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Shooting. * * The Peculiar Value Of The ...
word a favourite one with the scribe , though it is not used by sportsmen when slaughter ,
easy shots , and luxurious refinements reign supreme—is , we may say , of very uncommon
occurrence nn , o . nrrf > nc , fi in in the the British . bntisn Islands islands . , On un the tne other hand , at the large majority of places where great numbers of pheasants are shot ¦ . in
v T ^^ ^ ^^ 0 ^ ^^ _^^ ^_ - ^ _ . v — ^—— — —— - - — ^ a day , it is invariably the object of the host or - ^^ ^^ his ^^ ^ p ¦ ^^^ vi head ^^ ¦ ^™ - ^^^ ^ 1 1 - — ^ ¦ keeper —¦ - — to send the game f J as wild ,
hi " g Pheasant h , l ¦ and VfV fast shooting over ' the 5 a _____ sensible guns as writer is possible says _ .
«^^ ^ K ^» ^ T ^™ ^» ^ . " *^ ^ — - *~ - ^— ^^^ , » ^ , " affords a day ' s outing and pay to a number of ~ 4 W labourers rffcf ~¦ - ( as beaters - -- ) who immensely enjoy
^ y ^ p ^^ w * m * —^ ^^ —^ —— - ^— » — — - —^ — — — — — - ^ j larg it , and e number it gives of keepers permanent . It pr emp ovid loyment es thou ^ sands to a
of middle-class people with pheasants at the price ¦^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ of - ^^ ^^ chickens —i ^ - ^ » —^ ¦ - — - ^^—— , or — — - even — — — - less — — . - For instance ,
during November , 1885 , any number o £ fine markets cock pheasants at 2 s . ap could iece be whe boug re ht if in there the were London no
big days of pheasant shooting , , , pheasants would be a guinea a brace . Mt affords a subject of
leading sarcasm articles for cockney in the artists ' sporting and the ? papers writers . In of
short , there is scarcely a class in the community which is not benefited or amused by it . "'
We mi __ ght . quote . several _ examples - of _* a like ^ ^ descri —^— —» - tion — ¦ to _ . _ the . foregoing _ ^_ _| - but considerations
of — - —— —^ pr space — — p «— — — compel — us to confine ^ j , our attention to the ^^ f * J ^ ^^^ ^ f general ^^^^^_ ^^^ f J ^^ ^ f ± ^^^^ ^^^ ^^^*^ B ^^ B contents ~^^ ~ ^^ ^^ ^^ " ^^» ~^~ ^^^ ^^ ^~ ^^^^^ of ^ ^ " ^ " the ^ i' ^^^ ^^^ ^^^ volumes " ^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^ i ^— ^^^ — — . ^ The — ^— ^
^^—first , whicla is devoted to 'Field and Covert , ' practically begins by giving a number of useful
hints for beginners , succeeding which is a brief — — — — account - — — of the history u of gun (^_ j making i ^ j ,
notes on the prices of guns , and instructions regarding the choice of a gun . Other chapters
relate to partridge shooting , pheasant shooting , rearing , rabbit shooting , vermin , keepers ,
poachers and poaching , dogs and dog breaking , and p _ igeon CJ shooting « - > from traps X .. In the
second volume , which is devoted to ' Moor and Marsh , ' we see chapters JL on grouse « * - > ,
blackgame , deer-stalking , deer forests , woodcock , snipewildfowl shooting—swans and geese
surface , -feeding ducks , diving ducks , waders , , rails and crakes , wildfowl shooting on shore ,
punting , or wildfowl shooting afloat , fowlingpuntshow to build and use themswivel
guns , , & c . The concluding chapter is , a wise onegiving a little plain law for game
pre-, servers , keepers , and poachers . We must speak in high , terms of the
illustrations of the book , and of the admirable way in which , they are engraved and printed .
The illustration 'Blackcock Over' is taken from the admirable paper on 'Black Game '
JL JL , contributed by the veteran shot—so well known in most plauces where true sportsmen
rejoice to linger— X Lord Charles Lennox X Kerr . If the proposal is not beyond the purpose
of the Badminton Library , might we" suggest with due deference that the work on ' Shooting *
might be extended so as to embra . ce something o of the sport of Englishmen in other climes I'
Numerous travellers , explorers , and others could make the subject intensely interesting
, without forgetting its practical bearing upon the subject of big or wild game in remote
% 9 * -J * -J countries .
F :~ ,? A =I 870 The Publishers' Circula...
f : ~ , ? a = i 870 The Publishers' Circular August 16 , me
According To The St. James's Gazette Mr ...
According to the St . James ' s Gazette Mr W vy . . Montagu --u . ui . iva . gu Kerr xvtsrr , , the ujjl o _ Af t __ rican inua » u traveller xraveiier is iR
at present in America . Tl ^ e account of his Afriean travels towards 'The Far — Interior ¦ » '
^— •** « a \_* ± ^ will be published in October . Mr . Quaritch makes the following
staternent in a shortly forthcoming catalogue of his MSS . which should be read and —¦ di ~* ¦ ¦ gested y ^ *» *** v v / \ J ^
not only by amateurs , to which it is addressed but by the trade , the country trade particularl . ,
fions fions It is are are claimed as as faithfu iaitntul for this l and and catalogue as as nearly nearl that y correct corr the ect descri , as as y h u
tolerable experience of MSS ., combined with a sincere desire to be exactcould make them At
the very least , that reckless , blundering is avoided . ¦ which h ¦ is only too common in contemporary hb
cata-» - — — ^^ — —— — - —— m — —~ — - - ^ - ^ — ^^ - ^— ^^ ™ ^ ^ ^^^ - ^^ - *^ m ^ ^ ^^ ^>^ m ^ ^^ w ^ ^^ m ^ m \^ ^ ^ KJkM logues intention , and tp which deceive is . nearl Instances y as pernici of this ous practice as a wilful are
numerous , and must cause bitter regret among distant purchasers , especially at auctions , who have
charged irresponsible and inexperienced agents vsrith their broug ¦ v ¦ -- ht commissions a ¦—~ high price j— . ¦— in Not - *~ long ¦» ago of db a a «^« r manuscri note in a -the uil pt
catalogu -v » - — ^ w e which p ^ stated — — — — that consequence ^— ^^ - — it « w had v v * - ^^ ^^ been ^* - ^^ - the ^^ ^^ property «^ * . * ^ . a j of St . . Louis in a . d . 1248 ; as a factthere was no
indication of any early ownership , the , first leaf of the book was a modern fabrication , and the original
scribe ' s work could be referred to a period later than the - ^ - king ' s death . Another was sold as fc a
^^ ^ . » v ^ — —— - ^ — — jj - ^ —— - ~^ ¦ ^— ^ ^ ^»^» ^^ ^^ ^*^ k ^ ^^^^ v v ^*^ v ^ p ^ ^^ r ^ ^ - /^ ^* j «/ \ m Livre d ' Heures which Had belonged to Mary Queen of Scotsand had been used bher on the scaffold .
It was a , Flemish book of little y valuewritten in the fifteenth ~—— — - — — — century ^ m j , which — ' — the ^— —— - ^ — unfortunate - » ^ ^^^ - *^ ^ m ^ r ^ f ^ ^ , m- ^^ ^ v «^ ^ a ^ queen ^" a ^ " ^^ ^ " ^ ^^ ¦ ^ ^ had " ™ ^ *"
never sum of set money eyes on — ; about but it ten fetched times an its extremel reai y worth high . Another was sold at a still more extravagant raU \
because it was declared to be the prayer-book of Margaret of Anjou , a gratuitous misstatement , based
upon the circumstance that some person had fancied a resemblance between one of the miniatures
reprcsenting No such the exam Virg ples in and of misleading an old picture and of that queen .
perversity will be found in this catalogue unnecessary . Against errors — — — in — jud — - gment g—y — none — — can - — — — — - be > v w ¦ free ^ . ^ r - ^ ^ at _ W ** % all J * AA times WA »_» -k V > ' - ' , but — ^
be every true statement and reasonable made in . these pages is believed to Our correspondent ¦ 'L -- Y h . T i . ' informs us
. ^ ^ - ^ v ^^ ^^^ B ^ ^ V B ^^ B ^^ ^^ ^^^ b ^^^ r ^^^ ^^ ^^ — he will most likely have something to say himself about auctioneers' catalogues shortly .
All who are now purchasing , or who meditate purchasing _ Christmas goodsshould pay a
visit to the , well-stored aho ^ r-rooms , of Messrs . ¦ Marion * - » - ¦• ***? - * - * . •* - * + *¦ & ^~* S Co - * w - \^ . m , of V A Soho fs ^/ \_^ A A V S fs— f quare V | MtvX t / , who TT ill / have iil * '
a great variety of novelties for this year ' s trade — — — — . It — is earl — — to speak ¦ " ¦ " ¦ of Christinas i /&/ but
most business peop y ^ j — le know It *• " •' " how * - »• ' ¦« - x ^ AAx soon Ahj jam some v , j of the best things disappear from the market .
Mr . George Maw , of Benthallis about to publish ' Monograp , throug h on h the Messrs Genus . —— Dulau Crocus —^ f - ^ s , & . ' Co This ¦ . — — , hi is
( j J .- « - a - » m ^ m n ^ - ^ one of the most important botanical works preparation which have been has occup written ied during the leisure late years hours . I of ts
the author for the past eight years . Mr . Ma ^ has himself furnished the eighty-one hand " coloured coloured plates Dlates which which annear m in the t / hA volume vnluiiK '
There is also an elaborate appear map showing tltf separate range of every species of crocus , besides oesiaes
aiagrams diagrams of ot latitude latitude and and lInnffitiu ongitude ^ done on quite a novel plan . The monognip l 1 will undoubtedly rank as the standard
authority on the subject 01 which it treats .
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 16, 1886, page 870, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_16081886/page/8/
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