The 



Sportswoman's Library 



Two Volumes. Sold singly, or in sets. 



Edited by FRANCES E. SLAUGHTER 



Dedicated by permission to the Marchioness of Worcester. 



Fully Illustrated, cloth gilt, laj-. bd. per vol. ; half leather, 15J. per vol. The 



volumes may be purchased singly. 



Hare Hunting 



Shooting . The Hon. Mrs. 



5. FishingforTarpon 



Mrs. 



Contents of the Two Volumes Now Issued :— 

 VOLUME I. 

 Englishwomen and Sport . The Editor 

 Foxhunting ". . . . Mrs. Burn 

 The Editor 

 Lancelot 



Lowther 

 Murphy- 

 Grimshaw 



6. Archery Mrs. Berens and Miss Walrond 



7. Skating . . . Miss May Balfour 

 3. Golf. . . . MissStarkie-Bence 



9. Croquet Miss Spong 



Appendix A. . Golf Rules and Glossary 

 Appendix B. . Croquet Rules 



VOLUME II 

 I. Cruising and Small Yacht Racing on 

 the Solent . Miss Barbara Hughes 



2. Punt Racing . Mrs. W. L. Wyllie 



3. In Red Deer Land Mrs. Penn-Curzon 



4. Chase of the Carted Deer The Editor 



5. Women's Hunters . . The Editor 



6. Otter Hunting . . Mrs. Wardell 



7. Salmon Fishing, with Notes on Trout 

 and Coarse Fishing Susan, Countess 



of Malmesbury 



8. Fly Fishing .... The Editor 



9. Driving . Miss Massey-Mainwaring 



10. Cycling. . . Miss A. C. Hills 



11. Fancy Figures and Musical Rides 

 Miss Van Wart 



12. Tennis . . Miss Maud Marshall 

 Appendix A. Glossary of Nautical 



Terms 

 Appendix B. Rules of Lawn Tennis 



" A book which, so far as my familiar knowledge of some branches of sport enables me to test 

 it, is eminently practical and valuable, and undoubtedly most readable. There are points, too, in 

 which a woman is a better adviser than a man ; for example, Miss Barbara Hughes imparts some 

 very useful hints as to the furniture and cabin arrangements of a yacht." — Country Life Illustrated. 



"If we are to pick out one article to which we must pay undivided homage, we cannot do better 

 than choose the altogether readable and interesting treatise on ' Punt Racing,' by Mrs.W. L. Wyllie, 

 wife of the well-known marine artist." — Black and IVhite. 



" Different ladies, each one an e.vpert, discourse on the particular class of sport in which each ex- 

 cels. It would be unfair to remark on one article more than another where all are so good." — Graphic. 



"The editor (Frances E. Slaughter) has done her work with admirable judgment. The list of 

 contributors shows that she has secured the most efficient feminine assistance, nor has she disdained 

 to accept advice from the rougher sex. The volumes are embellished with numerous drawings, and 

 each article is prefaced with a portrait of the writer." — -The Times. 



" Of the numerous other articles, space must be found to mention a most erudite account of the 

 history of archery, from the pen of Miss Walrond, herself an archer and one of a family renowned 

 with the bow ; a very excellent chapter on golf, by Miss Starkie-Bence ; two chatty, if not very 

 practical, contributions on yachting and punt racing ; and two sternly technical articles on driving 

 and cycling." — Saturday Review. 



" The articles on golf and cycling are exceedingly practical and technical, while that on 

 punt racing is full of personal and domestic details. . . . The series make a very creditable 

 start. The print is large, the illustrations are on the whole good, and a portrait of each contributor 

 is prefixed to her chapter." — The World. 



"With Mrs. Burn writing on ' Foxhunting, Mrs. Penn-Curzon on ' In Red Deer Land,' Mrs. 

 Lancelot Lowther on 'Shooting,' Mrs. W. L. Wyllie on 'Punt Racing,' Miss Barbara Hughes on 

 ' Small Yacht Racing,' and the Countess of Malmesbury on ' Salmon Fishing,' it must be confessed 

 that the editor has shown a very nice discrimination in the choice of contributors, which view the 

 interesting articles on these subjects entirely confirms. And then ' Hare Hunting,' Chase of the 

 Carted Deer,' ' Women's Hunters,' and ' Fly-Fishing,' have the advantage of the editor's own pen. 

 The work is more than instructive, it is decidedly interesting." — County Gentleman. 



"This is a book that should help many of us out of a difficulty, both at Christmastime and 

 after. Not because we can turn it up and find exactly how to feed a pack of beagles, or how to hunt 

 a country, or just how seriously the new croquet should be approached — though we can do all this 

 and more, and do it to admiration ; but because the two pretty green volumes form just the kind of 

 present that would be acceptable to country hostesses who have taken us in when we were pallid and 

 weary. . . . Such women do not live in the world of books . . . but some sorts of books 

 they do like. Books well written, by people who know (and people one likes to know) about country 

 things. Here is the book, then ; full of illustrations." — Daily Chronicle. 



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