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COTTAGE GAKDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN'S COMPANION. 

 October 20th, 1853. 

 It is the best and fullest Work which has yet appeared upon the subject, and 

 with it are given a Portfolio of Portraits, beautifully Drawn and Colored, the 

 " Size of Life," of the Almond Tumbler, Bald Head, Beard, Black Mottle, Carrier, 

 and Pouter. Mr. Eaton is not a practised writer, and, therefore, there is a fresh- 

 ness and raciness about his rambling that disarms criticism, and He is, in trutll, 

 the most vagrant of Scribes — but there is a carelesness of- Pules, and an 

 earnestness of purpose, that defies and disarms Censure. One gi'eat Merit for 

 which Mr. Eaton's Book deserves a position on the shelves of every Pigeon Fancier, 

 arises from its value as a Record for upwards of 100 years, of the various Standards 

 and points of Excellence in the diflferent varieties. It is far from being the ex 

 parte statement of the ^^ews and prejudices of an individual, that Authorities, 

 past and present, pro and con, are fairly placed in review before the Reader, to 

 whom Mr. Eaton then explains the reasons on which his own judgment would be 

 grounded. We consider it the best Work that has hitherto appeared relative to 

 Pigeons, because it is the accumulated experience of Practical Men arranged by 

 one enthusiastically fond of the Birds concerning which he writes. This enthusiasm 

 carries him beyond the bounds of sober judgment occasionally, but the Reader 

 will consider this unpardonable, "even although he goes the length of admiring 

 an Almond Tumbler" as the most beautiful of God's creatures, with the exception 

 of ' ' Lovely Woman. " 



MOUBRAY'S TREATISE ON DOMESTIC & ORNAMENTAL POULTRY, 

 By L. A. Meall. June 1854. 

 We also cheerfully acknowledge our obligations to a Treatise on Pigeons, by 

 J. M. Eaton, 1852, which we recommend to those who desire further information, 

 as being decidedly the most complete Book that can now be had on the subject ; 

 it contains a reprint of Moore's Treatise, 1735 : its principal value, too, consists 

 in the originally and practically useful information scattered throughout its pages. 



THE POULTRY CHRONICLE, August 9th, 1854. 

 2Ir. J. M. Eaton's Treatise on Tame, Domesticated and Fancy Pigeons, price \0s. 

 unth colored plates (large as Life), to he obtained of the Author, 7, Islington Green, 

 London. — Is the best Work I know of. Mr. Eaton deserves the thanks of all 

 Pigeon Fanciers for rescuing from the cobwebs and oblivion the original work of 

 the late Mr. John Moore (1735), to which he has added, in the most honourable 

 way all the additions of subsequent Authors, acknowledging each ; and the Author 

 has also added an excellent Treatise on the Almond Tumbler. 



THE BOSTON AND LOUTH GUARDIAN, AND LINCOLNSHIRE 

 ADVERTISER, September 20th, 1854. 



A Treatise on the Art of Breeding and Managing Tame. Domesticated, and 

 Fancy Pigeons ; to which is now added, A Treatise on the Almond Tumbler,- -with 

 Colored Portraits (Large as Life), by Mr. John Matthews Eaton, of whom the 

 Work may be had, at 7, Islington Green, London. — Price 10s. Post Free. 



The first part of the Book before us is a re-print of Mr. John Moore's excellent 

 Work, published 1735, which was supposed to be lost to the Fancy, but rescued 

 from oblivion by Mr. Eaton's indefatigable exertions. He afterwards collated the 

 Work with that of Mayor, 1765, Daniel Girtin, and those of other subsequent 

 Authors, and being in possession of the Observations and Reflections derived from 

 Fifty Years' experience in the Fancy, by John Boys, Esq., Mr. Eaton determined 

 upon publishing the Work. The Work is very cleverly written, and there is a. 

 freshness and raciness about it which more than compensates for its rambling 

 style, whilst the variety of matter brought together renders it the Text Book of 

 the Pigeon Fancier : the general Reader will also find much instruction and enter- 

 tainment in its -pages. We believe Mr. Eaton is without a rival as Preceptor in 

 the management of Pigeons, whose history he has for many years closely studied, 

 and his experience is here, through his enthusiasm, placed at the disposal not only 

 of the Pigeon Arbitrator, but the Young and Inexperienced Fancier. The judges^ 

 of Pigeons may here learn upon what authority the Standard of Excellence is 

 established ; for the Author well observes : — "to judge only from the appearance 

 of a bird, which may be very * Pretty, ' but yet far from the Standard, is a very 



