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~S PORTING SCENES 
SUNDRY SKETCHES; 
BEING THE 
MISCELLANEOUS WRITINGS OF 
J. C YFPIESS, JPl 
EDITED BY 
FRANK FORRESTER. 
In Two Volumes. 
NEAV YORK : 
PI’BUSHED BY GOULD, BANKS & CO., 
No. 144 Na?j*ac St. 
1842. 
The above Is the tUle pa?e of J. Cvpress. Jr.’s, works, as advertised 
by uj*. The bi>ok has long mdcc been out of print but we 
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reading deligtitfiil (‘keiches of sporting scenes, such 
as • ypress. Jr., knew how to writ*', th t^ome time 
el ce while i * New York, we foun 1 fom** fifty 
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VOL. I. 
Memoir of William Hawes, and the tribute, to the memory qf 
Cyprsis^hy Frank Foresier.j 
Fire Island Ana, ora week at the Fire l-lands. Chap s. I, II. Ill, 
IV. V, VI, vii, vni. 
Controversy concerning the Genera, etc , of Quail and Partridge, 
being a* controversy ctnied on through the c lumns of the 
Tubt Register and bpoBTiSG Magazine,” 
between 
J. Cypress, Jr., B. of Marietta, and Frank Forester. (6 pieces.) 
Bear — 1 chapter. 
Collincomania.— Chap’s. I, 11. HI, IV. 
Legends of Long Island.— Chap’s. I. II. 
VOL. II. 
Classic Hhap’*odies.— Chap's. I, II. 
Bandom Remunsceu vs. — Chap’s. I, II, III. 
Miscell luiei*— (16 different pieces.) 
Poe ioal Parodies— (9 different pieces.) 
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