THE COMPLETE FOXHUNTER. By Charles Richardson. With forty-six illustrations of which four are in colour. Second edition.

.# (1908) 1909 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 226mm). Ppxx,299. B/w photograph plates, colour illustrations from old engravings. Binding B - Green cloth, blind-stamped titles and ruled borders upper board, spine titled in gilt.

.# "That hunting was never so popular as it is just now is a fact which admits of no dispute. Practically every inch of the country where riding is possible is hunted by one or more packs of hounds, and where the riding is bad, and there are no coverts for foxes - or too much population, as in Lancashire - there are harrier packs; while where there are neither foxhounds nor harriers, foot-beagles will surely be found. Otter-hound packs, too, travel all over the country during the summer months; and the crowds which are present at the August meets of the Devon and somerset staghounds must be seen to be appreciated. ...It is, to a great extent, for these people that the following pages have been written, for an attempt has been made at pointing out under what conditions hunting is carried on at the present day, and how and where the beginner can try his luck in the field". Chapters include: An historical sketch; The dates of the principal hunts; Modern conditions of hunting; The Master of Hounds; The field; Hunting localities; Foxhounds; The value of foxhounds; Horses and stables; Harriers and beagles.