British Sporting Artists — continu ed 



EXTRACT FROM THE INTRODUCTION 

 BY SIR THEODORE COOK 



" It is with more than usual pleasure that 

 I commend to the English-speaking world the 

 very remarkable book in which these lines are 

 granted a place of honour ; for it accomplishes, 

 far better than I ever dreamt, a vision I had long 

 cherished, an ideal I have inevitably postponed, 

 and it will be warmly welcomed on each side of 

 the Atlantic. . . . The best of English open-air 

 life is portrayed by men who knew it well because 

 they shared in it. If we considered it only as a 

 record of two and a half centuries of England, it 

 would be invaluable. But as a collection of actual 

 examples, beautifully reproduced, it stands alone in 

 its contribution to our knowledge of a splendid 

 company of painters. Any previous verdicts on 

 Tillemans or Barlow (to take only two instances) 

 will be transfigured by Mr. Shaw Sparrow's 

 industry and taste. I have not merely admired his 

 selection of pictures, I have read his text, and it is 

 with full responsibility that I can recommend both 

 to his readers. I only hope they may leave me 

 some small share of their gratitude." 



JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD LTD., VIGO ST., W. i 



