PUBLISHED BY W. A. TOWMETD & ADAMS. 3 



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OF THE 



UXITED STATES AXD BRITISH PROVINCES OF XORTH AMERICA. 

 NEW EDITION, ENLARGED, CORRECTED, AND REVISED. 



WITH ENGRAVINGS OP EVERT SPECIES OF GAME, DRAWN PROM NATURE 

 BY THE AUTHOR. 



By •iKVTRY WILLIAM HERBERT. 



This edition has been thoroughly revised since the death of Mr. Herbert, 

 containing corrections and additions, with a brief Memoir of the Author. 

 With numerous Illustrations on wood of every species of Game, drawn from 

 "Nature by the Author. Printed on highly-finished toned paper, and elegantly 

 bound. 



Opinions of Leading Journals. 



"The renders of the 'Spirit 1 know him well — in the science of woodcraft, he is tliere." 

 — Wm. T. Porter \ in Spirit of the Times. 



"Every man, who cither has or intends to shoulder a fowling-piece or rifle, shonld at 

 once get hold of this instructor, that he may know how, where, and when to bag his 

 game." — Albany Evening Journal. 



"Since the days of Old Walton, nr even Joanna Berner's book npoa the 'Mysteries of 

 Fishing with an Ansle,' no more delightful hook has appeared than 'Frank Forester's 

 Field Sports. 1 " — Philadelphia Daily Netos. 



" The work embodies the natural history of the principal game birds and animals of 

 this region, with accounts of die season, manner, and places of takmg each respectively. 

 Prairie-hunting forest-hunting, upland, bay, and lowland shooting are fully described, as 

 well as the treatment of do-rs in sickness and in health, their training, uses, &c. To those 

 following the exercise, we deem this book indispensable." — N. Y. Tribune, 



" Here we "have all the learning touching the game of the conntrv happily compressed, 

 with the fruits of the observation of an enthusiastic sportsman." — JV~. O. Ptcayune. 



"In material and execution the work is truly admirable. To the sportsman it is, of 

 course, of peculiar value, but not t(» him alone :*to the naturalist and general reader, it is 

 full of interest,"— Southern Literary Gazette. 



"Heroes through the whole catalogue of game; describes the character, haunts, and 

 peculiarities of each; assumes the tone of a companion and instructor; and, in a hun- 

 dred ways, keeps the reader upon the scent as keenly as the best-trained setter." — 

 N. Y. Courier. 



" Mr. Herbert may have drawn from stuffed specimens, but he has given us living 

 copies." — N. Y. Albion. 



" It is worthy, by its binding, typography, and illustrations, to occupy a place on a 

 lady's center- table, as by its iutrinsic worth it deserves a nook on the student's shelf." — 

 Democratic Review. 



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