A ROOK AMONG THE MAGPIES AND OTHER REMINISCENCES. By J. Archibald Allen.

1933 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 226mm). Pp304. Illustrated with sketches by Miss Hester Wagstaff, pictorial endpapers. Light blue cloth, titled on spine and upper board in dark red.

This book follows on from One Of Ten, By Number Nine: A Collection of Reminiscences. The book includes one chapter on shooting, but only brief mentions of angling. That said, "How I Obtained Four Pairs of Trousers for Ten Shillings" is a classic of sartorial fiction. Chapters include: A rook among the magpies; What happened in a fog; The dog of the lower road; Big days and little days; How I obtained four pairs of trouses for ten shillings; How I became a telegraph boy at the age of 77; The dogs I did not buy; What is the best time of all the year?; A walk in spring; The garden from my window; A breakdown in a 'four star' hotel; Nature from a motor car; How I assisted the officials of H.B.M. Consulate at Athens; Doctors, dentists and nurses; On literary peculiarities; An up-to-date wedding; How I had the bailiffs in, and turned them out; The old sportsman's Elysian isle; Scraps; British sailors and American soldiers.