4 ADVERTISEMENT. 



tive service, lie prepared for the press the series of 

 sketches which we present to our readers. They 

 were received with great favor on their appearance 

 by the best English and Continental authorities, 

 and in compliance with a very decidedly expressed 

 desire were gathered into a volume 



Knowing how constantly increasing is the num- 

 ber of " Sportsmen Naturalists " in the country, 

 this volume is offered as affording refreshing read- 

 ing and pleasing contrast to the constantly pre- 

 sented sensational literature that now prevails 

 the publishers believing that there are charms thrill- 

 ing and healthful in the wild and manly sports 

 associated with the GUN, KOD, AND SADDLE. 



The most popular and the most useful of living 

 English naturalists was attracted by these sketches, 

 and upon learning that it was proposed to issue a 

 transatlantic edition, he expressed his approval in 

 the following note : 



" I much approve of Mr. Gilmore's book, and should 

 be glad to hear that it is published in America." 



FKANK BUCKLAND. 



NEW YORK, March, 1869. 



