THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S LIBRARY EDITION. 



Embellished with nearly 1,000 of John Leech's best Sketches on 

 Wood, and 100 Hand-coloured Steel Engravings by John Leech and 

 H. K. Browne. 



In six naediiun H\o volumes, large margin, cloth extra. Price dG4 4s. 



THE "HANDLEY CROSS ' 



SERIES OF SPORTING NOVELS. 



Of tlie Books which have attained to the position of being perennial 

 favourites with the audience to whom they appeal — living as if no 

 rivalry could dislodge them — a forenaost place has long been held by the 

 Handley Cross series of volumes, which are now just as much the 

 favourite reading of those who are interested in the exploits of the 

 hunting-field, as they have been since their first publication. 



The fictitious heroes, whose doings and sayings inspire these favourite 

 volumes, provide a nomenclature which is as much \ imbedded iit the 

 phraseology of sport as those of Tliackeray or Dickens are in our national 

 literature. In what hunting circles may it not be said that tlie names of 

 JoRROCKS and Soapey Sponge and Facey Romford are " familiar in their 

 mouths as household words " ? 



This inimitable series of volumes is absolutely unique, there being 

 nothing approaching to them in all the wide range of modern or ancient 

 literature. Written by Mr. Surtees, a well-known country gentleman, 

 who was passionately devoted to the healthy sport of fox-hunting, and 

 gifted with a keen spirit of manly humour of a Rabelaisian tinge, tliey 

 abound with incidents redolent of mirth and jollity. The artist, Mr. 

 Leech, was himself also an enthusiast in the sport, and has reflected in 

 his illustrations, with instinctive appreciation, the rollicking abandon of 

 the author's stories. 



TJiese volumes can be had seimratehj as iinder : — 



HANDLEY CROSS; op, Mp. Joppocks's Hunt. Many 

 Sketches on Wood, and 17 Steel Engravings. Price 164'. 



ASK MAMMA; op, The Richest Commonep in England. 



Man\- Sketches on Wood, and 13 Steel Engravings. Price 14s. 



SPONGE'S SPORTING TOUR. Many Sketches on Wood, 

 and 13 Steel Engravings. Price 14s. 



PLAIN OR RINGLETS.? Many Sketches on Wood, and 13 

 Steel Engravings. Price 14s. 



MR. FACEY ROMFORD'S HOUNDS. Many Illustrations 

 and 24 Steel Engravings. Price 14s. 



HAWBUCK GRANGE; op. The Spopting Adventupes of 



Thomas Scott, Esquire. Many Illustrations and 8 Steel Engravings 

 by H. K. Browne (Phiz). Price 12s. M. 



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