September, 1831.

PRACTICAL BOOKS ON SPORTING SUBJECTS,

Breeding and Management of Live Stock,

VETERINARY PRACTICE, AND ON RURAL AFFAIRS,

PRINTED FOR

SHERWOOD, GILBERT, AND PIPER,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

JOHNSON'S SPORTSMAN'S DICTIONARY.

This Day is Published, in Twelve Parts, to be had by one or more at a time, Price 2s. 6d. each,

A New and Original Work, entitled,-The

SPORTSMAN'S CYCLOPEDIA;

Being an Elucidation of the Science and Practice of

THE FIELD, THE TURF, AND THE SOD;

Or, in other Words, the Scientific Operations of

THE CHASE, THE COURSE,

d of all those Diversions and Amusements which have uniformly marked the Character of Inhabitants of these Islands; and which are so ardently cherished, and so extensively owed, by the present Generation; comprehending the Natural History of all those Animals ich constitute the Objects of Pursuit, accompanied with illustrative Anecdotes.

BY T. B. JOHNSON,

AUTHOR OF THE SHOOTER'S COMPANION, &c. &c.

N announcing the present work to the SPORTING WORLD, the Publishers do not deem any logy necessary, as there is no Book on sale professedly of a similar character, nor one that 1 furnish a Sportsman with that information which he may desire on the various Field Sports he present day. The great difficulty of obtaining PRACTICAL and SCIENTIFIC INSTRUCTIONS arding Sporting Subjects is, because practical Sportsmen very rarely feel disposed for literary pur; while professed literary men seldom, if ever, pursue the Sports of the Field; and, in sequence, when called upon, as the means of subsistence, to write upon such subjects, their sumed theoretical knowledge has enabled them merely to manifest their incapacity for the formance of the task they had undertaken-their profound ignorance of a science upon which y professed to impart instruction, and to render more interesting by copious detail and correct idation.

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Under such circumstances, the Publishers conceived that a Sportsman's Dictionary" wou be not only acceptable to those who follow the Hounds, pursue the Feathered Tribes, frequent t Lake, or the Stream, or attend the Course, but also the Public in general, since the Chase is high interesting to the human mind, and has, in all ages, formed a prominent feature in the Nation Character of the inhabitants of these islands.

They, therefore, honestly and fearlessly assert that the Author and Compiler of it is a we known Sportsman, who has made the various subjects which the book contains the business his life, and whose practical knowledge of FIELD AMUSEMENTS, in its various ramifications, uniformly acknowledged. Nor have they spared either pains or expense in the Printing or t Embellishments which illustrate and adorn the Work; their object being to produce, not mere a Book of General Reference, but a complete SPORTSMAN'S LIBRARY; which they trust will found worthy of that Patronage which they earnestly and respectfully solicit.

This Work is elegantly Printed on Fine Paper, and Illustrated with numerous HIGH FINISHED and EMBLEMATICAL ENGRAVINGS, executed in the most Characteristic Style Excellence by those eminent Artists,

*For the accommodation of the Public, the Sportsman's Cyclopedia will be issued 12 Monthly Parts, price 2s. 6d. each; which may now be had, by one or more at a time, the option of the Purchaser. The whole Work forms one LARGE VOLUME in OCTAVO, of nea 1000 pages, and by means of close printing contains as much information as will be found eight ordinary sized octavos. It may be had, complete, neatly bound in cloth, and letter price £1 11: 6.

It is presumed, that the alphabetical arrangement of the Sportsman's Cyclopedia will afford every facility to the reader, and that it will be found to contain not only

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE HORSE, in all its ramifications, but the most a proved SYSTEM of GROOMING (particularly of the HUNTER) and STABLE MANAGEMENT, W copious Notices of the Diseases to which he is liable, and the most judicious Mode treating them.

THE WHOLE ART OF HORSEMANSHIP, OR THE SCIENCE OF RIDING, in its Branches.

THE DOG, in all its Varieties, is equally considered; with his Diseases and Manner Cure, and Instructions for Breeding, Breaking, or Training Him for the different Pursuits.

HUNTING the Fox, Hare, Stag, &c. and the Nature of Scent, as exemplified in th Pursuit; also, particular Notices of various Packs of Hounds. The various kinds of Point and Setters, with Directions for entering Hounds, and the Method of Breeding those best cal lated for the Sportsman.

THE SCIENCE AND PRACTICE OF SHOOTING FLYING, with full Instruction Young Sportsmen, as well as every information relative to the use of the Fowling Piece.

COURSING, and the Laws of the Leash, with Notices of celebrated Greyhounds; and most judicious Plan of Breeding these interesting Animals.

THE RACE COURSE, with its Operations, in all their varieties; of Breeding the Ra 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.

DOBSON ON TRAINING THE SPANIEL OR POINTER

KUNOPÆDIA; being a Practical Essay on the Breaking and Training English Spaniel or Pointer. To which are added, Instructions for attaining the Art of Shoo Flying; more immediately addressed to young Sportsmen, but designed also to supply thei means of correcting the errors of some older ones. By the late W. DOBSON, Esq. of Eden-H Cumberland. In One Volume, 8vo. Price 12s. boards.

eautifully printed in 4to. embellished with 40 highly-finished Copper-plate Engravings and numerous Wood Cuts, THE

SPORTSMAN'S REPOSITORY;

COMPRISING A COMPLETE

SERIES OF HIGHLY-FINISHED ENGRAVINGS,

THE HORSE

REPRESENTING

AND THE DOG,

IN ALL THEIR VARIETIES;

EXECUTED, IN THE LINE MANNER, BY

MR. JOHN SCOTT AND MR. THOMAS LANDSEER,

FROM PAINTINGS BY

MARSHALL, REINAGLE, GILPIN, STUBBS, AND COOPER;

ACCOMPANIED WITH

A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORICAL AND SYSTEMATIC DESCRIPTION

OF THE

DIFFERENT SPECIES OF EACH,

THEIR APPROPRIATE USES, MANAGEMENT, IMPROVEMENT, &c.

erspersed with Interesting Anecdotes of the most celebrated Horses and Dogs, and their Owners; ikewise a great Variety of Practical Information on Training, and the Amusements of the Field.

T would be difficult to imagine any selection from the great storehouse of Nature more likely nerit general attention, or to excite general interest, than the one to which we now invite blic Notice. Of all the animals in Creation, (with the exception of those which minister to carnivorous appetites,) it would be impossible to name two which are so intimately associated h our wants, our pleasures, and our attachments, as the HORSE and the DOG. To the former are indebted for the power of transporting ourselves from place to place, with speed and fort, and for the means of participating in the manly and heathful Sports of the Field; while labours of Agriculture, and the pursuits of Commerce, are no less indebted to it for increased vity and productiveness.

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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 the DOG-tha half-reasoning friend and companion of man-it enlarges its claims to general reception. Who i there that has not, at some period of his life, acknowledged the influence of an attachmen between himself and his dog? Who is there that does not recognize in this faithful, vigilan sagacious, humble, and silent friend, the possessor of qualities which are not always to be foun in the human and more talkative friend?

It is only necessary further to observe that the literary execution and graphic embellishmen of this work are not unworthy of the subjects delineated. With respect to the latter, th Proprietors confidently anticipate that the names of the Artists employed are a sufficie 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.-ECLIPSE and SHAKSPEARE, two celebrated Racers.

4. KING HEROD and FLYING CHILDERS, the Property of the Duke of Devonshire. 5.-STALLION, Jupiter, the Property of Lieutenant-Colonel 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 Bunbury, 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, and Welsh, the Property of Jacob Wardell, Esq. 13.-A MULE, the Property of Lord Holland-and an Ass.

For the accommodation of Admirers of the Fine Arts, and Gentlemen forming a Cab Collection of Sporting Pictures, a limited number of Impressions are taken off, for the purpos Framing, or for the Portfolio; any of which may be had separately. Price of the Proofs, India Paper, 4s. and Prints, 2s. each.

The Work, complete, comprehends Ten Parts, price 5s. each; or, with Proof Impression the Plates on India Paper, 7s. 6d. forming a splendid Volume in Quarto-price £2:12:6 boards or with the Plates on India Paper, price £4, neatly half-bound russia-the w illustrated with Forty Copper-plates, all engraved, in the Line manner, by Mr. JOHN SCOTT Mr. THOMAS LANDSEER, from Original Paintings by those eminent Animal Painters, MARSH REINAGLE, GILPIN, STUBBS, COOPER, and EDWIN LANDSEER. They are executed in the very style of excellence, and may justly be considered as chefs d'oeuvres in the Art. Every specie the Horse and Dog is comprised in the Collection; and the Proprietors do not hesitat challenge a similar Exhibition in the whole Sporting World.