268 THE MASTER OF HOUNDS 



" Meynellian Science of Fox Hunting upon System." 

 By Hawkes. ist edition privately printed, n.d. (? 1802.) 

 Mr. Meynell died at the beginning of the present 

 century, and this book appears to have been printed 

 shortly after his death. 



Another edition. 1848. 8vo. 



Mr. Delme Radclifife was Master of the Hertfordshire 

 Hunt from 1836 till about 1839, when he made way 

 for Mr. Brand, afterwards Lord Dacre. He was a man 

 of refined taste, a scholar, and a great reader. In the 

 work noticed below he has proved himself to be pos- 

 sessed of a fluent style, a wide vocabulary, and an 

 intimate acquaintance with the writings of the best 

 authors. The enlarged edition by Mr. W. C. A. Blew 

 is the best. 



"The Noble Science." By F. P. Delme Radcliffe, 

 ist ed. 1839. 8vo. D. Bogue. Illustrations. Most 

 copies were issued with cut and gilt edges, and these 

 are of less value. 



Another edition. 1839. 8vo. Bohn. 



Fourth edition. 1893. 8vo. Enlarged by W. C. A. 

 Blew. Pp. xxviii + 331. With 10 steel plates coloured 

 by hand and 35 woodcuts in the text. 



It is only necessary for me to pay a tribute of regard 

 to " Brooksby," who, like many another good fellow, 

 relinquished the pleasures of the hunting-field to fight 



