ADVERTISEMENT. 
Tus volume, which is now for the first time submitted 
to the public in a connected form, is composed for the 
most part of papers which have appeared from time to 
time in the pages of Graham’s excellent magazine, under 
the running title of “The Game of the Month.” It does 
not profess to contain complete accounts of every species 
of game, found or pursued within the wide limits of the 
United States of America—that must be looked for in 
works of wider scope and larger pretensions, whether by 
the author or others.* 
All that it aims at doing is to set some of the princi- 
pal and most highly esteemed varieties before the gene- 
ral reader, in a light and attractive style, with some 
* IT may here mention, “ Hawker on Shooting,” American Edition, by 
William T. Porter; “ Frank Forester’s Field Sports,” aud “ Fish and 
Fishing,” by Henry William Herbert ; and “ Hints to Sportsmen,” by 
E. L. Lewis; all of which works have found favor with the public, and 
are admitted standards. 
