Edited by the Right Hon. Sir HERBERT MAXWELL, Bart., M.P.

A Re-issue, in handsome volumes, of certain rare and entertaining books on Sport, carefully selected by the Editor, and Illustrated by the best Sporting Artists of the day, and with Reproductions of old Plates.

Library Edition, 15s. a volume.  Large-Paper Edition, limited to 200 copies, Two Guineas a volume.  Also obtainable in Sets only, in fine leather bindings.  Prices on application.

VOLUME I.

Smith.  THE LIFE OF A FOX, AND THE DIARY OF A HUNTSMAN.  By THOMAS SMITH, Master of the Hambledon and Pytchley Hounds.  With Illustrations by the Author, and Coloured Plates by G.H.  JALLAND.

    Sir RALPH PAYNE-GALWEY, Bart., writes:  ’It is excellent and
    beautifully produced.

’Is sure to appeal to everyone who has had, or is about to have, a chance of a run with the hounds, and those to whom an unkindly fate denies this boon will enjoy it for the joyous music of the hounds which it brings to relieve the winter of our discontent amid London fogs.’—­Pall Mall Gazette.

    ’It will be a classic of fox-hunting till the end of
    time.’—­Yorkshire Post.

    ’No hunting men should be without this book in their
    libraries.’—­World.

VOLUME II.

Thornton.  A SPORTING TOUR THROUGH THE NORTHERN PARTS OF ENGLAND
AND GREAT PART OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND.  By Colonel T. THORNTON, of
Thornville Royal, in Yorkshire.  With the Original Illustrations by
GARRARD, and other Illustrations and Coloured Plates by G.E.  LODGE.

    ’Sportsmen of all descriptions will gladly welcome the sumptuous new
    edition issued by Mr Edward Arnold of Colonel T. Thornton’s “Sporting
    Tour,” which has long been a scarce book.—­Daily News.

    ’It is excellent reading for all interested in sport.’—­Black
    and White.

’A handsome volume, effectively illustrated with coloured plates by G.E.  Lodge, and with portraits and selections from the original illustrations, themselves characteristic of the art and sport of the time.’—­Times.

VOLUME III.

Cosmopolite.  THE SPORTSMAN IN IRELAND.  By a COSMOPOLITE.  With Coloured Plates and Black and White Drawings by P. CHENEVIX TRENCH, and reproductions of the original Illustrations drawn by R. ALLEN, and engraved by W. WESTALL, A.R.A.

    ’This is a most readable and entertaining book.’—­Pall Mall
    Gazette.

’As to the “get up” of the book we can only repeat what we said on the appearance of the first of the set, that the series consists of the most tasteful and charming volumes at present being issued by the English Press, and collectors of handsome books should find them not only an ornament to their shelves, but also a sound investment.’

VOLUME IV.