6 Mr. Edward Arnold's Autumn Announcements. 



A GAMEKEEPER'S NOTE-BOOK. 



By OWEN JONES, 



AuTHOK OF 'Tkn Years' Gamiikeei'INcj, 



And MARCUS WOODWARD. 



With Photogravure Illustrations. Large Crown 8vo., cloth. 7s. 6d. net. 



In this charming and romantic book we follow the gamekeeper in 

 his secret paths, stand by him while with deft fingers he arranges 

 his traps and snares, watch with what infinite care he tends his 

 young game through all the long days of spring and summer — and 

 in autumn and winter garners with equal eagerness the fruits of his 

 labour. He takes us into the coverts at night, and with him we 

 keep the long vigil — while poachers come, or come not. 



Not the least interesting studies in the book are those of all the 

 creatures that come in for the keeper's special attention. Snapshot 

 follows snapshot of pheasant and partridge, fox and badger, stoat 

 and weasel, squirrel and dormouse, rook and crow, jackdaw and jay, 

 hawk and owl, rabbit and hare, hedgehog and rat, cat and dog — and 

 of all the little song-birds, the trees, herbs, and flowers that win the 

 affection of the keeper, or his disapproval, in accordance with their 

 helpfulness or hindrance in his work. 



The authors know their subject through and through. This is a 

 real series of studies from life, and the notebook from which all the 

 impressions are drawn and all the pictures painted is the real note- 

 book of a real gamekeeper. Owen Jones has been a working game- 

 keeper for many years, and is the leading authority and writer on 

 gamekeeping subjects. In this new book he has had, in Marcus 

 Woodward, the advantage of a collaborator w^ho shares his deep love 

 for all phases of woodcraft, and who has spent with him many long 

 days and nights studying the life of the woods and fields. 



FLY-LEAVES FROM A FISHERMAN'S 



DIARY. 



By Captain G. E. SHARP. 



With Photogravure Illustrations. Crown Svo. 5s. net. 



This is a very charming little book containing the reflections on 

 things piscatorial of a ' dry-fly ' fisherman on a south country 

 stream. Although the Author disclaims any right to pose as an 

 expert, it is clear that he knows well his trout, and how to catch 

 them. He is an enthusiast, who thinks nothing of cycling fifteen 

 miles out for an evening's fishing, and home again when the ' rise ' 

 is over. Indeed, he confesses that there is no sport he loves so 

 passionately, and this love of his art — surely dry-fly fishing is an 



