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[1898.] Bird Minstrels : Their Ways and Wanderings ; and other Papers. 
London (R. Culley) : n.d. 
Collation — 1 vol. cr. 8vo, pp. vi + pp. 164, front, and 16 ill. 
Cowper (John), viv . 
Hr. Cowper (M.B., Mast. Surg., 1887, Univ. Edinb.), of 
Havelock, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, who wrote the short 
article on Birds in the undernoted Guide , has published 
nothing further on the subject. 
1897. Ornithology of the Isle of Wight. (In Deacon's Hants and Dorset 
Court Guide and County Blue Booh.) London (C. W. Deacon 
& Co.) : 1897. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo. Birds at p. 149. et seq. 
Cox (Nicholas),^. 1674-1700 
Cox was apparently a bookseller or publisher, to judge 
by the imprint on the title-page of the first edition cited 
below. That he edited or compiled the book is, however, 
quite probable, it being, as stated on the title-page, “ col- 
lected from ancient and modern authors, forrein and 
domestick.” In the first edition, no author’s or editor’s 
name appears, while Cox’s name only appears in the imprint ; 
but in the subsequent editions his name is appended to the 
“ Epistle Dedicatory.” Ray, in the preface to Willughby’s 
Ornithology (1678), says : “I cannot but reflect upon the 
author of a late English book entitled The Gentleman's 
Recreation . . . for I find that all he hath considerable 
concerning Fowling is taken out of the aforesaid book of 
Markham’s Hunger's Prevention , or the Art of Fowling. . . . 
What he hath of Hawking is likewise an epitome of Turber- 
vile’s collections, with some additions out of Latham’s 
Falconry , without acknowledgment that all were borrowed.” 
The work is of no great importance to our subject, but the 
account of the Wren has often been quoted. The first 
edition is very rare. 
1674. [Anonymous.] The | Gentleman’s Recreation | In Four Parts, | 
(viz.) | Hunting, | Hawking, | Fowling, | Fishing. | Collected 
