IN HIS LIBRARY 271 



Another edition. 1877. Two vols. 8vo. 



"Three Hunting Songs." By Rowland Eyles Eger- 

 ton Warburton. 1855. Oblong 8vo. 4 plates by 

 "Phiz." Only 250 copies printed. 



The two following books are worthy of mention, 

 though they cannot claim to have been published 

 within the nineteenth century. They should be on 

 the shelves of every sporting library : 



"An Essay on Hunting." By A Country Squire. 

 1733. 8vo. Frontispiece and vignettes. 



Reprint, By Smeaton. 1820. 8vo. Frontispiece 

 and vignettes. 



"The Art of Hunting." By William Twici, hunts- 

 man to King Edward II. Translated by H. Dryden. 

 1844. 4to. Nine illustrations. Only 25 copies 

 privately printed. 



The two books to which I have now to refer, though 

 different in their characters, will always be considered 

 authoritative works of reference. I will not enlarge 

 upon the many and various arguments which have 

 been publicly expressed in regard to the Royal Buck 

 Hounds. The opinions of Lord Ribblesdale are of far 

 more value than any that I could offer. In regard to 

 Mr. Blew's book on the Quorn Hunt, it resembles all 

 of Mr. Blew's works. It is written by a conscientious 

 gentleman. 



