of the four chapters which com- 

 pose this volume, and in each the writer has striven with marked success to 

 blend the description of facts in natural history with incidents such as fire the 

 soul, and spur the imagination of the sportsman. . . . All sportsmen will enjoy 

 reading it." Daily Telegraph. 



"We are all of us ready to be pleased with a good description of flood, field, 

 and forest, and that the author has given us. Perhaps, with the exception of 

 Whyte Melville, Mr Rooper is the best historian of a run with the foxhounds 

 that we have had. ... It has no doubt been a recreation to him to write the 

 book ; certainly it has been a recreation to us to read it." Examiner and 

 London Review. 



" Mr Rooper may be credited with having accomplished his purpose in a 

 manner that will render his book acceptable to young sportsmen, and highly 

 popular with those who have a taste for natural history." Atheneeum. 



"The object Mr Rooper appears to have in view is, to impart the knowledge 

 which he has gained from his own experience to the unskilled tyro in handling 

 the rod, the whip, or the gun ; and whether he is giving his lessons in the guise 

 of the salmon, the fox, or ' Master B.,' he equally contrives to render them both 

 useful and entertaining." Morning Post. 



" 'Flood, Field, and Forest' is precisely the book it was meant to be, and 

 may therefore be said to have attained perfection after its kind. . . . Even 

 those who care little or nothing for field sports will find the book very amusing, 

 and by no means unprofitable reading. . . . Mr Rooper is evidently a master 

 of his subject, from fox-hunting and salmon-fishing down to rat-catching and 

 bird's-nesting, and his pages teem with information and useful hints for the 

 benefit of novices." The Echo. 



"We need simply recommend to all lovers of sporting Mr George Rooper's 

 ' Flood, Field, and Forest.'" Daily News. 



" The true excellence of the work rests in the author's powers of description, 

 which are of no mean order." Brighton Gazette. 



" Mr Rooper has given us in this volume a very pleasant mtlange of sport 

 and natural history, full of fresh and spirited pictures of country life and Eng- 

 lish scenery. . . . He writes in a genial and agreeable style, with a graphic 

 power unusual among mere sporting men." The Australian. 



"Mr George Rooper has deservedly arrived at the second edition in his 

 Flood, Field, and Forest,' and as there are many readers of sporting works, we 

 can recommend them this. The Helluo Librorum, among many tit-bits, will 

 find in Mr Rooper's pages some most pleasant writing about field-sports, and a 

 rattling description of a run with the hounds, which excels similar works by 

 other eminent hands." The Graphic. 



