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the novels of Major Whyte-Melville, because they are 

 so well known as to require no comment from my 

 pen ; nor shall I refer to Mr. Slater's appendix of 

 sporting prints, since in my own belief — and I have 

 had many transactions with them — ^Messrs. Fores, of 

 Piccadilly, would deal with the purchaser as fairly, and 

 as cheaply, as he would be dealt with in the auction- 

 room. But it is only from the auction-room that 

 we can learn the market value of old sporting 

 books. 



Few authors are better known to hunting-men than 

 the author of : 



"Annals of Horsemanship." By Geoffrey Gambado 

 (H. W. Bunbury), ist ed., 1791. 4to. With 17 engrav- 

 ings after H. W. Bunbury. 



Little is known of the personality of " Gambado," 

 except that he was renowned in the county of Suffolk 

 for his public and private virtues, and, besides being an 

 author, was a celebrated caricaturist. He was also 

 M.D. and F.R.S., though, certainly, he was very unlike 

 a modern physician. He wrote in regard to him- 

 self : 



" I seek no fame, I want no name, 

 My bread in Bread Street is ; 

 Gambado has sufficient fame — 

 This is sufficient bliss." 



Mr. Bunbury was born in Bread Street, I should 

 add. His chief works are : 



"An Academy for Grown Horsemen. By "Geoffrey 

 Gambado " (H. W. Bunbury), and " Annals of Horse- 

 manship," by the same, 1781-91. 2 vols., 4to. The 



