PREFACE TO NEW EDITION. 



THE copyright of the " Druid Sporting 

 Library " having been acquired by .the present 

 publishers, the question of revision was duly con- 

 sidered. Any idea of materially interfering with 

 the text was abandoned, and it was determined to 

 introduce as few changes as possible, but to care- 

 fully revise the work, correcting little inaccuracies 

 that had escaped the notice of the author. Instead 

 of altering the framework of the four books consti- 

 tuting the library, it was decided to add a fifth to 

 the number, and the publishers have been fortunate 

 in obtaining the co-operation of the Honourable 

 Francis Lawley, who has carried out the congenial 

 task of writing the " Life and Times of ' The 

 Druid,' " which will now form a companion volume 

 to the series, adding to their completeness in a 

 more satisfactory manner than could have been 

 accomplished in any other way. The titles of the 

 volumes of the " Druid Sporting Library " are as 

 follows : 



THE POST AND THE PADDOCK. 



SILK AND SCARLET. 



SCOTT AND SEBRIGHT. 



SADDLE AND SIRLOIN. 



LIFE AND TIMES OF " THE DRUID." 



February, 1895. 



