ADVERTISEMENT, 



THIS volume, which is now for the first time submitted 

 to the public in a connected form, is composed for the 

 most part of papers which have appeared from time to 

 time in the pages of Graham's excellent magazine, under 

 the running title of " The Game of the Month." It does 

 not profess to contain complete accounts of every species 

 of game, found or pursued within the wide limits of the 

 United States of America that must be looked for in 

 works of wider scope and larger pretensions, whether by 

 the author or others.* 



All that it aims at doing is to set some of the princi- 

 pal and most highly esteemed varieties before the gene- 

 ral reader, in a light and attractive style, with some 



* I may here mention, " Hawker on Shooting," American Edition, by 

 William T. Porter ; " Frank Forester's Field Sports," and " Fish and 

 Fishing," by Henry William Herbert ; and " Hints to Sportsmen," by 

 E. I. Lewis ; all of which works have found favor with the public, and 

 are admitted standards. 



