LETTERS TO YOUNG SPORTSMEN ON HUNTING, ANGLING AND SHOOTING. By Lieutenant-Colonel J. Mackillop, Horace G. Hutchinson and Major Kenneth Dawson. Illustrated by Lionel Edwards.

(1920) 1930 revised edition. 4to (190 x 255mm). Ppvii,228. b/w frontispiece and 57 full-page b/w illustrations by Lionel Edwards. Tan buckram, upper board and cream cloth spine titled in brown.

1930 revised and enlarged edition. This book is divided into three sections: On Hunting, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. Mackillop: Some preliminary hints; The fox and the hounds; Seeing sport; Riding a country; Bridle and saddle; Riding and jumping; buying and conditioning the mount; 'Summering' and the 'one-horse' man; A postscript on hound work. On Angling, by Horace G. Hutchinson: Learning to cast on the lawn; A casting lesson by the river side; Stalking the fish; Where and how to fish; Final words to the trout fisherman; Flies; Casting for salmon; More about salmon fishing. On Shooting, by Major Kenneth Dawson. Lots of sound advice for the adult beginner at riding to hounds, flyfishing and shooting, by established names of the day who had garnered most of their experience before the First World War.