The sportsman's gazetteer and general guide
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| The sportsman's gazetteer and general guide |
The game animals, birds and fishes of North America: their habits and various methods of capture. Copious instructions in shooting, fishing, taxidermy, woodcraft, etc. Together with a glossary, and a directory of the principal game resorts of the country; illustrated with maps
When I wrote the preface to the First Edition, in 1877, I little thought that I was placing a stepping-stone to bridge the six-year interval from that to this. I had sold the copyright to the present publishers, and abandoned literary labour for other pursuits; and, although often felt that the book needed a thorough revision, to bring it up to the advanced requirements of present needs, it is only by persistent persuasion, that I have been induced to undertake my part in placing the improved book before the public. In assuming the pleasant task, I am like one who returns to the threshold to repeat ‘‘farewell.” And now, more than at the beginning, I am convinced that just such a compendium is indispensable to the cultivated sportsman.
The best proof of its usefulness and popularity is the steady demand for the Gazetteer. It stands today as the only Cyclopedia of American sport.
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