BEETON'S FIELD, FARM AND GARDEN... By Samuel Orchart Beeton.

Small 8vo. Ppxii,660. Full-page and text engravings, decorative grey cloth (printed red, black and blue).

"...Comprising full and practical information on all matters connected with country sports, tree-culture for utility and ornamentation, the choice and management of a farm, the crops of the farm, and fruit, flower and kitchen gardening for all seasons of the year. With about 230 illustrations". The first section of 114 pages, "Country sports by flood and field", has chapters on Fish and fishing tackle; Fly fishing; Salmon fishing; The Angler's Calendar; Sea fishing; Shooting; Wildfowl, rabbits and deer; The Game Laws; and Hunting. Largely copied from other books and journals of the period, with large sections quoted directly and usually unattributed. Appears to have been overlooked by biblographers including Westwood and Satchell. Not in the British Museum Catalogue. No author cited, but presumably written or edited by Mrs Isabella Beeton's husband, Samuel Orchart Beeton. The author does refer to perch-fishing in London as a child, and to the date of writing as being 1880.