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    August 16, 1S86 The Publishers' Circular...

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    SHOOTING. * * The peculiar value of the ...

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    August 16, 1s86 The Publishers' Circular...

    August 16 , 1 S 86 The Publishers' Circular 86 g i i , x

    Shooting. * * The Peculiar Value Of The ...

    SHOOTING . * * The peculiar value of the Badminton

    Library could hardly be more clearly manifested than - - - - ^ j ^ ^ by » s ^ w the — —— two' volumes — — — on — — Shooting — — — — ¦ ^^ m which ' ' ' ^» ^~™—

    have now been added to the series . We are not ± - *^ aware of the existence of any book - **

    £ - I yj ^ -v -w - — — — — - — — - - — - — - — m — - — — which ^ _ contains • a like " 1 ^ amount ¦ of inform * 4 * ation m on the —¦ subject . The wanthitherto Jl has been —

    \ J li »• . * — - — ^ f , , all the more remarkable when we remember the changes which have occurred and are

    occurring m tne modes or conducting sport

    having the scope of that now before us ought to be heartily welcomed btrue sportsmen

    and by all who wish to become y true sportsmen , not to speak of those who desire to augment ,

    their the the marsh marsh knowled , m in the the ge of neld fiftlrL shooting and and m in on the the the * forest forfis moor +.. w wi , j ith + on .

    h-out being themselves , active , votaries of the , gun . It is well known that much ignorance

    exists respecting shooting as a sport . The ignorance , in a quiescent state , would not be

    very objectionable . But , unfortunately ,

    shootsLiid in the appliances that are used . Exemplifying this , we need only mention the '' Dtroduction nroduction of of brflenh breech--loaderfi loaders . which which has has

    ulk'cted a revolution in shooting , of all de-¦ l » < l H aco ption in 8 the ; also modes the al of terations «— ' husbandry % m - that have with j »/ taken the b

    ° ^< ct of — » chang VAAW ^ ing ||< v *_* V the /*^ habits A M *** r * - of r % ^> * * X game ^» ** . W . m- These «» ^ . m ^ »_ ^ » : ^ ts alone are sufficient to show that a work

    J > ' ) Mii ° and The Hon Sir Badminto . Ralph Gerald Payne n LascelLb Library -Gallwey . s — , A Shooting . , Bart J . Stua ., , with by rt ^ Wortloy Lord contributions WalainK , Lord - ^ fiarlea Kerrand Lord Loviat . 2 vote- London : Longnianfl ,

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    ing forms one of those unliappy subjects upon which nearly every man unit speakand even

    write , on the very - - J sli g hest provocation ~ r , . Thus it is that we find a good many misstatements

    afloat ; and it is luckily a part of the purpose of the authors and editors of these volumes to

    clear away obscurities and banish misconceptionsbesides giving practical counsel and i

    , guidance . An instance of this is seen in ' the- refutation of a common error regarding

    pheasant shooting . The present authors remark remark :: — — 'A a pneasant pheasant " ' * battue battue " '— —tn the e latter latter | h-

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  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1886, page 869, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081886/page/7/