The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser.
London, England, 1826-01-20 00:00:00

The TURF HERALD ; or Annual Racing Calendar for I fr.ll,
with copious Indices, and separate Lists of the winners of King's
Plates and Gold Cups• Also Lists of the winners of the Doncaster
St. Leger, and of the Derby and Oaks at Epsom, from their com-
mencement: winners of the King's Plate at York since 'DO, and
of the Gold Cup ist Richmond since 1739. By Juilx FILO3T
Price Gs. halfsbound.

A VISIT to the FIVES' COURT. By ROBERT Cat:ta.-
attaxx. Bein a faithful picture of that celebrated place of amuse.
mem, for displaying manful sport.. Price 2s. accurately coloured,
(trinity be had, framed and varnished, price fie.
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BOXIANA ; or Sketches of Ancient and Modern Pugilism ;
Including every Pugilistic exploirfrom the days of Figs and
Broughton, down to the fight between Hickman end Cooper. By
PIERCE EGAN ;in three Urge MIMIC Bvo. price 21. 4s. With
a Fourth Polume,contaitsing all the Transactions of Note through-
out the years 1821, lit" anti 1023. :grecedcd by a practical Trea-
tise on Training. Melodies (;apteinuerelay's method. after which
he trained Tom Crib and hionjetf. Trite boards.
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THE ROAD TO A FIGHT ; I'icture of the Fancy going
to a Fight tmetoturing in length 14 fe4) containing numerous Ori-
ginal Characters, many of them Portraits t in which all the Frolic,
Fuh, Lark, Ofg, Lite, Gammon. and Trying.it.on. are depicted,
incident to the pursuit of a Prise:llA accompanied with a copious
and characteristic Key. By PtEßceili3OAW. Price 11s. plain, or
11. coloured, neatly done op In a box for the poctet.
Nothing equal to this Picture hail appeared since the inimitable
llogarth's • March to Finchley." "We here find real life, origi-
nality of character, and the peculiarrrnits of a certain class in so-
ciety, so masterly pourtrayed, and pith so much ntiviele, that it
might be urged it is without a coaiiftlhor in the modern schoucof
design."—Sporting fling.
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LIFE IN LONIYON. By PIERCE EGAN. Or the Day and
Night Scenes of Jerry Hawthorn and his elegant friend Corinthian
Tom, in thcir Ramble' and Sprees through the Metropolis ; ele-
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Plates, and numerous Cuts ; the Scenes from real life by I. IL and
Cruikshank. Price 3e.s. in boards.
The ENGLISII SPY; Characteristic, Satirical, and Humo-
rous. fly BER NARD BLACKMANTI.E. "the very spy o' the
tithes." the 'eccentric historian of the present age ; comprising
Sketches of Character, interspersed with choice Anecdote and
original Rattarks. Illustrated with rich coloured Plates. drawn from
the life by Cruikabank. Now publishing periodically. The first vo-
-1 tunic completed,and embellished with One Hundred Designs, full
of spirit and humour, continued on the lot of every month, price
3s. fid. each Part ; the Parts last published containing a variety
of Scenes taken at Bath, Cheltenham, and other places of fashion-
able resort.

The SPIRIT of the PUBLIC JOURNALS; being an im-
partial beletnion of the best Eseays. Jeux d'Esprits, and Tales of
Humour, Prose and Verse, from the Morning Evening, and .!'un-
day Newspapers ; arranged as a Work of Reference, or to form a
moat entertaining Volume, either for the Library. Fire. side, or
Pos.-chaise, Accompanied with characteristic Embellishments, hr
the Crnikshanks, Itowitintleot, Lane, Findlay, flawksworth, and
Wageman. To which are added the Chropolutlical Events of the
Year. and an Obituary of eminent Persons. Price 10s. lid, in
boards.
Also, a new Edition of the Volume for 1323 • containing, beside-
the S:lection of the Year, all the Poetry of elle John Pull, from
the commencement of that paper; the whole of the celebrated
Parodies on Illoore's Melodies, &c. &e. Price 10s. GIL in boards.
THE SCHOOL FOR WITS ; containing a valuable Collec-
tion of Pon 1110tP, Anecdotes, Epigrams, and other Poetical Jena
d'Esprite, spoken or written by the most celebrated lVits of the
Age. a great many of which have never before been published.
By RALPH WHWITZEA, of the Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
Price 6s. in Boards.
The HERMIT in EDINBURGH t. or, S:tetches of Man-
ners and Real Characters and Scenes in the Drama of Life. In
3 vols. price Ills, in boards.
" The reader who turns over these pages in quest of Life in
Edinburgh' will find abundance of character, eitltibited in a very
piquant manner."--Cridcal(tazette.
The SPORTSMAN'S VOCAL LIBRARY; containing
nearly 490 of the best Songs relating to racing, shooting. angling,
hawking, archery, &c. Handsomely printed in foolscap tiro. with
appropriate Embellishments. Second Edition, price 9s. boards.
THOUGHTS on FOX and HA RE HUNTING ; in a series
of Letters. By PETTA BEctwortu, Esq. A New Edition, in
tivo. with numerous Cuts, 14s.
" Mr. Beektord has so well described the present practice, and
given such solid and rational advice on the subject, that his Trea-
tise has, from the date of its publication, become a general Text
Book ; indeed, all persons that delight in Field Sports should be
in possession of it."
SPORTING ANECDOTES; including numerous character.
istie Portraits of Persona in every walk of life, who have acquired
notoriety from their achievements on the Turf, at the Table, amt in
the Diversions of the Field ; the whole forming a Complete Deli-
neation of the Sporting World.—Be PsEnce EGAN. New and
improved edition, illustrated with Coloured Plates, and nu-
merous Wood Engravings. Price 12a. in hearth.'
KUNOP(F.DIA ; a Practical Essay on the Breaking and Train-
ing the English Spaniel and Pointer. To which are added, Ins
yructions for att:aning the Art of Shooting Flying. By the late
W. Donsox, Esq., of Eden Hall, Cumberland. In tiro. ptite
fits. fol. in boards. •
" The Author hes here contrived to amass together all the par-
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happy composition, full of whim. with a sllp of morality in it, like
a bit of lemon peel in one's punch, rind Ilavrtared by the choicest
lime-juice of sung. No afFeciation,—no dispirited passages.—no
tame subjects, no nonsense ! It dots not run a long-winded subject
down, butt is' every thing by fits, and nothing long.' All who have
heard of the wonderful phenomenon mare, Mr. Well's matchless
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anecdotes, for they are feithiel in the dispensation of faMe to man
and begat."—London Magazine.
The ANGLER'S GUIDE ; being a new, plain, and complete
Practical Treatise on Angling, deduced from many years' Practice
and Observation. By T. F. Savrita. New and enlarged Edi-
tion, illustrated with numerous new Cuts and Engravings of Fisb,
Flies, &c., duvrti from the Life, price its boards; or on fine
royalniper, of which a few Copies only are printed, 121.
This hook is quite studded with well executed Engravings,
exhibiting faithful portraits of every object of the Angler's pursuit,
as well as explanatory representations of all the Implements em-
ployed in Pushing, with full and clear Instructions for using them.
We were much pleased to find some ample instructions for Troll-
ing, which we have hunted for its vain in Walton and Cotton."—
Annals of Sporting, Nct.