Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ... messrs. longmans & co.'S standard and general works. 17 Sport and Pastime--continued. Hutchinson.--The Book Of Golf And Golfers. By Horace G. HutchinSon. With 71 Portraits from Photographs. Large crown 8vo., gilt top, 7s. bd. net. Jessel.--A Bibliography Of Works In English On Playing Cards And Gaming. Compiled by Frederic Jessel. 8vo. Lang.--Angling Sketches. By Andrew Lang. With 2o Illustrations. Crown 8vo., 3s. bd. Lillie.--Croquet Up To Da Te. Con-taining the Ideas and Teachings of the Leading Players and Champions. By Ar-Thur Lillie. With 19 Illustrations (15 Portraits), and numerous Diagrams. 8vo., ios. 6d. net. Longman.--Chess Openings. By Frederick W. Longman. Fcp. 8vo., 2s. 6rf. Mackenzie.--Notes For Hunting Mbn. By Captain Cortlandt Gordon Mackenzie. Crown 8vo., zs. bd. net. Madden.--The Diary Of Master William Silence: a Study of Shakespeare and of Elizabethan Sport. By the Right Hon. D. H. Madden, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin. 8vo., gilt top, 16s. Maskelyne.--Sharps And Flats: a Complete Revelation of the Secrets of Cheating at Games of Chance and Skill. By John Nevil Maskelyne, of the Egyptian Hall. With 62 Illustrations. Crown 8vo., 6s. Millais.--The Wild-fowler In Scotland. By J. G. Millais, F.Z.S. With a Frontispiece in Photogravure by Sir J. E. Millais, Bart., P.R.A., 8 Photogravure Plates, 2 Coloured Plates' and 5o Illustra-tions from the Author's Drawings and from Photographs. Royal 4to., gilt top, 3os. net. Modern Bridge.--By'Slam'. With a Reprint of the Laws of Bridge, as adopted by the Portland and Turf Clubs. i8mo., gilt edges, 3s. bd. net. Oates.--Wild Ducks; How To Rear And Shoot Them. By Captain W. Coape Oates. With 4 Photogravures after Drawings by G. E. Lodge, and 12 Photo-graphs. Crown 8vo., ..
