September 1, 1832.PRACTICAL BOOKSONSporting Subjects,BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVE STOCK,VETERINARY PRACTICE, AND ON RURAL AFFAIRS,PRINTED FORSHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER,PATERNOSTER-ROW.JOHNSON’S SPORTSMAN’S DICTIONARY.Man with gun, dog and brace of birdsJust published, in One large Volume, Octavo, illustrated with numerous highly-finished and emblematical Engravings, price£1:11:6,bound in cloth,A NEW AND ORIGINAL WORK,ENTITLED THESPORTSMAN’S CYCLOPÆDIA;Being an Elucidation of the Science and Practice of theField, theTurf, and theSod; or, in other Words, the Scientific Operations of theChase, theCourse, and of all those Diversions and Amusements which have uniformly marked the British Character; and which are so ardently cherished, and so extensively followed, by the present Generation: comprehending the Natural History of all those Animals which are the Objects of Pursuit, accompanied with illustrative Anecdotes.BY T. B. JOHNSON,Author of the Shooter’s Companion, &c. &c.Inoffering the present work to theSporting World, the Publishers do not deem any apology necessary, as there is no Book on sale professedly of a similar character, nor one that will furnish a Sportsman with that information which he may desire on the various Field Sports of the present day.Under such circumstances, the Publishers conceive that a “Sportsman’s Cyclopædia” will be not only acceptable to those who follow theHounds, pursue theFeathered Tribes, frequent theLake, or theStream, or attend theCourse, but also to the Public in general.They, therefore, honestly and fearlessly assert that the Author and Compiler of it is a well-known Sportsman, who has made the various subjects of the book the business of his life, and whose practical knowledge ofField Amusements, in its various ramifications, is uniformly acknowledged. Nor have they spared either pains or expense in the Printing or the Embellishments which illustrate and adorn the Work; their object being to produce, not merely a Book of General Reference, but a completeSportsman’s Library.This Work is elegantly printed on Fine Paper, and illustrated with numeroushighly-finishedandemblematical Engravings, executed in the most characteristic Style of Excellence by those eminent Artists,LANDSEER,COOPER,LAPORTE,BARRENGER,CLENNEL,BROOKE,HERRING,FIELDING,SCOTT,GREIG,WESTLEY,ELMER,WEBB,ROBERTS,&c. &c.It is presumed that the alphabetical Arrangement of the Work will afford every facility to the Reader, and that it will be found to contain—THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE, in all its Ramifications; the most approvedSystem of Grooming(particularly of theHunter) andStable Management, with copious Notices of the Diseases to which he is liable, and the most judicious Mode of treating them.THE WHOLE ART OF HORSEMANSHIP; or, the SCIENCE OF RIDING.THE DOG, in all his Varieties, with his Diseases and Manner of Cure, and Instructions for Breeding, Breaking, or Training Him for the different Pursuits; with Directions for entering Hounds.HUNTING the Fox, Hare, Stag, &c. and the Nature of Scent, as exemplified in their Pursuit; also, particular Notices of various Packs of Hounds. The various kinds of Pointers and Setters, and the Method of Breeding those best calculated for the Sportsman.THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF SHOOTING FLYING, as well as every Information relative to the Use of the Fowling Piece.COURSING, with Notices of celebrated Greyhounds; and the most judicious Plan of Breeding these interesting Animals.THE RACE COURSE, with its Operations, in all their Varieties; of Breeding the Racer, of Training Him, &c. &c. with particular Notices of the most distinguished Running Horses.THE COCK PIT, and Management of Game Cocks.THE WHOLE ART OF ANGLING AND FISHING in all their different Forms, &c. &c.⁂ For the accommodation of the public, the Sportsman’s Cyclopædia may be had in Twelve Parts, by one or more at a time, price 2s.6d.each. The whole Work formsOne large VolumeinOctavo, closely printed, and contains as much matter as five ordinary sized Volumes.Coursing.THE COURSER’S COMPANION; or, a Practical Treatise on theLawsof theLeash, with the defects of the old Laws considered; and aNew Codeproposed, with Explanatory Notes. By anExperienced Courser. Price 5s.Boards.“Though small in size, this book is great in value; the author’s name, Mr. Thomas Thacker, of Derby, who is an old Courser, and which is a passport to it, is too modestly kept back. To real sportsmen, who read for solid information, the volume will exhibit unquestionable proofs of being thoroughly practical on the subject ofCoursing.”Sporting Mag.Osmer on Horses.A TREATISE ON THE DISEASES AND LAMENESS. OF HORSES; in which is laid down the properMethod of Shoeingthe different Kinds ofFeet: whereunto are added, some New Observations on theArt of Farriery, chiefly as relate to Wounds, to Epidemic Distemper, to Surgical Operations, to Debility, to Tumours, &c. Also, on the Nature and Difference in the Breeds of Horses.ByWilliam Osmer, Veterinary Surgeon and Shoeing Smith.Fifth Edition, newly re-written, with considerable Additions, and a Treatise on Debility, &c. &c. ByJohn Hinds, V.S. Author of the Groom’s Oracle, Veterinary Surgery, and Practice of Medicine.⁂ “Osmer’s Treatise on the Horse, byJ. Hinds, is among the most valuable of our recent publications. This and Mr. Hinds’ ‘Grooms’ Oracle’ ought to be in the possession of every Gentleman, who either has in possession, or has a chance of possessing, the noble animal to whose proper treatment the Author has directed his enlightened researches.”—Taunton Courier.Thompson on Riding.RULES FOR BAD HORSEMEN; Hints to Inexpert Travellers; and Maxims worth Remembering by the most experienced Equestrians. ByCharles Thompson, Esq. A new Edition, with modern Additions, byJohn Hinds, V.S. Editor of Osmer’s Treatise on the Horse; Author of the Groom’s Oracle, &c. Price 3s.6d.Hinds’ and White’s Farriery Improved.A COMPENDIOUS POCKET-MANUAL of the VETERINARY ART; being a Practical Description of the true Symptoms and most rational Treatment of all Diseases incident to the Horse; adapted to the ready comprehension of every class of Horsemen, viz. Owners, Farriers, Farmers, Horsekeepers, Grooms, and Lads. Comprising all that has been usefully said by various Authors. Revised and corrected, with considerable important modern Improvements, byJohn Hinds, V.S. and Others. With illustrative Plates, price 5s.⁂ The design of thismultum in parvovolume has been to compress into a small portable manual as large a quantity of really important useful matter as usually occupies works of much greater magnitude, whilst adding thereto all the new discoveries in the art. This has been accomplished by a strict economy in printing, by a singularly terse style of writing, and the rigid rejection of numerous superfluities. By these means several new modes of practice, and valuable Veterinary observations, have been introduced—principally as regards Constitutional disorders—the Epidemic Distemper of 1832—Inflammation of the organs of life—Tumours—Liver complaints—Debility—Disorders of the Eyes—Crib-biting—Lameness—Bleeding—Physicking—Blistering—Surfeits—and the signs by which to ascertain what illness at any time impends over the ailing Horse.THE GAMEKEEPER’S DIRECTORY, AND COMPLETE VERMIN DESTROYER, containing easy, but efficacious, Instructions for thePreservation of Game, as exemplified in the Mode of Managing it, particularly during the Breeding Season. Of Hatching the Eggs of Pheasants and Partridges which have been mown over, and the best method of Rearing the Young. Also for taking or killing all kinds of Vermin, as exemplified in the Mode of Trapping and Destroying them. ByT. B. Johnson, Author of the Sportsman’s Cyclopædia, Shooter’s Companion, &c. Price 5s.6d.Brown on Horse-Racing.THE TURF EXPOSITOR; containing the Origin of Horse-Racing, Breeding for the Turf, Training, Trainers, Jockeys; Cocktails, and the System of Cocktail Racing illustrated; the Turf and its Abuses; the Science of betting Money, so as always to come off a Winner, elucidated by a variety of Examples; the Rules and Laws of Horse-racing; and every other Information connected with the Operations of the Turf. By C. F. Brown. Price 6s.boards.Brown’s Anecdotes of Horses.In a thick Volume, royal 18mo. containing Fourteen Portraits of celebrated Horses, &c. engraved on Steel, Price 10s. 6d. cloth.BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES OF HORSES, and the Allied Species.By CaptainThomas Brown, F.L.S. M.R.P.S. M.K.S. &c. &c.“We have now before us the pleasing fruit of Captain Brown’s labour and investigation. Setting out with the early history of the horse, and tracing it to the present period, the author next goes through the various breeds, and finally enlivens the whole with the accounts of feats and other memorabilia, which are well calculated to astonish and amuse.”—London Literary Gazette.“Captain Brown’s work is an entertaining and instructive miscellany. Pleasanter gossip than that of horses we do not know, and richer food for it cannot be found, than in this volume.”—Spectator.“Those who have any relish for this noble animal—any wish to know its history and habits—will find all they want in Captain Brown’s book. There are nine excellent plates, and nearly 600 pages of letter-press.”—New North Briton.“With Captain Brown’s delightful volume of ‘Anecdotes of Horses,’ just issued, every one who crosses a saddle ought to be intimate.”—Glasgow Free Press.Conversations on Conditioning.THE GROOM’S ORACLE, AND POCKET STABLE DIRECTORY; in which the Management of Horses generally, as to Health, Dieting, and Exercise are considered, in a Series of Familiar Dialogues between two Grooms engaged in Training Horses to their Work, as well for the Road as the Chase and Turf. With anAppendix, including theReceipt-BookofJohn Hinds, V.S. Second Edition, considerably improved, embellished with an elegant Frontispiece, painted by S. Aiken, price 7s.cloth.⁂ This enlarged edition of the “Groom’s Oracle” contains a good number of new points connected with training prime horses; and the owners of working cattle, also, will find their profit in consulting the practical remarks that are applicable to their teams; on the principle thathealth preservedis better thandisease removed.Blaine’s Farriery.OUTLINES OF THE VETERINARY ART; or, a TREATISE on the ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and CURATIVE TREATMENT of the DISEASES of the HORSE, and, subordinately, of those ofNeat CattleandSheep. Illustrated by Surgical and Anatomical Plates. ByDelabere Blaine.The Fourth Edition, considerably improved and increased by the introduction of many new and important Subjects, both in the Foreign British practices of the art, and by the addition of some new Figures. Price 1l.4s.cloth, and lettered.Girard on the Age of the Horse.A TREATISE ON THE TEETH OF THE HORSE; showing its Age by the Changes the Teeth undergo, from a Foal up to Twenty-Three Years Old, especially after the Eighth Year. Translated from the French byM. Girard, Director of the Royal Veterinary School at Alford, byT. J. Ganly, V.S. 11th Light Dragoons. Price 3s.6d.or, with the Plates coloured, 4s.6d.boards.⁂ This work is strongly recommended by Professor Coleman, in his Lectures to the attention of persons studying the Veterinary Profession; and who may wish to be well acquainted with the Horse’s Age.“The above useful Treatise is calculated to be of considerable service, in the present state of our knowledge. We recommend the work to the Amateur, the Practitioner, and the Veterinary Student.”—Lancet.A Complete Manual for Sportsmen.BRITISH FIELD SPORTS; embracingPractical InstructionsinShooting,Hunting,Coursing,Racing,Fishing, &c.; with Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; also, the Management of Fowling-pieces, and all other Sporting Implements. ByWilliam Henry Scott.⁂ This Work is beautifully printed, on fine paper, and illustrated with upwards ofFifty highly-finished Engravings, Thirty-four on Copper, executed in the most characteristic style of excellence, by those Eminent Artists,Scott,Warren,Greig,Tookey,Davenport,Ranson, andWebb, from Paintings byReinagle,Clennell,Elmer, andBarrenger; the remainder cut on Wood, byClennell,Thompson,Austin, andBewick. The author’s object has been, to present, in as compressed a form as real utility would admit, Instructions in all the various Field Sports in Modem Practice; thereby forming a Book of General Reference on the subject, and including in one volume, what could not otherwise be obtained without purchasing many and expensive ones.—In demy 8vo. Price 1l.18s.or, in royal 8vo. 3l.3s.boards.“It gives us pleasure to observe the respectability of the Work entitled ‘British Field Sports.’ In this kingdom, the Sports of the Field are highly characteristic and interesting: as gentlemanly diversions they have been pursued with an avidity as keen, and a taste as universal, as the relish of Nature’s beauties: a corresponding value is set on them, and an appropriate polish is added by time and practice: the various minutiæ in the knowledge of which and the technical distribution of this knowledge, together with Facts, Instructions, and Anecdotes, form the basis of this valuable publication.”—Farmers’ Journal.Laporte’s Horse.THE CONFORMATION AND PROPORTIONS OF A HORSE, with the Terms generally made use of to denote his various Parts, engraved from an Original Painting ofG. H. Laporte, Esq. size 10 Inches by 8. Price 1s.6d.accurately coloured.Johnson on Hunting.THE HUNTING DIRECTORY; containing a compendious View of the Ancient and Modern Systems of the Chase; the Method of Breeding and Managing the various kinds of Hounds, particularly Foxhounds; their Diseases, with a certain Cure for the Distemper. The pursuit of the Fox, the Hare, the Stag, &c. The nature of Scent considered and elucidated. Also, Notices of the Wolf and Boar Hunting in France; with a variety of illustrative observations. ByT. B. Johnson, Author of the Shooter’s Companion. Printed in 8vo. price 9s.boards.JOHNSON’S SHOOTER’S ANNUAL PRESENT.Man with gun, dog and brace of birdsJust Published,Third Edition,very considerably Improved, and Illustrated with numerous Cuts. Price 9s. bound in Cloth.THE SHOOTER’S COMPANION; or, a Description ofPointersandSetters, &c. as well as of those Animals which constitute the Objects of Pursuit; of theBreedingofPointersandSetters, the Diseases to which they are liable, and the Modes of Cure.Training Dogsfor theGun. Of Scent, and the Reason why one Dog’s Sense of Smell is superior to another’s. TheFowling Piecefully considered, particularly as it relates to the use of Percussion Powder. Of Percussion Powder, and the best Method of making it. Of Gunpowder. Shooting Illustrated; and theArt of Shooting FlyingorRunning, simplified and clearly laid down. OfWild FowlandFen Shooting; as well as every information connected with the use of the Fowling Piece. The Game Laws familiarly explained and illustrated. ByT. B. Johnson.“This is a well-written and well-arranged production; containing much interesting information, not only to the professed sportsman, but to those who may occasionally seek this fascinating recreation. It is not the production of any ordinary sportsman, but of one who can enjoy the pleasures of the library as well as those of the field.”—Literary Chronicle.“We now take leave of the work, recommending it, in comparison with most others on the same subject, as luminous to a degree; and reflecting on the talents, experience, and feeling of the author, the highest credit.”—Sporting Magazine.Blaine on the Diseases of Dogs.CANINE PATHOLOGY; or, a Description of the DISEASES of DOGS, Nosologically Arranged, with their Causes, Symptoms, and Curative Treatment; and a copious Detail of theRabid Malady: preceded by a Sketch of theNatural Historyof theDog, his Varieties and Qualities; with practical Directions on the Breeding, Rearing, and salutary Treatment of these Animals. Third Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Improved. Price 9s.boards. ByDelabere Blaine.Stevenson’s Cattle Doctor.THE SPORTSMAN’S, FARMER’S, AND CATTLE-DOCTOR’S VADE MECUM, containing Practical Hints and Receipts for preventing and curing the most prevalent Diseases of BLACK OR NEAT CATTLE, SHEEP, DOGS, HORSES, PIGS, &c. with a very copious List of the most valuable Veterinary Medicines and the manner of preparing them for Animals of every Description. ByJohn Stevenson, Esq. Price 5s.Lawrence on Live Stock.A GENERAL TREATISE ON CATTLE—THE OX, SHEEP, AND SWINE; comprehending their Breeding, Management, Improvement, and Diseases; with Remedies for Cure. ByJohn Lawrence, Author of the “New Farmer’s Calendar.” Second Edition. In one large vol. 8vo price 12s.boards.“If the Author had not already recommended himself to the Public by his ‘New Farmer’s Calendar,’ and other works, the judicious observations and useful hints here offered would place him in the list of those rural counsellors who are capable of giving advice, and to whose opinion some deference is due. His sentiments on general subjects expand beyond the narrow boundaries of vulgar prejudice; and his good sense is forcibly recommended to us by its acting in concert with a humane disposition.”—Monthly Review.Mr. James White, in his work on Veterinary Medicine, says, “Mr. Lawrence’sGeneral Treatise on Cattle, the Ox, the Sheep, and the Swine,” ought to be in every one’s hands, who is interested in the subject.LAWRENCE’S PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HORSES; comprehending the Choice, Management, Purchase and Sale of every Description of the Horse, the Improved Method of Shoeing, Medical Prescriptions, and Surgical Treatment in all known Diseases. Third Edition; with large Additions on the Breeding and Improvement of the Horse, the Dangers of our present Travelling System, &c. In 2 vol. price £1:1:0, boards.By the same Author,1. THE NEW FARMER’S CALENDAR; or, MONTHLY REMEMBRANCER OF ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY BUSINESS. Fifth Edition, with Additions. In 1 vol. large 8vo. price 12s.boards.2. THE MODERN LAND STEWARD; in which the Duties and Functions of Stewardship are considered and explained, with its several Relations to the Interest of the Landlord, Tenant, and the Public. In 1 vol. price 10s.6d.boards.HINTS TO DAIRY FARMERS; being an Account of the Food and extraordinary Produce of a Cow; with economical and easy Rules for rearing Calves. ByW. Cramp. Second Edition. Price 2s.THE GRAZIER’S READY RECKONER; or, A USEFUL GUIDE FOR BUYING AND SELLING CATTLE; being a complete Set of Tables, distinctly pointing out the Weight of Black Cattle, Sheep, and Swine, from Three to One Hundred and Thirty Stones, byMeasurement; with Directions showing the particular Parts where the Cattle are to be measured. ByGeorge Renton, Farmer. Eighth Edition, corrected. Price 2s.6d.SCOTT’S DELINEATIONS OF THE HORSE AND DOG.A horseBeautifully printed in 4to. embellished with Forty highly-finished Copper-Plate Engravings, and numerous Wood-Cuts, Part I. and II. price 5s. each, ofTHE SPORTSMAN’S REPOSITORY, comprising a Series of highly-finished Engravings, representing the Horse and the Dog, in all their Varieties, accompanied with a Comprehensive Historical and Systematic Description of the different Species of each, their appropriate uses, Management, Improvement, &c.; interspersed with interesting Anecdotes of the most celebrated Horses and Dogs, and their owners; likewise a great Variety of Practical Information on Training, and the Amusements of the Field. By the Author of “British Field-Sports.”It would be difficult to imagine any selection from the great storehouse of Nature more likely to merit general attention, or to excite general interest, than the one to which we now invite Public Notice. Of all the animals in Creation, (with the exception of those which minister to our carnivorous appetites,) it would be impossible to name two which are so intimately associated with our wants, our pleasures, and our attachments, as theHorseand theDog. To the former we are indebted for the power of transporting ourselves from place to place, with speed and comfort, and for the means of participating in the manly and healthful Sports of the Field; while the labours of Agriculture, and the pursuits of Commerce, are no less indebted to it for increased activity and productiveness.But it is not on this ground alone that it aspires to patronage. It takes a wider range, and, by including in its design, the history, the qualities, and the different breeds of theDog—that half-reasoning friend and companion of man—it enlarges its claims to general reception. Who is there that has not, at some period of his life, acknowledged the influence of an attachment between himself and his dog? Who is there that does not recognize in this faithful, vigilant, sagacious, humble, and silent friend, the possessor of qualities, which are not always to be found in the human and more talkative friend?It is only necessary further to observe, that the literary execution and graphic embellishment of this work are not unworthy of the subjects delineated. With respect to the latter, the Proprietors confidently anticipate that the names of the Artists employed are a sufficient guarantee; while the former is the production of an experienced Sportsman.The following are the Subjects of the Plates which embellish the Sportsman’s Repository:—Horses.1.—Godolphin Arabian, the Property of Lord Godolphin.2.—Arabian, the Property of the Right Hon. Henry Wellesley.3.—EclipseandShakspeare, two celebrated Racers.4.—King HerodandFlying Childers, the Property of the Duke of Devonshire.5.—Stallion,Jupiter, the Property of Lieut.-Col. Thornton.6.—Charger, the Property of Major-General Warde.7.—Hunter,Duncombe, the Property of George Treacher, Esq.8.—Racer,Eleanor, the Property of Sir Charles Banbury, Bart.9.—Hackney,Roan Billy.10.—Coach-Horse, the Property of Henry Villebois, Esq.11.—Cart-Horse,Dumpling, the Property of Messrs. Horne and Devey.12.—Ponies,Shetland,Forester, andWelsh, the Property of Jacob Wardell, Esq.13.—A Mule, the Property of Lord Holland—and anAss.Dogs.1. Shepherd’s Dog.2. Newfoundland Dog.3. Greenland Dog.4. Pointer.5. Spanish Pointer.6. Setter.7. Springer.8. Water Spaniel.9. Stag Hound.10. Fox Hounds.11. Greyhound.12. Irish Greyhound.13. Italian Greyhound.14. Blood Hound.15. Southern Hound.16. Beagles.17. Harrier.18. Terriers.19. Lurcher.20. Water Dog.21. Bull Dog.22. Mastiff.23. Dalmatian.24. Pugs.25. Bloodhound’s Head.26. Portraits of Five Stag Hounds, of the Hatfield Hunt.27. Alpine Mastiff.The Work complete comprehends Ten Parts, price 5s.each: or with Proof Impressions of the Plates on India Paper, price 7s.6d.forming a splendid Volume in Quarto—price £2:12:6, in Boards, or with the Plates on India Paper, price £4, neatly Half-bound, Russia, the whole illustrated with Forty Copper-plates, all engraved in the Line manner by Mr.John Scottand Mr.Thomas Landseer, from Original Paintings by those eminent Animal Painters,Marshall,Reinagle,Gilpin,Stubbs,Cooper, andEdwin Landseer. They are executed in the very first style of excellence, and may justly be considered aschefs d’œuvresin the Art. Every species of the Horse and Dog is comprised in the Collection; and the Proprietors do not hesitate to challenge a similar Exhibition in the whole Sporting World.For the accommodation of Admirers of the Fine Arts, and Gentlemen forming a Cabinet Collection of Sporting Pictures, a limited number of Impressions is taken off, for the purpose of Framing, or, for the Portfolio; any of which may be had separately. Price of the Proofs, on India Paper, 4s.and Prints, 2s.each.TEN MINUTES’ ADVICE TO EVERY PERSON GOING TO PURCHASE A HORSE. ByJohn Bell. Price 1s.THE GENTLEMAN’S POCKET FARRIER; showing how to use a Horse on a Journey. ByJohn Bell. Price 1s.SPORTING ANECDOTES, including numerous Characteristic portraits of Persons in every Walk of Life, who have acquired Notoriety from their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field; the whole forming a complete Delineation of the Sporting World. ByPierce Egan. New Edition, with coloured Plates and Illustrations, price 12s.in boards.THE SPORTSMAN’S PROGRESS; a Poem; Descriptive of the Pleasures derived from Field Sports. Illustrated with Thirteen appropriate Cuts. Price 1s.THE ANGLER; a Poem, in Ten Cantos; comprising Proper Instructions in the Art, with Rules to choose Fishing-rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, Baits, and to make Artificial Flies, Receipts for Pastes, &c. ByT. P. Lathy, Esq.With upwards of Twenty Wood-cuts. Price 8s.boards.SONGS OF THE CHACE; or, SPORTSMAN’S VOCAL LIBRARY; containing nearly Four Hundred of the best Songs relating to Racing, Shooting, Angling, Hawking, Archery, &c. Handsomely printed in foolscap 8vo. with appropriate Embellishments. Second Edition. Price 9s.boards.Dobson on Training the Spaniel or Pointer.KUNOPÆDIA; being a Practical Essay on the Breaking and Training the English Spaniel or Pointer. To which are added, Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting Flying; more immediately addressed toyoungSportsmen, but designed also to supply the best means of correcting the errors of someolderones. By the lateW. Dobson, Esq. of Eden-Hall, Cumberland. In One Volume, 8vo. Price 12s.boards.Curtis on Grasses.PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE BRITISH GRASSES, especially such as are best adapted to the laying down or improving of Meadows and Pastures: likewise an Enumeration of the British Grasses. ByWilliam Curtis, Author of the “Flora Londinensis,” &c. Sixth Edition, with considerable Additions. In 8vo. illustrated, with coloured Plates. Price 9s.in boards.Skellet’s complete Cow-Doctor.A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE BREEDING COW, AND EXTRACTION OF THE CALF, BEFORE AND AT THE TIME OF CALVING; in which the question of difficult Parturition is considered in all its bearings, with reference to facts and experience; including Observations on the Disease of Neat Cattle generally. Containing profitable Instructions to the Breeding Farmer, Cowkeeper, and Grazier, for attending to their own Cattle during Illness, according to the most approved modern Methods of Treatment, and the Application of long known and skilful Prescriptions and Remedies for every Disorder incident to Horned Cattle. The whole adapted to the present improved state of Veterinary Practice. Illustrated with Thirteen highly-finished Engravings. ByEdward Skellett, Professor of that part of the Veterinary Art. Price 18s.plain, £1:7:0 coloured.“We have now before us a work which will be found a very useful addition to the Farmers’ Library; it is communicated in a plain and familiar style, and is evidently the result of long experience and observation, made by a practical man; every person connected with Live Stock should be acquainted with its contents, but to the Veterinary Practitioner it is invaluable.”—Farmers’ Journal.A Complete Farm-House Library.In Two large Volumes, in Quarto, price Four Guineas in Boards, illustrated with upwards of One Hundred Engravings, (Thirty of which are coloured from Nature,) representing improved Implements, the various Grasses, and the principal Breeds of Sheep and Cattle, from Original Drawings,A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE; including all the Modern Improvements and Discoveries, and the Result of all the Attention and Inquiry which have been bestowed on this important Science during the last Fifty years: the whole combining and explaining, fully and completely, thePrinciplesandPracticeofModern Husbandry, in all its Branches and Relations. ByR. W. Dickson, M.D.Honorary Member of the Board of Agriculture, &c. &c.This Work includes the best Methods of Planting Timber of every Description, and the improved Management of Live Stock, with a Description of Implements and Buildings; the Theory of Soils and Manures; the best Methods of Inclosing, Embanking, Road-making, Draining, Fallowing, Irrigating, Paring, and Burning; the improved Cultivation of Arable Lands, and of all kinds of Grain, artificial Grasses, &c.; presenting the most useful and comprehensive Body of Practical information ever offered to the Public on the interesting Science of Agriculture.Extracted and abridged from the above Work, by the same Author, in royal8vo.THE FARMER’S COMPANION, being a Complete System of Modern Husbandry; including the latest Improvements and Discoveries, in Theory and Practice.The leading feature of excellence by which this Work is distinguished, is that minuteness of practical detail, which renders it singularly adapted to the purposes of Agriculture. The whole scope of its contents has a constant and immediate connexion with the daily pursuits of the Farmer, the Implements of Husbandry he employs, the Modes of Agriculture he adopts, and the System of Pasture and Feeding he pursues. These multifarious topics are all treated with simplicity and clearness; so that the Work presents an ample, but distinct display of every subject connected with the practical objects of a Farm. It is illustrated with upwards of One Hundred Engravings, representing improved Implements for Farming, various Breeds of Cattle, Sheep, &c. Price 1l.16s.boards.Sir John Sinclair on Agriculture.THE CODE OF AGRICULTURE; including Observations on Gardens, Orchards, Woods, and Plantations. By the Right Hon. SirJohn Sinclair, Bart. Fourth Edition, in one large vol. 8vo. price 1l.in boards. This Edition is considerably improved by a number of valuable Remarks, communicated to the Author by some of the most intelligent Farmers in England and Scotland.The Subjects particularly considered, are1. The Preliminary Points which a Farmer ought to ascertain, before he undertakes to occupy any extent of Land.2. The Means of Cultivation which are essential to ensure its success.3. The various Modes of improving Land.4. The various Modes of occupying Land.5. The Means of improving a Country.MOUBRAY ON POULTRY, PIGS, AND COWS.A farmyardA PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BREEDING, REARING, AND FATTENING ALL KINDS OF DOMESTIC POULTRY, PHEASANTS, PIGEONS, AND RABBITS; including, also, an interesting Account of the Egyptian Method of Hatching Eggs by Artificial Heat, with some Modern Experiments thereon; also, on Breeding, Feeding, and Managing Swine, Milch Cows, and Bees. ByBonington Moubray, Esq. A New Edition, being the Sixth, enlarged by aTreatiseonBrewing, makingCider,Butter, andCheese, adapted to the Use of Private Families. Price 7s.6d.in boards.⁂ “Mr. Moubray’s little book on the breeding, rearing, and fattening all kinds of domestic poultry and pigs, is unquestionably the most practical work on the subject in our language. The author’s aim seems to have been to avoid scientific detail, and to convey his information in plain and intelligible terms. The convenience of a small poultry-yard—two or three pigs, with a breeding sow—and a cow for cream, milk, butter, and cheese—in an English country-house, appears indispensable; and to point out how these may be obtained, at a reasonable expense, seems to have been Mr. Moubray’s object. By adopting the plan of his work, any family may furnish their table with these luxuries at one-third of the price they are obliged to pay at the markets; and the farmer and breeder may render it the source of considerable profit.”—Farmer’s Journal.Bucknall on Fruit-Trees, and the Husbandry of Orchards.THE ORCHARDIST; or, A SYSTEM OF CLOSE PRUNING AND MEDICATION FOR ESTABLISHING THE SCIENCE OF ORCHARDING; containing full Instructions as to Manure, preventing Blight, Caterpillars, and Cure Canker, as patronized by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. By the lateT. S. D. Bucknall, Esq. M.P. In 8vo. price 5s.boards.⁂ This Work obtained for the Author the Prize Medal and Thanks of the above Society.Only very few copies remain on hand.
September 1, 1832.
PRACTICAL BOOKSONSporting Subjects,BREEDING AND MANAGEMENT OF LIVE STOCK,VETERINARY PRACTICE, AND ON RURAL AFFAIRS,PRINTED FORSHERWOOD, GILBERT, & PIPER,PATERNOSTER-ROW.
JOHNSON’S SPORTSMAN’S DICTIONARY.
Man with gun, dog and brace of birds
Just published, in One large Volume, Octavo, illustrated with numerous highly-finished and emblematical Engravings, price£1:11:6,bound in cloth,
A NEW AND ORIGINAL WORK,ENTITLED THESPORTSMAN’S CYCLOPÆDIA;
Being an Elucidation of the Science and Practice of theField, theTurf, and theSod; or, in other Words, the Scientific Operations of theChase, theCourse, and of all those Diversions and Amusements which have uniformly marked the British Character; and which are so ardently cherished, and so extensively followed, by the present Generation: comprehending the Natural History of all those Animals which are the Objects of Pursuit, accompanied with illustrative Anecdotes.
BY T. B. JOHNSON,Author of the Shooter’s Companion, &c. &c.
Inoffering the present work to theSporting World, the Publishers do not deem any apology necessary, as there is no Book on sale professedly of a similar character, nor one that will furnish a Sportsman with that information which he may desire on the various Field Sports of the present day.
Under such circumstances, the Publishers conceive that a “Sportsman’s Cyclopædia” will be not only acceptable to those who follow theHounds, pursue theFeathered Tribes, frequent theLake, or theStream, or attend theCourse, but also to the Public in general.
They, therefore, honestly and fearlessly assert that the Author and Compiler of it is a well-known Sportsman, who has made the various subjects of the book the business of his life, and whose practical knowledge ofField Amusements, in its various ramifications, is uniformly acknowledged. Nor have they spared either pains or expense in the Printing or the Embellishments which illustrate and adorn the Work; their object being to produce, not merely a Book of General Reference, but a completeSportsman’s Library.
This Work is elegantly printed on Fine Paper, and illustrated with numeroushighly-finishedandemblematical Engravings, executed in the most characteristic Style of Excellence by those eminent Artists,
It is presumed that the alphabetical Arrangement of the Work will afford every facility to the Reader, and that it will be found to contain—
THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE, in all its Ramifications; the most approvedSystem of Grooming(particularly of theHunter) andStable Management, with copious Notices of the Diseases to which he is liable, and the most judicious Mode of treating them.
THE WHOLE ART OF HORSEMANSHIP; or, the SCIENCE OF RIDING.
THE DOG, in all his Varieties, with his Diseases and Manner of Cure, and Instructions for Breeding, Breaking, or Training Him for the different Pursuits; with Directions for entering Hounds.
HUNTING the Fox, Hare, Stag, &c. and the Nature of Scent, as exemplified in their Pursuit; also, particular Notices of various Packs of Hounds. The various kinds of Pointers and Setters, and the Method of Breeding those best calculated for the Sportsman.
THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF SHOOTING FLYING, as well as every Information relative to the Use of the Fowling Piece.
COURSING, with Notices of celebrated Greyhounds; and the most judicious Plan of Breeding these interesting Animals.
THE RACE COURSE, with its Operations, in all their Varieties; of Breeding the Racer, of Training Him, &c. &c. with particular Notices of the most distinguished Running Horses.
THE COCK PIT, and Management of Game Cocks.
THE WHOLE ART OF ANGLING AND FISHING in all their different Forms, &c. &c.
⁂ For the accommodation of the public, the Sportsman’s Cyclopædia may be had in Twelve Parts, by one or more at a time, price 2s.6d.each. The whole Work formsOne large VolumeinOctavo, closely printed, and contains as much matter as five ordinary sized Volumes.
Coursing.
THE COURSER’S COMPANION; or, a Practical Treatise on theLawsof theLeash, with the defects of the old Laws considered; and aNew Codeproposed, with Explanatory Notes. By anExperienced Courser. Price 5s.Boards.
“Though small in size, this book is great in value; the author’s name, Mr. Thomas Thacker, of Derby, who is an old Courser, and which is a passport to it, is too modestly kept back. To real sportsmen, who read for solid information, the volume will exhibit unquestionable proofs of being thoroughly practical on the subject ofCoursing.”Sporting Mag.
Osmer on Horses.
A TREATISE ON THE DISEASES AND LAMENESS. OF HORSES; in which is laid down the properMethod of Shoeingthe different Kinds ofFeet: whereunto are added, some New Observations on theArt of Farriery, chiefly as relate to Wounds, to Epidemic Distemper, to Surgical Operations, to Debility, to Tumours, &c. Also, on the Nature and Difference in the Breeds of Horses.
ByWilliam Osmer, Veterinary Surgeon and Shoeing Smith.
Fifth Edition, newly re-written, with considerable Additions, and a Treatise on Debility, &c. &c. ByJohn Hinds, V.S. Author of the Groom’s Oracle, Veterinary Surgery, and Practice of Medicine.
⁂ “Osmer’s Treatise on the Horse, byJ. Hinds, is among the most valuable of our recent publications. This and Mr. Hinds’ ‘Grooms’ Oracle’ ought to be in the possession of every Gentleman, who either has in possession, or has a chance of possessing, the noble animal to whose proper treatment the Author has directed his enlightened researches.”—Taunton Courier.
Thompson on Riding.
RULES FOR BAD HORSEMEN; Hints to Inexpert Travellers; and Maxims worth Remembering by the most experienced Equestrians. ByCharles Thompson, Esq. A new Edition, with modern Additions, byJohn Hinds, V.S. Editor of Osmer’s Treatise on the Horse; Author of the Groom’s Oracle, &c. Price 3s.6d.
Hinds’ and White’s Farriery Improved.
A COMPENDIOUS POCKET-MANUAL of the VETERINARY ART; being a Practical Description of the true Symptoms and most rational Treatment of all Diseases incident to the Horse; adapted to the ready comprehension of every class of Horsemen, viz. Owners, Farriers, Farmers, Horsekeepers, Grooms, and Lads. Comprising all that has been usefully said by various Authors. Revised and corrected, with considerable important modern Improvements, byJohn Hinds, V.S. and Others. With illustrative Plates, price 5s.
⁂ The design of thismultum in parvovolume has been to compress into a small portable manual as large a quantity of really important useful matter as usually occupies works of much greater magnitude, whilst adding thereto all the new discoveries in the art. This has been accomplished by a strict economy in printing, by a singularly terse style of writing, and the rigid rejection of numerous superfluities. By these means several new modes of practice, and valuable Veterinary observations, have been introduced—principally as regards Constitutional disorders—the Epidemic Distemper of 1832—Inflammation of the organs of life—Tumours—Liver complaints—Debility—Disorders of the Eyes—Crib-biting—Lameness—Bleeding—Physicking—Blistering—Surfeits—and the signs by which to ascertain what illness at any time impends over the ailing Horse.
THE GAMEKEEPER’S DIRECTORY, AND COMPLETE VERMIN DESTROYER, containing easy, but efficacious, Instructions for thePreservation of Game, as exemplified in the Mode of Managing it, particularly during the Breeding Season. Of Hatching the Eggs of Pheasants and Partridges which have been mown over, and the best method of Rearing the Young. Also for taking or killing all kinds of Vermin, as exemplified in the Mode of Trapping and Destroying them. ByT. B. Johnson, Author of the Sportsman’s Cyclopædia, Shooter’s Companion, &c. Price 5s.6d.
Brown on Horse-Racing.
THE TURF EXPOSITOR; containing the Origin of Horse-Racing, Breeding for the Turf, Training, Trainers, Jockeys; Cocktails, and the System of Cocktail Racing illustrated; the Turf and its Abuses; the Science of betting Money, so as always to come off a Winner, elucidated by a variety of Examples; the Rules and Laws of Horse-racing; and every other Information connected with the Operations of the Turf. By C. F. Brown. Price 6s.boards.
Brown’s Anecdotes of Horses.
In a thick Volume, royal 18mo. containing Fourteen Portraits of celebrated Horses, &c. engraved on Steel, Price 10s. 6d. cloth.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES AND AUTHENTIC ANECDOTES OF HORSES, and the Allied Species.
By CaptainThomas Brown, F.L.S. M.R.P.S. M.K.S. &c. &c.
“We have now before us the pleasing fruit of Captain Brown’s labour and investigation. Setting out with the early history of the horse, and tracing it to the present period, the author next goes through the various breeds, and finally enlivens the whole with the accounts of feats and other memorabilia, which are well calculated to astonish and amuse.”—London Literary Gazette.
“Captain Brown’s work is an entertaining and instructive miscellany. Pleasanter gossip than that of horses we do not know, and richer food for it cannot be found, than in this volume.”—Spectator.
“Those who have any relish for this noble animal—any wish to know its history and habits—will find all they want in Captain Brown’s book. There are nine excellent plates, and nearly 600 pages of letter-press.”—New North Briton.
“With Captain Brown’s delightful volume of ‘Anecdotes of Horses,’ just issued, every one who crosses a saddle ought to be intimate.”—Glasgow Free Press.
Conversations on Conditioning.
THE GROOM’S ORACLE, AND POCKET STABLE DIRECTORY; in which the Management of Horses generally, as to Health, Dieting, and Exercise are considered, in a Series of Familiar Dialogues between two Grooms engaged in Training Horses to their Work, as well for the Road as the Chase and Turf. With anAppendix, including theReceipt-BookofJohn Hinds, V.S. Second Edition, considerably improved, embellished with an elegant Frontispiece, painted by S. Aiken, price 7s.cloth.
⁂ This enlarged edition of the “Groom’s Oracle” contains a good number of new points connected with training prime horses; and the owners of working cattle, also, will find their profit in consulting the practical remarks that are applicable to their teams; on the principle thathealth preservedis better thandisease removed.
Blaine’s Farriery.
OUTLINES OF THE VETERINARY ART; or, a TREATISE on the ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, and CURATIVE TREATMENT of the DISEASES of the HORSE, and, subordinately, of those ofNeat CattleandSheep. Illustrated by Surgical and Anatomical Plates. ByDelabere Blaine.
The Fourth Edition, considerably improved and increased by the introduction of many new and important Subjects, both in the Foreign British practices of the art, and by the addition of some new Figures. Price 1l.4s.cloth, and lettered.
Girard on the Age of the Horse.
A TREATISE ON THE TEETH OF THE HORSE; showing its Age by the Changes the Teeth undergo, from a Foal up to Twenty-Three Years Old, especially after the Eighth Year. Translated from the French byM. Girard, Director of the Royal Veterinary School at Alford, byT. J. Ganly, V.S. 11th Light Dragoons. Price 3s.6d.or, with the Plates coloured, 4s.6d.boards.
⁂ This work is strongly recommended by Professor Coleman, in his Lectures to the attention of persons studying the Veterinary Profession; and who may wish to be well acquainted with the Horse’s Age.
“The above useful Treatise is calculated to be of considerable service, in the present state of our knowledge. We recommend the work to the Amateur, the Practitioner, and the Veterinary Student.”—Lancet.
A Complete Manual for Sportsmen.
BRITISH FIELD SPORTS; embracingPractical InstructionsinShooting,Hunting,Coursing,Racing,Fishing, &c.; with Observations on the Breaking and Training of Dogs and Horses; also, the Management of Fowling-pieces, and all other Sporting Implements. ByWilliam Henry Scott.
⁂ This Work is beautifully printed, on fine paper, and illustrated with upwards ofFifty highly-finished Engravings, Thirty-four on Copper, executed in the most characteristic style of excellence, by those Eminent Artists,Scott,Warren,Greig,Tookey,Davenport,Ranson, andWebb, from Paintings byReinagle,Clennell,Elmer, andBarrenger; the remainder cut on Wood, byClennell,Thompson,Austin, andBewick. The author’s object has been, to present, in as compressed a form as real utility would admit, Instructions in all the various Field Sports in Modem Practice; thereby forming a Book of General Reference on the subject, and including in one volume, what could not otherwise be obtained without purchasing many and expensive ones.—In demy 8vo. Price 1l.18s.or, in royal 8vo. 3l.3s.boards.
“It gives us pleasure to observe the respectability of the Work entitled ‘British Field Sports.’ In this kingdom, the Sports of the Field are highly characteristic and interesting: as gentlemanly diversions they have been pursued with an avidity as keen, and a taste as universal, as the relish of Nature’s beauties: a corresponding value is set on them, and an appropriate polish is added by time and practice: the various minutiæ in the knowledge of which and the technical distribution of this knowledge, together with Facts, Instructions, and Anecdotes, form the basis of this valuable publication.”—Farmers’ Journal.
Laporte’s Horse.
THE CONFORMATION AND PROPORTIONS OF A HORSE, with the Terms generally made use of to denote his various Parts, engraved from an Original Painting ofG. H. Laporte, Esq. size 10 Inches by 8. Price 1s.6d.accurately coloured.
Johnson on Hunting.
THE HUNTING DIRECTORY; containing a compendious View of the Ancient and Modern Systems of the Chase; the Method of Breeding and Managing the various kinds of Hounds, particularly Foxhounds; their Diseases, with a certain Cure for the Distemper. The pursuit of the Fox, the Hare, the Stag, &c. The nature of Scent considered and elucidated. Also, Notices of the Wolf and Boar Hunting in France; with a variety of illustrative observations. ByT. B. Johnson, Author of the Shooter’s Companion. Printed in 8vo. price 9s.boards.
JOHNSON’S SHOOTER’S ANNUAL PRESENT.
Man with gun, dog and brace of birds
Just Published,Third Edition,very considerably Improved, and Illustrated with numerous Cuts. Price 9s. bound in Cloth.
THE SHOOTER’S COMPANION; or, a Description ofPointersandSetters, &c. as well as of those Animals which constitute the Objects of Pursuit; of theBreedingofPointersandSetters, the Diseases to which they are liable, and the Modes of Cure.Training Dogsfor theGun. Of Scent, and the Reason why one Dog’s Sense of Smell is superior to another’s. TheFowling Piecefully considered, particularly as it relates to the use of Percussion Powder. Of Percussion Powder, and the best Method of making it. Of Gunpowder. Shooting Illustrated; and theArt of Shooting FlyingorRunning, simplified and clearly laid down. OfWild FowlandFen Shooting; as well as every information connected with the use of the Fowling Piece. The Game Laws familiarly explained and illustrated. ByT. B. Johnson.
“This is a well-written and well-arranged production; containing much interesting information, not only to the professed sportsman, but to those who may occasionally seek this fascinating recreation. It is not the production of any ordinary sportsman, but of one who can enjoy the pleasures of the library as well as those of the field.”—Literary Chronicle.
“We now take leave of the work, recommending it, in comparison with most others on the same subject, as luminous to a degree; and reflecting on the talents, experience, and feeling of the author, the highest credit.”—Sporting Magazine.
Blaine on the Diseases of Dogs.
CANINE PATHOLOGY; or, a Description of the DISEASES of DOGS, Nosologically Arranged, with their Causes, Symptoms, and Curative Treatment; and a copious Detail of theRabid Malady: preceded by a Sketch of theNatural Historyof theDog, his Varieties and Qualities; with practical Directions on the Breeding, Rearing, and salutary Treatment of these Animals. Third Edition, Revised, Corrected, and Improved. Price 9s.boards. ByDelabere Blaine.
Stevenson’s Cattle Doctor.
THE SPORTSMAN’S, FARMER’S, AND CATTLE-DOCTOR’S VADE MECUM, containing Practical Hints and Receipts for preventing and curing the most prevalent Diseases of BLACK OR NEAT CATTLE, SHEEP, DOGS, HORSES, PIGS, &c. with a very copious List of the most valuable Veterinary Medicines and the manner of preparing them for Animals of every Description. ByJohn Stevenson, Esq. Price 5s.
Lawrence on Live Stock.
A GENERAL TREATISE ON CATTLE—THE OX, SHEEP, AND SWINE; comprehending their Breeding, Management, Improvement, and Diseases; with Remedies for Cure. ByJohn Lawrence, Author of the “New Farmer’s Calendar.” Second Edition. In one large vol. 8vo price 12s.boards.
“If the Author had not already recommended himself to the Public by his ‘New Farmer’s Calendar,’ and other works, the judicious observations and useful hints here offered would place him in the list of those rural counsellors who are capable of giving advice, and to whose opinion some deference is due. His sentiments on general subjects expand beyond the narrow boundaries of vulgar prejudice; and his good sense is forcibly recommended to us by its acting in concert with a humane disposition.”—Monthly Review.
Mr. James White, in his work on Veterinary Medicine, says, “Mr. Lawrence’sGeneral Treatise on Cattle, the Ox, the Sheep, and the Swine,” ought to be in every one’s hands, who is interested in the subject.
LAWRENCE’S PHILOSOPHICAL AND PRACTICAL TREATISE ON HORSES; comprehending the Choice, Management, Purchase and Sale of every Description of the Horse, the Improved Method of Shoeing, Medical Prescriptions, and Surgical Treatment in all known Diseases. Third Edition; with large Additions on the Breeding and Improvement of the Horse, the Dangers of our present Travelling System, &c. In 2 vol. price £1:1:0, boards.
By the same Author,
1. THE NEW FARMER’S CALENDAR; or, MONTHLY REMEMBRANCER OF ALL KINDS OF COUNTRY BUSINESS. Fifth Edition, with Additions. In 1 vol. large 8vo. price 12s.boards.
2. THE MODERN LAND STEWARD; in which the Duties and Functions of Stewardship are considered and explained, with its several Relations to the Interest of the Landlord, Tenant, and the Public. In 1 vol. price 10s.6d.boards.
HINTS TO DAIRY FARMERS; being an Account of the Food and extraordinary Produce of a Cow; with economical and easy Rules for rearing Calves. ByW. Cramp. Second Edition. Price 2s.
THE GRAZIER’S READY RECKONER; or, A USEFUL GUIDE FOR BUYING AND SELLING CATTLE; being a complete Set of Tables, distinctly pointing out the Weight of Black Cattle, Sheep, and Swine, from Three to One Hundred and Thirty Stones, byMeasurement; with Directions showing the particular Parts where the Cattle are to be measured. ByGeorge Renton, Farmer. Eighth Edition, corrected. Price 2s.6d.
SCOTT’S DELINEATIONS OF THE HORSE AND DOG.
A horse
Beautifully printed in 4to. embellished with Forty highly-finished Copper-Plate Engravings, and numerous Wood-Cuts, Part I. and II. price 5s. each, of
THE SPORTSMAN’S REPOSITORY, comprising a Series of highly-finished Engravings, representing the Horse and the Dog, in all their Varieties, accompanied with a Comprehensive Historical and Systematic Description of the different Species of each, their appropriate uses, Management, Improvement, &c.; interspersed with interesting Anecdotes of the most celebrated Horses and Dogs, and their owners; likewise a great Variety of Practical Information on Training, and the Amusements of the Field. By the Author of “British Field-Sports.”
It would be difficult to imagine any selection from the great storehouse of Nature more likely to merit general attention, or to excite general interest, than the one to which we now invite Public Notice. Of all the animals in Creation, (with the exception of those which minister to our carnivorous appetites,) it would be impossible to name two which are so intimately associated with our wants, our pleasures, and our attachments, as theHorseand theDog. To the former we are indebted for the power of transporting ourselves from place to place, with speed and comfort, and for the means of participating in the manly and healthful Sports of the Field; while the labours of Agriculture, and the pursuits of Commerce, are no less indebted to it for increased activity and productiveness.
But it is not on this ground alone that it aspires to patronage. It takes a wider range, and, by including in its design, the history, the qualities, and the different breeds of theDog—that half-reasoning friend and companion of man—it enlarges its claims to general reception. Who is there that has not, at some period of his life, acknowledged the influence of an attachment between himself and his dog? Who is there that does not recognize in this faithful, vigilant, sagacious, humble, and silent friend, the possessor of qualities, which are not always to be found in the human and more talkative friend?
It is only necessary further to observe, that the literary execution and graphic embellishment of this work are not unworthy of the subjects delineated. With respect to the latter, the Proprietors confidently anticipate that the names of the Artists employed are a sufficient guarantee; while the former is the production of an experienced Sportsman.
The following are the Subjects of the Plates which embellish the Sportsman’s Repository:—
Horses.
Dogs.
The Work complete comprehends Ten Parts, price 5s.each: or with Proof Impressions of the Plates on India Paper, price 7s.6d.forming a splendid Volume in Quarto—price £2:12:6, in Boards, or with the Plates on India Paper, price £4, neatly Half-bound, Russia, the whole illustrated with Forty Copper-plates, all engraved in the Line manner by Mr.John Scottand Mr.Thomas Landseer, from Original Paintings by those eminent Animal Painters,Marshall,Reinagle,Gilpin,Stubbs,Cooper, andEdwin Landseer. They are executed in the very first style of excellence, and may justly be considered aschefs d’œuvresin the Art. Every species of the Horse and Dog is comprised in the Collection; and the Proprietors do not hesitate to challenge a similar Exhibition in the whole Sporting World.
For the accommodation of Admirers of the Fine Arts, and Gentlemen forming a Cabinet Collection of Sporting Pictures, a limited number of Impressions is taken off, for the purpose of Framing, or, for the Portfolio; any of which may be had separately. Price of the Proofs, on India Paper, 4s.and Prints, 2s.each.
TEN MINUTES’ ADVICE TO EVERY PERSON GOING TO PURCHASE A HORSE. ByJohn Bell. Price 1s.
THE GENTLEMAN’S POCKET FARRIER; showing how to use a Horse on a Journey. ByJohn Bell. Price 1s.
SPORTING ANECDOTES, including numerous Characteristic portraits of Persons in every Walk of Life, who have acquired Notoriety from their Achievements on the Turf, at the Table, and in the Diversions of the Field; the whole forming a complete Delineation of the Sporting World. ByPierce Egan. New Edition, with coloured Plates and Illustrations, price 12s.in boards.
THE SPORTSMAN’S PROGRESS; a Poem; Descriptive of the Pleasures derived from Field Sports. Illustrated with Thirteen appropriate Cuts. Price 1s.
THE ANGLER; a Poem, in Ten Cantos; comprising Proper Instructions in the Art, with Rules to choose Fishing-rods, Lines, Hooks, Floats, Baits, and to make Artificial Flies, Receipts for Pastes, &c. ByT. P. Lathy, Esq.With upwards of Twenty Wood-cuts. Price 8s.boards.
SONGS OF THE CHACE; or, SPORTSMAN’S VOCAL LIBRARY; containing nearly Four Hundred of the best Songs relating to Racing, Shooting, Angling, Hawking, Archery, &c. Handsomely printed in foolscap 8vo. with appropriate Embellishments. Second Edition. Price 9s.boards.
Dobson on Training the Spaniel or Pointer.
KUNOPÆDIA; being a Practical Essay on the Breaking and Training the English Spaniel or Pointer. To which are added, Instructions for attaining the Art of Shooting Flying; more immediately addressed toyoungSportsmen, but designed also to supply the best means of correcting the errors of someolderones. By the lateW. Dobson, Esq. of Eden-Hall, Cumberland. In One Volume, 8vo. Price 12s.boards.
Curtis on Grasses.
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS ON THE BRITISH GRASSES, especially such as are best adapted to the laying down or improving of Meadows and Pastures: likewise an Enumeration of the British Grasses. ByWilliam Curtis, Author of the “Flora Londinensis,” &c. Sixth Edition, with considerable Additions. In 8vo. illustrated, with coloured Plates. Price 9s.in boards.
Skellet’s complete Cow-Doctor.
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON THE BREEDING COW, AND EXTRACTION OF THE CALF, BEFORE AND AT THE TIME OF CALVING; in which the question of difficult Parturition is considered in all its bearings, with reference to facts and experience; including Observations on the Disease of Neat Cattle generally. Containing profitable Instructions to the Breeding Farmer, Cowkeeper, and Grazier, for attending to their own Cattle during Illness, according to the most approved modern Methods of Treatment, and the Application of long known and skilful Prescriptions and Remedies for every Disorder incident to Horned Cattle. The whole adapted to the present improved state of Veterinary Practice. Illustrated with Thirteen highly-finished Engravings. ByEdward Skellett, Professor of that part of the Veterinary Art. Price 18s.plain, £1:7:0 coloured.
“We have now before us a work which will be found a very useful addition to the Farmers’ Library; it is communicated in a plain and familiar style, and is evidently the result of long experience and observation, made by a practical man; every person connected with Live Stock should be acquainted with its contents, but to the Veterinary Practitioner it is invaluable.”—Farmers’ Journal.
A Complete Farm-House Library.
In Two large Volumes, in Quarto, price Four Guineas in Boards, illustrated with upwards of One Hundred Engravings, (Thirty of which are coloured from Nature,) representing improved Implements, the various Grasses, and the principal Breeds of Sheep and Cattle, from Original Drawings,
A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF PRACTICAL AGRICULTURE; including all the Modern Improvements and Discoveries, and the Result of all the Attention and Inquiry which have been bestowed on this important Science during the last Fifty years: the whole combining and explaining, fully and completely, thePrinciplesandPracticeofModern Husbandry, in all its Branches and Relations. ByR. W. Dickson, M.D.Honorary Member of the Board of Agriculture, &c. &c.
This Work includes the best Methods of Planting Timber of every Description, and the improved Management of Live Stock, with a Description of Implements and Buildings; the Theory of Soils and Manures; the best Methods of Inclosing, Embanking, Road-making, Draining, Fallowing, Irrigating, Paring, and Burning; the improved Cultivation of Arable Lands, and of all kinds of Grain, artificial Grasses, &c.; presenting the most useful and comprehensive Body of Practical information ever offered to the Public on the interesting Science of Agriculture.
Extracted and abridged from the above Work, by the same Author, in royal8vo.
THE FARMER’S COMPANION, being a Complete System of Modern Husbandry; including the latest Improvements and Discoveries, in Theory and Practice.
The leading feature of excellence by which this Work is distinguished, is that minuteness of practical detail, which renders it singularly adapted to the purposes of Agriculture. The whole scope of its contents has a constant and immediate connexion with the daily pursuits of the Farmer, the Implements of Husbandry he employs, the Modes of Agriculture he adopts, and the System of Pasture and Feeding he pursues. These multifarious topics are all treated with simplicity and clearness; so that the Work presents an ample, but distinct display of every subject connected with the practical objects of a Farm. It is illustrated with upwards of One Hundred Engravings, representing improved Implements for Farming, various Breeds of Cattle, Sheep, &c. Price 1l.16s.boards.
Sir John Sinclair on Agriculture.
THE CODE OF AGRICULTURE; including Observations on Gardens, Orchards, Woods, and Plantations. By the Right Hon. SirJohn Sinclair, Bart. Fourth Edition, in one large vol. 8vo. price 1l.in boards. This Edition is considerably improved by a number of valuable Remarks, communicated to the Author by some of the most intelligent Farmers in England and Scotland.
The Subjects particularly considered, are
1. The Preliminary Points which a Farmer ought to ascertain, before he undertakes to occupy any extent of Land.
2. The Means of Cultivation which are essential to ensure its success.
3. The various Modes of improving Land.
4. The various Modes of occupying Land.
5. The Means of improving a Country.
MOUBRAY ON POULTRY, PIGS, AND COWS.
A farmyard
A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON BREEDING, REARING, AND FATTENING ALL KINDS OF DOMESTIC POULTRY, PHEASANTS, PIGEONS, AND RABBITS; including, also, an interesting Account of the Egyptian Method of Hatching Eggs by Artificial Heat, with some Modern Experiments thereon; also, on Breeding, Feeding, and Managing Swine, Milch Cows, and Bees. ByBonington Moubray, Esq. A New Edition, being the Sixth, enlarged by aTreatiseonBrewing, makingCider,Butter, andCheese, adapted to the Use of Private Families. Price 7s.6d.in boards.
⁂ “Mr. Moubray’s little book on the breeding, rearing, and fattening all kinds of domestic poultry and pigs, is unquestionably the most practical work on the subject in our language. The author’s aim seems to have been to avoid scientific detail, and to convey his information in plain and intelligible terms. The convenience of a small poultry-yard—two or three pigs, with a breeding sow—and a cow for cream, milk, butter, and cheese—in an English country-house, appears indispensable; and to point out how these may be obtained, at a reasonable expense, seems to have been Mr. Moubray’s object. By adopting the plan of his work, any family may furnish their table with these luxuries at one-third of the price they are obliged to pay at the markets; and the farmer and breeder may render it the source of considerable profit.”—Farmer’s Journal.
Bucknall on Fruit-Trees, and the Husbandry of Orchards.
THE ORCHARDIST; or, A SYSTEM OF CLOSE PRUNING AND MEDICATION FOR ESTABLISHING THE SCIENCE OF ORCHARDING; containing full Instructions as to Manure, preventing Blight, Caterpillars, and Cure Canker, as patronized by the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. By the lateT. S. D. Bucknall, Esq. M.P. In 8vo. price 5s.boards.
⁂ This Work obtained for the Author the Prize Medal and Thanks of the above Society.Only very few copies remain on hand.