PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT. 



EDITION OF 1885. 



INGE the publication of the earlier editions 

 of " Lewis's American Sportsman" many 

 important improvements in the art of 

 which it treats have come into general 

 use; and with the view of embodying 

 such of these as may be essential to the 

 sportsman of the present day, this revised 

 and enlarged edition of the work has been 

 prepared and is now offered to the public. 



As notable among the improvements in this edition, attention is 

 invited to the three new chapters on dogs, one of which is devoted 

 to the " Origin of the Dog," another to the " Science of Breeding," 

 and a third to "Breaking," thus bestowing upon this important 

 subject a proportionate amount of attention. Other topics of in- 

 terest and importance are either now for the first time introduced 

 as, for instance, the full description of breech-loaders or else the 

 previous treatment of them is so thoroughly revised as to render 

 the present volume an exceptionally entertaining and reliable 

 manual, both for the practical sportsman and others who may be 

 interested in the literature of field sports. 



THE PUBLISHERS. 



